Thursday, July 29, 2010
Reclaiming The Terraces!
Sengkang Punggol are crap. If they fell any lower they'd be in Malaysia. Success for them is not losing two straight games. A big name player usually has 17 letters in his first name.
But in at least one respect they are miles ahead of any other SLeague side. Not many teams have fans that keep a blog regularly updated. A Fish Out Of Water follows the trials and tribulations of the team from Hougang Stadium and it's a real labour of love.
There's alot of pain on their site as you would expect when you follow such a crap team but that, to me, is it what makes them stand out from the crowd. I love it that the crappy Dolphins have fans who care enough about their team's (lack of ) fortune to turn up every game expecting nothing, not being disappointed then writing about it.
It's the mentality that launched the fanzine movement in England back in the mid 80s.
Now a group of Manchester United fans have 'adopted' the Dolphins as their 'SLeague' team and are doing their best to create an English style atmosphere on the terraces.
Singapore football has been crying out for this type of support for yonks. Forget them stoopid ra ra rah and drum beats, seriously how do you think the players feel when they run on the pitch and hear songs like 'defend, defend'?
Starting is one thing. It will be interesting to how long it continues, (can't go tonight lah, Giggsy's last game lah), and also whether or not they are imitated by others.
# posted by Me @ 9:19 PM 
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Regardless how they might prioritize their match viewing once the English season begins, think they had at least made a difference in an otherwise very dormant Sengkang Punggol support (or lack of)
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