[2] During Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II, the SCFA was disbanded.
[4][5] In 1947, Choo Kwai Low founded the Malayan Chinese Football Association (MCFA) with SCFA as a member.
[5] It was reported in May that according to Choo, due to MCFA's new general deputy secretary, who happened to be an assistant registrar of Johor's registry of companies, MCFA was warned by the registry of companies for breaking a law for having SCFC, a non Malaysian club, as a member.
[17] The SCFC regularly send its members for friendlies and tournaments throughout the region of Asia and the Pacific.
These include: Established in February 2007, the SCFC Academy is targeted at youth of all races living in the region of Singapore.
Training is conducted by Asian Football Confederation qualified coaches and ex-Singapore internationals.
Character development of its players takes equal, if not more importance than technical football skills.
Players are known to have been barred from training if they do not do well at school, and parents are very much involved in the progress of their children in the Academy.
The club coaches football teams of primary and secondary schools each year.