While researching on Lionel some time back, I stumbled across a link to Wikipedia. To my pleasant surprise, it was an entry on our own Lionel Lewis!!! Let's read what Lionel has to say about having his very own Wikipedia entry.
Me: Do you know that there's a Wikipedia entry on you? It gives a very positive review on you. How do you feel about being on Wikipedia?
Lionel: Hmm... very surprised that I'm on wikipedia. Checked and seems like they are very updated.
To let our friends know him better, Lionel sportingly shared with us the following aspects of his life, some things which are not yet on Wikipedia! A scoop! =)
Me: What is your favourite healthy food that makes you feel happy to eat it?
Lionel: Home cooked food.
Me: What is your favourite junk food that makes you feel guilty to eat it?
Lionel: Chocolates.
Me: How many pairs of shoes do you have?
Lionel: About 10.
Me: Are you a wine or beer person?
Lionel: None. I don't like to drink.
Me: Day lark or night owl?
Lionel: Day lark...
Me: When was the last time you cried?
Lionel: Can't recall, it happened too long ago.
Me: Your dream car is ...?
Lionel: A Honda CRV.
Me: What are two things that piss you off?
Lionel: Dishonesty and backstabbing.
Me: What are the sources of your strength and motivation in life that you wish to share with all your friends/supporters out there?
Lionel: Enjoy everything that you like to do... =)
Wise words indeed for a young man. =) We hope you enjoy this short piece on Lionel Lewis. The blogging team looks forward to hearing more from the players and bringing new stuff for our blog visitors. In the meantime, stay tuned and roar for HUFC!
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Up Close & Personal - Lionel Lewis
Lionel Lewis X'mas Exclusive!
See below for more details... =)
Lionel Lewis and Manchester City!
My friend say I should bravely post the article on Lionel. Here it goes!
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The Straits Times, Dec 25, 2007
SOCCER
Tired, but Lewis wouldn't have missed Manchester for the world
By Wang Meng Meng
HE HARDLY slept a wink on the 14-hour flight home. Kept awake by a mischievous kid who tugged constantly at his blanket, Lionel Lewis arrived back in Singapore dead-tired early yesterday.
But ask Singapore's top goalkeeper and he will tell you that the jet-lag was well worth it and Christmas had come early for him.
Not only has he returned with cherished memories of his one-week training stint with Manchester City's first team, but he is also carrying hope that an offer will come from the English Premier League club.
The 25-year-old was picked by the Football Association of Singapore to be the first Singaporean to train with the first team of an English top-flight club with the possibility of getting signed by City or one of their partner clubs.
Those partner clubs are Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland), FC Moscow (Russia), Perth Glory (Australia), Shanghai Shenhua (China), Thanda Royal Zulu (South Africa) and Chonburi FC (Thailand). City work with them in areas such as player loans and coaching exchanges.
In Manchester, Lewis worked alongside Elano and Rolando Bianchi and helped striker Valeri Bojinov, who is back in training after knee surgery, with shooting practice. He also received specialised goalkeeping training alongside Joe Hart, Andreas Isaksson and Kasper Schmeichel.
'It was a great experience,'' he said. 'To work with these top players has been incredible. It's not just about being there with a Premier League club, I've picked up good goalkeeping tips that I'll use to improve my game.
"City were great in making me feel part of the set-up, allowing me to travel with the first team for the game at Aston Villa and letting me sit next to the bench.
'Apart from the fact that the players arrive in their club suits, the preparations are the same. 'The squad arrive for Sven Goran Eriksson's team talk and after that, loud music will be played in the dressing room.''
City have confirmed that the club will be taking a second look at the Home United custodian before making a decision.
The club's executive director, Taweesuk Jack Srisumrid, had said earlier: 'In January, Lionel will be invited by the club for a training camp in Australia where we will assess his potential further...
'We will also consider the suitability of placing him in one of our partner clubs.'
Lewis added: 'I'm waiting to hear from the club on the date for the training camp.
'It will be great to get another chance to impress.
'Like I've said, it's every footballer's dream to play at the highest level.''
While playing in the Premier League remains a pipe dream, it is by no means impossible for the goalkeeper, who is rated as one of the best in Asia.
Last Thursday, when asked by Sky Sports about talk of Isaksson leaving during next month's transfer window, manager Eriksson had noted: 'We have a goalkeeper from Singapore (Lewis) ... training with us here, so we'll see what's happening there.'
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The Straits Times, Dec 25, 2007
SOCCER
Tired, but Lewis wouldn't have missed Manchester for the world
By Wang Meng Meng
HE HARDLY slept a wink on the 14-hour flight home. Kept awake by a mischievous kid who tugged constantly at his blanket, Lionel Lewis arrived back in Singapore dead-tired early yesterday.
But ask Singapore's top goalkeeper and he will tell you that the jet-lag was well worth it and Christmas had come early for him.
Not only has he returned with cherished memories of his one-week training stint with Manchester City's first team, but he is also carrying hope that an offer will come from the English Premier League club.
The 25-year-old was picked by the Football Association of Singapore to be the first Singaporean to train with the first team of an English top-flight club with the possibility of getting signed by City or one of their partner clubs.
Those partner clubs are Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland), FC Moscow (Russia), Perth Glory (Australia), Shanghai Shenhua (China), Thanda Royal Zulu (South Africa) and Chonburi FC (Thailand). City work with them in areas such as player loans and coaching exchanges.
In Manchester, Lewis worked alongside Elano and Rolando Bianchi and helped striker Valeri Bojinov, who is back in training after knee surgery, with shooting practice. He also received specialised goalkeeping training alongside Joe Hart, Andreas Isaksson and Kasper Schmeichel.
'It was a great experience,'' he said. 'To work with these top players has been incredible. It's not just about being there with a Premier League club, I've picked up good goalkeeping tips that I'll use to improve my game.
"City were great in making me feel part of the set-up, allowing me to travel with the first team for the game at Aston Villa and letting me sit next to the bench.
'Apart from the fact that the players arrive in their club suits, the preparations are the same. 'The squad arrive for Sven Goran Eriksson's team talk and after that, loud music will be played in the dressing room.''
City have confirmed that the club will be taking a second look at the Home United custodian before making a decision.
The club's executive director, Taweesuk Jack Srisumrid, had said earlier: 'In January, Lionel will be invited by the club for a training camp in Australia where we will assess his potential further...
'We will also consider the suitability of placing him in one of our partner clubs.'
Lewis added: 'I'm waiting to hear from the club on the date for the training camp.
'It will be great to get another chance to impress.
'Like I've said, it's every footballer's dream to play at the highest level.''
While playing in the Premier League remains a pipe dream, it is by no means impossible for the goalkeeper, who is rated as one of the best in Asia.
Last Thursday, when asked by Sky Sports about talk of Isaksson leaving during next month's transfer window, manager Eriksson had noted: 'We have a goalkeeper from Singapore (Lewis) ... training with us here, so we'll see what's happening there.'
Cuddly chick returns!
Hey Folks,
It’s been some time since this girl blogger last left her mark here. The season has ended and now the year is going to end too! Oh my, but first things first, Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year! =) 2007 has been a good year for HUFC and I hope that there will be many better years to come.
Do you all know that Lionel's in the News today! =) See Sports section of today's Straits Times! He has just returned from training with Manchester City! According to the news report, he has a chance of joining the club! Wow! Well done, Lionel!
On the same note, I recently had the opportunity to ask Lionel to share with us some itty bitty details of himself! Via email of course! And we can see that Lionel's really one cool good dude. =)
See the next blog post for the details! Have a good holiday, everyone. =)
Signing off,
Cuddly Chick a.k.a RGY
It’s been some time since this girl blogger last left her mark here. The season has ended and now the year is going to end too! Oh my, but first things first, Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year! =) 2007 has been a good year for HUFC and I hope that there will be many better years to come.
Do you all know that Lionel's in the News today! =) See Sports section of today's Straits Times! He has just returned from training with Manchester City! According to the news report, he has a chance of joining the club! Wow! Well done, Lionel!
On the same note, I recently had the opportunity to ask Lionel to share with us some itty bitty details of himself! Via email of course! And we can see that Lionel's really one cool good dude. =)
See the next blog post for the details! Have a good holiday, everyone. =)
Signing off,
Cuddly Chick a.k.a RGY
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
WE'RE SECOND!
we thought we got our hands on the league title with rumours saying that gombak had equalised and everyone was already celebrating and jumping up and down but it was not to be. well, at least we snatched back the second place from tampines with a 90th minute goal from Qiu Li! AND YES!
we retained our 2nd place!!!
we should be proud of ourselves. home united put up a good fight against geylang. everyone had did their part and played their best. the players did an awesome job this year, giving us the closest fight for the title ever. KUDOS TO ALL HOME UNITED PLAYERS!
it was so near, yet so far BUT
WE'LL COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SNATCH THE TITLE FROM SAF!
now, we should hope that saf does the double so home united can play in the AFC cup. (:
HOME UNITED's THE BEST. ooh yeah! :D
one more thing. TO ALL HOME UNITED SUPPORTERS AND KONE HAMED FANS,
please go to http://www.sleague.com/pro01a.asp?id=0 and vote for NUMBER FIVE KONE HAMED for NTUC income Yeo's People's choice awards. NUMBER FIVE KONE HAMED! you might even get a chance to win $500 so go vote for KONE asap! thanks. :D
we retained our 2nd place!!!
we should be proud of ourselves. home united put up a good fight against geylang. everyone had did their part and played their best. the players did an awesome job this year, giving us the closest fight for the title ever. KUDOS TO ALL HOME UNITED PLAYERS!
it was so near, yet so far BUT
WE'LL COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SNATCH THE TITLE FROM SAF!
now, we should hope that saf does the double so home united can play in the AFC cup. (:
HOME UNITED's THE BEST. ooh yeah! :D
one more thing. TO ALL HOME UNITED SUPPORTERS AND KONE HAMED FANS,
please go to http://www.sleague.com/pro01a.asp?id=0 and vote for NUMBER FIVE KONE HAMED for NTUC income Yeo's People's choice awards. NUMBER FIVE KONE HAMED! you might even get a chance to win $500 so go vote for KONE asap! thanks. :D
Monday, November 12, 2007
Another last grasp winner
"Now the battle lines are drawn for the showdown and probably the title decider match at Bishan on Fri, 6 Nov 2007."
A 90th minute goal saved the Protectors from bowing out of the championship race. Sharil Ishak scored the winner in a goal mouth dual. Earlier the Tigers have taken a 2 goal lead in the first half of the match. This despite incenssant raids by the Protectors on the Tigers's goal but none could find the back of the net. The Ivorian Dazzler Kone Hamed was a menace in the Balestier defence throughout tearing through the defence at every move. Finally on 43rd minute, he let go a scorching ball which the Tigers' custodian spilled only for Ludovick to pounce. 2-1 was the score when both teams trooped into the changing room.The Protectors' poured themselves in attack at the start of the second half. A missed penalty by Ludovick did not augur well for the Protectors to draw level. In the 69th minute, Qiu Li found space in the crowded box and bulged the ball into the net to draw level 2-2. The visitors found new hope and continued the pressure relentlessly. Just when everything seemed lost for the Protectors' Sharil Ishak saved the day for Home on 90th minute.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
We are on our way
We are on our way to hold the Cup - really on our way. I am still panting from the adrenaline rush yesterday night. As Tampines Rovers defence stood firm solid against our onslaught, and slowly got into the game in the first half, I was clutching the edge of my seat and sweating like mad. It was really feeling like our encounter with the Young Lions once again, and I thought its deja vu. And Tampines Peres skilful near miss in the first half made me wonder whether we would have fared better with him in our team --- he was magical when he was wearing the Protector's shirt. He seemed adamant to make his mark against his old club.
But Kone's seems to rejuvenate his mana in the second half, as he single handedly led the Protectors resurgence to whack the Rovers 2-0. The first goal was just past the hour mark, as a break gave Kone space to slot in the ball nicely into the bottom corner with Rover's goalkeeper standing dumbstruck. The crowd went crazy! I went estactic. The second goal was pure magic. Kone took a pass nicely, ran down the middle, went pass the goalkeeper with a flick (reminds me of Ronaldino) and send the ball into goal. 2-0. It doesn't get better than this.
We are all geared and hyped to face the the Warriors two match away.
But Kone's seems to rejuvenate his mana in the second half, as he single handedly led the Protectors resurgence to whack the Rovers 2-0. The first goal was just past the hour mark, as a break gave Kone space to slot in the ball nicely into the bottom corner with Rover's goalkeeper standing dumbstruck. The crowd went crazy! I went estactic. The second goal was pure magic. Kone took a pass nicely, ran down the middle, went pass the goalkeeper with a flick (reminds me of Ronaldino) and send the ball into goal. 2-0. It doesn't get better than this.
We are all geared and hyped to face the the Warriors two match away.
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