Monday, March 22, 2010

Head to Head - S-league Derby (Menu)

S-league Derby

Eastern Derby - Geylang United vs Tampines Rovers

Uniform Derby
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Defunct Derby


Northern Derby - Sembawang Rangers vs Woodlands
Jurong Derby - Jurong FC vs SAFFC

Uniform Derby Results


Home United vs Warriors FC

Stage
Home Team


Away Team
Date
League
Police FC
0
2
SAFFC
7/5/96
League
SAFFC
3
2
Police FC
25/5/96
League
Police FC
1
4
SAFFC
23/7/96
League
SAFFC
3
0
Police FC
28/9/96
League
SAFFC
2
0
Home United
19/4/97
League
Home United
1
3
SAFFC
28/6/97
Cup
Home United
1
2
SAFFC
30/7/97
Cup
SAFFC
2
1
Home United
10/8/97
Cup
SAFFC
4
1
Home United
23/10/97
League
SAFFC
3
1
Home United
11//4/98
League
Home United
0
0
SAFFC
2/6/98
Cup
SAFFC
2
0
Home United
26/9/98
Cup
Home United
1
1
SAFFC
29/9/98
League
Home United
2
0
SAFFC
1/5/99
League
SAFFC
0
0
Home United
1/9/99
Cup
SAFFC
3
0
Home United
10/11/99
Cup
Home United
1
1
SAFFC
17/11/99
League
SAFFC
1
0
Home United
20/4/00
League
Home United
2
2
SAFFC
20/7/00
Cup
Home United
1
0
SAFFC
1/10/00
League
SAFFC
2
0
Home United
24/3/01
League
Home United
4
0
SAFFC
7/6/01
League
Home United
1
2
SAFFC
18/10/01
League
Home United
2
2
SAFFC
27/4/02
League
SAFFC
2
0
Home United
13/7/02
League
SAFFC
1
1
Home United
21/9/02
League
Home United
2
1
SAFFC
1/3/03
League
SAFFC
1
0
Home United
24/5/03
League
Home United
4
2
SAFFC
8/8/03
League
Home United
1
2
SAFFC
11/4/04
League
SAFFC
1
6
Home United
16/6/04
Cup
Home United
0
1
SAFFC
20/6/04
Cup
SAFFC
1
3
Home United
4/7/04
League
Home United
8
1
SAFFC
18/8/04
League
SAFFC
1
0
Home United
12/3/05
League
Home United
0
1
SAFFC
19/5/05
League
Home United
5
1
SAFFC
26/8/05
League
SAFFC
2
1
Home United
10/3/06
League
Home United
0
2
SAFFC
23/5/06
League
SAFFC
1
1
Home United
25/8/06
League
Home United
2
0
SAFFC
18/5/07
League
SAFFC
4
1
Home United
20/8/07
League
Home United
0
0
SAFFC
16/11/07
Cup
SAFFC
(4)1
1(3)
Home United
17/2/08
League
SAFFC
2
2
Home United
21/4/08
League
Home United
2
1
SAFFC
1/8/08
League
SAFFC
1
0
Home United
14/11/08
League
SAFFC
3
1
Home United
4/3/09
League
Home United
2
1
SAFFC
30/5/09
Cup
SAFFC
2
0
Home United
16/6/09
League
SAFFC
0
2
Home United
21/8/09

Uniform Derby History and Summary

Home United vs Warriors FC

The rivalries of the uniform teams were formed back in the Boggars Cup days when the uniform teams of the Police and Army took on one another on the football pitch.

Home United traced it roots back from the 1940s as the Police Sports Association but the club was not in the National Football League, when it was formed in 1975, until 1979 as they were excluded.

That did not prevent the club from achieving success as the club became the first winner of the President Cup when it debut in 1968 and finished as runner-up in the next two editions.

Once in the National Football League though, the club did not waste any time in achieving more success as they won the Division 2 title in 1980 as well as added another President Cup 4 years later.

Then a year later in 1985, the club won their first league title and it seem a good 80s era for the uniform club but it was as far as their glory days got as, starting from the Premier League era, they never got anywhere near to lifting another trophy.

For Warriors FC, it roots begun from the SAFSA team that participated in the 1975 first-ever National Football League.

The club won the league title three times (1978, 1981, 1986) along with the President Cup 4 times (1975, 1978, 1984, 1986) during the National Football League days.

Then in 1990, when the club was in the Premier League era, the club won the FA Cup.

Wherever these two clubs go, there will always be an intensive rivalry and the S-league era was no different but strangely enough in the early years Home United found Warriors FC unstoppable as Home United lost their opening 10 encounters against Warriors FC; it is unlikely this will be repeated.

Indeed with Warriors FC winning trophy after trophy, Home United seek an answer to stop Warriors FC and it took until 1999, when under Robert Alberts, they finally stop the rot with not only their first victory against the Rhinos but also a first league title.

The two uniform teams were now go on to dominate the domestic scene winning a combined 9 league championships and 9 Cup trophies underling their status as the two most successful teams of the S-league. Along with that, both clubs will be noted for the area they each dominated with Warriors FC in the domestic scene and Home United in Asia.

Warriors FC are the most successful with 7 league championships (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) and 5 Cup trophies (1997 League Cup and FA Cup, 2000, 2007, 2008 Singapore Cup) with Home United behind with 2 league championships (1999, 2003) and 4 Cup trophies (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 Singapore Cup) but in Asia, it is Home United who is far ahead with one semi-final finish in 2005 AFC Cup and numerous quarter-final finish in AFC Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup while SAFFC can only speak of quarter-final finishes in the AFC Cup and ASEAN Club Championship .

It is unlikely the status quota will remain unchanged as both clubs continued to look for success.

All time Home United vs Warriors FC record - 51 meetings
Home United win
Draw
Warriors FC win
13
11
27
All time Home United vs Warriors FC goals record
Total goals scored
Home United goals
Warriors FC goals
147
67
80

Home United vs Warriors FC League record – 39 meetings
Home United win
Draw
Warriors FC win
11
8
20
Home United vs Warriors FC League goals
Total goals scored
Home United goals
Warriors FC goals
117
57
60

Home United vs Warriors FC Cup record – 12 meetings
Home United win
Draw
Warriors FC win
2
3
7
Home United vs Warriors FC Cup goals
Total goals scored
Home United goals
Warriors FC goals
30
10
20

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Preview of S-league

Last week Preview - Got three right with 1 perfect score and four wrong

Woodlands Wellington vs Home United
If Mr Paul Lee cannot lead his team to win his one, then anything he say will be ignored as his head will be virtually on the chopping board. Even a draw will be a failure against a team unable to score in their last 3 league games and without a decent keeper. 3-0 to Home

Tampines Rovers vs Etoile FC
The game of the Week and a tough one with both teams in-form. Both teams can score and played attractive football so I will say it will be a thrilling draw much like Etoile game against the Protectors. 3-3 then.

Balestier Khalsa vs Beijing Gouan (S)
The Tigers will be faniced a few week eariler but now it must be the Chinese side. They have been transformed recently and are scoring as well. As for the Tigers, as noted in the Preview last week, it depend on Rivaldo and the fact he was an unused substitute against the Cubs showed the coach want to 'rest' him longer and he should be fine against the Chinese team but who know when his injury will strike again. That why one should go with the Chinese side. 2-1 to Beijing

Gombak United vs Young Lions
The Bulls won against the Champions last week but let be brutally honest and say it was the Champions who lost it. The Bulls still lacked the sting in their attack and while the Cubs cannot be said to be free-scoring, they are at least finding the net. That why I say 2-1 to the Cubs.

Home United vs Sengkang Punggol
If Paul Lee passed Test 1, he still must passed Test 2 and that the week he find himself in. Like Woodlands, he must win and anything else will be harshly judged. Poor thing? Not really for if he want an easy coaching job then he should go join the team he is facing on that night. The pressure is different and even a small defeat against Home will be looked at more kindly than a big win for the Protectors. That why it will show if his team is behind him as they looked to save their season. 3-1 to home United.

SAFFC vs Albirex Niigata (S)
A easy one. The winner will be the one in the sky-blue shirt. That it. Afterall, the White Swans are having a tough season and finding it hard to score and stop conceding. SAFFC are scoring in the league and still has a mean defence so the result should never be in doubt. 4-0 to the Champions

Home coach under the scoop after thrashing

Home United coach Paul Lee will now be under the scoop as they go down to Beijing Gouan (S) 4-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium.

In what must be ranked as one of the worst performance of Home United, in the second half, they totally collapsed under the pressure of the Chinese team as they went onto conceded four goals after taking the lead.

The Protectors had gone into the game without 3 of their regular foreigners - including last year Player of the Year Valery Heik and 03 Player of the Year Peres - but it still does not explain the way they collapsed in the second period and the problem was caused by Paul Lee himself as it is by now well-known he is 'displeased' with his South American import.

I believed the coach has the right to choose who he want in his team as it is his job; much like how Raddy do not like Ahmad Latiff and I support him as Latiff has openly been quoted he do not want to play for Lions under Raddy and in such event a coach must be supported or else chaos will break out with player power in play.

But the difference for Paul Lee and Raddy is the results as Raddy continue to achieve it with the Lions while for Mr Lee, the Protectors are facing a crisis already as they could be out of the title race before the season is in even in the 1/3 stage.

This is unacceptable for a team like Home United - especially when looking at the table Sengkang and Balestier are above them - and Paul Lee must know it for unreasonable as it may seem Home United coach is judged by the trophy he bring to the cabinet and he has brought none yet.

He will not have the time if he failed miserably this season.

Just asked the person who occupy the seat before him.

Time is clicking for Paul Lee and he has to get it right soon.

Home United
Lionel Lewis, Juma’at Jantan, (Shariff Samat) Shahril Alias, (Nelson San Martin) Rosman Sulaiman, Isa Halim, Sharil Ishak (C), Shi Jiayi, Sherif El-Masri, (Firdaus Indros) Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Tengku Mushadad , Choi Chul Woo

Friday, March 19, 2010

Champions suffered first defeat

S-league Champions SAFFC suffered their first defeat of the league campaign as they went down shockingly 0-1 to Gombak United, who is suffering a tough start to their season, at the Jurong West stadium.

The scorer was the Bulls Aussie import Goran Subara.

In two other matches, Sengkang Punngol defeated Woodlands Wellington 1-0 at the Woodlands Stadium and the Northern club have now failed to score in their last 3 games since opening day while the Young Lions achieved their first win of the season defeating Balestier Khalsa 3-0 at Jalan Besar Stadium.

Sengkang Punggol got their winner from their top scorer Jordan Webb. The Cubs goals came from Safuwan Baharudin, Izzdin Shafiq and Seo Su Jong

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam, Jaslee Hatta (C), Bah Mamadou, Obadin Aikhena, (Hamqaamal Shah) Fazli Jaffar, Jeremy Chiang, Ridhwan Jamaludin, (Zulkiffli Hassim) Ruhaizad Ismail, Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, (Gillies Douglas Andrew) Chang Jo Yoon

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK) (C), Razaleigh Khalik, Hafiz Osman, Niklas Sandberg, Ivan Lovric, Ahmad Latiff, Daniel Bennett, (Rhysh Roshan Rai) Park Tae Won, Indra Sahdan, (Ruzaini Zainal) Mustaqim Manzur, Taisuke Akiyoshi

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Young Lions

Izwan Mahbud,
Safuwan Baharudin, Shakir Hamzah, Hafiz Abu Sujad, Luka Savic, Izzdin Shafiq, Raihan Abdul Rahman, Hariss Harun (C), Seo Su Jong, (Zulfahmi Arifin) Nazrul Ahmad Nazari, (Khairul Nizam) Shahfiq Ghani

Balestier Khalsa
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar,
Paul Cunningham, Daniel Hammond (C), (Sofiyan Abdul Hamid) K Vikraman , K Sathiaraj, Ishak Zainol, (Kamal Nasir) Syaqir Sulaiman, Anantha Rajan, (Goh Swee Swee) Nurhilmi Jasni, Poh Yi Feng, Vitor Borges

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Woodlands Wellington

Fajar Sarib, Kazuki Yoshino, Sahairi Ramri, Anaz Hadee, Luis Eduardo Hicks, (Nigel Vanu) Rachid Lajane, Noor Ali (C), Sazali Salleh, (Guntur Djafril) Asraf Rashid, Rizawan Abdullah, Abdelhadi Laakkad

Sengkang Punggol
Fadhil Salim, Shahir Hamzah, Duncan Elias, Lau Meng Meng, Faizal Amir, Nor Azli Yusoff (C), Jordan Webb, (Jasper Seet) Jala, Abdoulaye Diallo, (Farizal Basri) Mamadou Diallo, Murphy Wiredu

AFC Cup: Eagles fall to last-minute goal

For the first time since the inception of the AFC Cup, Singapore could face a Knockout stage without a representative as it sole representative - Geylang United - in the competition faced an uphill task after collecting just 1 point from 2 games.

The Eagles had already started their campaign on the back foot when they dropped 2 points against Hong Kong side Tai Po at home with a 1-1 draw and now, they fall to a 3-2 defeat against V-league Champions Da Nang to find themselves in third place and 2 points behind second-place Thai Port.

This is not a problem if the Eagles are performing but they are not so it is a worry as they faced the team who are competing for second spot thus the knockout stage in the next game.

It will not be easy against Thai Port and the Eagles know it.

It could have been much easier as they had a good start against Da Nang; taking the lead through Walid Lounis before the V-league champions came back to lead 2-1.

However, Siddiq Durimi scored for the Eagles late in the game and it looked good enough for a point at Vietnam but once again the Eagles fall to a late goal as Da Nang scored in injury time.

AFC CUP 2010 GROUP H
Da Nang 3-2 Geylang United

Scorer: Walid Lounis 18', Siddiq Durimi 74'

Geylang United
19 Yazid Yasin (GK) (1 Toh Guo'an 80')
3 Rastislav Belicak
5 Walid Lounis
9 Miroslav Latiak (C) (16 Yasir Hanapi 62')
10 Peter Tomko
11 Syed Thaha
12 Adrian Dhanaraj (20 Siddiq Durimi 71')
13 Jonathan Xu
14 Itimi Dickson
15 Shah Hirul
18 Syed Fadhil

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Eastern Derby Results

Geylang United vs Tampines Rovers

Stage

Home Team



Away Team

Date

League

Tampines Rovers

2

0

Geylang United

11/5/96

League

Geylang United

3

1

Tampines Rovers

21/5/96

League

Geylang United

3

0

Tampines Rovers

13/8/96

League

Tampines Rovers

2

1

Geylang United

24/8/96

League

Tampines Rovers

1

1

Geylang United

5/4/97

League

Geylang United

1

0

Tampines Rovers

24/6/97

League

Tampines Rovers

0

2

Geylang United

5/5/98

League

Geylang United

0

0

Tampines Rovers

4/7/98

Cup

Geylang United

2

0

Tampines Rovers

26/9/98

Cup

Tampines Rovers

2

1

Geylang United

17/10/98

League

Geylang United

2

2

Tampines Rovers

10/4/99

League

Tampines Rovers

0

0

Geylang United

26/6/99

League

Tampines Rovers

0

1

Geylang United

11/5/00

League

Geylang United

0

0

Tampines Rovers

12/8/00

Cup

Tampines Rovers

0

2

Geylang United

1/9/00

Cup

Geylang United

5

0

Tampines Rovers

8/9/00

League

Tampines Rovers

1

2

Geylang United

15/3/01

Cup

Geylang United

5

0

Tampines Rovers

29/5/01

League

Geylang United

2

2

Tampines Rovers

2/6/01

League

Geylang United

0

1

Tampines Rovers

6/10/01

League

Tampines Rovers

0

0

Geylang United

2/3/02

League

Geylang United

1

1

Tampines Rovers

16/5/02

League

Geylang United

1

2

Tampines Rovers

28/9/02

League

Geylang United

1

0

Tampines Rovers

17/5/03

League

Tampines Rovers

0

3

Geylang United

31/7/03

League

Geylang United

2(10)

2(11)

Tampines Rovers

16/10/03

League

Geylang United

3

3

Tampines Rovers

5/3/04

League

Tampines Rovers

1

0

Geylang United

13/5/04

League

Geylang United

0

2

Tampines Rovers

21/7/04

Cup

Geylang United

2

1

Tampines Rovers

14/8/04

Cup

Tampines Rovers

3

0

Geylang United

21/8/04

League

Geylang United

0

3

Tampines Rovers

20/3/05

League

Tampines Rovers

7

0

Geylang United

31/5/05

League

Geylang United

0

2

Tampines Rovers

29/8/05

League

Tampines Rovers

6

1

Geylang United

16/4/06

League

Geylang United

0

2

Tampines Rovers

5/7/06

League

Tampines Rovers

1

0

Geylang United

1/10/06

League

Tampines Rovers

3

2

Geylang United

30/3/07

League

Geylang United

0

2

Tampines Rovers

8/7/07

League

Tampines Rovers

2

0

Geylang United

29/9/07

League

Tampines Rovers

0

1

Geylang United

11/4/08

League

Geylang United

0

1

Tampines Rovers

22/7/08

League

Tampines Rovers

5

2

Geylang United

29/10/08

League

Geylang United

0

2

Tampines Rovers

20/3/09

Cup

Tampines Rovers

3

0

Geylang United

5/6/09

League

Tampines Rovers

3

1

Geylang United

28/6/09

League

Geylang United

0

1

Tampines Rovers

25/8/09