S-League
March 12, 2010
All this talk about Singaporeans not being interested in local soccer and being more interested in English/Spanish/Italian soccer has got me thinking: Why is it so? Yes, overseas leagues are more technical, more exciting, and the players are so much more skillful, but surely Singaporeans would be proud of supporting their local team too? Wouldn’t you feel a stronger sense of identity seeing the Chinese, Malay and Indian players playing for Tampines Rovers, at a local stadium, rather than watch the English, French and Serbian play for Manchester United, on the television?
So I check the papers for the S-League table (I don’t even know what are the teams in the league), and guess what? I couldn’t find any table. I look out for it the next day, still no luck. Even if there are S-League matches being played the night before, only the score is reported, no table. And the match report is so small, its usually hidden in some obscure corner, or on the last page of the sports section, sharing the page with the obituary. What’s the deal? I still haven’t seen the S-League table after a month! Well, if the papers aren’t interested in the S-League, then obviously we will have less coverage (honestly who goes to s-league.com to check for updates?), and as a result, less interest in S-League.
Oh well. At least I know FC Étoile won the League Cup. Vive la France!
