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Football in Singapore: A Global, Historical, and Social Phenomenon
Abstract
This chapter discusses the development of association football as a national phenomenon in Singapore with respect to its wider social and historical background. Asia's and Singapore's contact with Western sport has to be understood in relation to a process of both appreciation for and cultural resistance to it. The discussion looks at football's development and associated problems in the country at a historical and social angle, and from the three perspectives of “globalization,” “individual level,” and “national society level,” with the hope of providing a concise but inclusive analysis of the de facto “national sport” in Singapore. From the perspective of sport management, this chapter intends to make readers appreciate the notion that over more than 100 years of historical process football has developed into a popular cultural phenomenon in the country: an icon that is worthy of protection and promotion for its potential social and commercial benefits.
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