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So this comp is essentially in the HAL off-season?

from smfc forum

There is now an officla singapore cup thread - it's in world football

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=33125

Show Asia our state league is no joke Souths. Aussie Asian Invasion!

Singapore Armed Forces played in this year's ACL - they had a win and a draw against the Chinese side Henan Jianye and finished second-bottom of their group.

Two ex-Melbourne Victory players in the Bangkok Glass side - Sutee Suksomkit who got 2 goals (as shown above) and also Ney Fabiano, who picked up a yellow card on 90 minutes and was subbed-off on 93 minutes.

Can't remember where I saw it now, but the Quarter-final against Bangkok Glass will be on in late September/early October - just after the Singapore Grand Prix.

My partner and I are likely to be in Malaysia and Singapore around that time so if our trip coincides with the SMFC Quarter-final, we may go along to cheer them on. A word of warning to anyone planning on going - accommodation prices in Singapore in the week up to the end of the Grand Prix on 26 September will be horrendous, probably around double what you'd otherwise pay!

South will play Bangkok Glass in the quarter-finals.

Singapore Armed Forces FC 3 (John Wilkinson 6'41', Federico Martinez pen56')
Bangkok Glass FC 5 (Anawin Jujeen 4', Sutee Suksomkit 59'67', Chatree Chimtale 78', Paul Bekombo 90')

I would still like smfc to compete in the cup regardless

Singapore invited the A-League to enter a club or two 5 years ago and were ignored. The invitation has been open ever since.

South Melbourne took a gamble, checked out what opportunities existed, and went all in once they had the thumbs up from all the official channels.

As I've said elsewhere - if we do well out of it, I fully expect to see a couple of A-League sides in the competition in the future. It was a very logical decision by the FFA to let us test the waters, as it were.



A win-win for everyone except... Oh yeah, the supporters - or to put it more accurately, the members of the club.

they are professional football clubs.

who cares?

Sutee Suksomkit is a superstar in Singapore

South"s". What are you on about? What's the "s" ther for at the end of South? Its not South Sydney. They've NEVER been called "Souths".

Singapores a financial hub. They don't play sports there. Most of their players would be accountants, investment bankers, doctors, but not good at sports.

I don't think Singapore have good teams. Back when Perth Kangaroos (now the Glory) used to play in the Singapore league I think they won every match or something along those lines. I know it was a long time ago, but maybe things haven't changed all that much

Good Stuff by South Melbourne. Well done - Gombak United were last years winners of the Singapore Cup, so they should be quite proud of themselves.



I can see where you're coming from, but there are a few decent players playing in the league, I'd say the leagues on par with the Indonesian Super League.

But before you write them off for good, just analyze this:

Tampine Rovers did beat North Queensland Fury last season in a friendly....

I think this is fantastic not only for South Melbourne but football in general in Victoria/Australia, it highlights that there is some depth to our football down here.

do you honestly think their would have been a ground invasion if this match was played in melbourne?:lol:

Great result for SMFC and a pointer what this club needs to do to win important games and improve its image and its chances of playing in a future 2nd tier: Find a home base overseas and play the home games out of there. There'll be no more ground invasions by its supporters, no more games being abandoned and no more negative reports in the media. A win win for everyone for sure.

im more impressed with the fact that the team was able to leave the cold in melbourne and still perform in the 35 degree heat in Singapore, only had 1 day to prepare for the match as well.

Doesnt say much for the S league

i recon its a great initiative for SM to play in an international cup. grows our presence in asia, shows the ffa that the national league teams, even if there semi-pro, can still play well and for a team with such pride and history i think its important for them to establish themselves as a prominent Australian team, even if they arent in the HAL.

might give more weight to the proposed FA cup style cup in australia??????????

Why would an A-League side play in the Singapore cup? It's better if souths, a VPL side, play in this comp. It would help development in this country.

Lol, MarkD, its not the team that should be in the A-League it's the players, if they are that good an A-League team will pick them up.

I don't think they are playing extremely competitive teams.

Why is a state league side in this again?


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SOUTH Melbourne has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Singapore Cup after a shock 2-1 victory over Gombak United last night.

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