Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The last time Liverpool won the league...... in 1990

Bayclays English Premier League was STILL the Football League First Division, under the same sponsorship of Bayclays Bank.

UEFA Champions League was still named the European Cup officially... with AC Milan the winners.

My mum was a very healthy mother who was still working as a civilian officer at ICA.

I was studying nursery at YWCA Kindergarden and lived at my babysitter's place at Chin Swee Estate, only back home at Toa Payoh on weekends.

Singapore National Team was still playing "Domestic" football in Malaysia with the likes of Fandi and Sundramoothy playing club football for state teams instead.

There was no S-League of course. But there was already a semi-pro league in the nation.

Diego Maradona was the best footballer in the world.

Mr Goh Chok Tong succeeded Mr Lee Kuan Yew as the Prime Minister later in that year.

Beyond and Anita Mui ruled the Chinese/Canto Pop Scene, with the rise of 4 Heavenly Kings.

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange was still located at the current HDB Hub location. No Air-Con... A Large one.

There were only 2 Fast Food outlets at the heartlands of Toa Payoh... McDonald's & KFC(They were still Kentucky Fried Chicken)

There were only 3 Soka Centres in Singapore...SYC(STILL Pasir Panjang), Geylang & Telok Blangah

Of Course... I was not practising Nichiren Buddhism, or perhaps I was not even introduced to.

The hottest cartoons on earth were Ninja Turtles & Transformers.

Steven Gerrard & Jamie Carragher were still in primary school. Fernando Torres ? still in pre-school perhaps.

Gary Lineker was the chief striker for England, Bryan Robson was the England captain, and the rise of Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne.

Bobby Robson was still the England manager.

Germany won the World Cup later in June that year... and Gazza's tears in the Semi Finals.

Mediacorp was still SBC. There was no SCV... Football Coverages were all in Channel 12. Occassionally English League matches, Singapore's fortunes in Malaysia football & the World Cup.

TV shows only started in the afternoons on weekdays.

There were only 3 polytechnics in Singapore. SP and NP... while TP just formed.

Lastly, I did not know any of my friends yet !!!

That's all I can think of when Liverpool last won the league in 1990.

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