THE plight of Singapore football is an open book for all.
Since 1993, it has fallen from 73rd to 145th place in Fifa's
world rankings. S-League match attendances are at an all-time low.
The national squad had a disastrous Suzuki Cup and Asian Cup
qualifier, and was disbanded with all the national players dropped
save for the coach.
The huge amounts of money poured into the sport and the influx
of foreign players seem to have brought only temporary respite.
Worst, there seems to be increasing disaffection with the sport at
all levels. Are there wider lessons to be learnt from this
debacle?
Tan Suan Tiu