Nothing would stop Grilled ruling IV.11 in Season Five, as they ended with a plus-65 goal difference and a perfect 14 wins. After the non-recognition of his feats the previous season as no Golden Boots were given out in a one-off mistake, Hobson was crowned the king of Gamma Stadium as he scored 27 times.

His most memorable goal, however, came in the Singapore Cup. Grilled had qualified for the first time, and didn't even concede a goal until the fifth round when they faced down Division Two side Team Turismo in a full-blooded contest that Grilled won 2-1. Hobson scored both, but his masterpiece was yet to come.

Next, Grilled were up against eventual Double winners Hattrick all the time at the peak of their powers. Grilled were drained by their exertions, but despite being thouroughly outclassed by HaTT, they upheld the romance of the competition by poking a hole in HaTT's armour.

On Gao Seng-kar's first cross of the day, Tim Hobson soared above Zhu Chang-Ting to nod in and send the full-house crowd into a frenzy.

Shung-Tat may have made a mistake in signing the dour Miguel Reed and trading young defender Tan Ong away, but he more than compensated with a second flurry of unearthing young gems. Eurasian playmaker Asher Stanton hopped onto the Grilled bandwagon, followed by wingback Weng Seng-Huat and then stopper Shen Kek-Tjiang in successive weeks.