I come across this article in the internet and thought of sharing it with Bola Today reader. I salute Ash Hameed father who spot his son talent and fly him all the way to England in order to make room for his son to progress his talent.


All the best to Ash Hameed and make us proud. FAM should monitor his progress and support his progress as our future talents.

Malaysian boy plays for British football club
2010-07-22 15:51



KUALA LUMPUR: A 13-year-old Malaysian gifted footballer, Ash Hameed from Selangor, has signed a two-year contract with the Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) in April this year.

Ash's father told the Sin Chew Daily in an exclusive interview that Ash started to receive free training for two years after signing the contract with the QPR on 10 April this year and the contract would only be expired in June 2012.

Ash, a left-foot striker, first raised the attention of various football clubs after helping the Crest Academy win the Middlesex Watkin League Cup for Brent Schools under-12s with a five-goal burst.

Ash's father used to be a player of the Malaysia youth football team under-18s and the Selangor football team (1988 to 1990). He decided to send Ash to England after discovering his son's high talent in playing football.

He said: "I have been giving him basic football skill training since he was young. I sent him to the local Brazil Football Centre when he was six years old.

Many coaches of the centre told me that Ash was gifted. They also suggested that I should send him to England for training.

"I brought Ash to England in 2008 and we faced some difficulties at the beginning. We had looked for many schools before Ash was accepted by the Kodak Football Club. The youth training centre of the Arsenal Football Club had also given him a training offer."

"Ash is a Liverpool fan and his dream is to represent the club one day. However, I am a fan of Manchester, a Liverpool's sworn army. Although we are supporting different teams, it does not affect our relationship," he said.

He also said that Ash had been selected as one of the eight best players of the QPR and was informed to play in an invitation tournament under-15s of an Europe football club. The participating teams included famed teams like Barcelona. However, the QPR did not send the team to play in the end and he believed that it was due to sponsorship problems.

Source: MySinChew

Congratulations to the Malaysia Super League Champion - Selangor. I would really like the title challenge last until the last day of the league match, but Selangor prove they are far more superior against Kelantan. Hat off to Kelantan who controversial promoted to Super League this season to finish off in second place.


As like what you read in the local newspaper today, new FAM elected for the new term until 2014. With only the president Sultan Ahmad Shah who have no one dare to challenge his stronghold and Dato Affandi Hamzah as FAM vice president remained from last term.


Below are the new line up

THE FAM Exco (2010-2014)

President: Sultan Ahmad Shah (Pah).

Deputy presidents: Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah (Pah), Tan Sri Annuar Musa (Kel).

Vice-presidents: Datuk Subahan Kamal (Sel), Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin (Sel), Datuk Afandi Hamzah (Kel), Datuk Seri Abdullah Hishan (Per).

Exco members: Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan (Malays FA), Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz (Kul), Mejar Rani Abdul Rahim (For), S. Sivasundram (MISC), Dr Hamdan Mohd Khalib (Ked), Datuk Osman Salleh (Pol), Rosmadi Ismail (Kel), Datuk Jeferey Low Han Chau (MCFA).

I really hope they will offer the best service for our football development. Dont ruin Harimau Muda and just open the door back to foreign players. Trust me. Local fans really desperate for this.

Below screen shot shown how the player felt seeing our own Malaysian donning Korea shirt last weekend at Bukit Jalil. What say you? Should government revoke their nationality? Wasted sperm. Sigh...

If there is only one word to describe Harimau Muda performance against South Korea 2012 Olympic Squad, i would say wow! K. Rajagopal is the man. Prospect of our national team looks better under you Mr. Raja.

Our young lads definetely can play football. We minimized basic football error and have no fear against South Korea. Good Job. I hailed K. Rajagopal as the master of tactician. I really support his decision two have Amar Rohidan and Safiq Rahim playing as defensive midfielders and try to penetrate Southe Korea defender through pacey S. Kunalan and skillful Ahmad Fakri Saarani.

A win is a win and i hope our supporters did not complaint about this is just South Korea 2012 Olympic squad. Nothing to brag. We should see the South Korea Olympic squad is the future as South Korea national squad. Yes they are young lads and still learning. Same goes to our under 23 squad which is still young and having at least five  players coming from Malaysia under 21 squad which are Gary Steven Robbat, Muslim Ahmad, Shakir Ali, K. Gurusamy, and K. Sasikumar.

I really happy K. Rajagopal to look for the future of our national team by not listing the experience Norhafiz Zamani, Safee Sali, Indra Putra or Amri Yahyah. And we proved last night our defensive can be build around the strength of Harimau Muda Skipper, Aidil Zafuan. He is the second best player on the pitch after the tenacious Safiq Rahim. Aidil form a good partnership with Nasriq Baharom, but to be frank i rate Muslim Ahmad is the best partner for Aidil.

We can applause the defensive department as the strength of Harimau Muda. Sabree Abu proven to be the utility man for Malaysia playing on the right side, and Asrarruddin is decent enough on the left. Asrarrudin should be thankful for Kunalan who is helping him defending. I wouldnt mind swapping Asrarrudin with Azmi Muslim who is a bit pacey compare to Asrarrudin. But credits goes to all of them for the last night match. The thing Mr. Raja need to improve is our aerial defending. We could see how most of the time South Korea winning the aerial challenge.

Safiq Rahim was on top of his game last night and i hope he can remain consistent when donning our national jersey. He and Amar Rohidan very well discipline providing good coverage in front of our back four. However, K. Rajagopal should keep note on Bunyamin Omar capabilities who is robust in defensive by giving him opportunities in the future. Last night, Amar Rohidan and Shafiq Rahim didn't provide enough challenge to win the ball in the air against South Korea midfielder and i trust Bunyamin Omar as the answer of this weaknesses.

In the first half, a thumb up for Ahmad Fakri who is not afraid to nutmeg the South Korea defender using his skills and strength. The only thing he need to improve is his crossing. I dont see he able to cross the ball correctly to our striker. May be he used to get the ball instead of delivering the ball in Malaysia League.

Harimau Muda deserve a pat on their back but again lot of thing we need to work on. I am looking forward for a positive result in Asia Cup and World Cup qualifiers.


Video uploaded by MrBalsem

Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal is among a sensation in Malaysia when his talent was discover through youtube. His slick actions and skills uploaded to the world wide web by his brother for past one year have drawn more than 44,000 views.

After one year, new video has been uploaded today and check out the progress made by this 12 years old kids in United States.

Talented footballers who stay in Kedah, age under 25 years old are invited to open selection that will be held between 5th to 20th February in major district in Kedah.

Team head coach, Mohamad Ramli with the help of ex-Kedah players like Manja Man, Hussin Jaafar and Idris Man will scout new young blood during the selection.

Players who are interested can try to contact officer in Persatuan Bola Sepak Melayu Kedah (PBSMK), Muhamad Shakri Mat at 019-4724112 or PBSMK Secretary, Syed ahmad Syukri at 019-4278787 for registration purposes.

The selection will start at 3PM according to below schedule

* Langkawi (5 Februari), Padang Bola Sepak Ulu Melaka
* Kulim/Bandar Baharu (12 Februari), Padang Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Panglima Besar, Kulim
* Kuala Muda/Baling (13 Februari), Padang Kelab Sukan HICOM
* Sik/Pendang/Yan (18 Februari), Kompleks Sukan Guar Chempedak
* Kubang Pasu/Padang Terap (19 Februari), Stadium Mini Jitra
* Kota Setar/Pokok Sena (20 Februari) Kompleks Sukan Hijau Kuning Mu'adzam Shah

Selected players will represent Kedah Piala Emas Raja-raja squad for 2010 competition and this will be the best platform to climb up to Kedah senior team.

Kedah finally get their first win in front of their home supporters and the win was a enormous aid to Ahmad Yusof guys who had frustrated their fans in three previous Super League matches at home.


The Canaries defeated Terengganu T-Team 3-1 and gained third place in the Malaysia Super League standings.


Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar put Kedah in front in the 16th minute and former national striker Azlan Ismail scored a brace in the 26th and 58th minutes. 


T-Team managed to pull a goal back through Mohd Norhisham Hassan, who scored off a goalmouth melee in the 82nd minute.