I think it is time to shift gears from the plight of professional football to the plight of grassroots football. This write up will be covering as many points as possible. The timeline from the lead-up, the active impacts, and the potential worries. Moreover beyond the timeline is with the societal, physical, and mental health, economics, educational, governance, philosophical, side of things.
Read MoreIn May 2006, Juventus were relegated to Serie B, as part of the five clubs that were linked to Calciopoli, a match fixing scandal that has rocked Italian football. Back then, all hopes and dreams just perished in front of my eyes. Rubbing salt in what was already an injured wound, saw many great Juventus players decide to leave the squad in the following season.
Read MoreWhen 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 MoreFootball is my passion seems very cliche. Football is my religion seems repeated in many circles. Football is my life and soul has been said by many over the years.
Read MoreFrom Malaysia. My love-affair with Sunderland started when I was introduced to Championship Manager (now Football Manager) by my brother many years ago. I did not have the privilege to know all of the top English clubs when I was young, and only really knew of the big sides and big name players until that point.
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 MoreFootball in Malaysia under MCO by HuddleWorld
Covid, Covid Go Away, Never ever come again. This pandemic has affected the livelihoods of many, and that includes those in sports.
Join us in this interview as Huddle brought together football organizers, @padangbolasepak and head coach of @first11fc alongside FA Selangor player @shivanronaldo to understand how they are adapting to life under this Movement Control Order, as well as what do they forsee for Malaysia's football scene.
For today, we will be taking a bit of a break from posting the essays. And want to share with everyone an initiative from our community and strategic partner, Cempaka Schools. The school has recently started an online web-seminar for their students and faculties, a Webinar Series, of 30 minutes. Featuring former students sharing about their careers in respective industries from the arts to society to medicine and more. So far they have produced three episodes and an incoming fourth on April 3, 2020, with a medical profession.
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 MoreKetika ditanya oleh keluarga sewaktu kecil apakah cita-cita yang hendak aku capai apabila dewasa, aku katakan ingin menjadi ahli bomba, posmen (betul tak tipu!) dan juga ahli sukan. Namun begitu, dilahirkan dalam keluarga yang begitu pentingkan kecemerlangan akademik berbanding sukan, ditambah pula dibesarkan dalam keluarga yang didominasi oleh kaum Hawa, membuatkan aku turut sedikit sebanyak dididik dengan cara seorang anak perempuan dibesarkan dan bukannya lelaki. Dari perspektif mereka, sukan itu hal yang tidak penting, apa yang lebih mustahak adalah pencapaian yang aku dapat setiap kali peperiksaan berlangsung. Sebagai seseorang yang bukannya handal dalam gelanggang ilmu, aku sering tertekan kerana tidak mampu berikan keputusan yang memuaskan.
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.
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