A Singapore defeat is always good news for the media there. Reluctant to write about the game
generally, once the national team fails to win the World Cup or even win a group stage game all the
whiners come crawling out from under their toadstools they call home and sing the usual refrain.
Chuffed to pieces they are at being given another opportunity to rant and rave.
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ERIC SAMUEL
The FA of Malaysia (FAM) ended up the bigger losers compared to Kelantan following the east coast
side's fans' trail of destruction in the Malaysia Cup final against Negri Sembilan at the National
Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Nov 7.
The Kelantan FA (Kafa), however, escaped lightly.
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Indonesia Super LeaguePSPS v Persebaya 4-1 (Dzumafo Herman Epandi 2, Isnaini; Ngon A Djam)
Epandi's brace makes him the unlikely leading scorer in the ISL with six on the board while
Persebaya's new signing from Albirex Niigata, Takatoshi Uchida, must be wondering what hit him on
his Indonesian debut.
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Without doubt the highlight this weekend is the climax of the season in Malaysia with Kelantan
taking on Negeri Sembilan in the Malaysia Cup final at Bukit Jalil. Earlier in the season some
40,000 fans from the north east descended on the nation's capital to see their heroes take on
Selangor in the FA Cup Final only to go home broken hearted.
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KOTA BARU: Kelantan have declared Sunday as a state holiday to mark the team's appearance in the
Malaysia Cup final against Negri Sembilan at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Saturday.
Deputy Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob declard Sunday a state holiday "to celebrate Kelantan's
historic appearance in the final of the Malaysia Cup after 39 years".
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KELANTAN skipper Indra Putra Mahyuddin walked away with a grand double in the 100PLUS-FAM National
Football Awards – winning the Best Striker and Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, yesterday.
And the national striker is now hoping to strike it rich this Saturday by winning the prestigious
Malaysia Cup for Kelantan in the final against Negri Sembilan at the National Stadium in Bukit
Jalil.
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This Saturday's Malaysia Cup final promises to be an absolute cracker Gromit. Yes, it does
Brian.
35,000 tickets will be on general sale from Friday at the Bukit Jalil Stadium from 11 am through to
10 pm.
Kelantan are recieving an allocation of 30,000 while Negeri Sembilan, much closer to KL, get
20,000.
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Malaysia Cup semi final 1st legKelantan v Perlis 2-0 (Indraputra Mahayuddin,Rizal Fahmi)
V Terengganu Negeri Sembilan 1-0 (Aidil Zafuan)
Fascinating second legs coming up on Saturday. Can Terengganu overcome that slim deficit to set up
an all north east Malaysia Cup Final.
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Sunday Seah was top scorer for Persiwa a couple of years back. Not bad for a goalkeeper! No I
understand, after a year in the Indonesian Premier League he has found his way to Myanmar where he
has joined the Delta United.
Also read on a message board that coach Ken Worden Terengganu will also be moving to Myanmar to
coach South Myanmar United once the Turtles' Malaysia Cup endeth the run.
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ERIC SAMUEL
The Sultan Mohd IV Stadium in Kota Baru is a "football heaven" for Kelantan coach B.
Sathianathan.
The former national coach said that teams should look forward playing in Kota Baru and not be
intimidated by their partisan fans.
"The kind of atmosphere you get playing here is lacking in Malaysian football," said Sathianathan
after Kelantan, backed by a sell-out 25,000 crowd, defeated KL Plus 3-0 in a Malaysia Cup
quarter-final second-leg match on Saturday to advance 4-1 on aggregate.
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Is it time for ASEAN football to be shown on regional TV?
I was flicking through the channels of South African TV the other day in a bar and I was seeing
shows, or previews, dedicated to Zambian football, Kenyan plus of course South African. And that
was in just 60 seconds.
It will never happene here though.
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I had intended to do a Jakarta Casual TV broadcast for this but decided I didn't really have the
time to source the pictures or prepare visuals. After all, no bugger wants my boat glaring out at
them from their computer screen.
Some Indonesian action around the islands. On Sumatra new boys PSPS Pekanbaru are winless after
their opening three games but they face a tough challenge tomorrow when they host Persijap who
currently sit 3rd boasting a 100% record.
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ALOR SETAR
Kedah head coach Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah on Thursday announced his resignation from the team,
effective immediately.
He said he submitted his resignation letter to State Youth and Sports, Arts and Heritage Culture
Committee chairman Dr Hamdan Mohamed Khalib this morning.
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Last weekend the story in south east Asian football was the Muang Thong United v Chonburi game no
question about it and I was lucky enough to get to cover it.
This weekend the story is Arema v Persija with the four Singaporeans on show. So what the bloody
hell am I doing in Singapore, taking in a meaningless Malaysia Cup tie?
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Gobsmacked this morning to glance at the local rags and actually see some coverage of Singapore
football. Especially as there are no SLeague games tonight.
One rag has a trip down memory lane as it looks at what has happened to the team of 1977. Usually I
like this things but then that's in the context of the here and now.
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OK, I was pleasantly surprised. I went to this game with no expectations whatsoever and to be fair
if you had to choose a Malaysia Cup tie to see this wouldn't have been on the list but it was all I
had and it weren't bad.
The first 45 minutes were goaless before the visitors took the lead right on half tme with a sweet
half volley from the edge of the area.
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The ISL season starts on Sunday and with it an absolute corker between Arema and Persija in Malang.
Last season of course Persija used Arema's stadium 'cos Jakarta police had decreed no football
during the election.
Now of course there is the Singapore collection. Lining up in the Arema blue will be Noh Alam Shah
and Muhamed Riduan while Mustafic Fahruddin and Baihakki Kaizin will be sporting the Persija
orange.
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Malaysia CupSelangor v Kuala Muda 3-2
100% start for the Red Giants who must be favourites to add the Malaysia Cup to the FA Cup,
Community Shield, Super League, Selangor Cup and World Indoor Tiddley Winks titles they have
already won this year.
SLeague
Albirex Niigata v Young Lions 3-2 (Kazuki Yashino, Kenji Adachihara, Akira Takase; Fazli Yakob,
Fadhil Noh) 1,493
Geylang United v Super Reds 1-2 (Masrezan Masturi; Yu Hyun Koo, Seo Su Jong) 1,418
East Java Governor's CupPersib v PSBI 2-0 (Budi Sudarsono, Christian Gonzales)
Persib play Persema today while PSBI take on Persela with both games being played in Lamongan.
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Selangor's skipper "Towkay" Soh Chin Aun (left) in an aerial duel with Singapore striker Arshad
Khamis back in 1976 at the National Stadium.
Only those who had been through that era are probably the only guys who would appreciate that
unique footballing rivalry between Singapore and Selangor.
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Perlis v Pahang 3-2
KL Plus v Melaka 4-1
Terengganu v Johor 2-0
Negeri Sembilan v Sarawak 8-0
Johor v My Team 4-1
Perak v KL 0-1
Selangor v PDRM 3-0
Kuala Muda v Sabah 2-1
ATM v Penang 1-1
Kelantan v Kedah 1-0
Holders Kedah's grasp on the famed Malaysia Cup which they have in consecutive years looks to be
fading after they were beaten by Kelantan thanks to Indra Putra Mahayuddin's goal just after half
time in Kota Bahru.
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Thai Premier LeagueTTM Samut Sakorn v PEA 1-0
Nakorn Pathom v Chonburi 1-2
Malaysia CupMelaka v Perlis 0-2
Pahang v KL Plus 1-1
Sarawak v Terengganu 0-1
Johor v Negeri Sembilan 1-2
KL v Johor FC 0-1
My Team v Perak 0-1
Sabah v Selangor 0-1
PDRM v Kuala Muda 1-0
Kedah v ATM 1-1
Penang v Kelantan 1-2
Hardly a night of net busting activity in the opening salvo of the Malaysia Cup but a couple of
shocks.
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Bernama
As part of their preparation for the Super League next season, the T'Team football team will engage
several football teams in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in friendly matches, early next month.
State Sports Council director Rosdi Awang said team players and officials would also perform the
umrah (minor Haj) in Makkah for emerging first runner-up in this year's Premier League.
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Things have been quiet of late what with Ramadhan and the Eid festival but that's all coming to an
end and how.
We'll start off with the SLeague in Singapore. Despite all the doom and gloom merchants who come
crawling out of (Sentosa artificial) rocks every time some bad news is percieved to hit the game
there things ain't so bad in Lion City.
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ERIC SAMUEL
Former national coach B. Sathianathan has accepted an offer from Kelantan to take charge of their
team for the Malaysia Cup competition which kicks off on Saturday.
Sathianathan, who met KFA president Tan Sri Annuar Musa in Kota Baru yesterday, said that details
of the contract would be drawn up soon.
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ERIC SAMUEL
PETALING JAYA: Peter Butler has resigned as coach of Kelantan, throwing the team's preparations for
next week's Malaysia Cup competition into disarray.
Azman Ibrahim, the chairman of the team management committee, said Butler had on Thursday informed
the Kelantan FA (Kafa) via fax of his intention to resign with immediate effect as his wife was
ill.
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Not since the early 1980s when we last seen some of our top footballers left for greener
pasture.
Coincide with Singapore's second pulled out from the Malaysia Cup in 1982, stars like Fandi Ahmad,
Terry Pathmanathan, David Lee packed their bags and ventured to either the Malaysian or Indonesian
leagues then.
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Jonathan Fernandez
Sarawak's Mohd Hairol Mokhtar in actionSITTING on a huge debt, barely enough senior players to make
up a starting 11 and without a real fulltime coach, Sarawak indeed are the paupers among others in
the Malaysia Cup which begins on Sept 26.
The East Malaysians, who finished just one spot above bottom in the Premier League, are in turmoil.
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Sime Darby may finance MyTeam
MYTEAM are set to come back stronger and better next season. Having hogged the limelight for the
wrong reasons — lack of money — the reality outfit are talking with Sime Darby and things are
looking positive.
In fact, Mailsport learnt that representatives from both parties have been in constant touch and
could ink the deal after the Hari Raya celebrations.
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The Malaysia Cup, the oldest football competition in the region, kicks off 26 September. Holders
Kedah take on ATM which is not a cash dispenser...military team I think. Selangor are chasing a
domestic treble and they travel to distant Sabah for their first tie.
Full fixtures can be found here on the new, improved FA website
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ERIC SAMUEL
Sarawak have conceded that they will merely be making up the numbers in the Malaysia Cup
competition.
Caretaker coach Abdul Wahet Uji said that with the limited financial resources, the Crocs would
have to look at ways to fulfil their obligation to complete their fixtures in Group B.
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Riizal Abdullah
JOHOR FC may not have won the Super League title, or the prestigious Malaysia Cup or for that
matter the FA Cup but the club hold a proud record in the M-League.
For one, they are the longest-serving club in the M-League — 12 years to be exact — since
making their debut in 1997.
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THE GOOD old days of the Lions taking on their neighbours across the Causeway in the Malaysia Cup
may never be relived, but there are plans in the pipeline to revive the rivalry on a regular
basis.
The Young Lions were invited to take part in the Malaysian FA Cup in 2006, where they qualified for
the semi-finals.
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Zainuddin Muhammad
IT'S family first for Premier League top scorer Mohd Haris Safwan Mohd Kamal who has decided to don
KL Plus colours instead of Terengganu's for the Malaysia Cup campaign.
The 27-year-old T-Team striker, who scored 24 league goals, said he agreed to be loaned to KL Plus
only because his wife Mazlina Mohamad and their only child Nur Saiyidah are in Kuala Lumpur and he
wants to be closer to them.
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ZAINUDDIN MUHAMMAD
THE Umrah trip to Mecca is on for T-Team players and officials now that their place in the Super
League next season is secured.
Assistant manager Rosdi Awang said the trip, as promised by Terengganu Youth and Sports Committee
chairman Datuk Abdul Rahin Mohd Said, who is also team manager, would be honoured by the team
management.
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Thai Premier LeagueSamut Songkram v Raj Navy 0-3
Bangkok United v PEA 0-2
Sri Racha v Bangkok Glass 2-0
BEC Tero v TTM Samut Sakorn 3-0
Thai Port v Chula United 1-0
Chonburi v Pattaya United 2-0
Osotsapa v Nakorn Pathom 3-1
Muang Thong United v TOT 3-0
An absolute avalanche of goals in the TPL over the weekend.
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