The long-suffering Grilled faithful resigned themselves to a long and painful rebuilding process as Grilled were unceremoniously dumped out of Division Two, but found themselves on the upswing again in what is proving to be a roller-coaster of a ride.

While three wins and two draws in their opening five league matches was good, it was not quite championship form, especially with old S-League foes heimu XI keeping pace. heimu appeared in line for a title romp when they flattened Grilled 3-0 in the sixth week, after yet another short Cup campaign had been ended by Volta Neda.

Despite that downer, Grilled held their nerve under the guidance of experienced coach Han Lik-Tsun, and showed their mental fortitude by stringing together seven victories on the run to clinch the trophy; this fine sequence included a 3-1 result in the return leg against heimu in a crucial six-pointer.

All this was plausibly eclipsed by the continued emergence of young star Mohd Safri bin Mohd Kassim, whose meteoric rise was underlined by his entry into the national U-20 squad at the tender age of eighteen. The arrival of local sidekicks Safrinho and Tian Yonghang to Grilled's stable of frontmen only added to the sense of renewal.

Han didn't limit his purchases to youth, and longtime leftback Nawaz Talib's departure was more than balanced by the like-for-like replacement of Filipino ex-international Roberto Mausisa. Midfielder Erik Back was Han's other pedigree signing, with the budget acquisitions of Edvaldo Mourão and Björn Olsson more than proving their usefulness as squad players.

The club ended up facing Sunny Beach Boys with promotion the prize, and sent out a strong signal with a 0-9 result to return to league II.2 - and this time, unlike recent seasons, they look like actually staying for awhile.