Timeline

2007

There were no fairytale maiden season for the club in the National Football League Divison 3 (NFL Div 3), managing only to collect 6 points from 1 win, 3 draws and registering their biggest loss against eventual champions Tiong Bahru FC in a 9-0 thumping at Tanglin on 25th May 2007. The result left the club rooted at the bottom of the division and were duly relegated.

With the main core of the players playing in the league, the club continued its participation in ESPZEN Season 6 but only managed to finished fourth, missing out of a promotion playoff when they falter in their final two games, losing 0-2 and 1-3 to DHL and Interlink respectively. The club picked up the pieces in ESPZEN Season 7 with the birth of Central Park International (CPI) which features players who have played in the prior season in Division 6 and consist of local and expat group from the club roster while the team which did so badly in the NFL Div 3 starts afresh in Division 8, playing under the name Central Park FC (FC).

The number of new faces coming in to both teams meant that expectations were pretty low but both teams defied the odds by managing to finish second in their respective division as they secured an automatic promotion to the next division. FC team managed another milestone after new recruit Isaac Mong finished the season as the division top scorer with 20 goals in 9 games to his name.

2006

The club continued their participation in the Clementeers League but were controversially thrown out of the competition after only 13 games. After which, ESPZEN became their staple for competitive games as they finished 3rd and earned the right to be promoted to Division 6 after beating FECA Football Club 4-0 in the play-off game. Nonetheless, the Sharks saved the best for last as they qualified and secured a place for the 2007 National Football League Division 3 after finishing second in the annual Islandwide League to tournament champions Elias Park Football Club.

While the achievement was blighted by yet another controversy, the sanctions imposed by FAS by way of a club fine however couldn’t prevent the club from competing in the mainstream competition the following year despite protest from teams playing in the competition to throw the club out of the tournament after failing to show-up for one of their fixtures.

2005

Joined its first competitive league in Goal Arena Football League and played AK FC on 6 February at PUB RC Field, winning the game 6-1. Finished the season in 7th with 30 points. During the duration of the league, iFoundries (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd came on as the club first official corporate sponsor on 4 April.

At the same time, the club’s application to play in the Islandwide League which permits entry to the National League (National Football League) were rejected citing it’s inadequate number of years being an Associate Member of the FAS as a criteria the club did not meet. Thus the club joined Clementeers League and played in first game against Cool Joes on 23 October.

2004

Club formed and recognised by the Registry of Societies on 7 July and 4 days later on 11 July, Central Park played its first official game against local side RCOB by notching a 9-1 win with Andrew Cox grabbing 4 goals.

On 8 August, the club sent 2 teams to particpate in a 7-a-side tournament organised by the Singapore Tamil Youth Club where both teams were knocked out in the group stages. The team were knocked out yet again at the group stages in another tournament organised by Tanjong Pagar Community Club on 21 August.

In November, the club applied for affiliation with FAS (Football Association of Singapore) and was accepted as it’s Associate Member.

2003

Played it’s first game as an unofficial team at Marina South on 18 May 2003.