Tampines Rovers' original target last season was to finish in the top two of the Singapore Premier League (SPL) and reach the Singapore Cup semi-finals.
But while they were bantering, Stags chairman Desmond Ong made an "informal promise" to win the Singapore Cup for their former chairman Teo Hock Seng, who is also group managing director of Komoco Motors, the title sponsors of the competition.
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