SINGAPORE - His phone rang at least six times when we were walking down the tunnel towards London's Wembley Stadium in May 1999.
It was two hours before the kick-off of the Manchester United-Newcastle FA Cup final. And while English fans raved about names such as Roy Keane, David Beckham and Alan Shearer, Patrick Ang was content talking about Kadir Yahaya and Malek Awab.
Ang's conversations were in reply to long-distance calls from Geylang United officials reporting to him about the day's goings-on and the club's result of the previous night's S-League match.
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