About this book
Illustrious Australian football coach David O'Connor has arrived in Singapore to very little fanfare. His love for the game and desire to develop the tiny country's fledgling professional league in a big way has seen him accepting terms he's less than thrilled about-that is, if his contract even materializes. He faces the daunting task of rebuilding a team whose spirit and confidence is in shatters. He has to bridge cultural divides and finds a way to inspire his team to believe in him, the game, and importantly, themselves and each other. And slowly but surely Gombak United begins to ascend from the bottom of the league table, soon recognized as a force to be reckoned with. But at the height of his success, David is suddenly dropped from the team, marking the start of his downward spiral into drink and womanizing. His journey is fraught with difficulties, leaving him with broken ventures and financial troubles. But David is a fighter, and in a country that seems intent to break him-and jail him even-he is determined to rise again.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Welcome Back
- Chapter 2 Reflections
- Chapter 3 Selamat Datang Gombak
- Chapter 4 Losing Face
- Chapter 5 The S-League: Then And Now
- Chapter 6 Shaping Up
- Chapter 7 Morale, Morality And Bad Smells
- Chapter 8 Surprise Beginnings
- Chapter 9 Kelong
- Chapter 10 Turning Point
- Chapter 11 Selamat Jalan Gombak
- Chapter 12 Depression On The Horizon
- Chapter 13 Bad Company
- Chapter 14 Was All This A Set Up?
- Chapter 15 Downward Spiral
- Chapter 16 Return To The S-League
- Chapter 17 Clawing My Way Back
- Chapter 18 Meeting The Devil
- Chapter 19 Back On Track—Yet Again
- Chapter 20 On The Run
- Chapter 21 Homeward Bound
- Chapter 22 Prison Life
- Chapter 23 One Door Closes, Another One Opens
- About the Author