Farrer Park United is a now-defunct

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club from

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. The team won Singapore's

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in 1982, and the

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in 1981 and 1983. The club played at the

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as their home stadium.

History

In 1976, Farrer Park United lost to

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, 2-0, in the finals of the Toto League Cup. In 1979, Robert Ng and Robert Lim joined the club as manager and coach. In 1982, Farrer Park United won the National Football League Division 1 and also the national U15 title. In 1983, Dutch goalkeeper,

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, formerly from

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join the club. In 1983, the club won the President's Cup with a 3-0 win over

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Players

The club also had the only British player, Chris Bates, playing in the National Football League. The team had also many other Singaporean national football players, such as

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, Marzuki Elias and Razali Rashid.

References

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