All the pieces finally fell into place, for what was a magical season to remember. The Grilled team was almost complete - it lacked just that last man - and in the Egyptian ex-national goalie "Sultan" Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman, they had him.

Imposing, experienced and aggressive, he was just the person to take control of a position previously so lacking in character. The S$13.9 million investment started off a little shaky as Grilled leaked goals in the S-League, but the mid-season saw a marked improvement, entering the realm of club legend.

Hopes were high as always, but a premature slip-up almost occurred in the seventh round against BonGGie FC as Grilled struggled to a 1-0 win. Grilled went on to eliminate Cup holders All Stars Team, and immediately after, the previous season's losing finalists Chemistry. Sulaiman saved two crucial spot kicks in the latter game, and suddenly the perennial question: "Can we do it?" was posed again.

Yes, Grilled could. They dispatched an exhausted Chinablack in the semi-finals, after the Orchard side had wrecked Winning Eleven's season with crippling tackling. The finals, held at Fortress Tactics, was competitive, but Sulaiman and company were clearly the better team on the day against FC RaZer Infernus. At the end, green and silver ribbons adorned the Singapore Cup.

A finish in the top half of the S-League and Han Kok's callup to the national U-20 squad further sweetened matters, as was the late news that Grilled's Cup triumph allowed entry into Hattrick's first official international tournament, the Hattrick Masters.