Football: Tampines Rovers thrash Balestier 5-0 to edge out Home Utd for S.League title
Tampines Rovers FC thrashed Balestier Khalsa FC 5-0 to win the 2011 S.League at the expense of Home United FC who had led the league for most of the season.
Tampines Rovers FC thrashed Balestier Khalsa FC 5-0 to win the 2011 S.League at the expense of Home United FC who had led the league for most of the season.
Tampines Rovers confirmed their place in the knock-out stage of the AFC Cup after goals from Ahmad Latiff and Shahdan Bin Sulaiman, and a brace by Aleksandar Duric gave the Stags a comfortable victory over Maldivian side Victory Sports Club.
Aleksandar Duric followed up with Ahmad Latiff's brace to lead the Tampines Rovers to a 3-1 victory over Hanoi T&T in the 2011 AFC Cup.
Tampines Rovers were held to a 1-1 draw against Thai Premier League champions Muang Thong United in their Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup Group G clash. An early goal by Aleksandar Duric (Tampines Rovers #9) was quickly cancelled out by Choeichiu Phichitphong (Muang Thong #19) moments later.
In his last 90 minutes as a Home United player, national team midfielder Shahril Ishak played a starring role in a 3-0 thrashing of title rivals Tampines Rovers.
Tampines Rovers capitalised on league leaders Etoile FC's slip-up two days ago to close the gap at the S.League table to two points after a 3-0 win over strugglers Sengkang Punggol.
S.League debutants Etoile FC thrashed Tampines Rovers FC 4-0 to go two points clear over the latter at the top of the table. This also means that Etoile have recorded wins over the "big three" -- Home United, SAFFC, Tampines -- in the S.League this season.
League leaders Tampines Rovers held off a strong second half display by Balestier Khalsa to clinch a valuable 3-2 win that opened up a three-point lead at the top of the S.League table.