The Official Tie For Malaysian Players During The 1st King's Cup Football Tournament

     During the 1st King's Cup Football Tournament held in Bangkok, Thailand on 20 November until 2 December 1968, the Malaysian players worn an official attire in representing Malaysia. In this official attire, they worn a special tie with a design of Malaysia coat of arms. This special tie was made by Crocodile Garments Limited for Malayan Commercial Agencies Ltd to commemorate the merging of Malaysia on 1963.

Malaysia football team group photo during the 1st King's Cup Football Tournament.

Malaysian players worn that special ties.

 

The special tie with the Malaysia coat of arms design.

     Furthermore, this special tie also being worn by Malaysia government officer and it can be seen in the late Azizan Abdul Razak photo wearing this special tie.

The late Azizan Abdul Razak was wearing the special tie.

Protect The Heritage : The Legacy Of Selangor Red & Yellow Colours

     Selangor football very synonym with the red and yellow colours. These heritage colours must be protect by all means at all cost by the Football Association of Selangor (FAS) and Selangor football fans. Now, lets take a preview on how these colours came into Selangor football history and become a legacy. All these started when Selangor Association Football League (SAFL) and Selangor Football Association (SFA) merged after ten years of negotiations. On 22 February 1936, these two football associations merged under the name of Football Association of Selangor (FAS). In the early years of merging, FAS did not has any emblem to show its identity.

FAS tournament medal dated 1941 (front).

FAS tournament medal dated 1941 (back).

     Then after the Second World War, in the 1950's FAS began to has its own emblem with a Seladang (Gaurus) head together with red and yellow colours on the background. These red and yellow colours came from the Selangor flag at that time.

FAS tournament medal made in 1955 by James Fenton & Co. in Birmingham, England.

FAS tournament medal made in 1950 by James Fenton & Co. in Birmingham, England.

     Selangor flag main colours of red and yellow have been adopted by FAS as the main colours of FAS and its football team. Below were the evolution of Selangor flag including the shape of His Majesty the Sultan of Selangor flag and the Selangor Crown Prince flag :-

Selangor flag before 30 January 1965.

Selangor flag after 30 January 1965 until today.

His Majesty The Sultan of Selangor flag that was used today.

The Crown Prince of Selangor flag from 1950.

     The spirit of red and yellow colours in Selangor football and FAS still remain until today, together with the pride of Selangorian with their red and yellow Selangor flag. In the late 1960's, Selangor football team used a Selangor shield on their football jersey, but not the FAS emblem. Below is the picture of that Selangor shield:-

The Selangor shield.

     In the early of 1970s, the FAS emblem has changed to what we have seen today and became a trademark on the Selangor football jersey. The emblem can be seen below:-

Current FAS emblem.

     However, in the 2000's for a short period, FAS changed its emblem to a new design that has a Red Giants wording on it. Red Giants was a title given to the Selangor football team in the early 1990's and still remain until today. The emblem can be seen below:-

The FAS Red Giants emblem.

     Thus, there was a moment in 1980's where Selangor football team worn green colour on its football jersey based on the Selangor Crown Prince coat of arms green colour. This is because at that time, the Selangor Crown Prince was a great fan of Selangor football team. Therefore, the green colour was added on the Selangor football jersey. Below were the Selangor Crown Prince coat of arms and Selangor football jerseys that have green colours on them:-

  Selangor Crown Prince coat of arms.

Selangor 1986 jersey that has green colour.

Selangor 1986 that has green colour.

     Lastly, if you are the true die hard fan of Selangor football, you should defend and protect this heritage of Selangor football red and yellow colours that have been existed since our ancestors time as the true identity of Selangor football. Red and yellow is the colour of Red Giants.

The mystery of Pahang 1982 Matchworn Jersey

    Pahang 1982 team was line up with the great football legends such as Zainal Abidin Hassan, Sanusi Daud, Terry Pathmanathan, Jamal Nasir Ismail, Yunus Alif and many more. However, the team did not managed to lift the Malaysia Cup, but a year after that in 1983, Pahang team became a champion and lifted the Malaysia Cup.

Pahang 1982 team

Standing from left: Zainal Abidin Hassan, Sanusi Daud, Terry Pathmanathan, M. Ravindran, D. Devandran and Norkinzan Surip.

Sitting from left: R. Suriamoorthy, Hamidon Abdullah, Yunus Alif, Jamal Nasir and Ahmad Yusof.

Pahang against Malacca in 1982.

    In 1982, Topper officially sponsored the Pahang team including the jerseys. Surprisingly when the truth was found out, based on fact and evidence, in reality on that year, Pahang worn a Schwarzenbach brand jersey with the sewn Topper logo on the chest of the jersey. On the label tag, it was a Schwarzenbach jersey, but on the chest of the jersey, it was sewn with a Topper logo. 

Pahang 1982 Topper jersey, worn by Yunus Alif.

*credit to Nor Azman Nahar

Back of the jersey.

*credit to Nor Azman Nahar

Pahang 1982 Topper jersey with a Schwarzenbach label tag on it.

*credit to Nor Azman Nahar

    Another mystery has solved. It was a great information for all Pahang fans, jersey collectors and ex-players. For me, it was a great masterpiece that nearly forgotten and a great finding on Pahang jersey heritage. Cintailah Pahang - Love Pahang. 

Raja Bola (King of Football)

    On 22 November 1959, in the occasion of celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Malay Football Association of Selangor, Abdul Ghani Minhat was awarded with a title of Raja Bola (King of Football). He won the majority of votes for this title with 200 votes that came from the ex-football player and football player of that time. This award was given to him in appreciating his passions and desired towards football at that time. 

Abdul Ghani Minhat.

When he represented Malaya in football.

    Abdul Ghani Minhat started to play football when he was 10 years old and he played for Malay School Princess Road. Then, in the year 1953, he played for Malay Football Association of Selangor in the Malay Football Association Cup and reached final. The final game was held in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. In the final, Selangor won together with Kelantan. Now, with this valuable knowledge, all of us know that Raja Bola was awarded specially to Abdul Ghani Minhat by Malay Football Association of Selangor in appreciating his passions and desired towards football at that time and this title still remain until today although he has passed away. He's a great legend !!! Here, some video photo dedicated for him:-

A.L. Henry - The Best Footballer In Malaya

    On 19 December 1933, a person known as A.L. Henry won a Tiger Beer Competition and was awarded as "The Best Footballer In Malaya". It was every football player dream in Malaya at that time. This competition was held by Malayan Breweries Ltd in searching the best footballer from Malaya to be awarded with this great title. It was the first competition in Malaya of its kind and A.L. Henry was the first person from Malaya to be awarded with this title of its kind. This competition was based on counting of votes from supporters. A.L. Henry was a Selangor state player won 28,617 votes. Meanwhile, two Singapore players that were Chia Keng Hock won 27,293 votes and Dolfattah won 21,342 votes. The winning of A.L. Henry was a quite shock because in the early round of counting votes, Chia Keng Hock and Dolfattah were leading A.L. Henry. However, the final result of counting votes turned out that A.L. Henry was "The Best Footballer In Malaya". A.L. Henry was a leader of Tamilians' Physical Culture Association (TPCA) football team in 1933. On that year, he bring his team to the top level by winning Selangor A.F.A League without losing any game and also won the Watson Shield without losing any game. Through this great performance, he managed to be absorbed as as Selangor state player and play for Selangor in HMS Malaya Cup 1933. He also played in other friendly football tournament which impressed the supporters with his great performance and football skills. Furthermore, he also played cricket, badminton and rugby for TPCA and Selangor state team. He was just a government clerk, but his talent in sports was marvelous and honoured by his supporters.

A.L. Henry.

TPCA football team 1933 in golden era.

    By winning this competition, he won a trip to England and played in several football clubs. He departed to England on 19 January 1934 with P. & O. R.M.S. Naldera ship. In England, he played in Athenian League for Golders Green Club, one of the top amateur club in England. During his stay with this club, he managed to score a grand goal and earned a title as the best forward. He scored twice in three matches. Then, in Highbury, he was trained with Arsenal and was invited as an Arsenal Reserves. He learnt many things about football when he was in England. In addition, he also watched every football big match including international match between England and Scotland. He stayed in England for four months.

P. & O. R.M.S Naldera ship

Athenian Football League emblem.

Golders Green Club match card.

    When A.L Henry returned back to Malaya, he was appointed as a captain of Selangor HMS Malaya Cup team from 1935 until 1939. In 1935, 1936 and 1938, Selangor lifted the HMS Malaya Cup as a champion and he was the captain. For the first time in HMS Malaya Cup final, Singapore lost to Selangor in their own home ground of Rifle Range Road with a result of 0-2 in 1936 HMS Malaya Cup final and A.L. Henry was the Selangor captain. A.L. Henry was a successful captain in bringing Selangor team to achieve three HMS Malaya Cup victories after he came back from England. He was "The Best Footballer In Malaya" and  it was undeniable until today. He is also an uncle to Edwin Dutton who follow his uncle footsteps by playing for TPCA and Selangor and being awarded "The Most Popular Footballer" in 1954. Edwin Dutton also was a Selangor captain.

Edwin Dutton.