S.League 2007 Table w/o Liaoning, :-p

Just for fun, the 2007 league table without Liaoning, had they been expelled from the league for match fixing (& all results expunged, like DPMM case):

## Team----- P- W--D--L F-A- Pts GD
01 SAFFC---- 30 22-4-4 85-35 70 +50
02 Home----- 30 21-6-3 67-33 69 +34
03 Tampines- 30 21-5-4 68-29 68 +39
04 Yg.Lions 30 12-7-11 41-50 43 -9
05 Gombak-- 30 11-9-10 44-38 42 +6
06 Geylang-- 30 8-9-13 37-41 33 -4
07 Albirex-- 30 8-7-15 43-48 31 -5
08 Woodlands 30 8-13-9 42-49 31 -7
09 Balestier 30 5-8-17 39-59 23 -20
10 Sengkang- 30 4-9-17 34-65 21 -31
11 SuperReds 30 3-7-20 23-76 16 -53
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12 Liaoning- 00 0-0-00 00-00 00 00

Highlights:
1. The top-3 were still equally tight.
2. Only 4/5 & 7/8th-places changed.

S.League All-Time Table thru 2009 with DPMM, :-p

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryo Before the next season begin, let's take a look at the All-time records by clubs thru 2009: Pts#(Prev) Club-- Seasons ------------ GP- W PKW D- L-- F-- A-- GD-- Pts PPG PPG#(Prev) 1 (1) SAFFC ---- 14 (1996-) ---------- 388 260 2 65 061 960 457 +503 849 2.188 01 (1) 2 (2) Home ----- 14 (1996-) ---------- 387 218 2 67 100 808 514 +294 725 1.873 02 (2) 3 (3) Tampines - 14 (1996-) ---------- 387 189 3 79 116 749 533 +216 652 1.685 03 (3) 4 (4) Geylang -- 14 (1996-) ---------- 388 174 3 79 132 656 516 +140 607 1.564 04 (4) 5 (5) Woodlands- 14 (1996-) ---------- 387 142 4 89 152 616 635 -019 517 1.336 09 (9) 6 (6) Balestier- 14 (1996-) ---------- 387 099 2 86 200 531 778 -247 387 1.000 14 (13) 7 (7) Tjg.Pagar - 9 (1996-2004) ------ 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 +014 350 1.496 05 (5) 8 (8) Gombak ---- 9 (1998-2002,2006-)- 256 081 0 64 111 363 433 -070 307 1.199 11 (11) 9 (9) YoungLions- 7 (2003-) ---------- 213 076 1 48 088 326 357 -031 278 1.305 10 (10) 10 (10) Jurong -- 7 (1997-2003) ------ 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 -013 253 1.413 07 (6) 11 (12) Albirex - 6 (2004-) ---------- 180 066 0 49 065 279 270 +009 247 1.372 08 (8) 12 (13) Sengkang 10 (1998-2003,2006-)- 289 051 8 57 175 298 619 -321 224 0.775 18 (18) 13 (11) Sembawang 8 (1996-2003) ------ 207 053 5 47 102 256 409 -149 216 1.043 12 (12) 14 (14) SuperReds 3 (2007-) ---------- 096 041 0 20 035 144 146 -002 143 1.490 06 (7) 15 (15) Clementi- 4 (1999-2002) ------ 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 -111 095 0.864 16 (16) 16 (16) Sinchi -- 3 (2003-2005) ------ 087 022 6 13 046 109 167 -058 088 1.011 13 (14) 17 (17) Liaoning- 1 (2007) ----------- 033 008 0 05 020 033 063 -030 029 0.879 15 (15) 18 (18) Sporting- 1 (2006) ----------- 030 005 0 09 026 036 059 -023 024 0.800 17 (17) 19 (19) Dalian -- 1 (2008) ----------- 033 005 0 07 021 026 075 -055 022 0.667 19 (19) 20 (20) PayaLebar 1 (2005) ----------- 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 -055 004 0.148 20 (20) 21 (21) Bru.DPMM- 0 (2009) ----------- 000 000 0 00 000 000 000 0000 000 0.000 21 (21) Highlights: 1) SAFFC is on course to become the 1st team to score >1000 league goals in 2010! 2) Balestier has the exact same number of points as the number of games played. 3) Gombak is poised to overtake Tanjong Pagar into 7th-place next season. 4) Albirex just need 6 more points to overtake Jurong into 10th-place. 5) Super Reds finally have more wins than losses all-time. 6) Sengkang Punggol?? Same old same old... 7) DPMM: Better luck next season?

Alternate version with DPMM's records (28 games) in 2009,

Pts#(Prev) Club-- Seasons ------------ GP- W PKW D- L-- F-- A-- GD-- Pts PPG PPG#(Prev)
1 (1) SAFFC ---- 14 (1996-) ---------- 390 260 2 66 062 961 459 +502 850 2.179 01 (1)
2 (2) Home ----- 14 (1996-) ---------- 389 220 2 67 100 816 515 +301 731 1.879 02 (2)
3 (3) Tampines - 14 (1996-) ---------- 390 190 3 81 116 754 537 +217 657 1.685 04 (3)
4 (4) Geylang -- 14 (1996-) ---------- 391 175 3 80 133 660 522 +138 611 1.563 06 (4)
5 (5) Woodlands- 14 (1996-) ---------- 390 143 4 89 154 619 640 -021 520 1.333 10 (9)
6 (6) Balestier- 14 (1996-) ---------- 390 099 2 86 203 532 784 -247 387 0.992 15 (13)
7 (7) Tjg.Pagar - 9 (1996-2004) ------ 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 +014 350 1.496 05 (5)
8 (8) Gombak ---- 9 (1998-2002,2006-)- 258 081 0 65 112 367 438 -071 308 1.194 11 (11)
9 (9) YoungLions- 7 (2003-) ---------- 216 076 1 49 090 327 360 -033 279 1.292 12 (10)
10 (10) Jurong -- 7 (1997-2003) ------ 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 -013 253 1.413 08 (6)
11 (12) Albirex - 6 (2004-) ---------- 182 066 0 50 066 282 274 +008 248 1.363 09 (8)
12 (13) Sengkang 10 (1998-2003,2006-)- 291 052 8 55 176 300 621 -321 227 0.780 18 (18)
13 (11) Sembawang 8 (1996-2003) ------ 207 053 5 47 102 256 409 -149 216 1.043 13 (12)
14 (14) SuperReds 3 (2007-) ---------- 099 041 0 21 037 147 151 -004 144 1.455 07 (7)
15 (15) Clementi- 4 (1999-2002) ------ 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 -111 095 0.864 16 (16)
16 (16) Sinchi -- 3 (2003-2005) ------ 087 022 6 13 046 109 167 -058 088 1.011 14 (14)
17 (NA) Bru.DPMM- 1 (2009-) ---------- 028 014 0 08 006 043 035 +008 050 1.786 03 (NA)
18 (17) Liaoning- 1 (2007) ----------- 033 008 0 05 020 033 063 -030 029 0.879 15 (15)
19 (18) Sporting- 1 (2006) ----------- 030 005 0 09 026 036 059 -023 024 0.800 17 (17)
20 (19) Dalian -- 1 (2008) ----------- 033 005 0 07 021 026 075 -055 022 0.667 19 (19)
21 (20) PayaLebar 1 (2005) ----------- 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 -055 004 0.148 20 (20)

Basically, nothing much have changed here, other than:

1) DPMM would have moved above all the other "one-seaon" teams.
2) DPMM would have also shot up to 3rd-place in the table base on PPG,
3) Geylang would became the team that played the most number of league games (391).
4) Balestier would became the only original team (since 1996) with a PPG of less than 1.000.
5) Most teams would have had a lower PPG as compared to the DPMM-less table, except for Home United and... Sengkang!!

Singapore Cup All-Time Table thru 2009

All-time records (since 1997) by clubs


Pts#(Prev) Club ---- Seasons ------------ GP W- D- L- F-- A- GD- Pts PPG-- PPG#(Prev)
1 (1) SAFFC -------- 13 (1997-) --------- 60 37 12 11 131 69 +62 123 2.050 01 (01) **
2 (2) Home --------- 13 (1997-) --------- 56 34 08 14 134 68 +66 110 1.964 03 (02) **
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3 (3) Geylang ------ 13 (1997-) --------- 51 31 05 15 096 64 +32 98 1.922 04 (03) **
4 (4) Tampines ----- 13 (1997-) --------- 59 26 11 22 111 97 +14 89 1.508 07 (08) **
5 (5) Woodlands ---- 13 (1997-) --------- 55 22 08 25 91 108 -17 74 1.345 10 (10) **
6 (6) Tjg. Pagar ---- 8 (1997-2004) ----- 30 13 09 08 047 34 +13 48 1.600 06 (06)
7 (7) Balestier ---- 13 (1997-) --------- 39 11 08 20 063 76 -13 41 1.051 15 (14) **
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8 (8) Jurong -------- 7 (1997-2003) ----- 26 9 3 14 48 51 -03 30 1.154 14 (12)
9 (9) YoungLions ---- 7 (2003-) --------- 20 8 5 07 33 29 +04 29 1.450 08 (07) **
10 (10) Sengkang ---- 9 (1998-2003,2006-) 25 6 7 12 35 58 -23 25 1.000 17 (15) **
11 (11) Sembawang --- 7 (1997-2003) ----- 23 6 3 14 24 55 -31 21 0.913 18 (18)
12 (16) Albirex ----- 6 (2004-) --------- 15 6 2 07 22 25 -03 20 1.333 12 (13) **
13 (17) TTM --------- 2 (2008-) ---------- 9 5 3 01 18 16 +02 18 2.000 02 (5) **
14 (12) Gombak ------ 8 (1998-2002,2006-) 22 4 5 13 31 54 -21 17 0.773 20 (19) **
15 (13) Bangkok U --- 2 (2007-2008) ------ 9 5 1 03 10 06 +04 16 1.778 05 (04)
16 (14) Sinchi ------ 3 (2003-2005) ----- 11 4 1 06 23 25 -02 13 1.182 13 (11)
17 (NA) Bangkok Glass 1 (2009-) ---------- 6 3 1 02 15 09 +06 10 1.333 11 (NA) **
18 (15) Chonburi ---- 2 (2006-2007) ------ 7 3 1 03 14 11 +03 10 1.423 09 (09)
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19 (18) SuperReds --- 3 (2007-) ---------- 5 1 1 3 05 11 -6 4 0.800 19 (16) **
20 (36) Phnom Penh -- 4 (2006-) ---------- 6 1 1 4 10 19 -9 4 0.666 22 (36) **
21 (19) Indonesia U23 1 (2005) ----------- 3 1 0 2 03 10 -7 3 1.000 16 (17)
22 (33) Brunei DPMM - 6 (2004-) ---------- 8 1 0 7 05 14 -9 3 0.375 23 (33) **
23 (20) Police SA --- 1 (2008-) ---------- 4 1 0 3 7 19 -12 3 0.750 21 (20)
24 (21) Clementi ---- 5 (1999-2003) ------ 6 0 1 5 10 17 -7 1 0.167 24 (21)
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25 (22) Liaoning ---- 1 (2007) ----------- 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0 0.000 25 (22)
26 (23) Afrique ----- 1 (2006) ----------- 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 0.000 26 (23)
27 (24) Paya Lebar -- 1 (2005) ----------- 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0.000 27 (24)
28 (NA) Pelita Jaya - 1 (2009-) ---------- 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 0.000 28 (NA) **
29 (25) Malaysia U23- 1 (2006) ----------- 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0 0.000 29 (25)
30 (26) AndrewAve --- 1 (2000) ----------- 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 0.000 30 (26)
31 (27) PEA --------- 2 (2005-2006) ------ 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0 0.000 31 (27)
32 (28) SgCricketClub 1 (1999) ----------- 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0 0.000 32 (28)
33 (29) Dalian ------ 1 (2007) ----------- 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0 0.000 33 (29)
34 (30) Sembawang SC- 2 (1999-2000) ------ 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0 0.000 34 (30)
35 (31) Tessensohn -- 1 (2000) ----------- 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0 0.000 35 (31)
36 (32) Tampines SC - 2 (2004-2005) ------ 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0 0.000 36 (32)
37 (34) Cosmoleague - 1 (2004) ----------- 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 0 0.000 37 (34)
38 (35) Mountbatten - 1 (1999) ----------- 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0 0.000 38 (35)

** Teams participated in 2009 edition.

Highlights:

1. Yeah I know it's a very long table, the Wiki version should be much more readable...

2. Most improved teams (by PPG):
- Bangkok Glass (joint-37th to 11th): 26 places!!
- Phnom Penh (36th to 22nd): 14 places
- DPMM (33rd to 23rd): 11 places...
- Pelita Jaya (joint-37th to 28th): 9 places

3. Sengkang has the same number of points and games played.

League Cup All-Time Table thru 2009

The tournament should still be around in 2010 I hope... (most probably during World Cup period??)

SG League Cup All-Time Table Watch (thru 2009)


# Team- Season P W-D-L F--A P- GD
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1 Gombak-- 3 11 5-4-2 15-10 19 +6
2 SuperReds 3 10 5-3-2 13-6 18 +7
3 Balestier- 3 9 4-2-3 12-9 14 +3
4 Brun.DPMM- 1 5 4-1-0 12-5 13 +7
5 Woodlands 3 9 3-4-2 17-11 13 +6
6 Home---- 3 10 3-4-3 13-14 13 -1
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7 Tampines-- 3 6 2-2-2 8-6 8 +2
8 Y.Lions- 2 8 2-2-4 11-17 8 -6
9 SAFFC---- 2 7 2-2-3 7-10 7 -3
10 Sengkang 3 6 1-2-3 5-13 5 -8
11 Geylang- 2 4 1-0-3 7-10 3 -3
12 Albirex- 3 6 1-0-5 3-11 3 -8
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13 Dalian 1 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1


Hihglights:

1. Needless to say, DPMM became the very 1st foreign team in the S.League era to lift a trophy in SG, doing what Chonburi (SG Cup 2006), Super Reds (League Cup 2007) & Bangkok Glass (SG Cup 2009) failed to achieve in their respective campaign.

2. It's confirmed, Woodlands is now the ONE & ONLY domestic cup semi-finalist w/o a win all-tournament!!

Wiki Version updated with PPG (Points-per-Game):


Pts#(Prev) Club----- Seasons GP W D L F- A- GD Pts PPG PPG#(Prev)
01 (01) Gombak---- 3 (2007-) 11 5 4 2 15 10 +6 19 1.727 03 (02)
02 (02) SuperReds- 3 (2007-) 10 5 3 2 13 06 +7 18 1.800 02 (03)
03 (03) Balestier- 3 (2007-) 09 4 2 3 11 07 +3 14 1.555 04 (04)
04 (NA) DPMM------ 1 (2009-) 05 4 1 0 12 05 +7 13 2.600 01 (NA)
05 (04) Woodlands- 3 (2007-) 09 3 4 2 17 11 +6 13 1.444 05 (01)
06 (08) Home------ 3 (2007-) 10 3 4 3 13 14 -1 13 1.300 07 (09)
07 (06) Tampines-- 3 (2007-) 06 2 2 2 08 06 +2 08 1.333 06 (05)
08 (12) SAFFC----- 2 (2008-) 07 2 2 3 07 10 -3 08 1.143 08 (12)
09 (05) YoungLions 2 (2008-) 08 2 2 4 11 17 -6 08 1.000 09 (07)
10 (10) Sengkang-- 3 (2007-) 06 1 2 3 05 13 -8 05 0.833 10 (06)
11 (10) Geylang--- 2 (2008-) 04 1 0 3 07 10 -3 03 0.750 11 (10)
12 (09) Albirex--- 3 (2007-) 06 1 0 5 03 11 -8 03 0.500 12 (08)
13 (11) Dalian---- 1 (2008-) 01 0 0 1 00 01 -1 00 0.000 13 (11)

Highlights:

1. DPMM is on top base on PPG.
2. Woodlands, last season's leaders, slipped to 5th this term.
3. SAFFC finally moved off the bottom of the table with a solid cup run.

Finally... Wang Xin nabbed!!

Former Liaoning coaches held in China

Quote:

They include club managers Wang Xin and Ding Zhe, who were linked to a 2007 match-fixing scandal that led to the jailing in Singapore last year of six players on the Liaoning Guangyuan side. Wang was the manager while Ding was the head coach of the Liaoning side that played in the S-League in 2007, but both escaped punishment. Xinhua said Wang was wanted by Interpol.

S.League concluded, Worries emerged.

A good write-up on the current state of the league:

新联赛落幕 隐忧浮现
（2009-11-11）
● 陈汇崑(扭转乾崑)

Quote:

在前晚的第14届新加坡职业足球联赛常年颁奖礼上，军团教练莫国铨表示无法理解为何他们今年完成了夺取 联赛四连冠的壮举，却没有一个球员入围最佳球员奖。 　　笔者不是评审团的一员，只能猜测军团球员被忽视的原因。或许，身为新加坡足坛的传统强旅，人们一般上都 期待军团踢出高水准来拿下锦标。但在这个赛季里，军团虽以11分的优势夺冠，却输掉了七场比赛，是新联赛史 上输球最多的冠军球队。 　　今年的比赛给人的感觉是：其他争冠球队把锦标“送”给了军团，多过于军团靠自己去夺冠。因此，评审在挑 选球员入围最佳球员奖时，才会把重点放在“有突破”的球员上，而不是表现停留在同一层次或退步的军团球员身 上。 　　这里要谈论的其实是军团表现没有历年强，却还能轻易夺得冠军的不健康现象。 　　没有人应该否定军团所取得的成就。可是，没有一个联赛希望看到一支球队长期垄断锦标，其他队伍必须在新 的赛季里重新振作，才能使这个无法引起国人兴趣的联赛重现生机。 　　本赛季，甘柏和文莱异军突起，一度在积分榜上领先。但前者的尼日利亚外援一旦表现下滑，板凳实力不够深 厚，便打击了他们的夺冠希望；文莱则是在三名后卫攻击裁判而遭到长期禁赛后崩溃，之后再因国际足总的禁令而 被迫举起白旗。 　　另外两大劲旅内政部联队和淡滨尼流浪表现不稳定却难辞其咎。前者可以两度踢垮军团，却会输给弱旅；后者 则申述自己在对垒军团时受到裁判不公平对待，但在军团丢分时，自己也不敌新潟和兀兰，不能只以裁判作为借口 。 　　显然的，这些球队必须在新赛季里改善战绩不稳定的弱点，否则我们明年将会看到“军团五连冠”的新闻头条 。 　　另外，军团射脚杜里奇连续三年夺得金靴奖，也是不健康的现象。这里没有看轻杜里奇的意思，认识他的人都 知道他多么重视保健与体能，是懂得照顾自己身体的模范球员。 　　但一名39岁的前锋三年来都在射脚榜上排名第一，不禁让人怀疑其他球队的前锋的素质，以及敌队后卫的防 守实力。新加坡足总会长再努丁表示，接下来会协助球会物色更好的外国球员前来参赛，这极有可能是联赛能否吸 引球迷回到球场的关键。 　　球迷寥寥无几，对联赛不感兴趣，导致之前效劳淡滨尼的前锋诺阿兰莎两个月前炮轰新联赛。诺阿兰莎随后和 另三名国脚离开了新联赛，目前为印尼球会效劳，之后还会有球员到印尼发展。 　　新加坡球员到国外发展并非史无前例，只是，在联赛萎靡不振之时，再受到国脚级球员离去的打击，主办当局 不能不去重视问题的严重性。 　　新联赛并非人们想象中水准低落，但这样的既定印象却不容易从本地球迷的脑海中根除，这也是联赛不容易被 “推销”的一大理由。然而，足总没有坐视不理，表示即将公布一个提升水准的“战略性计划”。这项计划会出现 怎样的内容，极有可能决定新联赛接下来五到10年的前途。

Basically it talks about the unhealthy dominance of SAFFC/Duric in the league/scorers-chart (which is more down to the other teams/players unable to compete with them), and the FAS strategic plan as the key to the future of S.League.

S.League 2009 "Truth Table"

The Final "Truth Table" of 2009 Season:

# Team------- P- W--D-L F--A- Pts GD PPG PPG#
1. SAFFC----- 32 22-2-8 74-33 68 +41 2.13 01 *
2. Tampines- 33 17-10-6 52-29 61 +23 1.85 02
3. Home------ 32 18-5-9 58-33 59 +25 1.84 03 *
4. Gombak--- 32 14-12-6 56-37 54 +19 1.69 05 *
5. SuperReds 33 14-9-10 55-39 51 +16 1.55 06
6. DPMM------ 28 14-8-6 43-35 50 +08 1.79 04 *
7. Geylang-- 33 13-5-15 40-45 44 -05 1.33 07
8. Albirex-- 32 11-6-15 41-51 39 -10 1.22 08 *
9. YoongLions 33 9-8-16 34-51 35 -17 1.06 09
10.Woodlands- 33 9-7-17 26-53 34 -27 1.03 10
11.Sengkang-- 32 6-6-20 28-60 24 -32 0.75 11 *
12.Balestier- 33 4-6-23 23-64 18 -41 0.55 12

* Team season concluded with less than 33 games, due to DPMM ban.

Sengkang tied unwanted record of win-less run

Just realized that Sengkang have already went 17 games without a win & tied the league-wide winless-run record:
Wikipedia: S.League: Trivia: "The longest winless run in a season was 17 matches, also by Paya Lebar in 2005."

Should they lose their final game of the season, a new record will be set!!

NB:
- DPMM results excluded
- Out of these 17 winless games, Aide was in-charge of the last 16,

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Updates to the Race of (avoiding) the Spoon after Albirex 3-0 Balestier on 3-Nov:

Quote:

With the defeat, Balestier stay rooted to the bottom of the table with all their games already played. Their only hope of moving up is if Sengkang Punggol, who are level on points with them, lose to Woodlands Wellington by at least four goals in their last game on Friday.

Can Sengkang finish the job this Friday, or will they be finished by then?

Congrats Gombak - The Best Ever!!

So there you go, thanks to Kingsley's equalizer in the 87th minute of the 2-2 draw with Gombak on 2-Nov, Gombak United went on to complete a record breaking 2009 season:

- Best position = 3rd (beat 4th in 2007)
- Most points = 53 (beat 52 in 2008)
- Best goal difference = +20 (beat +14 in 2007)
- Best winning ratio = 14/30 games (beat 14/33 in 2008)
- Least losses = 5 (beat 6 in 1999, where only 22 games were played)
- Most Home wins = 9 (beat 8 in 2007)
- Least Home losses = 2 (beat 5 in 2007/08)
- and perhaps a few more records that I may have missed out...

Congratualtions!!

Live S-League Matches on TV, :-(

Re: Live S-League Matches on TV

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Time to resurrect this thread!!

Many of us have noticed lots of abrupt endings to the 'Live' Broadcast lately (in order to give way to News at 9:30) that were very annoying:

- SG Cup Q-final, Albirex vs Tampines, 2nd leg: ET & PKs not shown!
- S.League, 30-Oct, SAFFC vs Tampines: Trophy Presentation also not shown!!
(What's the point of rescheduling this match for 'Live' then? Wasn't it meant to showcase the trophy to everyone??)
- S.League, 31-Oct, YL vs Sengkang: Match started late due to rain, last 15 mins not shown as well!!!

Any more?

Can't the news be postponed a little bit, or start the match a bit earlier?? (in the case of 2nd-legs where ET/PKs could happen, or for the once-a-season prize presentation) Why the chops???

Super Reds are 5th, but...

Super Reds just concluded their 3rd season in the league with a credible though disappointing 5th-place finish, after the 2-3 loss to Home United on 28-Oct in their final game.

Now, the big question is: is this their final swan song? Or will they still remain in the league next season(s)?

Related Reports:
Uncertain about the future, Super Reds look to finish 2009 with a flourish
So near, yet so far for Super Reds

S.League Table by Season Series Won

S.League Table by Season Series Won

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Ever wonder how the S.League table will look like, if the points earned are base on season series won/drew/lost by each team, as though each series is a game itself?

Have actually posted the equivalent on BigSoccer for USA's MLS, let's see where the teams stand in this alternate table for 2009, as the 22-Oct: (will post the previous season's table later)

Code:

Without DPMM:

#. Team----- W-D-L Pts GD
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1. S.Reds--- 8-0-2 24 +19
2. Gombak--- 8-0-2 24 +16
3. SAFFC---- 7-0-3 21 +42
4. Tampines- 7-0-3 21 +18
5. Home----- 7-0-3 21 +17
6. Geylang-- 5-0-5 15 -2
7. Y.Lions-- 3-2-5 11 -18
8. Albirex-- 3-0-7 09 -8
9. Sengkang- 2-1-7 07 -31
10.Balestier 2-0-8 06 -29
11.Woodlands 1-1-8 04 -24

Code:

With DPMM:

#. Team----- W-D-L Pts GD
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1. DPMM----- 8-1-2 25 +8
2. Home----- 8-0-3 24 +24
3. Tampines- 8-0-3 24 +19
4. S.Reds--- 8-0-3 24 +17
5. Gombak--- 8-0-3 24 +15
6. SAFFC---- 7-0-4 21 +41
7. Geylang-- 5-0-6 15 -4
8. Y.Lions-- 3-2-6 11 -20
9. Albirex-- 3-0-8 09 -9
10.Sengkang- 2-2-7 08 -31
11.Balestier 2-0-9 06 -34
12.Woodlands 1-1-9 04 -26

Surprise, surprise!!?? Our newly-crowned league champions, SAFFC, is only 3rd in the DPMM-less Table, and dropped even lower to 6th is DPMM is included!!

Salute to Super Reds, and especially DPMM, for their great show so far this season...

(IMHO, this is a nice way to see how teams have performed against each other over a season, regardless of number of games/rounds being played, and can be used to compare teams from seasons where the number of games/rounds were different. )

Counting down to League Cup 2009...

Noticed that these logos started from 27-May TODAY.

There was no "3 Days More" logo on 29-May edition though... :-)

P/S: Should it be "5 Days More" or "5 More Days"? :-p

Who will be the Last Winless "Away" Side in 2009?

This is the sister thread of Who will be the Last Unbeaten "Home" Side in 2009?,

Home United is now undergoing one of the most bizarre campaign since their league inception, as at 23-May, after being stunned by Balestier's late equalizer in the 1-1 draw at Toa Payoh, their home / away records (incl. JBS games for easy permutation) reads:

P W D L GF - GA Pts GD
Home: 6 4 2 0 14 - 2 14 (+12)
Away: 6 0 2 5 2 - 8 2 (-6)

What a whopping 13-point difference!! It is only 4 points away from the highest possible range. This is only "bettered" by Albirex:

P W D L GF - GA Pts GD
Home: 7 4 2 1 12 - 6 14 (+6)
Away: 6 0 0 6 2 - 16 0 (-14)

Home's woeful away record so far is also their worst since joining the league, even the wooden spoon side of 1997 managed to record their 1st away win in the 4th attempt.

P W D L GF - GA Pts GD
9.Y.Lions 7 0 3 4 2 - 7 3 (-5)
10.Balestier 6 0 3 3 6 - 13 3 (-7)
11.Home Utd 6 0 2 5 2 - 8 2 (-6)
12.Albirex 6 0 0 6 2 - 16 0 (-14)

Will they or Albirex be the last team to win away this season?
Or will that be the other 2 winless teams? Let's vote!!

Sengkang overtaken Sembawang Rangers!!

Yes, I'm talking about the S.League all-time table here (which can be found at the bottom of the S.League-TriVia blog), :-p

After Sengkang's hard-earned 1-0 win over Albirex on 22-May, they finally overtaken Sembawang Rangers into 12th-place with their all-time record now reads:

# Teams-- Ssn P-- W---D--L-- F---A-- Pts GD--
12 Sengkang 10 272 50-59-163 285-587 217 -302
13 Sembawang 7 207 53-52-102 256-405 216 -149

Congrats ya... :-)

Bravo Woodlands!!

Despite their lowly position in the league this season, on 21-May Woodlands managed what Sengkang, SAFFC & Gombak couldn't do so far: by "Denying Brunei DPMM the chance to go top of the table" with a stunning 2-1 win!

(At least that the headline used by LianHe ZaoBao: "兀兰阻止文莱登榜首", :-)


With this win, Woodlands also moved to within a point of the half-thousand milestone in the all-time table, their record now reads:

# Teams---- Ssn P-- W---D--L-- F---A-- Pts GD
05 Woodlands 14 370 137-90-143 604-609 499 -5

Below are some pictures taken during the match (sorry for the poor quality of camera phone):

Notice Board prior to Kick-off

DPMM Attacking...

Simunic Firing Commands!!

DPMM Supporters

Not too bad a crowd...

Subs Players Warming-up (1)

Subs Players Warming-up (2)

When will DPMM finally win by more than a goal?

DPMM has chalked-up their 7th one-goal-win in as many victories so far (it would be 8 if Singapore Cup is included), with a another 1-0 win over Young Lions (out of an own goal some more) on 16-May.

This just make us wonder, when will they start winning by more than 1 goal in the league? Or is it not going to happen at all this season?

Similar to the poll "When will SAFFC draw their 1st league match in 2009?", let's vote on this too!!

DPMM's 7 league wins so far:
4 Mar 2009 DPMM FC 2 : 1 Super Reds
8 Mar 2009 DPMM FC 2 : 1 Woodlands
19 Mar 2009 Balestier 0 : 1 DPMM FC
24 Mar 2009 DPMM FC 1 : 0 Sengkang
10 Apr 2009 DPMM FC 2 : 1 Gombak
26 Apr 2009 DPMM FC 2 : 1 SAFFC
16 May 2009 DPMM FC 1 : 0 Young Lions

When will SAFFC draw their 1st league match in 2009?

This question came to me as I tried to do a Simple Projection on how teams will finish the 2009 season base on their up-to-date W-D-L records so far.

However, I had to hold myself back for now as SAFFC is still without a draw so far (8-0-3 as at 13-May), which means simple projection will show it finish the season draw-less, which is quite unlikely, given that only 2 out of 151 teams between 1996 & 2008 have gone through a season without a Win, Draw or Loss:
1996 Series 2: SAFFC 9-5-0
1997: Woodlands 11-0-5

That's just 1.32% in 13 seasons. If 2009 is included (where 11 other teams had already cleared off the zeroes), the odds would be just 2/162 = 1.23%!

So, I have been quietly waiting for SAFFC to clear THAT ONE LAST ZERO in the league table. When will that happen? Let's vote!!

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A recap on when were the LAST ZEROES ELIMINATED in the past seasons:

1996 S-1: 14th round out of 14, Geylang were 9-0-4 before 1st draw
1996 S-2: N/A, SAFFC went 9-5-0 all season
1997: N/A, Woodlands went 11-0-5 all season
1998: 15/20, Sengkang 0-3-11 before 1st win
1999: 22/22, Home 15-6-0
2000: 13/22, Geylang 8-0-4
2001: 12/33, Tampines 3-0-8
2002: 20/33, Clementi 5-0-14
2003: 13/33, Tjg. Pagar 2-0-10
2004: 14/27, Tjg. Pagar 0-1-12
2005: 18/27, Paya Lebar 0-1-16
2006: 13/30, Young Lions 10-2-0
2007: 16/33, Tampines 12-0-3
2008: 13/33, Sengkang 0-5-7
2009: ??/33, SAFFC ??-??-??, 

Who will be the Last Unbeaten "Home" Side in 2009?

Now that all teams have been beaten at least once in 2009, there's still another unbeaten run to watch for, that is, which side will be the last to lose at home this season? 
(excluding neutral games at JBS, though it have to be counted for Young Lions, of course, )

As at May-13 (prior to Home-Tampines game), the remaining unbeaten home sides are:

P W D L GF - GA Pts GD
1. Gombak 6 5 1 0 11 - 2 16 (+9) @ J.West
2. Home 4 4 0 0 12 - 0 12 (+12) @ Clementi
3. BruneiDPMM 4 4 0 0 7 - 3 12 (+4) @ SHBS
4. Tampines 4 3 1 0 5 - 0 10 (+5) @ Tampines
8. Super Reds 4 2 2 0 4 - 2 8 (+2) @ Yishun

Let's vote who will be the last team to stand tall at home!! SAFFC managed to remain unbeaten at CCK throughout 2006 - 2008, some team may just do that this season!!

N/B: Though no sides are unbeaten away now, Gombak is technically still unbeaten in any opponents' home stadium. Their only "away" loss this season came against DPMM on 10-Apr @ JBS, 

S.League Conferences

Just a flash of thoughts that came to my mind:

Should the S.League, for whatever reasons, decides to adopt the USA-like conference system, how will the current teams be partitioned into, say, Eastern & Western Conferences?

2009 Line-up:

Western Conference:
Albirex - Jurong East - No brainer
Gombak - Jurong West - No brainer
Home United - Clementi - West for now, ::
SAFFC - Choa Chu Kang - No brainer
Super Reds - Yishun - Classify as West since Sembawang used to have a Northern Derby with Woodlands
Woodlands - Woodlands - North-West is West, ::

Eastern Conference:
Balestier - Toa Payoh - Classify as East since its closer to other Eastern Teams, notably Sengkang & Young Lions.
DPMM - SHB National - East of Singapore, any more questions? 
Geylang - Bedok - No brainer
Sengkang - Hougang - North-East is East, ::
Tampines - Tampines - No brainer
Young Lions - Jalan Besar - "Middle"-East is East, 

Make sense? 

2008 Line-up:

Western Conference:
Albirex - Jurong East - No brainer
Dalian - Queenstown - No brainer

Gombak - Jurong West - No brainer
SAFFC - Choa Chu Kang - No brainer
Super Reds - Yishun - Classify as West since
Sembawang used to have a Northern Derby with Woodlands
Woodlands - Woodlands - North-West is West, 

Eastern Conference:
Balestier - Toa Payoh - Classify as East since its closer to other Eastern Teams, notably Sengkang & Young Lions.
Home United - Bishan - Classify as East since its closer to other Eastern Teams, notably Balestier & Sengkang.
Geylang - Bedok - No brainer
Sengkang - Hougang - North-East is East, 
Tampines - Tampines - No brainer

Young Lions - Jalan Besar - "Middle"-East is East, 

Make sense too? The list can go on for prior seasons of the league...

早报体育:TTM沙没沙空淘汰超红?!

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Originally Posted by jonny  TTM Samut Sakhon FC - Super Reds FC 4-2 Match Attendance1,054 Match details: sleague Portal : Match Details

早报体育
TTM沙没沙空淘汰超红
（2009-05-07）

TTM's Chinese translation is really funny, it sounds like:
"山猫失控" (wild cat lost control), 
"沙漠时空" (time in desert), 
"色即是空" (color is nothing) or 
"实在没空" (really not free)... 

Season Tickets: Gombak United

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