Malayan Estates Football Cup

     The Malayan Estates Football Cup competition was inaugurated in 1955 under the sponsorship of the United Planting Association of Malaya. This competition was open to estates football teams raised by estates within Malaya. The competition starts annually in August and matches between estates were arranged at district level in order to select the State champion by the following January. Inter-State matches were then played off and the final was usually held in the middle of the year.

Malaya.

Sir Donald MacGillivray.

     

     The Malayan Estates Football Cup was presented by Sir Donald MacGillivray, the last High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya before Malaya gained its independence on 31 August 1957. Later the trophy was known as MacGillivray Trophy. Originally 86 estates from all over Malaya participated in the first year of this competition and its arose into 138 estates from all over Malaya during the 1962 season.

The finalist, on the left was Revertex Limited Estate of Johor and on the right was Changkat Kinding Estate of Perak .

     The Malayan Estates Football Cup 1963 final was played between Changkat Kinding Estate from Perak and Revertex Limited Estate from Johor at the Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur on Friday evening of 23 August 1963, resulting in a win for Changkat Kinding Estate. The honourable Minister of Agriculture & Cooperatives, Tan Sri Mohd Khir Johari, presented the MacGillivray Trophy to the winning team and medallions to all players that played in the final game.   

The honourable Minister of Agriculture & Cooperatives, Tan Sri Mohd Khir Johari presenting the MacGillivray Trophy to the Captain of Changkat Kinding Estate of Perak.

     Below is the only recorded evidence of the champion teams for this competition that can be tracked and traced. The rest is history.

1956/1959 - Kuala Ketil Estate of Kedah.

1960          - Union Estate of Johor.

1961          - Siliau Estate of Negeri Sembilan.

1962          - Sri Gading Estate of Johor.

1963          - Changkat Kinding Estate of Perak. 

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Malaysia 1981 Matchworn Adidas Jersey

     In 1981, Malaysia worn this kind of jersey for its football game. This jersey was worn by an unknown player in a game. Below are the photos of this jersey and the Malaysian team that worn this kind of jersey:-

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Malaysia team in 1981.

*picture credit Dunia Sukan Magazine.

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Kedah 1992 Kings Golden Cup Line 7 Jersey

     This jersey worn by Faridzuan Che Hamid in the Kings Golden Cup 1992 when he played for Kedah team. Unfortunately Kedah did not managed to make it into final. Below are the photos of the jersey:-

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Kedah Final FA Cup 1996 Puma Home Jersey.

     Kedah qualified to the final FA Cup 1996. In this final game, Kedah met Sarawak for the FA Cup trophy. However, the luck was on the Kedah. Kedah won the final FA Cup 1996 by beating Sarawak with a score 1-0. It was scored by Che Zambil Ahmad. Below are the photos of Kedah final FA Cup 1996 Puma Home Jersey worn by Nidzam Adzha and some photos from the final game:-

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Nidzam Adzha signed the jersey. 

Nidzam Adzha holding his jersey.

Kedah won the final FA Cup 1996.

*picture credit Football Magazine

Kedah players & officials celebrating their final FA Cup 1996 winning in the changing room.

*picture credit Football Magazine

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1970 FAM Cup Champion Medal

     In the FAM Cup 1970, Prison and Selangor went into final. Prison scored 3-2 against Selangor and won the Fam Cup 1970. This champion medal owned by Kasmuri Abbas (Prison player). Below is his medal:-

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The history and evolution of Football Association of Malaysia emblem

     Football Association of Malaysia was born on 1933 after Malaya Football Association (MFA) renamed itself to Football Association of Malaya (FAM). For ages, FAM has gone through many times changing its emblem till what we seen today. It was a remarkable Malaysian football history as we can traced back the evolution of FAM emblem as FAM was an official body that monitor Malaysian football. Below are the historical evolution of FAM emblem through out the years:-

Football Association of Malaya 

1933-1956

Football Association of Malaya 

1957-1961

Football Association of Malaya 

1961-1963

Football Association of Malaysia 

1963-1987

Football Association of Malaysia 

1987-2016

On 2016 onwards, the new emblem will be introduced to replace the previous emblem. However its still pending until today. The title of Harimau Malaya for Malaysian football team has been changed to Harimau Malaysia title.

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Sabah Football & Borneo Cup

     The first ever footbal match played in North Borneo (Sabah) was at Sandakan on 6 April 1899. Jesselton (Kota Kinabalu) itself has the first football match on 31 August 1901. Jesselton itself did not exist when Sandakan played with the HMS Rattler football team in 1899 during the visit of HMS Rattler ship to Sandakan, North Borneo. However, a young Cadet named A.C. Pearson who subsequently rose to be a Governor of North Borneo Chartered Company presented in 1917, the first League Shield played at Jesselton.

     

HMS Rattler.

Part of HMS Rattler crews when they arrived in Manchuria, China.

     Football League competitions sprang up in the various parts of North Borneo and while the football as one of the sports had its regular innings of Inter-Town competition for the Hone Cup Games instituted in 1950 through the initiative of the Governor Sir Ralph Hone. It was not until the putting of Goode Cup by Sir William Goode, the last Governor of British North Borneo, saw the birth of Inter-District competition and sports history of Sabah was made on the first Goode Cup final at Tawau on 22 October 1960, the North Borneo Amateur Football Association (NBAFA) was born. Later on in 1963, NBAFA changed its name into Sabah Amateur Football Association (SAFA) 

SAFA emblem.

     Honourable Tun Fuad Stephens who was destined to be the first Chief Minister of Sabah on establishment of Malaysia became the first President of NBAFA. He was also Chef de Mission of the Malaysian team to the Tokyo Olympic Games 1964.

Tun Fuad Stephens.

     While SAFA was being planned after the Goode Cup preliminaries got under way, the question of introduction of the Borneo Cup for inter-territorial competition between Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah was mooted on 12 April 1960 and a beautiful trophy put up by Borneo Company made its appearance. As NBAFA was already formed, the team headed by Mr Lee Yun Shu went to Sarawak for the first Borneo Cup match. Unfortunately, the White Rajahs (Sarawak) team won the first Borneo Cup on 29 October 1960 and retained the Borneo Cup trophy in 1961 too. NBAFA managed to win the Borneo Cup later on 1962.

Borneo Cup 1962 Champion.

North Borneo Amateur Football Association (NBAFA) team.

Back row: Mr. Pang Hong Kong, Datuk Haji Mohd Mansoor, Khoo Eng Huat and Voo Tsun Fah.

Centre squatting: Chan Man Huen, Rafael and Ismail.

Centre sitting: Rukiman, Wahab, Khoo, Khoo Hui Keng and Ismail.

Borneo Cup 1963 Champion.

 Sabah Amateur Football Association (SAFA) team.

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Sabah 1993 Matchworn Mizuno Goalkeeper Jersey

     In 1993, Sabah worn Mizuno jersey as that time Mizuno was sponsoring Sabah team. Below are photos of Sabah 1993 Mizuno goalkeeper jersey worn by Austin Orou, sabah second goalkeeper after Khairul Azman:-

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Austin Orou worn this jersey.

Sahrin, one of Sabah fan proudly holding the vintage 1980's Sabah flag and wearing this Austin Orou jersey.

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Perak 1992/1993 Matchworn Home Diadora Jersey

     In 1992/1993 Perak worn Diadora jersey as it was sponsored by Diadora. Below are the Perak 1992/1993 home Diadora jersey and short worn by P.Ravindran :-

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Close up: Dunhill logo, Diadora logo and front number.

Diadora label tag.

 Diadora wording on the collar of the jersey.

Sleeves rectangular circle designs.

Diadora wording and number at the back of the jersey.

Number and Diadora logo on the short.

Diadora label tag on the short.

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