The Grilled reserve side stayed on in Uganda for a week-long training-cum-holiday, as part of the warm-up for what should be a historic friendly next week. If all goes well, Grilled will travel to Suriname, and become the first Singaporean club to visit all 124 existing Hattrick territories.

"Well, there's certainly plenty of space, the stuff is affordable, and the mosquitoes were worse in my National Service days." Grilled defender Lim Chuan Heng offered. "I remember back then, we were playing keepie-uppies for the last combat ration. Fun times."