{"id":84200,"date":"2026-09-12T00:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=84200"},"modified":"2026-09-12T00:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:34:06","slug":"barry-whitbread-who-led-lions-to-historic-1998-tiger-cup-dies-aged-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=84200","title":{"rendered":"Barry Whitbread, who led Lions to historic 1998 Tiger Cup, dies aged 77"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Aide Iskandar, who played in a back three with Sasikumar and S Subramani at the 1998 tournament, expressed his condolences to Whitbread&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Barry was much more than just a great coach to me. He was like a father figure to me, Sasi, Subramani, and so many young players during his time with us,&#8221; he told CNA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Looking back, I realise how much of an impact Barry had on my life and my career. I am truly grateful for everything he did for me and for the many young players he guided along the way,&#8221; said Aide, who went on to captain the national team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will always have a special place in my heart, and I will remember him with great respect and fondness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v26.0\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/sport\/barry-whitbread-former-lions-head-coach-dies-77-6379176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aide Iskandar, who played in a back three with Sasikumar and S Subramani at the 1998 tournament, expressed his condolences to Whitbread&#8217;s family. &#8220;Barry was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--N2fOOfMB--\/c_crop,h_527,w_937,x_1,y_310\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/09\/11\/hr76ujxauaalorf.jpg?itok=PwsILGRc","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5747,29880,2028,3134,5772,2706,2025,18887,29881],"class_list":["post-84200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-aged","tag-barry","tag-cup","tag-dies","tag-historic","tag-led","tag-lions","tag-tiger","tag-whitbread","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}