Farrer Park United was a soccer club from Singapore. The team won Singapore's National Football League (NFL) in 1982, and the President's Cup in 1981 and 1983. The club played at the Farrer Park Field as their home stadium.

History

In 1968, Hampshire United was formed. It was later renamed as Farrer Park United. In 1976, Farrer Park lost to Geylang International, 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, Alex Brouwer, formerly from PSV Eindhoven join the club. The club won the President's Cup with a 3–0 win over Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association. In 1989, before an NFL match against Changi United, the team showed up without jerseys. Their manager Alfonso Dorai arrived 15 minutes after the match's scheduled start with their jerseys but the club had alreader conceded the match to Changi United. Dorai claimed that he was involved in an accident in his friend's car and was delayed. Football Association of Singapore (FAS) requested for a police report for the accident which Dorai was unable to produce, claiming his friend had privately settled with the other driver and hence no police report was made. As a result, Farrer Park was banned for two years by the FAS.

Sponsor

In 1978, Farrer Park got its first sponsor, German sporting supplier Puma, to provide for all its equipment.

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 Malek Awab, Norhalis Shafik, Marzuki Elias and Razali Rashid.