SLeague SMS Alerts Service by SingTel - No DPMM Updates?!

Any folks here subscribed to the SLeague SMS Alerts Service by Singtel?

For those who had, did you noticed that so far the service had not provided any alerts for games involving Brunei DPMM? 

Have sent SingTel an email on this, still awaiting their reply... Any others have similar observations?

Updated 13-Mar:

Only received a standard reply from SingTel so far:

Quote:

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The service worked well with alerts for Geylang-DPMM match though, so it seemed the problem only applies to matches in Brunei...

Albirex's Japan Stadium Night View

Not sure if this is posted elsewhere before, but Albirex's Home Stadium in Japan looks REALLY GOOD!!

Full Version can be seen at: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/BigSwan_nightscene.jpg

S-League 2009 Final Standings Prediction

My Take:

1. SAF (4th Straight Title)
2. Home (Still Best of the Rest)
3. Gombak (Best Ever Finish in Sight?)
4. Brunei DPMM (Homeground Advantage?)
5. Tampines (Gradual Decline from 2005: 1st, 2006: 2nd, 2007: 3rd, 2008: 4th...)
6. Sengkang (Best Ever Finish or Never)
7. Geylang (Pretty much the same as last season)
8. Super Reds (Miracle no more)
9. Woodlands (Rebuilding Year)
10. Young Lions (SEA Games Distractions)
11. Albirex (Worst Ever Finish)
12. Balestier (2nd Straight Spoon)

More Predictions at: http://kallangroar.com/sleague-singapore-cup/2185-predict-s-league-2009-final-standings.html

2000th S.League Game

In case you're not aware, the match between Sengkang-Geylang (2-2 draw) on 5-Mar-2009 was the 2000th S.League Game ever!

On the other hand, a day before that, the 6700th S.League Goal was scored by Brunei DPMM's Yusof Salleh during the 2-1 win over Super Reds.

At the current goals-per-game rate, the 7000th Goal should arrive some time after the halfway-point of the 2009 season, so stay tuned...

How will Brunei DPMM FC fare in S.League 2009?

Per "Brunei's DPMM Raring To Go In S-League":

"Despite their familiarity with Singapore clubs, DPMM have set themselves a
modest target of finishing in top six and looking to learn the lessons and avoid
the pitfalls that had befallen their foreign predecessors."

The following are the list of targets/finishes by foreign clubs in their debut seasons:

2003: Sinchi: Targeted Top-4, Finished 7th/12
2004: Albirex: Targeted Top-3, Finished 5th/10 (the closest prediction by far)
2006: Afrique: Targeted Top-3, Finished 9th/11
2007: Liaoning: Targeted Top-6, Finished 10th/12
2007: Super Reds: Targeted Top-3, Finished 12th/12 (the worst prediction)
2008: Dalian: Targeted Top-6, Finished 10th/12
2009: Brunei DPMM: Targeted Top-6, Finished ??th/12

Where do you think DPMM will end up at? Let's hear from you with a quick poll!!

S.League 2009 Guidebook

Just happened to pick-up a copy of 2009 S.League Guidebook from Toto outlet. Looks not too bad at all (though DPMM FC wasn't included yet), does anyone have this guide from earlier seasons?

S.League 2009 Leaflet

The leaflet below was distributed with newspapers this week.

Immediately felt something wrong at first glance, as the list only featured 11 stadia out of 12 teams.

Did anyone noticed that Bishan Stadium is missing from the list?

Is this a mistake? If not, is it bacause Bishan Stadium will be shut down in 2009 for YOG expansion? And where will Home United play in the next season then?

Misc. Trivia Updates

Best Possible Finishes in 2008: (as at 10-Oct)
1) The top-3 are still anybody's guess.
2) Tampines, with no hope of catching the top-3, are now confirmed to finish 4th, after Geylang was held by Young Lions 1-1 on 9-Oct.
3) 5th to 9th placed teams are still mathematically within each other.
4) 10th-placed Dalian can't finish higher than 7th.
5) 11th-placed Senglang can't finish higher than 9th.
6) Bottom-placed Balestier can't finish higher than 10th.


All-time Table: (as at 10-Oct)
1) Young Lions/Gombak are now tied at 241 pts.
2) Albirex has overtaken Sengkang at 199 pts with a better G/D!
3) Super Reds (84 pts) have Sinchi (88) / Clementi (95) firmly in sight...
4) Dalian (21 pts) need to do very well in their last 5 games to overtake Afrique (24) & Liaoning (29).


Milestone Games in 2008:
1) Following the 1800th ever league game on 29-Feb, another milestone has passed this season as well: The 1900th game took place on 24-July, where SAFFC beat Young Lions 2-0 away.
2) The 2000th game will only happen in 2009 season as 2008 season will end with the 1985th game on 17-Nov, where the Gombak/SAFFC & Home/Balestier games playing simultaneously.


Milestone Goals in 2008:
Ever since the "A-Game-A-Day" initiative was implemented in 2006, usually no more than 2 games are scheduled on the same day.

However, on 4-Sep, we saw 3 games taking place in the same day, only for the 2nd time since 2006: (If I'm not wrong, the first time happened during the climax of 2007 season, where the 3 title-chasing clubs played at the same time.)

Super Reds 2 - Seo Su Jong 5', Kim Jung Ho 37'
Woodlands Wellington 1 - Lucian Dronca 82'(p)

Balestier Khalsa 1 - Faizal Amir 24'
Young Lions 3 - Fadhil Noh 12', Afiq Yunos 30', Firdaus Idros 61'

Home United 3- Shi Jiayi 38', Kengne Ludovick 47',71'
Gombak United 0

This unusual day has made it a bit more complicated to determine the scorers of the 400th goal of 2008 S.League season and the 6400th goal all-time.

Prior to this day, 6390 all-time / 391 season (2008) goals have already been scored. Base on the match details available, below are the timeline of goals in chronological order, leading to the two milestone goals: (assuming all 3 maches started at the same time, w/o considering injury time)

All-time / 2008: Scorer, Time, Club
6391 / 392: Seo Su Jong 5' (Super Reds)
6392 / 393: Fadhil Noh 12' (Young Lions)
6393 / 394: Faizal Amir 24' (Balestier)
6394 / 395: Afiq Yunos 30' (Young Lions)
6395 / 396: Kim Jung Ho 37' (Super Reds)
6396 / 397: Shi Jiayi 38' (Home)
6397 / 398: Kengne Ludovick 47' (Home)
6398 / 399: Firdaus Idros 61' (Young Lions)
6399 / 400: Kengne Ludovick 71' (Home)
6400 / 401: Lucian Dronca 82'(p) (Woodlands)

So there you go... Congrats to both!!

S.League 08 Projected Finish: 10-Oct

With the league taking a 1-week break & almost 85% of the season has passed, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on the current standings.

As at 10-Oct:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 28 21 3 4 60 - 26 66 (+34)
2 Singapore AF 28 20 4 4 71 - 30 64 (+41)
3 Home-------- 28 20 3 5 64 - 27 63 (+37)
4 Tampines---- 28 17 4 7 56 - 30 55 (+26)
5 Gombak------ 28 10 9 9 33 - 33 39 (+0)
6 Geylang---- 28 11 6 11 44 - 45 39 (-1)
7 Woodlands--- 28 8 7 13 31 - 43 31 (-12)
8 Albirex---- 28 7 10 11 35 - 50 31 (-15)
9 Young Lions 28 6 10 12 26 - 39 28 (-13)
10 Dalian----- 28 5 6 17 23 - 60 21 (-37)
11 Sengkang--- 28 2 9 17 10 - 45 15 (-35)
12 Balestier-- 28 2 7 19 22 - 47 13 (-25)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 33 25 4 4 71 - 31 79 40
2 Singapore AF 33 24 5 4 84 - 35 77 49
3 Home-------- 33 24 4 5 75 - 32 76 43
4 Tampines---- 33 20 5 8 66 - 35 65 31
5 Gombak---- 33 12 11 10 39 - 39 47 0
6 Geylang---- 33 13 7 13 52 - 53 46 -1
7 Albirex---- 33 8 12 13 41 - 59 36 -18
8 Woodlands--- 33 9 8 16 37 - 51 35 -14
9 Young Lions 33 7 12 14 31 - 46 33 -15
10 Dalian----- 33 6 7 20 27 - 71 25 -44
11 Sengkang-- 33 2 11 20 12 - 53 17 -41
12 Balestier-- 33 2 8 23 26 - 55 14 -29

Highlights:
1. The top-3 is still tight, though Super Reds has a slight edge.
2. Tampines already locked-up 4th place, leaving Gombak/Geylang to fight for 5th.
3. Albirex/Wooslands & Young Lions are very close for 7/8/9.
4. Balestier & Sengkang are not going to win another match for the rest of the season? Come on!!

SLVC: Super Reds Crusher!!

While most expected a close fight, the Super Reds defied the odds to crush Home@home in stunning fashion & gained an upper hand in the 2008 title race, as well as winning their 3rd ever SLVC crown.

SLVC Record in 2008:
Super Reds: P9, W5-D2-L2, F20-A10, Pts 17
Home: P11, W8-D1-L2, F14-A7, Pts 25

SLVC Record all-time:
Super Reds: P14, W6-D2-L6, F24-A26, Pts 20
Home: P112, W67-D23-L22, F218-A138, Pts 224

With this win, the Reds remained 3rd in the SLVC mini-league 2008 behind Home/SAFFC, but still have a decent chance to overtake both, if they can stay unbeaten through their last 5 games of the season:
Oct 24 Albirex Niigata (A) - Draw? 5-3-2.
Oct 31 Sengkang Punggol (A) - Win? 6-3-2.
Nov 4 SAFFC (H) ------------ Draw? 6-4-2.
Nov 11 Balestier Khalsa (A) - Win? 7-4-2.
Nov 16 Tampines Rovers (H) - Draw? 7-5-2.

Super Reds' next game would be the 1st tricky test, as Albirex were the team that broke their previous SLVC reign. If the Reds can survive this, the next obstacles will mostly be vs SAFFC & Tampines.

Can Albirex inflict a 2nd defeat on Super Reds and win their 2nd SLVC crown in 2008? We'll see...

2008 Title Elimination Timeline (Updated 17-Sep)

1. Balestier: 31-July (Game 20: lost to Super Reds 1-2)
2. Sengkang: 4-Aug (Game 21: lost to Geylang 1-2)
3. Dalian: 6-Aug (Game 22: drawn with Young Lions 1-1)
4. Young Lions: 11-Aug (Game 22: drawn with Woodlands 0-0)
5. Gombak: 4-Sep (Game 24: lost to Home 0-3)
6. Albirex: 9-Sep (Game 24: drawn with Home 1-1)
7. Woodlands: 10-Sep (Game 23: lost to Gombak 0-2)
8. Geylang: 17-Sep (Game 25: lost to Super Reds 1-2)
9. Tampines? (Game 28?)

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 5 Sep

With the league taking a 2-day break & almost 3/4 of the season has passed, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on the current standings.

As at 5-Sep:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Home-------- 25 19 2 4 60 - 22 59 (+38)
2 Singapore AF 25 18 4 3 64 - 25 58 (+39)
3 Super Reds-- 24 18 2 4 49 - 24 56 (+25)
4 Tampines---- 23 13 3 7 41 - 25 42 (+16)
5 Geylang----- 23 10 4 9 36 - 37 34 (-1)
6 Gombak------ 24 7 8 09 25 - 30 29 (-5)
7 Albirex----- 23 7 7 09 31 - 43 28 (-12)
8 Young Lions- 24 6 8 10 24 - 31 26 (-7)
9 Woodlands--- 22 6 6 10 25 - 34 24 (-9)
10 Dalian----- 24 4 5 15 19 - 50 17 (-31)
11 Sengkang--- 25 2 8 15 09 - 40 14 (-31)
12 Balestier-- 24 1 7 16 19 - 41 10 (-22)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Home-------- 33 25 3 05 79 - 29 78 50
2 Super Reds-- 33 25 3 05 67 - 33 78 34
3 Singapore AF 33 24 5 04 84 - 33 77 51
4 Tampines---- 33 19 4 10 59 - 36 61 23
5 Geylang----- 33 14 6 13 52 - 53 48 -1
6 Gombak----- 33 10 11 12 34 - 41 41 -7
7 Albirex---- 33 10 10 13 44 - 62 40 -18
9 Woodlands--- 33 9 09 15 38 - 51 36 -13
8 Young Lions- 33 8 11 14 33 - 43 35 -10
10 Dalian----- 33 6 07 20 26 - 69 25 -43
11 Sengkang--- 33 3 11 19 12 - 53 20 -41
12 Balestier-- 33 1 10 22 26 - 56 13 -30

Highlights:
1. The top-3 remain as tight as ever, interesting title race!
2. Tampines still good bet for 4th, though Geylang's form has been hot of late.
3. Balestier has been free-falling for some time, can they at least give a good chase on Sengkang?

SLVC: Home Regain Crown Again

As expected, the SLVC title Gombak won just 5 days earlier made a swift "home return" as they surrendered it meekly to Home Utd 0-3 on 4-Sep.

This is Home's 2nd SLVC title in 2008 & 13th all-time, the most among all teams, level with SAFFC.

SLVC Record in 2008:
Gombak: P2, W1-D0-L1, F2-A4, Pts 3
Home: P9, W8-D0-L1, F13-A3, Pts 24

SLVC Record all-time:
Gombak: P27, W3-D5-L19, F30-A63, Pts 14
Home: P110, W67-D22-L21, F217-A134, Pts 223

With this win, Home is now level on points with SAFFC (albeit with an inferior G/D) at the top of SLVC mini-league 2008, having played a game less.

Home's next game will be against Albirex away on 9-Sep. Can Albirex keep up their recent good form to win back the SLVC title that they lost to Home earlier this season? We'll see...

SLVC: Gombak's 3rd Title

What comes around goes around, Tampines simply couldn't hang on to their 9th SLVC title (which they won rather fortunately from Home United on 11-Aug with an own goal) as they lost 1-2 to Gombak at JBS on 29-Aug, despite having taken a 3rd-minute lead in that game.

Coincidentally the match was also Gombak's only SLVC game this season. This is their 3rd SLVC title, the 7th-most among all teams, level with Young Lions & Balestier.

SLVC Record in 2008:
Gombak: P1, W1-D0-L0, F2-A1, Pts 3
Tampines: P4, W1-D0-L3, F3-A9, Pts 3

SLVC Record all-time:
Gombak: P26, W3-D5-L18, F30-A60, Pts 14
Tampines: P66, W28-D14-L24, F120-A108, Pts 98

Gombak's next game will be against Home United at Bishan on 4-Sep.

Judging by their past record in SLVC, the title should be making a swift return back "Home", as Gombak had always lost their 1st title-defense game right after winning it, :-o

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings": 25-Aug

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (after semi-finals 2nd-legs)


# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD NB
1 Sing. AF-- 5 4-1-0 10-1 13 +9 Final
2 Young Lions 5 3-1-1 6-4 10 +2 SF
3 Woodlands--- 5 2-2-1 6-4 8 +2 Final
4 Home-------- 2 2-0-1 6-3 6 +3 QF
5 Tobacco Mon. 3 1-2-0 2-1 5 +1 QF
6 Bangkok Uni. 3 1-1-1 4-2 4 +2 QF
7 Super Reds-- 3 1-1-1 3-5 4 -2 QF
8 Tampines---- 5 1-1-3 3-6 4 -3 SF
9 Sengkang---- 1 0-1-0 1-1 1 +0 1R
10 Geylang---- 1 0-0-1 1-2 0 -1 1R
11 Brunei DPMM 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1 1R
12 Gombak----- 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1 1R
13 Balestier-- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2 1R
14 Phnom Penh- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2 1R
15 Albirex---- 1 0-0-1 1-4 0 -3 1R
16 Dalian----- 1 0-0-1 1-5 0 -4 1R


SAFFC will mostly clinch the top spot of the 2008 cup table, unless they lose by a huge margin in the final, while Young Lions win big in the 3rd-place playoff.
(Again, they're the only host to win at home in the semi final)

The previously unbeaten Young Lions was unlucky to lose the semi-final 2ng leg having won the first leg away. Had they managed at least a draw at JBS, YL would have secured a top-2 finish in the cup table along with a place in the grand final.

Despite their low points tally at the moment, Tampines can still squeeze into the top-4 with a win against the YL in the 3rd-place match. Let's see if they can redeem themselves with this consolation prize by then...

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings": 18-Aug

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (after q-finals 2nd-legs)

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD NB
1 Sing. AF---- 3 2-1-0 6-1 7 +5 SF
2 Young Lions- 3 2-1-0 3-0 7 +3 SF
3 Home-------- 2 2-0-1 6-3 6 +3 QF
4 Woodlands--- 3 1-2-0 2-1 5 +1 SF
5 Tobacco Mon. 3 1-2-0 2-1 5 +1 QF
6 Bangkok Uni. 3 1-1-1 4-2 4 +2 QF
7 Tampines---- 3 1-1-1 3-2 4 +1 SF
8 Super Reds-- 3 1-1-1 3-5 4 -2 QF
9 Sengkang---- 1 0-1-0 1-1 1 +0 1R
10 Geylang---- 1 0-0-1 1-2 0 -1 1R
11 Brunei DPMM 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1 1R
12 Gombak----- 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1 1R
13 Balestier-- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2 1R
14 Phnom Penh- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2 1R
15 Albirex---- 1 0-0-1 1-4 0 -3 1R
16 Dalian----- 1 0-0-1 1-5 0 -4 1R

SAFFC is now back at the top of the "cup table", having just surrendered the lead in the league to Super Reds, :-)
Note that Super Reds could have achieved a double lead in the league / cup table, had they beaten SAFFC in the cup q-final 2nd leg, but it was not to be...
(If the League Cup "Standings" was also taken into account, that would have been a triple lead!!)
By the way, SAFFC's 3-0 win over Super Reds was also the only victory for the host teams in the q-fianls.

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 16 Aug

With 2/3 of the fixtures completed & the league taking a 1-week+ break for Singapore Cup actions, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on the current standings.

As at 16-Aug:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 22 17 2 3 46 - 21 53 (+25)
2 Singapore AF 22 16 4 2 60 - 22 52 (+38)
3 Home-------- 22 16 2 4 50 - 21 50 (+29)
4 Tampines---- 22 13 3 6 40 - 23 42 (+17)
5 Geylang----- 22 9 4 09 34 - 36 31 (-2)
6 Gombak------ 22 6 8 08 23 - 26 26 (-3)
7 Albirex----- 22 6 7 09 29 - 42 25 (-13)
8 Woodlands--- 21 6 6 09 24 - 32 24 (-8)
9 Young Lions- 23 5 8 10 21 - 30 23 (-9)
10 Dalian----- 23 4 5 14 19 - 47 17 (-28)
11 Sengkang--- 23 2 8 13 08 - 35 14 (-27)
12 Balestier-- 22 1 7 14 17 - 36 10 (-19)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 33 26 3 04 69 - 32 81 37
2 Singapore AF 33 24 6 03 90 - 33 78 57
3 Home-------- 33 24 3 06 75 - 32 75 43
4 Tampines---- 33 20 5 08 60 - 35 65 25
5 Geylang----- 33 14 6 13 51 - 54 48 -3
6 Gombak------ 33 9 12 12 35 - 39 39 -4
7 Albirex----- 33 9 11 13 44 - 63 38 -19
8 Woodlands--- 33 9 09 15 38 - 50 36 -12
9 Young Lions- 33 7 11 15 30 - 43 32 -13
10 Dalian----- 33 6 07 20 27 - 67 25 -40
11 Sengkang--- 33 3 11 19 11 - 50 20 -39
12 Balestier-- 33 2 11 20 26 - 54 17 -28

Highlights:
1. Super Reds has regained the "projection championship" for now.
2. Geylang has consolidated its position at 5th-place following some good results.
3. Sengkang is finally out of the bottom, the race to avoid wooden spoon is heating-up... :-)

SLVC: Lucky Tampines won Title #9

Home United's perfect record in SLVC this season came to an abrupt halt after the extremely lucky Tampines stole the title back on 11-Aug with an own goal from their opponent.

This is Tampines' 9th SLVC title, the 4th-most among all teams, behind SAFFC (13), Home (12) & Geylang (10).

SLVC Record in 2008:
Home: P8, W7-D0-L1, F10-A3, Pts 21
Tampines: P3, W1-D0-L2, F2-A7, Pts 3

SLVC Record all-time:
Home: P109, W66-D22-L21, F214-A134, Pts 220
Tampines: P65, W28-D14-L23, F119-A106, Pts 98

Tampines' next game will be against Gombak away on 29-Aug.

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 26 July

With the league taking a week's break for S.League Selection - Brazil Olympic Team friendly, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on the current standings.

As at 26-July:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 19 16 2 1 56 - 17 50 (+39)
2 Home-------- 19 14 2 3 47 - 19 44 (+28)
3 Super Reds-- 19 14 2 3 38 - 18 44 (+20)
4 Tampines---- 19 12 2 5 37 - 20 38 (+17)
5 Geylang----- 20 8 3 09 30 - 33 27 (-3)
6 Woodlands--- 19 6 5 08 22 - 28 23 (-6)
7 Gombak------ 19 5 7 07 21 - 24 22 (-3)
8 Albirex----- 19 5 5 09 23 - 38 20 (-15)
9 Young Lions- 19 4 5 10 18 - 29 17 (-11)
10 Dalian----- 20 4 3 13 16 - 41 15 (-25)
11 Balestier-- 19 1 7 11 16 - 32 10 (-16)
12 Sengkang--- 19 1 7 11 06 - 31 10 (-25)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 33 28 3 02 97 - 30 87 67
2 Home-------- 33 24 3 06 82 - 33 75 49
3 Super Reds-- 33 24 3 06 66 - 31 75 35
4 Tampines---- 33 21 3 09 64 - 35 66 29
5 Geylang----- 33 13 5 15 50 - 54 44 -4
6 Woodlands--- 33 10 9 14 38 - 49 39 -11
7 Gombak------ 33 9 11 13 36 - 42 38 -6
8 Albirex----- 33 9 09 15 40 - 66 36 -26
9 Young Lions- 33 7 09 17 31 - 50 30 -19
10 Dalian----- 33 7 05 21 26 - 68 26 -42
11 Balestier-- 33 2 12 19 28 - 56 18 -28
12 Sengkang--- 33 2 12 19 10 - 54 18 -44

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings": 12-July

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (after q-finals 1st-legs & 2 concluded 2nd-legs)

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Young Lions- 3 2-1-0 3-0 7 +3
2 Home-------- 2 2-0-0 6-1 6 +5
3 Woodlands--- 3 1-2-0 2-1 5 +1
4 Tobacco Mon. 3 1-2-0 2-1 5 +1
5 Bangkok Uni. 3 1-1-1 4-2 4 +2
6 Sing. AF---- 2 1-1-0 3-1 4 +2
7 Super Reds-- 2 1-1-0 3-2 4 +1
8 Sengkang---- 1 0-1-0 1-1 1 +0
9 Tampines---- 2 0-1-1 1-2 1 -1
10 Geylang---- 1 0-0-1 1-2 0 -1
11 Brunei DPMM 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1
12 Gombak----- 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1
13 Balestier-- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2
14 Phnom Penh- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2
15 Albirex---- 1 0-0-1 1-4 0 -3
16 Dalian----- 1 0-0-1 1-5 0 -4

Notice that the Young Lions have still yet to concede a goal in this tournament, :-)

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 3 July

With half of the season gone (99 games played out of 198 fixtures) & the league taking a 2 week break for Singpaore Cup matches, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on the current standings.

As at 3-July:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 16 13 2 1 47 - 14 41 (+33)
2 Super Reds-- 17 13 2 2 34 - 17 41 (+17)
3 Home-------- 16 11 2 3 44 - 19 35 (+25)
4 Tampines---- 16 9 2 05 31 - 19 29 (+12)
5 Woodlands--- 16 6 5 05 20 - 20 23 (+0)
6 Geylang----- 16 6 2 08 26 - 31 20 (-5)
7 Gombak------ 16 4 6 06 19 - 21 18 (-2)
8 Young Lions- 16 4 4 08 18 - 26 16 (-8)
9 Albirex----- 17 4 4 09 21 - 38 16 (-17)
10 Dalian----- 17 4 3 10 16 - 37 15 (-21)
11 Balestier-- 17 1 7 09 14 - 27 10 (-13)
12 Sengkang--- 18 1 7 10 06 - 27 10 (-21)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 33 27 4 02 97 - 29 85 68
2 Super Reds-- 33 25 4 04 66 - 33 79 33
3 Home-------- 33 23 4 06 91 - 39 73 52
4 Tampines---- 33 19 4 10 64 - 39 61 25
5 Woodlands-- 33 12 10 11 41 - 41 46 0
6 Geylang----- 33 12 4 17 54 - 64 40 -10
7 Gombak------ 33 8 12 13 39 - 43 36 -4
8 Young Lions- 33 8 08 17 37 - 54 32 -17
9 Albirex----- 33 8 08 17 41 - 74 32 -33
10 Dalian----- 33 8 06 19 31 - 72 30 -41
11 Balestier-- 33 2 14 17 27 - 52 20 -25
12 Sengkang--- 33 2 13 18 11 - 50 19 -39

With another 0-0 draw with Woodlands on 24-June, Sengkang set a new mark of 6 goal-less draws for a team in a season, it is likely that the "record" can be extended further in this campaign. :-)

For now, SAFFC is projected to remain top, 6 points clear of Super Reds who unexpectedly lost to Albirex on 21-June. Home/Tampines are still fighting it out for 3rd-place & others trailing in their wake...

SLVC: Home regained Crown

Albirex's joy of winning its first SLVC just 5 days ago was indeed short-lived as expected, as they were dispatched 0-2 on 26-June & surrendered the crown to Home Utd.

This is Home's 12th SLVC title, the 2nd-most among all teams, behind SAFFC's 13 wins...

SLVC Record in 2008:
Albirex: P3, W1-D0-L2, F4-A6, Pts 3
Home: P1, W1-D0-L0, F2-A0, Pts 3

SLVC Record all-time:
Albirex: P11, W1-D2-L8, F10-A23, Pts 5
Home: P102, W60-D22-L20, F206-A131, Pts 202

With this win, Home has became the only 2nd team (behind SAFFC as well) to amass more than 200 points in the all-time mini-league.

Home's next game will be against Geylang away on 1-July.

SLVC: Albirex the New Champions!

On 21-June, apparently still suffering from the "League Cup Hangover", Super Reds handed the SLVC title they held for 6 games to Albirex, who finally broke their SLVC jinx after 10 attempts!

However, Albirex's joy could be short-lived, as they will play Home Utd @ Bishan on 26-June. Let's see if they willl be able to hold on to the title for more than a game following this upset win...

SLVC Record in 2008:
Super Reds: P7, W4-D2-L1, F17-A9, Pts 14
Albirex': P2, W1-D0-L1, F4-A5, Pts 3

SLVC Record all-time:
Super Reds: P12, W5-D2-L5, F21-A25, Pts 17
Albirex': P10, W1-D2-L7, F10-A21, Pts 5

Singapore League Cup 2008 "Final Standings"

Singapore League Cup 2008 "Final Standings":

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Super Reds-- 6 4 1 1 11-3 13 +8
2 Balestier--- 6 4 1 1 10-5 13 +5
3 Gombak------ 5 3 2 0 09-4 11 +5
4 Young Lions- 6 1 2 3 10-14 5 -4
-------------------------------
5 Tampines---- 2 1 0 1 3-3 3 +0
6 Albirex----- 3 1 0 2 2-6 3 -4
7 Woodlands--- 1 0 1 0 3-3 1 +0
8 Home-------- 2 0 1 1 1-2 1 -1
-------------------------------
9 Geylang----- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
10 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
11 Sengkang--- 1 0 0 1 0-3 0 -3
12 Sing. AF--- 2 0 0 2 1-5 0 -4

In the end, each of the top-4 teams achieved some breakthroughs in this tournament:

Gombak won its 1st title (great progress since returning in 2006)
Super Reds contested its 1st final (great turn-around from bottom place in 2007)
Balestier finished 3rd for the 1st time in a cup (having ended-up 4th several occasions before)Young Lions made the semis of a domestic cup for the 1st time (remember they did made the semis of Malaysia FA Cup in 2006)

All-time table so far:

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Gombak------ 8 4 4 0 12-6 16 +6
2 Super Reds-- 7 4 1 2 11-5 13 +6
3 Balestier--- 7 4 1 2 11-7 13 +4
4 Woodlands--- 4 3 1 0 11-3 10 +8
-------------------------------
5 Young Lions- 6 1 2 3 10-14 5 -4
6 Tampines---- 3 1 1 1 4-4 4 +0
7 Sengkang---- 4 1 1 2 2-8 4 -6
8 Home-------- 5 0 3 2 3-6 3 -3
-------------------------------
9 Albirex----- 4 1 0 3 3-8 3 -5
10 Geylang---- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
11 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
12 Sing. AF--- 2 0 0 2 1-5 0 -4

Coincidentally, as compared to the 2008 "standings", the all-time table has better reflected the final positions of the top-3 teams in 2008, :-)

Singapore League Cup 2008 Updates (14-June)

League Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (up to s-finals 2nd legs)

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Super Reds-- 5 4 1 0 10-1 13 +9
2 Balestier--- 5 3 1 1 07-3 10 +4
3 Gombak------ 4 2 2 0 07-3 8 +4
4 Young Lions- 5 1 2 2 8-11 5 -3
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5 Tampines---- 2 1 0 1 3-3 3 +0
6 Albirex----- 3 1 0 2 2-6 3 -4
7 Woodlands--- 1 0 1 0 3-3 1 +0
8 Home-------- 2 0 1 1 1-2 1 -1
-------------------------------
9 Geylang----- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
10 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
11 Sengkang--- 1 0 0 1 0-3 0 -3
12 Sing. AF--- 2 0 0 2 1-5 0 -4

Super Reds & Gombak will contest their first ever domestic cup final on 16-June, while Young Lions will host Balestier in the fight for 3rd-place on the same day as well.

All-time table so far:
# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Super Reds-- 6 4 1 1 10-3 13 +7
2 Gombak------ 7 3 4 0 10-5 13 +5
3 Woodlands--- 4 3 1 0 11-3 10 +8
4 Balestier--- 6 3 1 2 08-5 10 +3
-------------------------------
5 Young Lions- 5 1 2 2 8-11 05 -3
6 Tampines---- 3 1 1 1 4-4 4 +0
7 Sengkang---- 4 1 1 2 2-8 4 -6
8 Home-------- 5 0 3 2 3-6 3 -3
-------------------------------
9 Albirex----- 4 1 0 3 3-8 3 -5
10 Geylang---- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
11 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
12 Sing. AF--- 2 0 0 2 1-5 0 -4

Balestier can also overtake Woodlands in the all-time table by getting at least a draw in the 3rd-place playoff.

Singapore League Cup 2008 Updates (11-June)

League Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (up to s-finals 1st legs)

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Super Reds-- 4 4 0 0 10-1 12 +9
2 Balestier--- 4 3 0 1 07-3 9 +4
3 Gombak------ 3 2 1 0 06-2 7 +4
4 Young Lions- 4 1 1 2 7-10 4 -3
-------------------------------
5 Tampines---- 2 1 0 1 3-3 3 +0
6 Albirex----- 3 1 0 2 2-6 3 -4
7 Woodlands--- 1 0 1 0 3-3 1 +0
8 Home-------- 2 0 1 1 1-2 1 -1
-------------------------------
9 Geylang----- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
10 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
11 Sengkang--- 1 0 0 1 0-3 0 -3
12 Sing. AF--- 2 0 0 2 1-5 0 -4

Super Reds & Gombak look likely to contest their first ever domestic cup final.

All-time table so far:
# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Super Reds-- 5 4 0 1 10-3 12 +7
2 Gombak------ 6 3 3 0 09-4 12 +5
3 Woodlands--- 4 3 1 0 11-3 10 +8
4 Balestier--- 5 3 0 2 08-5 09 +3
-------------------------------
5 Young Lions- 4 1 1 2 7-10 04 -3
6 Tampines---- 3 1 1 1 4-4 4 +0
7 Sengkang---- 4 1 1 2 2-8 4 -6
8 Home-------- 5 0 3 2 3-6 3 -3
-------------------------------
9 Albirex----- 4 1 0 3 3-8 3 -5
10 Geylang---- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
11 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
12 Sing. AF--- 2 0 0 2 1-5 0 -4

Super Reds & Gombak have also overtaken Woodlands at the top of the table.

Singapore League Cup 2008 Updates (8-June)

League Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (up to q-finals 2nd legs)

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Super Reds-- 3 3 0 0 9-1 9 +8
2 Balestier--- 3 3 0 0 7-2 9 +5
3 Gombak------ 2 1 1 0 2-1 4 +1
4 Young Lions- 3 1 1 1 6-6 4 +0
5 Tampines---- 2 1 0 1 3-3 3 +0
6 Albirex----- 3 1 0 2 2-6 3 -4
7 Woodlands--- 1 0 1 0 3-3 1 +0
8 Home-------- 2 0 1 1 1-2 1 -1
9 Geylang----- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
10 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
11 Sengkang--- 1 0 0 1 0-3 0 -3
12 Sing. AF--- 2 0 0 2 1-5 0 -4

Note that the "Big-3" of 2007 are all knocked-out in the quarter-finals!
Super Reds & Young Lions will contest their first domestic semi-finals,
while Balestier & Gombak will try to reach their first ever cup final...

All-time table so far:

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Woodlands-- 4 3 1 0 11-3 10 +8
2 Super Reds-- 4 3 0 1 9-3 9 +6
3 Balestier--- 4 3 0 1 8-4 9 +4
4 Gombak------ 5 2 3 0 5-3 9 +2
5 Young Lions- 3 1 1 1 6-6 4 +0
6 Tampines---- 3 1 1 1 4-4 4 +0
7 Sengkang---- 4 1 1 2 2-8 4 -6
8 Home-------- 5 0 3 2 3-6 3 -3
9 Albirex----- 4 1 0 3 3-8 3 -5
10 Geylang---- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
11 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
12 Sing. AF--- 2 0 0 2 1-5 0 -4

Notice that Woodlands still tops, Gombak still unbeaten & Home still winless...

Singapore League Cup 2008 Updates (5-June)

League Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (up to q-finals 1st leg)

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Super Reds-- 2 2 0 0 6-0 6 +6
2 Balestier--- 2 2 0 0 5-1 6 +4
3 Tampines---- 1 1 0 0 1-0 3 +1
4 Albirex----- 2 1 0 1 1-3 3 -2
5 Woodlands--- 1 0 1 0 3-3 1 +0
6 Gombak------ 1 0 1 1 1-1 1 +0
7 Home-------- 1 0 1 0 1-1 1 +0
8 Young Lions- 2 0 1 1 3-4 1 -1
9 Geylang----- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
10 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
11 Sengkang--- 1 0 0 1 0-3 0 -3
12 Sing. AF--- 1 0 0 1 0-3 0 -3

You might have realized that last season's champs (Wlds), runners-up (Skng) are all knocked out, while the 3rd-place team (Gbak) could be on the way out too...

All-time table so far:
# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Woodlands-- 4 3 1 0 11-3 10 +8
2 Super Reds-- 3 2 0 1 6-2 6 +4
3 Balestier--- 3 2 0 1 6-3 6 +3
4 Gombak------ 4 1 3 0 4-3 6 +1
5 Tampines---- 2 1 1 0 2-1 4 +1
6 Sengkang---- 4 1 1 2 2-8 4 -6
7 Home-------- 4 0 3 1 3-5 3 -2
8 Albirex----- 3 1 0 2 2-5 3 -3
9 Young Lions- 2 0 1 1 3-4 1 -1
10 Geylang---- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
11 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
12 Sing. AF--- 1 0 0 1 0-3 0 -1

Notice that Woodlands still tops, Gombak still unbeaten & Home still winless...

Singapore League Cup 2008 Updates (2-June)

League Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (after 1st round)

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Super Reds-- 1 1 0 0 3-0 3 +3
2 Balestier--- 1 1 0 0 2-1 3 +1
3 Albirex----- 1 1 0 0 1-0 3 +1
4 Woodlands--- 1 0 1 0 3-3 1 +0
5 Young Lions- 1 0 1 0 3-3 1 +0
6 Gombak------ 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 +0
7 Home-------- 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 +0
8 Sing. AF---- 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 +0
9 Tampines---- 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 +0
10 Geylang---- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
11 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1
12 Sengkang--- 1 0 0 1 0-3 0 -3

You might have realized that last season's champs (Wlds), runners-up (Skng) are all knocked out by now...

All-time table so far:

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD
1 Woodlands-- 4 3 1 0 11-3 10 +8
2 Gombak------ 3 1 2 0 3-2 5 +1
3 Sengkang---- 4 1 1 2 2-8 4 -6
4 Super Reds-- 2 1 0 1 3-2 3 +1
5 Balestier--- 2 1 0 1 3-3 3 +0
6 Albirex----- 2 1 0 1 2-2 3 +0
7 Home-------- 3 0 2 1 2-4 2 -2
8 Young Lions- 1 0 1 0 3-3 1 +0
9 Tampines---- 1 0 1 0 1-1 1 +0
10 Sing. AF--- 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 +0
11 Geylang---- 1 0 0 1 1-2 0 -1
12 Dalian----- 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 -1

Notice that Woodlands still tops, Gombak still unbeaten & Home still winless...

SLVC - All Time Statistics up to 2008, 28-May

All Time Table up to date:
# Team---- GP- W- D- L- F-- A-- Pts G/D
1 SAFFC--- 121 76 26 19 283-136 254 +147
2 Home-----101 59 22 20 204-131 199 +73
3 Geylang-- 73 32 17 24 136-100 113 +36
4 Woodlands 72 27 19 26 124-133 100 -09
5 Tampines- 64 27 14 23 118-106 095 +12
6 Tan.Pagar 42 15 11 16 67-65 56 +02
7 YngLions- 26 11 02 13 53-61 35 -08
8 SuperReds 11 05 02 04 19-22 17 -03
9 Sinchi--- 15 04 03 08 18-29 15 -11
10 Clementi 20 02 09 09 26-50 15 -24
11 Balestier 36 3 05 28 42-98 14 -56
12 Gombak--- 25 2 05 18 28-59 11 -31
13 Sembawang 21 2 05 14 20-52 11 -32
14 Jurong--- 18 2 03 13 18-38 09 -20
15 Sengkang- 20 0 03 17 15-61 03 -46
16 Afrique-- 04 0 02 02 03-07 02 -04
17 Albirex-- 09 0 02 07 07-19 02 -12
18 Liaoning- 02 0 00 02 03-05 00 -02
19 Dalian--- 02 0 00 02 01-07 00 -06
20 P.Lebar-- 02 0 00 02 00-06 00 -06

Statistical Summary:
Matches-: 342
Home Win: 152
Draw----: 75
Away Win: 115
Goals---: 1185
Home Goals-: 653
Away Goals-: 532
Freq Scores: 1-1 (33 times), 2-1 (27 times)

Highlights:
1.Woodlands have broke into the 100-point clubs.
2.Super Reds have jumped to 8th-place from 14th in 2007!

SLVC 2008 - All Matches Played as at 28-May

It's the right time to revisit the SLVC stats again in 2008,
as the league takes a long break from 28-May to 17-June:

2008-02-22 Albirex SAFFC 1 3
2008-02-26 SAFFC Geylang 3 1
2008-02-29 SAFFC Sengkang 3 0
2008-03-06 Dalian SAFFC 1 6
2008-03-14 Tampines SAFFC 1 2
2008-03-29 SAFFC Woodlands 3 0
2008-04-06 Balestier SAFFC 0 2
2008-04-10 SAFFC YoungLions 4 0
2008-04-13 SuperReds SAFFC 3 2 **
2008-04-18 Balestier SuperReds 1 1
2008-04-24 SuperReds Tampines 5 0
2008-04-28 SuperReds Dalian 1 0
2008-05-23 Woodlands SuperReds 2 2
2008-05-26 SuperReds YoungLions 3 1

** Title changed hands

Consolidated Table:
# Team-------- P W D L F--A Pts G/D
01 SAFFC------ 9 8 0 1 28-7 24 +21
02 Super Reds- 6 4 2 0 15-6 14 +9
03 Balestier-- 2 0 1 1 01-3 1 -2
04 Woodlands-- 2 0 1 1 02-5 1 -3
05 Gombak----- 0 0 0 0 00-0 0 0
06 Home------- 0 0 0 0 00-0 0 0
07 Albirex---- 0 0 0 1 01-3 0 -2
08 Geylang---- 0 0 0 1 01-3 0 -2
09 Sengkang--- 0 0 0 1 00-3 0 -3
10 Dalain----- 2 0 0 2 01-7 0 -6
11 Tampines--- 2 0 0 2 01-7 0 -6
12 YoungLions- 2 0 0 2 01-7 0 -6

Statistical Summary:
Match-ups-: 14
Home Win--: 8
Draw------: 2
Away Win--: 4
Goals-----: 51
Home Goals: 31
Away Goals: 20
Most Frequent Scores: 3-0, 3-1 (2 times each)

Note that Dalian, Tampines & YoungLions have identical records,
having suffered heavy beatings at the hands of SAFFC & Super Reds...

All-Time S.League Table - 2008 (up to 28-May)

With all teams (except Balestier & Sengkang) completed 14 games each & the league taking a 3 week break for World Cup Qualifiers, let's take a quick look on how the S.League all-time has evolved since 2007.

# #07 Teams------ Sesn Pld W-- PK D L-- F-- A-- Pts GD-- PPG #PPG #PPG07
01 01 SAFFC------ 12.5 339 225 2 61 051 841 406 740 +435 2.183 01 01
02 02 Home------- 12.5 338 188 2 61 087 723 469 629 +254 1.861 02 02
03 03 Tampines--- 12.5 338 161 3 68 106 664 489 557 +175 1.648 03 03
04 04 Geylang---- 12.5 339 155 3 71 110 588 447 542 +141 1.599 04 04
05 05 Woodlands-- 12.5 338 130 4 78 126 574 555 464 +019 1.373 09 09
06 06 Balestier-- 12.5 339 093 2 78 166 495 682 361 -187 1.065 11 10
07 07 Tjg. Pagar- 09.0 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 350 +014 1.496 05 05
08 08 Jurong----- 07.0 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 253 -013 1.413 06 08
09 10 Young Lions 05.5 164 064 1 34 065 280 287 228 -007 1.390 07 07
10 11 Gombak----- 08.5 207 056 0 49 102 281 381 217 -100 1.048 12 11
11 09 Sembawang-- 07.0 207 053 5 47 102 256 405 216 -149 1.043 13 12
12 12 Sengkang--- 08.5 241 044 8 45 144 264 529 193 -265 0.801 17 16
13 13 Albirex---- 04.5 131 048 0 36 047 215 202 180 +013 1.374 08 06
14 14 Clementi--- 04.0 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 095 -111 0.864 16 15
15 15 Sinchi----- 03.0 087 022 6 13 046 109 166 088 -057 1.011 14 13
16 18 Super Reds- 01.5 047 014 0 11 022 053 093 053 -040 1.128 10 18
17 16 Liaoning--- 01.0 033 008 0 05 020 033 063 029 -030 0.879 15 14
18 17 Afrique---- 01.0 030 005 0 09 016 036 058 024 -022 0.800 18 17
19 NA Dalian----- 00.5 014 003 0 02 009 012 027 011 -015 0.786 19 NA
20 19 Paya Lebar- 01.0 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 004 -055 0.148 20 19

If interested, any of you can help update this in Wikipedia as well... :-)

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 28 May

With all teams (except Balestier & Sengkang) completed 14 games & the league taking a 3 week break for World Cup Qualifiers, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on the current standings.

As at 28-May:
# Team-------- P- W D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 14 11 2 1 39 - 14 35 (+25)
2 Super Reds-- 14 11 2 1 29 - 13 35 (+16)
3 Home-------- 14 09 2 3 40 - 18 29 (+22)
4 Tampines---- 14 08 2 4 28 - 18 26 (+10)
5 Geylang----- 14 06 2 6 24 - 27 20 (-3)
6 Woodlands--- 14 05 4 5 17 - 20 19 (-3)
7 Gombak------ 14 03 6 5 17 - 19 15 (-2)
8 Young Lions- 14 04 3 7 17 - 24 15 (-7)
9 Albirex----- 14 03 3 8 18 - 34 12 (-16)
10 Dalian----- 14 03 2 9 12 - 27 11 (-15)
11 Balestier-- 15 01 6 8 12 - 22 09 (-10)
12 Sengkang--- 15 01 6 8 05 - 22 09 (-17)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 33 26 5 02 92 - 33 83 59
2 Super Reds-- 33 26 5 02 68 - 31 83 37
3 Home-------- 33 21 5 07 94 - 42 68 52
4 Tampines---- 33 19 5 09 66 - 42 62 24
5 Geylang----- 33 14 5 14 57 - 64 47 -7
6 Woodlands--- 33 12 9 12 40 - 47 45 -7
7 Gombak------ 33 7 14 12 40 - 45 35 -5
8 Young Lions- 33 09 7 17 40 - 57 34 -17
9 Albirex----- 33 07 7 19 42 - 80 28 -38
10 Dalian----- 33 07 5 21 28 - 64 26 -36
11 Balestier-- 33 2 13 18 26 - 48 19 -22
12 Sengkang--- 33 2 13 18 11 - 48 19 -37

Though still rooted at the bottom, Sengkang finally earned their first win of the season against Young Lions. However, they also set a new mark of 5 goal-less draws for a team in a season, it is likely that the "record" can be extended further in this campaign. :-)

For now, SAFFC is back on top, but only on G/D. The title race seemed to be fast becoming a 2-horse affair, with Home/Tampines fighting it out for 3rd-place & others trailing in their wake...

Singapore League Cup 2007 Recap

Just a recap of what happened in League Cup 2007 (many thanks to Leon's Archive):

Quarter-finals -
Sengkang 2 -1 Balestier
Gombak 2 - 1 Albirex
Super Reds 0 - 2
WoodlandsTampines 1 - 1 Home Utd (Home Utd won on PK)

Semi-finals -
Sengkang 0 - 0 Gombak (Sengkang won on PK)
Woodlands 2 - 0 Home Utd

3rd-place -
Gombak 1 - 1 Home Utd (Gombak won on PK)

Final -
Sengkang 0 - 4 Woodlands

"Standings":
# Team----- P W D L F A P GD
1 Woodlands 3 3 0 0 8 0 9 +8
2 Gombak--- 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 +1
3 Sengkang- 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 -3
4 Home----- 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 -2
5 Tampines- 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 +0
6 Albirex-- 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1
7 Balestier 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1
8 SuperReds 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2

Gombak 1-0 Home: finally overtaken Sembawang!

Beside putting a huge dent on Home's 2008 title hopes, Gombak have finally overtaken Sembawang in the all-time S.League table, :-)

Gombak already had Sembawang in sight at the start of the 2008 season, but they were struggling to reach the target due to their indifferent form since.

Prior to the Home game, Gombak actually went 6 games winless, but they managed to pull-off the upset at the right time in their 207th game (co-incidentally the same number of games Sembawang have played all-time!!):
#- Team ------------ Pld W PK D- L-- F-- A-- GD-- Pts
10 Gombak United --- 207 56 0 49 102 281-381 -100 217
11 Sembawang Rangers 207 53 5 47 102 256-405 -149 216

It must have been the force of destiny, wasn't it?

Prime League All-Time Table: 2001

2001 Table:
# Team------ P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 Home------ 24 18 4 2 79 31 58 +48
2 SAFFC----- 24 16 4 4 78 20 52 +58
3 Tampines-- 24 15 3 6 56 31 48 +25
4 Woodlands- 24 15 2 7 49 45 47 +4
5 Sing.U-18 24 11 3 10 49 33 36 +16
6 Tjg.Pagar- 24 10 6 8 40 38 36 +2
7 Sengkang-- 24 8 7 09 43 37 31 +6
8 Sembawang- 24 8 5 11 41 55 29 -14
9 Geylang--- 24 8 4 12 29 36 28 -7
10 Balestier 24 8 3 13 45 47 27 -2
11 Clementi- 24 5 8 11 31 53 23 -22
12 Jurong--- 24 2 7 15 38 89 13 -51
13 Gombak--- 24 2 4 18 16 79 10 -63

2001 All-Time:
# Team----- P-- W- D- L- F-- A-- Pts GD PPG #PPG
1 SAFFC---- 106 80 09 17 313 085 249 +228 2.349 1
2 Home----- 106 73 16 17 280 103 235 +177 2.217 2
3 Geylang-- 106 56 17 33 186 120 185 +066 1.745 4
4 Woodlands 106 48 17 41 191 169 161 +022 1.519 5
5 Tampines- 106 50 10 46 185 176 160 +009 1.509 6
6 Balestier 106 44 15 47 187 175 147 +012 1.387 8
7 Tjg.Pagar 106 41 17 48 183 208 140 -025 1.321 9
8 Sengkang-- 90 39 15 36 147 134 132 +013 1.467 7
9 Sembawang 106 27 21 58 130 216 102 -086 0.962 10
10 Sing.U-18 48 26 07 15 098 059 085 +039 1.771 3
11 Jurong-- 106 19 17 70 122 317 074 -195 0.698 12
12 Clementi- 70 15 20 35 086 144 065 -058 0.929 11
13 Gombak--- 90 10 15 65 082 284 045 -202 0.500 13

Highlights:
- The 5th season of Prime League.
- Singapore Under-18 team have been doing very well in terms of PPG, only behind the Big-2 of SAFFC / Home.

Prime League All-Time Table: 2000

2000 Table:
# Team------ P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 SAFFC----- 24 20 0 4 79 14 60 +65
2 Home------ 24 15 6 3 50 17 51 +33
3 Geylang--- 24 15 5 4 42 21 50 +21
4 Sing.U-18- 24 15 4 5 49 26 49 +23
5 Sengkang-- 24 14 3 7 42 31 45 +11
6 Tampines-- 24 12 3 9 37 30 39 +7
7 Clementi-- 24 7 9 08 34 40 30 -6
8 Woodlands- 24 7 6 11 35 34 27 +1
9 Tjg.Pagar- 24 7 5 12 39 52 26 -13
10 Balestier 24 4 6 14 27 41 18 -14
11 Sembawang 24 3 9 12 19 40 18 -21
12 Gombak--- 24 3 5 16 26 69 14 -43
13 Jurong--- 24 2 3 19 25 89 09 -64

2000 All-Time:
# Team------ P- W- D- L- F-- A-- Pts GD-- PPG #PPG
1 SAFFC----- 82 64 05 13 235 065 197 +170 2.402 1
2 Home------ 82 55 12 15 201 072 177 +129 2.159 2
3 Geylang--- 82 48 13 21 157 084 157 +073 1.915 4
4 Balestier- 82 36 12 34 142 128 120 +014 1.463 6
5 Woodlands- 82 33 15 34 142 124 114 +018 1.390 7
6 Tampines-- 82 35 07 40 129 145 112 -016 1.366 8
7 Tjg.Pagar- 82 31 11 40 143 170 104 -027 1.268 9
8 Sengkang-- 66 31 08 27 104 097 101 +007 1.530 5
9 Sembawang- 82 19 16 47 089 161 073 -072 0.890 11
10 Jurong--- 82 17 10 55 084 228 061 -144 0.744 12
11 Sing.U-18 24 15 04 05 049 026 049 +023 2.042 3
12 Clementi- 46 10 12 24 055 091 042 -036 0.913 10
13 Gombak--- 66 08 11 47 066 205 035 -139 0.530 13

Highlights:
- The 5th season of Prime League
- Singapore Uuder-18 was the new entrant.
- This was the first time that there're more teams in the Prime League than S.League.

Prime League All-Time Table: 1999

1999 Table:
# Team------ P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 SAFFC----- 22 21 1 0 75 13 64 +62
2 Home------ 22 16 2 4 62 20 50 +42
3 Balestier- 22 14 1 7 47 30 43 +17
4 Geylang--- 22 11 6 5 41 19 39 +22
5 Sengkang-- 22 12 3 7 42 31 39 +11
6 Jurong---- 22 9 2 11 28 54 29 -26
7 Woodlands- 22 8 4 10 38 36 28 +02
8 Tampines-- 22 6 3 13 24 42 21 -18
9 Tjg.Pagar- 22 6 3 13 25 49 21 -24
10 Sembawang 22 5 5 12 25 42 20 -17
11 Gombak--- 22 4 1 17 23 64 13 -41
12 Clementi- 22 3 3 16 21 51 12 -30

1999 All-Time:
# Team----- P- W- D L- F-- A-- Pts GD- PPG #PPG
1 SAFFC---- 58 44 5 09 156 051 137 105 2.362 1
2 Home----- 58 40 6 12 151 055 126 +96 2.172 2
3 Geylang-- 58 33 8 17 115 063 107 +52 1.845 3
4 Balestier 58 32 6 20 115 087 102 +28 1.759 4
5 Woodlands 58 26 9 23 107 090 087 +17 1.500 5
6 Tjg.Pagar 58 24 6 28 104 118 078 -14 1.345 6
7 Tampines- 58 23 4 31 092 115 073 -23 1.259 8
8 Sengkang- 42 17 5 20 062 066 056 -04 1.333 7
9 Sembawang 58 16 7 35 070 121 055 -51 0.948 9
10 Jurong-- 58 15 7 36 059 139 052 -80 0.897 10
11 Gombak-- 42 05 6 31 040 136 021 -96 0.500 12
12 Clementi 22 03 3 16 021 051 012 -30 0.545 11

Highlights:
- The 3rd season of Prime League
- SAFFC finished the season unbeaten!
- Clementi was the new entrant.
- All 12 teams fielded their reserves.

Prime League All-Time Table: 1998

1998 Table:
# Team----- P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 Geylang-- 20 16 0 4 56 19 48 +37
2 Home----- 20 14 2 4 56 17 44 +39
3 Woodlands 20 13 3 4 51 26 42 +25
4 Tampines- 20 13 1 6 47 39 40 +08
5 SAFFC---- 20 11 2 7 47 30 35 +17
6 Tjg.Pagar 20 9 0 11 40 41 27 -01
7 Balestier 20 9 0 11 34 38 27 -04
8 Sembawang 20 6 2 12 25 41 20 -16
9 Sengkang- 20 5 2 13 20 35 17 -15
10 Jurong-- 20 3 3 14 20 55 12 -35
11 Gombak-- 20 1 5 14 17 72 08 -55

1998 All-Time:
# Team----- P- W- D L- F- A- Pts GD PPG #PPG
1 Home----- 36 24 4 08 89 35 76 +54 2.111 1
2 SAFFC---- 36 23 4 09 81 38 73 +43 2.028 2
3 Geylang-- 36 22 2 12 74 44 68 +30 1.889 3
4 Woodlands 36 18 5 13 69 54 59 +15 1.639 4
5 Balestier 36 18 5 13 68 57 59 +11 1.639 5
6 Tjg.Pagar 36 18 3 15 79 69 57 +10 1.583 6
7 Tampines- 36 17 1 18 68 73 52 -05 1.444 7
8 Sembawang 36 11 2 23 45 79 35 -34 0.972 8
9 Jurong--- 36 06 5 25 31 85 23 -54 0.639 10
10 Sengkang 20 05 2 13 20 35 17 -15 0.850 9
11 Gombak-- 20 01 5 14 17 72 08 -55 0.400 11

Highlights:
- The 2nd season of Prime League
- Gombak & Sengkang were new entrants
- All 11 teams fielded reserves

Prime League All-Time Table: 1997

Table:
# Team----- P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 SAFFC---- 16 12 2 2 34 08 38 +26
2 Balestier 16 09 5 2 34 19 32 +15
3 Home----- 16 10 2 4 33 18 32 +15
4 Tjg.Pagar 16 9 3 04 39 28 30 +11
5 Geylang-- 16 6 2 08 18 25 20 -07
6 Woodlands 16 5 2 09 18 28 17 -10
7 Sembawang 16 5 0 11 20 38 15 -18
8 Tampines- 16 4 0 12 21 34 12 -13
9 Jurong--- 16 3 2 11 11 30 11 -19

Highlights:
- This was the first season of Prime League.
- SAFFC also won the S.League.
- All 9 S.League teams fielded reserves here.

S.League 08 Projected Finish: 6-May

With all teams completed 12 games & the league taking a 2 week break for Singapore Cup matches, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on current standings.

As at 6-May:
# Team-------- P- W D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds- 12 10 1 1 24 - 10 31 (+14)
2 Singapore AF 12 9 2 1 35 - 13 29 (+22)
3 Home-------- 12 8 2 2 34 - 17 26 (+17)
4 Tampines---- 12 6 2 4 25 - 18 20 (+7)
5 Geylang----- 12 5 1 6 17 - 24 16 (-7)
6 Young Lions- 12 4 3 5 14 - 18 15 (-4)
7 Woodlands--- 12 4 3 5 12 - 17 15 (-5)
8 Gombak------ 12 2 6 4 16 - 18 12 (-2)
9 Albirex----- 12 3 3 6 16 - 26 12 (-10)
10 Dalian----- 12 3 2 7 11 - 18 11 (-7)
11 Balestier-- 12 1 4 7 10 - 18 07 (-8)
12 Sengkang--- 12 0 5 7 02 - 19 05 (-17)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 33 28 3 02 66 - 28 87 38
2 Singapore AF 33 25 6 02 96 - 36 81 60
3 Home-------- 33 22 6 05 94 - 47 72 47
4 Tampines---- 33 17 6 10 69 - 50 57 19
5 Geylang----- 33 14 3 16 47 - 66 45 -19
6 Young Lions- 33 11 8 14 39 - 50 41 -11
7 Woodlands--- 33 11 8 14 33 - 47 41 -14
8 Gombak------ 33 6 17 10 44 - 50 35 -6
9 Albirex----- 33 8 08 17 44 - 72 32 -28
10 Dalian----- 33 8 06 19 30 - 50 30 -20
11 Balestier-- 33 3 11 19 28 - 50 20 -22
12 Sengkang--- 33 0 14 19 06 - 52 14 -46

Sengkang actually almost beaten Albirex at Jurong East on 5-May, if not for a disallowed penalty. So the first win will wait...

On top of that, 4 of the 5 points they managed this season were goal-less draws, already a record jointly shared with a few other teams. Should the goal drought continue, they're likely to "improve" upon it, :-)

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 27-Apr

With all teams completed the 1st round of 11 games, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on current standings.

As at 27-Apr:
# Team-------- P- W D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 11 9 1 1 23 - 10 28 (+13)
2 Singapore AF 11 8 2 1 32 - 11 26 (+21)
3 Home-------- 11 8 2 1 32 - 13 26 (+19)
4 Tampines---- 11 5 2 4 21 - 16 17 (+5)
5 Geylang----- 11 5 1 5 15 - 21 16 (-6)
6 Woodlands--- 11 4 3 4 11 - 15 15 (-4)
7 Young Lions- 11 3 3 5 12 - 17 12 (-5)
8 Gombak------ 11 2 5 4 14 - 16 11 (-2)
9 Dalian------ 11 3 2 6 11 - 17 11 (-6)
10 Albirex---- 11 3 2 6 16 - 26 11 (-10)
11 Balestier-- 11 1 3 7 08 - 16 06 (-8)
12 Sengkang--- 11 0 4 7 02 - 19 04 (-17)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 33 27 3 03 69 - 30 84 39
2 Singapore AF 33 24 6 03 96 - 33 78 63
3 Home-------- 33 24 6 03 96 - 39 78 57
4 Tampines---- 33 15 6 12 63 - 48 51 15
5 Geylang----- 33 15 3 15 45 - 63 48 -18
6 Woodlands--- 33 12 9 12 33 - 45 45 -12
7 Young Lions- 33 9 09 15 36 - 51 36 -15
8 Gombak------ 33 6 15 12 42 - 48 33 -6
9 Dalian------ 33 9 06 18 33 - 51 33 -18
10 Albirex---- 33 9 06 18 48 - 78 33 -30
11 Balestier-- 33 3 09 21 24 - 48 18 -24
12 Sengkang--- 33 0 12 21 06 - 57 12 -51

The previous anomalies resulted from the "zeroes" entries in the league table are mostly gone now, mainly thanks to Balestier's shock win against Home, which took out 2 such "zeroes" (Home unbeaten & Balestier winless).

The only "zero" remaining comes from Sengkang, which is still winless after the 1st round, and is thus projected to finish the entire season without a win.

Such scenario has never happened before in S.League history (the closest being 2005's Paya Lebar with a single win), though I wonder if Sengkang could be the first side to "achieve this feat" (as they have serious problem upfront, having scored just 2 goals so far, even the 2005's Paya Lebar have managed 6 in their first 11 games), :-p

We will see, if Sengkang can break the duck in the next 2 projections, when the S.League takes longer breaks after Week 12 (2 weeks) & Week 14 (3 weeks). The 3 matches Sengkang will play until then are:
2008-05-05 Albirex (A) -
2008-05-21 Young Lions (H) -
2008-05-24 Singapore AF (H) -

Can it be Albirex or Young Lions? I wouldn't bet it on SAFFC though...

Woodlands Corner: Follow-ups

Just some follow-ups on Woodlands progress this season, base on my previous post "Woodlands Corner: Difficult timess ahead":


After the Sengkang game their record reads: 2W-2D-1L. Then:
2008-03-29 Singapore AF (A) 0-3
2008-04-01 Tampines (H) 1-1
2008-04-09 Home (H) 0-3


After the games against the Big-3: 2W-3D-3L. Then:
2008-04-15 Gombak (A) 1-0
2008-04-20 Geylang (H) -
2008-04-24 Albirex (A) -
2008-05-02 Young Lions (A) -
2008-05-23 Super Reds (H) -


Now they already have 1 win against Gombak.
Assume they manage 1W (Albirex), 2D (Geylang, YL) & 1L (Super Reds) in the next 4: 4W-5D-4L.

Maybe I'm just being over-worried, hopefully that's the case.

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 16-Apr

With all team finally having played the same number (9) of games (after a few weeks of imbalances) & the league taking a quick break on 16-Apr (for AFC Cup), it's a good time (though maybe a bit too early, you'll know why later) to project how the teams will finish at the end of the season base on current standings.

As at 16-Apr:
# Team-------- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Home-------- 9 8 1 0 29 - 09 25 (+20)
2 Singapore AF 9 8 0 1 28 - 07 24 (+21)
3 Super Reds-- 9 8 0 1 17 - 09 24 (+8)
4 Tampines---- 9 4 2 3 18 - 10 14 (+8)
5 Woodlands--- 9 3 3 3 08 - 12 12 (-4)
6 Young Lions- 9 3 2 4 11 - 14 11 (-3)
7 Dalian------ 9 3 1 5 10 - 15 10 (-5)
8 Geylang----- 9 3 1 5 11 - 20 10 (-9)
9 Gombak------ 9 2 3 4 11 - 13 09 (-2)
10 Albirex---- 9 2 2 5 13 - 23 08 (-10)
11 Sengkang--- 9 0 3 6 01 - 16 03 (-15)
12 Balestier-- 9 0 2 7 05 - 14 02 (-9)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D- L- GF- - GA Pts GD
1 Home-------- 33 29 04 00 106 - 33 91 73
2 Singapore AF 33 29 00 04 103 - 26 87 77
3 Super Reds-- 33 29 00 04 062 - 33 87 29
4 Tampines---- 33 15 07 11 066 - 37 52 29
5 Woodlands--- 33 11 11 11 029 - 44 44 -15
6 Young Lions- 33 11 07 15 040 - 51 40 -11
7 Dalian------ 33 11 04 18 037 - 55 37 -18
8 Geylang----- 33 11 04 18 040 - 73 37 -33
9 Gombak------ 33 07 11 15 040 - 48 32 -8
10 Albirex---- 33 07 07 19 048 - 84 28 -36
11 Sengkang--- 33 00 11 22 004 - 59 11 -55
12 Balestier-- 33 00 07 26 018 - 51 07 -33

Saw anything weird with the projecttions? Well, there's a few things, top-down:
1. Can Home really remain unbeaten all season? I doubt so...

2. Will SAFFC & Super Reds both drawing none of their games? Highly unlikely for 1 team, let alone 2.

3. Will both Sengkang & Balestier remain winless all season? Again unlikely lah...
Even the Paya Lebar of 2005 could get a win out of 27 games, surely these 2 can do betrter?

4. Sengkang scoring just 4 goals all season?
The lowest number of goals scored by any team in any season was 15 by Jurong in 1997,
with just 16 games! Sengkang should achieve at least that figure with double the games.
(For the lowest Goals per Game, Balestier in 2000 "took the honors" with 16 goals in 22 games, a ratio of 0.727.)

Perhaps the projection will make more sense, when all the "zeroes" entries in the league table are gone. We'll see if that happens after the first round of games, :-)

Finally, a new SLVC champion: Super Reds!!

SAFFC's superb start (8 opening wins) to season 2008 was ended abruptly after a 2-1 away loss to Super Reds on 13-Apr, & in the process relinqiushed the SLVC title it held for 21 games.

More on this later...

Dalian 3-1 Geylang: Good run continues

It might be hard to imagine just a few week earlier (whey they lost the 4 opening games), but here're the facts:

1. Dalian is now 5th in the league, just behind the big-4 at the top!
2. Dalain has now gone 3 matches unbeaten after the Tampines loss.
3. During this unbeaten run, they have conceded just 1 goal (against Geylang).

With Albirex & Young Lions coming up next, they may be able to entend this sequence, although it will probably end when they play Super Reds on 28-Apr.

Base on their current form/PPG, they should expect to overtake Afrique (24pts) & Liaoning (29pts) by the end of their first season.

As for sorry Geylang, now in dismal 9th-place (just 1 win in the past 7 games), they need to buckle-up against arch rivals Tampines in the next match, or risk getting brushed aside again...