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Woodlands Wellington Football Club is an inactive professional
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club which played in the
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, the top division of football in
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. They are based in
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at the 4,300 seater
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, where they have played since their establishment. Woodlands Wellington FC's honours include winning the inaugural
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in 2007, defeating
Sengkang Punggol FC Hougang United Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League. History Hougang United Football Club was founded as Marine Castle United Football Club, which was formed by Newcastle Un ...
4–0 in the final. They also finished runners-up in the
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in 1997, and also in the
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in 2005 and 2008 and won the President's Centennial Cup in 1998, a cup competition organized by the
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to celebrate the centennial of
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by defeating
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2–1 in the final in
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. Their best finish in the
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came in the 1996 Tiger Beer Series where they were runners-up. They have also achieved 3rd place in 1997 and 2005. Woodlands Wellington FC planned to merge with
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but the merger never happened. Woodlands Wellington FC plays in Island Wide League and they plan to re-join
S-League The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as SPL, officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), which re ...
in the future.


History


Wellington Football Club (1988–1996)

Woodlands Wellington was founded as Wellington Football Club in 1988 as a splinter group of Delhi Juniors (a team of
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an football enthusiasts, dating back to the 1940s, that were among the pioneers of football in
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). The name stems from the Deptford Ground located on Wellington Road in
Sembawang Sembawang is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of Jo ...
where the team started playing football in 1988. In 1991, they participated in the
Sembawang Group League Sembawang is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the North Region, Singapore, North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the so ...
and National Island-Wide League, winning as champions in both competitions and setting a national record by beating
Seletar Football Club Seletar is an area located in the north-east of Singapore. Its name can also refer to the Seletar Planning Area (as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority), situated in the North-East Region of Singapore. The place name was derived from th ...
by a 27-goal margin. This was one of the biggest wins the club had ever achieved, as they beat their opponents 28 – 1 at the Woodlands Stadium on 17 November 1991. Amalar Louis scored a record 12 goals in that match. The following year, Wellington FC joined the
Singapore National Football League The Singapore Football League (SFL) is a semi-professional association football, football tournament for clubs that are affiliated to the Football Association of Singapore. It makes up the second and third tier of football in Singapore after the ...
in Division 2, from which they were promoted as champions in 1994. The following season they finished first in Division 1 (going unbeaten for 24 matches) and were runners-up in the FA Cup.


Woodlands Wellington Football Club (1996–2014)

Wellington Football Club were selected as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly formed
S.League The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as SPL, officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), which re ...
in its inaugural season in 1996, prompting the club to adopt
Woodlands Stadium Woodlands Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Woodlands, Singapore. It is currently the home ground of S.League side, Woodlands Wellington FC, and used mostly for football matches for both the S.League and Prime League competitions ...
as their home ground and to change their name to Woodlands Wellington Football Club. Following their admission to the S.League, Wellington FC's founder,
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, was appointed as the Team Manager of Woodlands Wellington and
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were announced as a sponsor in their maiden season in the
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. Following this, they signed
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, Joe Caleta and
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, from the
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, as well as Singapore national players
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, who played for the
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in 1992. Woodlands Wellington played to capacity crowds, including their pre-season friendlies. Woodlands won the President's Centennial Cup in 1998, a cup competition organized by the
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to celebrate the centennial of
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, beating Sembawang Rangers 4–2 in the semi-final and
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2–1 at the Negros Occidental Sports Complex in the final in
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with both goals from Razali Ahmad. While they enjoyed a relatively successful period throughout the late nineties, Woodlands finished last in the 2001 S.League season, prompting them to sign Singapore internationals
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, Goh Tat Chuan and A. Siva Kumar. The transfers of Goh and Siva Kumar were particularly controversial as Woodlands and Jurong were well-known rivals in the league. Woodlands Wellington made the headlines in the 2007 S.League season for a walkout by the entire Woodlands squad in a match against
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as a protest to the decisions made against them by referee P. Pandian. Woodlands were fined $30,000 for the incident and had six points docked.
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coach
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was reported as saying "I spoke to their coach just a little while ago and he said that they acted on the instructions of their club chairman."


Reported withdrawal from the S. League

A report by
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on 22 November 2012 suggested that Woodlands may be in financial trouble and could be the second club to sit out the 2013
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after
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has announced earlier that it would not be taking part in the league in 2013. This sparked off a supporter-driven "Save Woodlands" awareness campaign on the same day. The club held an open meeting with the supporters and press at
Woodlands Stadium Woodlands Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Woodlands, Singapore. It is currently the home ground of S.League side, Woodlands Wellington FC, and used mostly for football matches for both the S.League and Prime League competitions ...
later that evening and quashed the report. Team manager, Matthew Tay, also said that the club was already preparing a pre-season tour of
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, and that the club would be signing players and would also be aiming for a minimum 8th spot in the table this season.


Merger with Hougang United

In November 2014, it was announced that Woodlands Wellington and
Hougang United Hougang United Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League. History Hougang United Football Club was founded as Marine Castle United Football Club, which was formed by Newcastle Unit ...
will merge for the 2015 season and a new club name will be used. However, the merge never occurred and the club now plays in 2016 Island Wide League. The club plans to re-join
S-League The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as SPL, officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), which re ...
in the future.


Stadium

Woodlands Stadium Woodlands Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Woodlands, Singapore. It is currently the home ground of S.League side, Woodlands Wellington FC, and used mostly for football matches for both the S.League and Prime League competitions ...
is currently the home ground of Woodlands Wellington, and used mostly for
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matches. Apart from being used for competitive matches, the pitch is also utilised by the club for their training sessions as well.


Logo and mascot

File:Woodlands Wellington Football Club Logo 1996 to 2002.jpg, Woodlands Wellington FC crest, 1996–2002 File:Woodlands Wellington Football Club logo.png, Woodlands Wellington's crest, 2003–2012 File:Woodlands Wellington FC 2013 Mascot.jpg, Woodlands Wellington's Ram Mascot


Colours

File:Woodlands_Wellington_Third_Strip,_2012.jpg, Woodlands Wellington third kit, 2012 As Wellington Football Club, the team played in a white kit with purple and green trimmings. As soon as they were rebranded into the Woodlands Wellington Football Club in 1996, the Rams changed their home kit to all white with a narrow stripe of yellow and green down the middle. In the ensuing years, yellow was employed as the main colour of choice for the home kit and this has become the traditional colour for the club.


Kit evolution

* Home * Away * Third / Special *The third kit for 2007 was used as the home kit of the 2008 season.


Continental record


Sponsors

Woodlands Wellington FC was sponsored by
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from 1996 to 1998, after which it was sponsored by
Sembcorp Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) is an energy and urban development company. Sembcorp's marine division provided a variety of services, including the engineering and construction of offshore platforms for oil extraction, until it was demerged ...
from 2001 to 2010. The club went without a sponsor from 2011 to 2012 before
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an
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company, ESW, took up the sponsorship of the
Rams In engineering, RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety)Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
an kit makers, Waga, for the 2013 season. Their previous kit sponsors include
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and
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apparel makers, Acono.


Club


Coaching staff

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Youth academy

The youth academy of Woodlands is the Centre of Excellence, which develops promising young players and grooms them for the future.


Manager history

* Steve Wicks (1996) * Dean Wheatley (1997–98) * V. Sivalingam (1999) * Ivan Raznevich (2000–01) *
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(2002–03) * Simon Clark (2003–04) – Player / Coach * Maff Brown (2005) *
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(1 Jan 2005 – 30 June 2006) * Jörg Steinebrunner (2006–08) * Nenad Bacina (1 Jan 2009 – 31 Dec 2009) *
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(15 June 2014 – 31 December 2014)


Honours


Domestic

Cup *
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: 1 **
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International

Cup * President's Centennial Cup: 1 ** 1998


Performance in domestic competitions

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saw the introduction of penalty shoot-outs if a match ended in a draw in regular time. Winners of penalty shoot-outs gained two points instead of one.
* Woodlands Wellington deducted 6 points for abandoning a match on 5 September 2007. Last updated on 15 May 2014


Supporters' Club

The supporters' club of Woodlands Wellington Football Club are known as The Black Sheep. They can be seen at both home and away games dressed in the club's official colours of yellow and blue and are usually seated behind the Rams' dugout. Since its inception, The Black Sheep have been using the warcry "Never Surrender!" to rally their players on.


References


External links


Official club website

S.League website page on Woodlands Wellington FC
{{Singapore Premier League Football clubs in Singapore 1988 establishments in Singapore Singapore Premier League clubs Association football clubs established in 1988