Bill Ng speaks to Singapore press about Rangers takeover

[Frankie 505]

I spoke to a source yesterday (a soursce is a source of course of course, Mr Ed Loyal ) who claims there is a local (Glasgow) connection to this bid Frankie.

I won't repeat what he told me - are you aware of any of this?

Yes, the Glasgow based guy introduced the consortium to the deal. However, he won't be involved in the running of the club.

[BearAbroad 42]

Id like to point out, my earlier post was not a dig at Mr Ng's supposed support of us, it was infact a dig at the sentence "i lived in in asia for 6 years and i never once met a local who supported us".

That sentence is priceless. Yesterday, i swam in sea, and i never saw a single fish

I don't believe your analogy is applicable here... I did not totally discount that fact that he could be a Rangers fan, just merely implied that without the natural geographic and social draw you or I have or with exposure minimal media or TV coverage it remains extremely improbable someone from South-East Asia would choose Rangers as their team to support - particularly when in competition with the likes of Man U / Barcelona / or Real Madrid etc.

However upon seeing those Hougang United scarves with No Surrender on them, I may just be ready to eat my words !!

[WVB 2,560]

Maybe the 'Bill Ng - Rangers fan' line isn't as ridiculous as I first thought...

Am pretty sure he was sat next to me at Kilbowie in September 1985. Gave Bobby Williamson some real stick as I recall. Seemed to do the trick.

[Back2BackChampions 31]

Heard his sister is a bit of a looker ... Ming NG

[simplythebest 11,453]

Wonder why the German bid was so terrible it got booted out already.

[DaddySpook 168]

Wow,do not google image his name,unless your safe search is set to strict

[WVB 2,560]

Wow,do not google image his name,unless your safe search is set to strict

Too late!

[Smile 26,605]

Wonder why the German bid was so terrible it got booted out already.

Probably the Popes bid but dont quote me on that.

[YoungCitizen 79]

Daily record exclusive

"Would be Rangers owner Bill Ng has links to UVF"

Not too far off the mark...

[gunslinger 270]

sounds a bit meh. but I suppose its for a Singapore paper he might be more interested in rangers if talking to the record for example.

[spireblue 229]

found this chairmans statement on the hougang united website....interesting.

if nothing else mr.ng talks the talk, lot of similarities to our fans support for rangers. what do you think guys?

HGFC'S CHAIRMAN NEW YEARS' ADDRESS- YEAR OF 2012

It has been proven a challenging 2011 with much uncertainty worldwide,

especially in the financial sector Europe in the second half of 2011. There are

also many adverse, world changing events over the whole year.

Likewise in 2011, Hougang United Football Club (HGFC) faced great challenges.

HGFC's mascot, Cheetah, has also faced great challenges to survive the year.

Similar to a Cheetah in the great wilderness, we strived for excellence and our

thirst for agility has brought us a closure to 2011. With our Cheetah's superior,

competitive and subtly aggressive characteristic, our belief that the Cheetah

presents an accurate symbol of the Club's ambitions has been proven in year

2011 and we hang on to the belief into the year 2012.

It was also a year of changes for HGFC whereby the Club's name was changed

to "Hougang United Football Club" in the early 2011 to reach out to our

community around our home ground.

There was dark episode for Hougang United Football Club during the Season

when HGFC and Etoile FC were involved in a fracas in May 2011. Both teams

were brought to the Disciplinary Committee and inquiry was made with

punishments melted out to both Clubs. This has been a hard lesson learnt for the

Club and myself. We are determined not to repeat such mistakes in the history of

the Hougang United Football Club.

To all HGFC's fans, support from you has given us tremendous courage and

strive to perform and excel on the pitch. We like to express our sincere

appreciation to our supporters. It is supporters like You that has brought so much

vibrancy into our games. It is your cheers and your songs that have lifted the

spirits of our players and it is your support that has made all the hard work

worthwhile.

And, most importantly, it is your presence that has forged a strong friendship in

the football scene! Thank you.

We are looking forward to a brighter 2012 with your great support and we will

continue to strive to create a vibrant match-day experience for our supporters /

fans and a greater community involvement from the Club, as well as increasing

the level of football exposure to our youths and beyond..

The Club had seen positive changes in 2011. The S-League team climbed to the

7th position in 2011, we had claimed the 1st Runners up position in the League

Cup and had played our way into the Semi-Finals of the RHB cup.

My continual belief to "Change for a better" is as steadfast into my 3rd year as a

Chairman though Change has been known to be troublesome, or even painful. It

is the positive changes that we had made to thrive in and had leveraged upon to

what we have achieved so far. Change, is what I believe is the key in

constructing a modern and sustainable football landscape for Singapore, and for

HGFC.

In the year 2012, we will be looking into a stronger team with the changes made

to the technical team. We have a new coach, Mr Nenad Bacina, who will be

contributing a lot to our progress in our new season.

This is not the first time Mr Nenad touches our shores, he was a footballer

himself in Singapore for 4 years and had been a coach with Woodlands

Willington FC in 2009.

Apart from his experiences in local culture and football scene, he had also led

Malaysian Team and Croatian Teams in many competitions.

We have strong belief in his vast experiences that he can bring HGFC to a higher

level of football both on and off the pitch.

We also have very capable assistants, Mr Hyrizan and Mr Nahar, with Mr Nenad

in the Season 2012. Both of them are outstanding local coaches.

We strongly believe that the new coaching team is a strong formidable

combination.

In closing, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere, heartfelt

thanks to all players, coaches, management and staffs for their hard work and

efforts being poured into the Club. I welcome all new members to our family this

season and hope all of you will continue to cooperate fruitfully and put in your

best efforts to work hard to the future success of the Club. Let us look forward to

what we want to achieve collectively and ultimately; that is how we are going to

unite as one and work for the future development and expansion of the Club.

Yours Sincerely

Bill Ng

HGFC Chairman

[TheMotor 2,208]

There was dark episode for Hougang United Football Club during the Season when HGFC and Etoile FC were involved in a fracas in May 2011. Both teams were brought to the Disciplinary Committee and inquiry was made with punishments melted out to both Clubs. This has been a hard lesson learnt for the Club and myself. We are determined not to repeat such mistakes in the history of the Hougang United Football Club.

Fuck me, that's some tough discipline in that league. Step out of line and get melted. SFA are pussies.

[RFC55 108,899]

Just in case anyone else is wondering, Ng is pronounced 'Woo'.

Just like Pr is pronounced "Sea"

[PRW. 5,631]

Is this 100% the guy worth 8.6billion odd?

[disgruntled_bear 157]

Is this 100% the guy worth 8.6billion odd?

Nobody knows if he's part of that Ng family that's worth £8.6 Billion.