Terminator and Ah Long starring in the S-League

S-LEAGUE punters can now place bets on 'Ah Long' - better known as Noh Alam Shah - scoring in his next game.

Singapore Pools has come up with a novel way for fans to identify personalities in the league easily when placing bets.

A list of nicknames and shortened names for strikers will be used on its website, when punters place bets on the first or last scorer of each S-League match.

The nicknames include Terminator and Black Pearl, and shortened names are Indra and Park.

Said Joe Dorai, deputy manager (sports betting) at Singapore Pools: 'We want to build icons in the league.

'Some of the players' names are too long. We have shortened them to make it easier for customers to remember them.'

The Football Association of Singapore and 12 S-League clubs have approved a list of nicknames and shortened names. They are (in brackets):

Albirex: Eiichiro Ozaki (O-za)

Young Lions: Khairul Amri (Asean Amri)

Balestier: Norikazu Murakami (King Kazu), Fathi Yunus (Boy Fathi)

Geylang: Fadzuhasny Juraimi (Grabber)

Home United: Kenge Ludovick (Black Pearl), Qiu Li (China Li), Indra Sahdan Daud (Indra)

Gombak United: Gabriel Obatola (Gabby), Kingsley Njoku (Kingsley)

Sengkang Punggol: Jonathon Angelucci (Jojo)

SAFFC: Aleksandar Duric (Terminator), Noor Ali (Noor)

Tampines: Noh Alam Shah (Ah Long), Peres de Oliveira (Peres)

Woodlands: Laakkad Abdelhadi (The Lark), Park Tae Won (Park)