Kallang Roar the Movie

Kallang Roar the Movie is a 2008 sports film on Singapore national football team’s legendary coach Choo Seng Quee (played by Lim Kay Siu).

The film shows the events leading up to Singapore winning the Malaysia Cup in 1977, including the epic semi-final match against Selangor and the final against Penang.

[1] In the opening scene set in 1967, Tunku Abdul Rahman was seen trying to desuade Choo from returning to Singapore.

[3] During the coach interview scene that was set in 1967, one of the Council members mentioned that twelve years had passed since Singapore last won the Malaysia Cup.

In real life, that was Choo's 4th stint with the Singapore team, and he was appointed in September 1976 following Nadesan Ganesan's election as FAS chairman.