When I was a student doing my Physiotherapy studies in College of Health Science Kuala Lumpur Hospital, I had a great opportunity to witness the 1989 SEA Games which was held from 20 to 31 August 1989. Coming from a smaller city, Ipoh it was my first experience being able to watch the big game in our national stadium.
Read MoreFootball is more than just a game, it’s a journey a man can (or can’t) ask for.
Read MoreBAGI seorang wartawan akhbar atau pengamal media cetak, byline atau nama penulis yang tercatat mengiringi berita itu cukup penting.
Maklumlah, ia bukan akaun peribadi atau catatan dalam media sosial yang diiringi gambar tercomel pemiliknya.
Read MoreIt would cost me an infinite quantity of words and that too, won’t be enough for me to write everything about goalkeepers and being a custodian. What can I do? This goalkeeping thing is the only thing that I am capable to do, and I just simply love the fact about it. Even in social football, original goalkeepers don’t play themselves a goalie. They prefer to play up front, but that doesn’t work for me. Everywhere I go, it is a goalkeeper for me. As if it is a voluntary work rather than being forced. And of course I am aware of the pressure when you try to keep the ball out from entering your goal. It deeply hurts when every time a team concedes, spectators will question – as Petr Cech had said – “If a team concedes a goal, the first question is always of the goalkeeper,”. I mean, why this kind of question do even exist, when football involves eleven players on the pitch and not just goalkeeper alone?
Read MoreIn a distant world, still not a month ago, I paid my last visit to KLFA Stadium for the Liga Super match between PDRM and JDT. The visitors unsurprisingly dominated, but only scraped a late 1-0 win. Much has changed since.
Read MoreSebagai salah seorang peminat bola sepak, semestinya akan ada sejarah tersendiri bagaimana mereka mula meminati sukan bola sepak secara serius. Aku mula meminati bola sepak secara umum sejak di bangku sekolah lagi. Setiap budak lelaki meminati sukan bola sepak dengan bermain bola sepak sesama mereka sama ada di sekolah atau pada waktu petang. Aku hanya tahu bola sepak sebagai sebuah permainan, tidak lebih daripada itu. Namun begitu, apabila aku sudah menganjak usia ke alam sekolah menengah, aku mula menerima pendedahan mengenai bola sepak sedikit demi sedikit. Keterbatasan aku semasa di asrama adalah kami dilarang untuk menonton televisyen kecuali pada hujung minggu sahaja. Hal ini juga agak sukar buat kami pada masa itu untuk menonton perlawanan bola sepak (melainkan mereka membuka saluran langsung di televisyen).
Read MoreMula menonton aksi pasukan Pahang di stadium sejak tahun 2012 dan suka duka itu bersilih ganti saban tahun. Namun begitu, tahun 2014 tetap akan diingati sampai bila-bila.
Tidak menunggu lama untuk meraih perhatian, pasukan Pahang bimbingan Ron Smith pada awal musim 2014 berjaya meraih Piala Sumbangsih. Hadir di atas kapasiti Juara Piala Malaysia 2013, pasukan Pahang berjaya menjinakkan Lions XII di laman sendiri hasil jaringan Matias Conti.
Read MoreMy father who was also an Arsenal fan bought tickets as soon as they were on sale.To say that was excited would be a massive understatement.As the sun was setting at the heart of Kuala Lumpur,We started our journey to the stadium.
Read MoreDulunya semasa kecil, minat aku terhadap bolasepak hanyalah biasa biasa sahaja. Sekadar suka menendang bola dan bermain bersama rakan rakan selepas tamat waktu persekolahan, tidak lebih dari itu. Aku juga tidak suka untuk menonton perlawanan bolasepak kerana menganggap ia “bosan”
Read MoreKalau nak dibuat cerita, aku ni memang boleh dikatakan seorang yang meminati bolasepak. Bermula dari sekolah menengah lagi, mesti takkan terlepas dari ambil tahu perkembangan semasa pasukan di hati, Arsenal FC. Memang betul apa yang orang cakap pasal Bola sepak, “it’s a beautiful game”. Asal ada perlawanan EPL atau liga juara juara dekat tv, sanggup bersengkang mata tengok tv pada larut malam atau awal pagi. Sampaikan Ayah pun tahu kenapa pergi sekolah dengan mata panda.
Read MoreIn my childhood days, I used to watch the Pahang team play at Stadium Darul Makmur, with my dad. Those were happy times and I shall treasure them. Then, I left my hometown for Selangor first to study and then to work. My childhood innocence was taken away from me with the ‘President FAM Sila Letak Jawatan’ commotion. I was not part of the pressure group but I was pretty upset with the Malaysian Football landscape back then. Now, I am happy that Malaysian football can look forward to a better future and I am now a season pass holder of FA Selangor.
Read MoreDeretan rumah kedai dan susunan kereta pulang petang adalah antara pemandangan aku di waktu kecil membesar di Berek 12, Kota Bharu. Kehidupan seorang anak saudagar marhaen (ayah punyai sebuah kedai letrik dan kedai runcit di deret yang sama) membuka ruang untuk aku berjabat jual dengan pelbagai lapisan masyarakat dari kenamaan sehingga kepada orang Bahagia (hospital sakit jiwa berada berdekatan dengan kedai aku)
Read MoreWe were fresh from our gold medal victory in the 2009 SEA Games for football. The boys; our coaching team and I were upbeat moving into the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 tourney in Jakarta, Indonesia. Coming back from our Asian Games stint in China we displayed some positive team play as a unit. We were drawn into the group which had Indonesia as the home team, Thailand, Laos, and us Malaysia.
Read MoreCerita bolasepak aku bermula sewaktu aku berumur 6 tahun. Dari kecil aku suka baca komik dan main game tape. Benda ini lah yang buat bapak aku, seorang jurulatih akademi bolasepak remaja marahkan aku.
Read MoreHave you any idea what life is like for a Terengganu fan? The constant hope and anticipation. The endless hours of travel, back to Kemaman, that slowly eats into your soul and crushes whatever’s left of your weekend. And all the while, sweat is pouring down the crack of your bottom because you can’t afford to fix the bloody air-conditioning in your miserable old Proton Satria.
Read MoreApabila aku dijemput oleh Padang Bola Sepak untuk menulis sebuah karangan yang bertopikkan bola sepak sama ada kisah mengenai pertama kali kau jatuh cinta dengan bola sepak, kali pertama menonton atau bermain bola sepak, persahabatan terjalin melalui bola sepak dan sebagainya asalkan ia berkait dengan sukan nombor satu dunia iaitu bola sepak.
Read MoreIni adalah satu pengakuan;
I am a certified geek, and a bonafide nerd.
Biarpun sukan, terutama bola sepak, merupakan satu subjek yang amat diminati, obsesi penulis dengan bahan bacaan, filem dan televisyen, dan juga muzik, adalah satu kenyataan yang hakiki.
Penulis mungkin tidak menepati ciri-ciri peminat bola sepak sejati. Bukan bermakna bola sepak tiada tempat dalam hati ini. Malah, penulis berani menyatakan bahawa minat pada dua pasukan kegemaran, Perak (pasukan tempatan) dan Tottenham Hotspur, sudah masuk dekad ketiga.
Read MoreAyah, dialah yang memperkenalkan majalah Piala Dunia 2002 kepadaku. Piala Dunia Korea & Jepun 2002 ialah piala dunia pertama yang menjadi ingatanku. Biarpun ayah selalu cakap yang aku sering menemaninya ketika Perancis 1998 ketika aku berumur 2 tahun. Dia jugalah yang mengajar aku untuk mengumpul material-material mengenai 'Big Event' bola sepak antaranya World Cup dan Euro.
Read MoreFootball? What’s so good about it? Why are they all so obsessed with football? I hate football season the most because I’ve always got distracted by the screaming and shouting voices everywhere around me. And everytime I went out for dinner with my family, there were a lot of boy groups conquering the street stalls. I hate the fact that I won’t be able to watch television because it has been specially booked for my dad. Not to mention that, when I entered the class, my boy classmates were all talking things like ‘2-1’ or ‘4-3’ that I don’t even understand what the heck did those numbers mean?
Read MoreTo be honest, I can’t remember how it felt when I first set foot in Stadium Negeri, Kuching. I will never be able to unfortunately, since I was probably just a couple years old - sitting with my Mum, not understanding what was going on. We would sit with the WAGs of the Sarawak team usually, since my Dad was with the FA. I made friends with the other kids too, most of them being the sons and daughters of the players’. I recall biting one of the kids, he was the Goalkeeper’s son if I’m not mistaken. He was rough, he’d try to hit me and I’d fight (bite) back.
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