The first stadium we had was the Jalan Besar Stadium which was built in 1929 that is where the football fever started with the Malaya Cup and renamed to Malaysia Cup from 1967 to 1973. During the Japanese Occupation, it was used as a Sook Ching screening site, in 1964 a mass rally was held for the mourning of the death of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The stadium was closed in 1999 to begin the rebuilding of the new FIFA Goal plan project. The Jalan Besar Stadium played host to several events during it heydays where the Singapore Youth Festival in 1955, Singapore Armed Forces Day in 1969, and the 1984 National Day Parade, our very own S League Games, 2010 Summer Youth Olympic and also playing host to International Football Club.
