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S.League Virtual Championship (SLVC) 2010 Watch


Current Holder: Sengkang Punggol (1st title in 10 seasons over 13 years! Congrats!!)

Mini-League Leader: Tampines

Matches Played This Season: .. Mini-League Standings:
05-Feb Gombak... 0-1 Tampines. # Team---- P W-D-L Pts
16-Feb Albirex.. 1-3 Tampines. 1. Tampines 9 5-3-1 18
19-Feb Tampines. 1-1 SAFFC.... 2. Geylang- 7 4-2-1 14
09-Mar Tampines. 3-0 Y.Lions.. 3. Y.Lions-- 7 2-3-2 9
16-Mar Beijing.. 1-2 Tampines. 4. Gombak--- 5 2-1-2 7
22-Mar Tampines. 1-1 Etoile... 5. Sengkang- 4 2-1-1 7
31-Mar Woodlands 0-4 Tampines. 6. SAFFC---- 4 1-1-2 4
09-Apr Tampines. 0-0 Home..... 7. Etoile--- 2 1-1-0 4
24-Apr Tampines. 0-1 Geylang** 8. Beijing-- 4 1-0-3 3
03-May Albirex.. 1-2 Geylang.. 9. Home----- 1 0-1-0 1
07-May Geylang.. 0-0 Gombak... 10.Albirex-- 4 0-1-3 1
15-May Balestier 0-2 Geylang.. 11.Balestier 2 0-0-2 0
18-May Geylang.. 0-0 Y.Lions.. 12.Woodlands 1 0-0-1 0
22-May Beijing.. 0-1 Geylang.. ......................
01-Jun Geylang.. 0-3 SAFFC..** ......................
04-Jun SAFFC.... 0-1 Gombak.** ......................
07-Jun Gombak... 1-1 Albirex.. ......................
10-Jun Y.Lions.. 1-0 Gombak.** ......................
17-Jun Y.Lions.. 1-0 SAFFC.... ......................
25-Jun Y.Lions.. 1-1 Albirex.. ......................
29-Jun Sengkang. 2-2 Y.Lions.. ......................
08-Jul Beijing.. 1-0 Y.Lions** ......................
18-Jul Sengkang. 1-0 Beijing.. ......................
23-Jul Sengkang. 1-0 Balestier ......................
27-Jul Etoile... 1-0 Sengkang. ......................
05-Aug Etoile... ?-? Woodlands ......................

** Title changed hands

2010 Combined Table of Domestic Competitions, as at 7-Mar (after League Cup Final)

# Team----- P W-D-L F-A P- GD
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1 Etoile-- 6 5-1-0 12-5 16 +7
2 Sengkang 7 4-1-2 13-9 13 +4
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3 Tampines-- 4 2-1-1 5-3 7 +2
4 Gombak---- 6 2-1-3 7-8 7 -1
5 Woodlands- 6 1-4-1 6-7 7 -1
6 Geylang--- 5 1-3-1 5-5 6 0
7 SAFFC----- 4 1-2-1 5-6 5 -1
8 Home------ 3 1-1-1 4-4 4 0
9 Y.Lions--- 4 0-3-1 4-5 3 -1
10 Balestier 4 1-0-3 4-7 3 -1
11 Albirex-- 4 0-2-2 3-6 2 -3
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12 Beijing-- 3 0-1-2 1-4 1 -3

S.League All-Time Table Watch (up to 19-Feb-2010: break for League Cup)

# Teams---- Ssn P-- W---D--L-- F---A-- Pts GD--
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01 SAFFC---- 15 391 261-69-061 964-460 854 +504 *
02 Home----- 15 389 219-70-100 812-517 729 +295 *
03 Tampines- 15 390 191-83-116 754-535 659 +219 *
04 Geylang-- 15 391 175-84-132 659-518 612 +141 *
05 Woodlands 15 389 142-95-152 618-637 519 -019 *
06 Balestier 15 390 100-88-202 535-783 390 -248 *
07 Tjg.Pagar 09 234 100-46-086 399-385 350 +014
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08 Gombak-- 11 259 82-64-113 366-437 310 -071 *
09 Yng.Lions 8 216 76-51-089 330-362 280 -032 *
10 Jurong--- 7 179 70-36-073 261-274 253 -013
11 Albirex-- 7 183 66-50-067 282-276 248 +006 *
12 Sengkang 11 292 52-64-176 303-624 228 -321 *
13 Sembawang 7 207 53-52-102 256-405 216 -149
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14 SuperReds 3 96 41-20-35 144-146 143 -02
14 Clementi 4 110 22-29-59 150-261 95 -111
16 Sinchi--- 3 87 22-19-46 109-166 88 -057
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17 Liaoning- 1 33 8-5-20 33-63 29 -30
19 Afrique-- 1 30 5-9-16 36-58 24 -22
20 Dalian--- 1 33 5-7-21 26-75 22 -49
20 Etoile FC 1 02 1-1-00 03-02 04 +01 *
21 PayaLebar 1 27 1-1-25 23-78 04 -55
22 Beijing-- 1 02 0-1-01 00-01 01 -01 *
23 Brun.DPMM 1 00 0-0-00 00-00 00 000 **

"*" : teams active in current season
"**": Brunei DPMM's results in 2009 expunged due to FIFA ban.

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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Projected S.League 2007 Finish: 28-Sep: Gap Widened

The already-huge gap between the top-3 & the rest has widen again, as the lower-placed teams kept cancelling out each other in recent games (esp. Sengkang 2-2 Y Lions & Woodlands 1-1 Gombak).

As at 28-Sep:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 26 20 2 4 75 - 31 62 (+44)
2 Home-------- 26 19 5 2 57 - 26 62 (+31)
3 Tampines---- 25 19 3 3 60 - 24 60 (+36)
4 Gombak------ 26 9 08 9 41 - 33 35 (+8)
5 Young Lions- 26 9 7 10 35 - 47 34 (-12)
6 Geylang----- 25 7 7 11 31 - 32 28 (-1)
7 Woodlands--- 26 8 10 8 38 - 43 28 (-5)
8 Albirex----- 26 7 6 13 36 - 39 27 (-3)
9 Balestier--- 25 6 7 12 32 - 41 25 (-9)
10 Liaoning--- 25 7 3 15 28 - 46 24 (-18)
11 Sengkang--- 26 4 7 15 28 - 53 19 (-25)
12 Super Reds- 26 3 7 16 19 - 65 16 (-46)

Projected Finish by the end of 2007 season:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Tampines---- 33 25 4 4 79 - 32 79 47
2 Singapore AF 33 25 3 5 95 - 39 78 56
3 Home-------- 33 24 6 3 72 - 33 78 39
4 Gombak---- 33 11 10 12 52 - 42 43 10
5 Young Lions 33 11 9 13 44 - 60 42 -16
6 Woodlands- 33 10 13 10 48 - 55 37 -7
7 Geylang----- 33 9 9 15 41 - 42 36 -1
8 Albirex----- 33 9 8 16 46 - 50 35 -4
9 Balestier--- 33 8 9 16 42 - 54 33 -12
10 Liaoning--- 33 9 4 20 37 - 61 31 -24
11 Sengkang--- 33 5 9 19 36 - 67 24 -31
12 Super Reds- 33 4 9 20 24 - 83 21 -59

As compared to the last post, the gap has now widen to a new season-high 35 points (up from the previous 33) & none of the teams from 4th to 12th has more wins than losses (previously we still had, ironically, Woodlands on 11-12-10), while Gombak will be the only team outside the top-3 to end with a positive G/D!

It's also worth noting that the fight at the bottom is getting even hotter with Sengkang & Super Reds expected to finish within 3 points of each other (down from the previos 5)...

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Sengkang 2-2 Young Lions: 200 Points Reached!

For the entire September, the Young Lions have been trying hard to reach 200 league points all time (they already had 198 after beating Balestier 2-1 on 8-Aug), but were denied the chance as they only managed 1 point in the next 4 games (a winless run which included a draw with basement club Super Reds & 2 heavy defeats against title hopefuls SAFFC & Tampines).

It finally happened on 27-Sep though, as they drew 2-2 away with Sengkang to become the 10th team reaching the milestone. As at 27-Sep their all-time record is:
#- S GP- W PK D- L- F-- A-- GD Pts PPG-- #PPG
10 5 143 56 1 30 56 253 256 -3 200 1.397 8

Should they earn another 16 points from their 7 remaining games this season (which means at least 5 more wins, quite a tall order base on their current form nevertheless), they will be able to overtake the now-inactive Sembawang Rangers into 9th place.

Catching 8th-placed Jurong FC (now-inactive as well on 253 points) isn't such an unrealistic goal for next season though, given that they managed about 42 points for each season since 2003 (they should be able to make this mark in 2007 as well, having amassed 34 points so far).

The next team with a shot at 200 all time points this season is Gombak United. They are on 188 points now, thus needing 4 more wins from their last 8 games (not unlikely since they have not lost in the past 5 games). Pulling level with Sembawang is out of the question this season, though it should be a certainty in the next.

Ironically, the 27-Sep draw also meant that Sengkang (currently on 178 points) is mathematically out of the running for 200 points in 2007 (already their 8th season in the league) with 7 games to go. Truly minnows... :-)

S.League Coverage on TDOL/CNA/ZaoBao: 27-Sep

27 Sep 2007 Sengkang VS Y Lions
Super Reds claim third win of the season
Changes in Prime League fixtures for October
Middle Eastern hoodoo can be broken, say Warriors and Stags

:: Football: Super Reds edge out Balestier Khalsa in S.League match>>>

Former Lion gets his chance as Sengkang look to end bad run
Nine missing, but Raddy stays calm

超红力挫马里士他

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

S.League Coverage on TDOL/CNA/ZaoBao: 25-Sep

Home come up tops in five-goal thriller
S.League disciplinary hearing results
SAFFC bow out of AFC Cup despite 3-0 win

:: Football: Ludovick, Home's lethal weapon>>>

SAFFC's mission impossible
Ludovick, Home's lethal weapon

又是最后一分钟进球 内政部险胜新潟

Projected S.League 2007 Finish: 25-Sep

Home has won 3-2 against Albirex on 24-Sep, so you may think that this win should improve (or at least maintain) its projected finishing? We shall see...

As the S.League takes another quick break on 25-Sep, the Projected S.League 2007 Finish is now worked out with the 1st method as below:

As at 25-Sep:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 26 20 2 4 75 - 31 62 (+44)
2 Home-------- 26 19 5 2 57 - 26 62 (+31)
3 Tampines---- 25 19 3 3 60 - 24 60 (+36)
4 Gombak------ 25 9 7 09 40 - 32 34 (+8)
5 Young Lions- 25 9 6 10 33 - 45 33 (-12)
6 Geylang----- 25 7 7 11 31 - 32 28 (-1)
7 Albirex----- 26 7 6 13 36 - 39 27 (-3)
8 Woodlands--- 25 8 9 08 37 - 42 27 (-5)
9 Balestier--- 24 6 7 11 30 - 38 25 (-8)
10 Liaoning--- 25 7 3 15 28 - 46 24 (-18)
11 Sengkang--- 25 4 6 15 26 - 51 18 (-25)
12 Super Reds- 25 2 7 16 16 - 63 13 (-47)

Projected Finish by the end of 2007 season:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Tampines---- 33 25 4 04 79 - 32 79 47
2 Singapore AF 33 25 3 05 95 - 39 78 56
3 Home-------- 33 24 6 03 72 - 33 78 39
4 Gombak------ 33 12 9 12 53 - 42 45 11
5 Young Lions- 33 12 8 13 44 - 59 44 -15
6 Woodlands-- 33 11 12 10 49 - 55 39 -6
7 Geylang----- 33 9 09 15 41 - 42 36 -1
8 Albirex----- 33 9 08 16 46 - 50 35 -4
9 Balestier--- 33 8 10 15 41 - 52 34 -11
10 Liaoning--- 33 9 04 20 37 - 61 31 -24
11 Sengkang--- 33 5 08 20 34 - 67 23 -33
12 Super Reds- 33 3 09 21 21 - 83 18 -62

So it's wrong! As compared to the last post, Home is now projected to finish 1 point less & drop to 3rd place... Why?

This is mainly due to its lower % of matches won vs played, as compared to Tampines / SAFFC. Even if Home win its next match, the projected finish will still be 78 points, though it can improve to 81 points if it win the next-next match as well (you may try do the math to verify)...

Monday, September 24, 2007

S.League Coverage on TDOL/CNA/ZaoBao: 24-Sep

24 Sep 2007 Home VS Albirex
Woodlands rally back to win 2-1
Convert those chances, urges Faruk
Warriors not discounting 'Mission Impossible'

:: Football: Woodlands Wellington beat Young Lions 2-1 in S.League match>>>

Albirex out to beat set-piece jinx
Laakkad shines as Woodlands grab late win

新联赛 幼狮三连败

Young Lions 1-2 Woodlands: Top-3 Confirmed

Though for quite some time it's apparent that S.League 2007 is essentially a 3-horse-race, the top-3 teams are now (mathematically) confirmed as Young Lions lost 1-2 to Woodlands on 23-Sep (Gombak was mathematically out of the top-3 itself after drawing Home 1-1 on 19-Sep).

As at 23-Sep:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 26 20 2 4 75 - 31 62 (+44)
2 Tampines---- 25 19 3 3 60 - 24 60 (+36)
3 Home-------- 25 18 5 2 54 - 24 59 (+30)
4 Gombak------ 25 9 7 09 40 - 32 34 (+8)
5 Young Lions- 25 9 6 10 33 - 45 33 (-12)
6 Geylang----- 25 7 7 11 31 - 32 28 (-1)
7 Albirex----- 25 7 6 12 34 - 36 27 (-2)
8 Woodlands--- 25 8 9 08 37 - 42 27 (-5)
9 Balestier--- 24 6 7 11 30 - 38 25 (-8)
10 Liaoning--- 25 7 3 15 28 - 46 24 (-18)
11 Sengkang--- 25 4 6 15 26 - 51 18 (-25)
12 Super Reds- 25 2 7 16 16 - 63 13 (-47)

Projected Finish by the end of 2007 season:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Tampines---- 33 25 4 04 79 - 32 79 47
2 Home-------- 33 24 7 02 71 - 32 79 39
3 Singapore AF 33 25 3 05 95 - 39 78 56
4 Gombak------ 33 12 9 12 53 - 42 45 11
5 Young Lions- 33 12 8 13 44 - 59 44 -15
6 Woodlands-- 33 11 12 10 49 - 55 39 -6
7 Geylang----- 33 9 09 15 41 - 42 36 -1
8 Albirex----- 33 9 08 16 45 - 48 35 -3
9 Balestier--- 33 8 10 15 41 - 52 34 -11
10 Liaoning--- 33 9 04 20 37 - 61 31 -24
11 Sengkang--- 33 5 08 20 34 - 67 23 -33
12 Super Reds- 33 3 09 21 21 - 83 18 -62

The gap between the 3rd & 4th place teams is now projected to be 33 points (78-45), almost triple of the 12 points (72-60) seen in 2001 season (which was also a 3-way-fight)!

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Projected S.League 2007 Finish: 22-Sep

Home United's costly 1-1 draw with Gombak on 19-Sep has tilted the title favor back to Tampines!

As the S.League takes another quick break on 22-Sep, the Projected S.League 2007 Finish is now worked out with the 1st method as below:

As at 22-Sep:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 26 20 2 4 75 - 31 62 (+44)
2 Tampines---- 25 19 3 3 60 - 24 60 (+36)
3 Home-------- 25 18 5 2 54 - 24 59 (+30)
4 Gombak------ 25 9 7 09 40 - 32 34 (+8)
5 Young Lions- 24 9 6 09 32 - 43 33 (-11)
6 Geylang----- 25 7 7 11 31 - 32 28 (-1)
7 Albirex----- 25 7 6 12 34 - 36 27 (-2)
8 Balestier--- 24 6 7 11 30 - 38 25 (-8)
9 Woodlands--- 24 7 9 08 35 - 41 24 (-6)
10 Liaoning--- 25 7 3 15 28 - 46 24 (-18)
11 Sengkang--- 25 4 6 15 26 - 51 18 (-25)
12 Super Reds- 25 2 7 16 16 - 63 13 (-47)

Projected Finish by the end of 2007 season:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Tampines---- 33 25 4 04 79 - 32 79 47
2 Home-------- 33 24 7 02 71 - 32 79 39
3 Singapore AF 33 25 3 05 95 - 39 78 56
4 Gombak------ 33 12 9 12 53 - 42 45 11
5 Young Lions- 33 12 8 13 44 - 59 44 -15
6 Geylang----- 33 09 9 15 41 - 42 36 -1
7 Woodlands-- 33 10 12 11 48 - 56 36 -8
8 Albirex----- 33 09 8 16 45 - 48 35 -3
9 Balestier--- 33 8 10 15 41 - 52 34 -11
10 Liaoning--- 33 09 4 20 37 - 61 31 -24
11 Sengkang--- 33 05 8 20 34 - 67 23 -33
12 Super Reds- 33 03 9 21 21 - 83 18 -62

As compared to the last post, Woodlands & Albirex have both move above Balestier, while the gap between Sengkang & Super Reds has now narrowed down (from the previous 9) to just 5 points!

Sengkang is well in danger of dropping into the last place for the 2nd year running, if it doesn't buckle up soon...

Friday, September 21, 2007

S.League Coverage on TDOL/CNA/ZaoBao: 21-Sep

21 Sep 2007 Geylang VS Super Reds
Points shared at Toa Payoh
Speaking the language of the S.League

:: Football: Balestier and Woodlands draw in S.League match>>>

Magical 100
No light issue at Toa Payoh

罢踢后首次亮相 兀兰与对手言和

SLVC Preview: Balestier vs SAFFC on 29-Sep

Base on the previous post, we know that SAFFC's next SLVC opponent, Balestier, has won the title 3 times & rank 10th in the all-time mini-league.

Balestier has met SAFFC 8 times in SLVC games as tltle challengers, it lost 7 & drew just 1:
008 1996-05-18 Sing. AF-- Balestier- 0 0
020 1996-08-13 Sing. AF-- Balestier- 2 1
023 1996-08-24 Balestier- Sing. AF-- 2 3
137 2001-08-24 Balestier- Sing. AF-- 2 4
157 2002-05-03 Sing. AF-- Balestier- 6 1
179 2002-10-03 Balestier- Sing. AF-- 2 4
211 2003-10-11 Balestier- Sing. AF-- 0 3
271 2006-04-04 Sing. AF-- Balestier- 2 1

In their last 20 meetings since 2001, Balestier's Record is no better, it only drew 3 & lost 17!

If only the 12 games where Balestier played host were considered, then Balestier only drew 2 & lost the other 10!!

There's only one possible outcome from this match: a SAFFC win!!! :-)

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Earliest News Archive on SLeague.Com

SLeague.Com has done a great job keeping the past seasons news, no doubt about that.

The following is the oldest news I can find on the site (dated 19-Dec-2003):
"Home snag SA keeper" http://www.sleague.com/new0101.asp?ID=380

Have tried ID=379, 378, 377, etc... None of these earlier numbers worked.

Do let me know, if you can spot something earlier, :-)

S.League Coverage on TDOL/CNA/ZaoBao: 18-Sep

Albirex break winless streak in style
Bulls coach Salim preaches the 3Ds

:: Football: Albirex beat Sengkang 4-0 in S.League match>>>

Tampines aim for fast start

盛港吞新潟四光蛋

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Projected S.League 2007 Finish: 16-Sep

Tampines "Projected Championship" attained on 9-Sep did not last long though, as Home reclaimed the "title" with a 2-0 win over Liaoning on 14-Sep...

As the S.League takes another quick break on 16-Sep, the Projected S.League 2007 Finish is now worked out with the 1st method as below:

As at 16-Sep:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 26 20 2 4 75 - 31 62 (+44)
2 Tampines---- 25 19 3 3 60 - 24 60 (+36)
3 Home-------- 24 18 4 2 53 - 23 58 (+30)
4 Gombak------ 24 9 6 09 39 - 31 33 (+8)
5 Young Lions- 24 9 6 09 32 - 43 33 (-11)
6 Geylang----- 24 7 6 11 30 - 31 27 (-1)
7 Albirex----- 24 6 6 12 30 - 36 24 (-6)
8 Balestier--- 23 6 6 11 28 - 36 24 (-8)
9 Liaoning---- 25 7 3 15 28 - 46 24 (-18)
10 Woodlands-- 23 7 8 08 33 - 39 23 (-6)
11 Sengkang--- 24 4 6 14 26 - 47 18 (-21)
12 Super Reds- 24 2 6 16 15 - 62 12 (-47)

Projected Finish by the end of 2007 season:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Home-------- 33 25 6 02 73 - 32 81 41
2 Tampines---- 33 25 4 04 79 - 32 79 47
3 Singapore AF 33 25 3 05 95 - 39 78 56
4 Gombak------ 33 12 8 13 54 - 43 44 11
5 Young Lions- 33 12 8 13 44 - 59 44 -15
6 Geylang----- 33 10 8 15 41 - 43 38 -2
7 Balestier--- 33 09 9 15 40 - 52 36 -12
8 Woodlands-- 33 10 11 12 47 - 56 35 -9
9 Albirex----- 33 08 8 17 41 - 50 32 -9
10 Liaoning--- 33 09 4 20 37 - 61 31 -24
11 Sengkang--- 33 06 8 19 36 - 65 26 -29
12 Super Reds- 33 03 8 22 21 - 85 17 -64

As compared to the last post, Gombak has now leapt into 4th place, largely "thanks" to the fact that the Young Lions suffered yet another crushing defeat (a 1-7 loss to Tampines on 15-Sep after losing 0-5 to SAFFC on 10-Sep); while Woodlands has dropped to 8th, upon getting docked 6 points, as part of the punishment laid out by S.League on 13-Sep, for abandoning its match vs Tampines on 5-Sep.