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Lions united a young nation
The Sunday Times takes a look at what the Malaysia Cup win on May 28, 1977, meant to Singapore and how it made the players who lifted the trophy heroes here.
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It was a time when footballers were mobbed on the streets and fans paid for their food at coffee shops, and when even celebrities waited in line to claim an autograph from them.
The unpolished game then meant the pitch was akin to a battlefield, and supernatural tales - from sightings of black cats traversing the field before games to bomohs (shamans) sitting behind goal posts - captured the imagination of many.
