Mungkin ramai yang ingat aku berjenaka, tetapi ada kalanya memang aku berjenaka.
Lord Fakri, Super Fakri, Ultra Fakri. Macam-macam gelaran yang aku dan ramai orang beri kepada pemain ini. Tahap lagendanya pemain ini disamakan dengan pemain seperti Lord Bendtner kalau di Eropah.
Read MoreAku mula mengenali dan jatuh cinta dengan bola sepak sejak umur 7 tahun. Sebelum itu aku tak pernah sama sekali menyepak bola. Kali pertama bermain aku terus jatuh cinta. Main bawah panas pun aku tak peduli. Sejak dari itu aku terus gilakan bola sepak.
Read MoreA wise man once said, “You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team”, and Eric, if I may, you are spot on.
Read MoreLook up in the sky,it's a bird it's a plane it's superman.
Only my superman was gracing the football field in the once glorious Stadium Shah Alam for the one true king of Malaysian Football, Selangor.
The year was 1999, I had never set foot in a stadium before and you can imagine what a majestic feeling that was.
Tahun 2018 merupakan tahun gemilang buat skuad Yob apabila menjuarai Piala Malaysia buat kali ke lapan sepanjang sejarah penubuhan pasukan. Tetapi ia menjadi lebih manis apabila kenangan itu dikongsi bersama rakan-rakan yang sentiasa menjadi teman ke stadium untuk memberikan sokongan kepada pasukan Perak.
Read MoreBola sepak. Ada banyak tanggapan kalau kita bersembang tentang sukan ini. Ada yang buat tak endah, ada yang anggap biasa saja dan ada juga yang anggap bola sepak adalah jiwa, nyawa dan segalanya. Seperti aku.
Read MoreIt all started when a guy from Senegal, scored the only goal to knock reigning World champion France out from 2002 World Cup in South Korea & Japan. I was 10 at that time. I knew David Beckham because he is a famous guy but never heard of Papa Bauba Diop. To be honest, I didn’t know football at all. I just cheered because everybody did so.
Read MoreWith Malaysia Cup matches few and far between with football season lasting a mere few months, my first official football game as a spectator was an international encounter that took place exactly 40 years ago.
It was the Merdeka Cup final at Stadium Merdeka, pitting Soh Chin Aun and his men in yellow, against the Atlas Lions, Morocco.
I could not remember how my late Ayah bought those tickets. It must have been over the counter. I did remember the exact place I was though when Labd Khalifa took that free-kick which turned out to be Morocco’s winning goal.
Read MoreThe game of bolasepak has always been a constant factor in my life. Whether it is in my personal, work, dating, relationship or soon to be God willing marriage life, bolasepak will always be the focal point of my existence.
Read MoreSetia. Satu perkataan yang begitu mendalam maksudnya, setia boleh dikaitkan dengan pelbagai perkara termasuk bolasepak.
Read MoreOne day he asked me where I was born. "Teluk Intan," I answered. Knowing me as a Selangor fan, he then said something that shook my belief:
"But you were born in Perak. Your blood spilled first on the land of Perak. How could you support Selangor?"
You have to remember; we were still 8 years old of age at that time.
Read MoreI brought a colleague to watch Malaysia vs Indonesia at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium last year. He was an EPL fan and knew basically nothing about Malaysian football, but because of me always talking about it at office, he decided to follow me to the game. Long story short, the Harimau Malaya won and we had a blast.
Read More“People usually ask, why are you all so excited about a chasing a ball. For me, it is never about the ball, it is the process of everyone coming together for one common goal to take away from the match.”
Read MoreFrom the distance you see the floodlights. Mesmerised, you’re drawn towards the stadium. One foot after another with eyes peeled towards the lights ahead of you.
As you walk you’re aware that there are two, then ten, then hundreds alongside you. Treading the same path towards “Our Mecca”.
Read More“Huish, goalkeeper dia score goal!”
“Bukan goalkeeper, striker dia. Ole Gunner Soldier nama dia.”
The conversation we had back when we were in Standard Three was one of the earliest football discussions I had in life. I
Read MoreIanya adalah tahun 1997, perlawanan akhir Piala Malaysia pada hari Sabtu malam minggu, seorang budak kecil berusia 9 tahun, dibawa ke Stadium Shah Alam hanya dengan motosikal Kriss empat lejang oleh abang sulungnya.
Lahir dan dibesarkan di Kampung Pendamar, Klang. Pastinya pasukan yang di sokong adalah pasukan Merah Kuning.
Read MoreJuly 2007. To be specific, 10 July 2007.- How funny when a non-Malaysian has any stake in Malaysian football? Till today I still have no idea. Malaysia vs China starts at 8:40pm and away we go.
Read More“As I was talking to my buddy the other day, "IF" I was the FAM President. The first rule of order is to ban all football international broadcast coverage“
Read MoreFootball is pretty general. Everyone would know of its existence, some incorporate it in their lives, some don't. Nevertheless, the word to describe it would be SEXY. It’s definitely sexy.
Read MoreMy quest to get my football fix took me to the Hang Day stadium in Hanoi during a recent trip to Vietnam. When I travel to a new country I always try to go to a local game.
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