S-League champs eye temporary home in Clementi

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SINGAPORE - Reigning Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League champions Tampines Rovers want to move to the Clementi Stadium before the start of the 2013 season.

The Stags will have to leave their current home at Tampines Stadium sometime after the 2012 season for work to start on the Tampines Town Hub.

Yesterday, club chairman Teo Hock Seng told Today that they have indicated to the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) their desire to re-locate to Clementi Stadium until the new stadium - expected to be in the same vicinity as the current one - is completed.

"We should have a new stadium in the next three years or so. It's a dis-location, but we have to deal with it," said Teo.

" … Several alternatives, including Serangoon Stadium, were considered, but eventually we settled on Clementi Stadium because the seating capacity and the pitch are good."

The Clementi Stadium has a seating capacity of 4,000 - an even split between permanent and temporary.

Part of a five-year masterplan, the Tampines Town Hub will be run by the People's Association, and is scheduled to be ready by 2015.

Said Teo: "The hub will be in the existing location together with the sports hall and swimming pool. It should be bigger and more comfortable than what we have at the moment."

Clementi Stadium is currently occupied by S-League side Tanjong Pagar United, and there is no word yet if the Jaguars will move, or share the ground with the Stags.