This blog will be closed

I will closed perakfa unofficial blog by the end of Disember due to lacking of info. I personally dont want to disappoint fan who surfing my blog just to get any news about our state football team. I hardly get news from the new management now. Thank you to all fan who surf and support me in the blog to make sure all fan get our team news

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Annual General Meeting Result

Perak annual general meeting held yesterday see few new faces in the committee member chair. Perak Chief Minister, Y.A.B Dato’ Seri Ir. Haji Mohammad Nizar B. Jamaluddin will be the new president of Perak Football Association while Perak Culture, Youth & Sports Minister, Y.B. Seah Leong Peng as the deputy president will join forces with another two vice president and nine committee member. Another five committee member will be choose by the president on their first meeting.

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New Season

Give us feedback about Perak F.A. new faces that will lead the team to new season next week. With new management and new coaching panel plus new players, where will Perak F.A. be on the end of the new season.

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Today List

Perak Outgoing Transfers List until today

Ahmad Shahrul Azhar - Retire From Football

Mohd Hamsani - Selangor FA

Mohd Nasril - Selangor FA

K.Nanthakumar - Selangor FA

Mohd Khalid - Kelantan FA

Ahmad Azlan - Kelantan FA

Shahrul Nizam - Kedah FA

Mohd Khairi - Kuala Lumpur FA

Chan Wing Hoong - Brunei DPMM FC

Danial Fadzly - Perlis FA

Ahmad Fakri - Perlis FA

Mohd Nor Ismail - Kuala Muda NAZA FC

Mohd Hardi - Selangor FA / Kuala Muda NAZA / Brunei DPMM

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Annual General Meeting

Perak F.A. Annual General Meeting will be held on 15^th November 2008 after Vice President and committee member agreed in the meeting this morning. 

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Perak F.A. Transfers

We will try to get the update list of Perak F.A. outgoing players and incoming players for the new season which will kick off on January. Rumors about many players leaving Perak F.A. will be known soon. We haven’t heard any news from Perak F.A. since their last match against Safa SC on AFC Cup Tournament. Steve Darby, Carlos Caceres, Mario Berrios and Jorge Munoz already departured to their country. Rumors about players leaving are already been proved by few of Perak F.A. key players. We will try our best to get the list and news about Perak F.A. within this week. We also hope, fans can be patience during this break and will give support when the new season start no matter who will play for Perak team. Our support is needed to make sure Perak can continue to be the best team in Malaysia. Who will be the President, who will be the Manager, who will be the Coach will only be decide after the Annual General Meeting soon.

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Goodbye Ahmad Shahrul Azhar

Safa SC vs Perak is the last match. Last Match for miedfielder and captain for Perak, Ahmad Shahrul Azhar. His contribution for the past few years will be miss when the new season starts on January 2009. Ahmad Shahrul has decide to retire from football. Every players seems to be sad for Ahmad Shahrul retirement due to every body will also leave Perak team. Ahmad Shahrul gather his teammate at his house on 7th October before everybody go to their new team. With new faces in Perak FA management and players, Ahmad Shahrul hope they can make different. 

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Update

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, Maaf Zahir & Batin to all muslim. This blog will no longer be the official blog for Perak F.A. due to the contract expiration. We will try to get any news from Perak F.A. to be publish here as a platform for fan. We do hope Perak F.A. will success in new season with all new faces. I would like to say thank you to the entire visitor who visited this blog until today. I’m apologizing for any mistake in publishing or anything in the blog.

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AFC Cup Result

Al Muharraq SC from Bahrain and Dempo FC from India complete their way to the Semifinal of the AFC Cup 2008. Al Muharraq beat Kedah 2-1 and going to the semifinals on 7-1 aggregate while Dempo  beat Home United from Singapore 3-4 to make it 5-4 on aggregate.

Safa FC vs Perak and AL Nahda vs Singapore Armed Force will only start at 2.30am our local time.

 

Home United 3 – 4 Dempo

Dempo qualified for semifinal 5 – 4  on aggregate

 

Kedah 1 – 2 Al Muharraq

Al Muharraq qualified for semifinal 7 - 1  on aggregate

 

Safa vs Perak

First leg quarterfinal match result Perak 0 – 2 Safa

 

Al Nahda vs Singapore Armed Force

First leg quarterfinal match result Singapore Armed Force 2 – 1 Al Nahda

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AFC Cup Result - Perak FA 0 Safa FC 2

Perak failed to take home advantage tonight against Safa FC in AFC Cup 1^st leg quarterfinals match at Perak Stadium. Even though Perak has shown a good game, we cant finish the opportunities that we have tonight. The new formation is well adopt by our players but we don’t have the striker to convert it. Khalid Jamlus is having hamstring and Steve Darby had to bring Danial Fadzly to play in striker position.

The 2^nd leg of the AFC Cup quarterfinals match will be held at Lebanon Sports City Stadium on 23^rd September 2008. Perak will travel to Lebanon on Saturday 20^th September 2008. Steve Darby will only bring 16 players and 4 officers to Lebanon instead of 20 players and 8 officers that is compulsory to the AFC regulation. 

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AFC 1st Leg Quarterfinals Match - Perak F.A. vs Safa FC

Perak will face SAFA FC from Lebanon on 16th September 2008 at Perak Stadium for the first leg quarterfinal match of AFC Cup. After finishing an empty hand this season, Perak want to get at least to the final match of the AFC Cup. Everything has changed now, from players to formation. We will face SAFA FC without Carlos Caceres and Jorge Munoz due to their departure back to Chile. Stave Darby made a total change for this match, placing several young players and new tactical in formation. Due to demanding from fans to the old formation, Stave Darby change Perak formation from 3-4-1-2 to a 4-5-1 formation. SAFA FC has a good and fast players and this formation will help to stop every attacking form SAFA FC. This formation is also suitable for players that we have now. During our rest period after the season ends, we have tested this formation with several friendly matches. Players have shown a good response from this new formation. While this season only left with these two games for AFC Cup. Perak will have a new face for next season. Every position in Perak F.A. will be filling by new candidates to bring 2009 season challenge.

The second leg quarterfinal match will be held on 23rd September 2008 at SAFA FC home ground.

I’m as a writer for Perak F.A. BlogSpot, would like to say thank you to all fans and every visitor for visiting our BlogSpot.

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Perak vs Kedah - Malaysia Cup Second leg quarterfinal match

Perak will face Kedah tonight for Malaysia Cup second leg quarterfinal match at Perak Stadium. Perak were beaten by Kedah 3-0 at Darul Aman Stadium last Wednesday. With three goals advantage, it seems hard for Perak to change the result but this is football. Perak still have 90 minutes to show were also a good team. With home ground advantage, it is possible to turn the result tonight. Especially with our fan that will fill all those Perak Stadium seats. The spirit is there, the only thing that can make Perak to the Semifinal is our players. They will show an attacking football tonight with a good teamwork. Everybody is excited with tonight game. We are an underdog team now, and were also not the favorite team for tonight. The pressure is on Kedah since they have to hold their three goals advantage.

Player list for Kedah match tonight:

MOHD HAMSANI BIN AHMAD
MOHD NASRIL BIN MAT NOURDIN
SUBRAMANIAM A/L SOORYAPPARAD
CHAN WING HOONG
MARIO ESTEBAN BERRIOS
AHMAD AZLAN BIN ZAINAL
MOHD KHAIRI BIN ZAINUDIN
AHMAD SHAHRUL AZHAR BIN SOFIAN
SHAHRULNIZAM BIN MUSTAPA
MOHAMAD HARDI BIN JAAFAR
DANIAL FADZLY ABDULLAH @ WIRAT NOM
JORGE ANTONIO MUNOZ
MOHD NOOR HAZRUL BIN MOHD MUSTAFA
NANTHAKUMAR A/L KALLIAPPAN
MOHD NOR BIN ISMAIL
MUHAMMAD KHALID BIN JAMLUS
MOHD RAZALI BIN UMAR KANDASAMY
CARLOS ARTURO CACERES
AHMAD FAKRI SAARANI

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Kedah 3 Perak 0 - First Leg Quarterfinal

Kedah beat Perak 3-0 tonight at Darul Aman Stadium. Hatrick from Marlon Alex James secure Kedah before second leg quarterfinal match at Perak Stadium on saturday 9th August 2008.

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Team List to Kedah

Perak will travel to Kedah today with every player seems to be ready for tomorrow night first leg quarterfinal match. They concentrate as they can for the match and will give their best tomorrow. Even though they are ready, they still hope for their salary to be paid as soon as possible. They haven’t received their salary near 4 month and those salary unpaid problem are really burden to the player due to monthly commitment to their family and also to paid loan such as home loan and car loan.

It is important to take an advantage at Darul Aman Stadium tomorrow night before second leg quarterfinal match at Perak Stadium on 9^th August 2008. Perak captain, Ahmad Shahrul Azhar said “ We don’t care who our opponent is, we just need to do our best and show them the quality from Perak.” He also mentions that, the entire players are at high momentum to face Kedah tomorrow night. They believe they can and asking fan to pray for the winning and come along to give moral support.

Player list for Kedah match:

MOHD HAMSANI BIN AHMAD
MOHD NASRIL BIN MAT NOURDIN
SUBRAMANIAM A/L SOORYAPPARAD
CHAN WING HOONG
MARIO ESTEBAN BERRIOS
AHMAD AZLAN BIN ZAINAL
MOHD KHAIRI BIN ZAINUDIN
AHMAD SHAHRUL AZHAR BIN SOFIAN
SHAHRULNIZAM BIN MUSTAPA
MOHAMAD HARDI BIN JAAFAR
DANIAL FADZLY ABDULLAH @ WIRAT NOM
JORGE ANTONIO MUNOZ
MOHD NOOR HAZRUL BIN MOHD MUSTAFA
NANTHAKUMAR A/L KALLIAPPAN
MOHD NOR BIN ISMAIL
MUHAMMAD KHALID BIN JAMLUS
MOHD RAZALI BIN UMAR KANDASAMY
CARLOS ARTURO CACERES
AHMAD FAKRI SAARANI

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FAM no to Foreigners - THE STAR News

FAM no to foreigners ( The Star )

By ERIC SAMUEL

KUALA LUMPUR: It’s official! Foreign players can pack their bags and head home soon.

The FA of Malaysia (FAM) Council have decided to indefinitely shut the door on foreign players in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) from next season.

FAM deputy president Khairy Jamaluddin, while admitting that the MSL had failed to meet its objectives since its launch in 2004, said the foreign players had failed to contribute positively to the growth of Malaysian football.

The MSL was launched with the aim of reviving Malaysia’s ailing football fortunes in the region and to promote positive changes in the overall structure, organisation and attitude of the officials and players.

Khairy said many of the foreign players signed up were not of high standard and failed to draw in the crowds.

What he failed to add was that the poor financial management of their own affiliates had prompted FAM to take action.

Ironically, the FAM had slammed the door shut on foreign players from 1999 to 2001 because the foreign players then were of very high standard and had put the local players in the shade.

Khairy said the council were unanimous in their decision to adopt the findings of the two-day brain-storming session organised by FAM last month. “It is for an indefinite period,” said Khairy of their decision to do away with foreign players at a press conference yesterday.

“Teams who have foreign players with existing contracts will have to terminate those deals. It is a unanimous call and no one (from the council) objected to it. In fact, Selangor and Kedah, who have qualified for the AFC Cup next year, also agreed that priority should be give to developing and strengthening the league.” Khairy later revealed the format for the new season, which he said would kick off in January.

The Super League and Premier League will still comprise 14 teams each.

Kuala Muda Naza and KL Plus FC have been promoted to the top flight while Sarawak have been relegated to the Premier League.

FAM Cup champions and runners-up – Team of Terengganu and Johor Baru Municipal Council – have been promoted to the Premier League.

The other notable change for the new season is the match days. Super League matches will be played on Wednesdays and Sundays while the Premier League games will be on Mondays and Fridays. Khairy said this was to avoid clashing with the English Premier League (EPL) matches and other popular events that are normally held on Saturdays.

Other matters:

• Each Super League and Premier League team must field an Under-20 player in their starting line-up.
• The FA Cup tournament will comprise of 28 teams (Super League and Premier League teams only).
• The Malaysia Cup format for the new season has yet to be determined.
• The President’s Cup will now be an Under-20 tournament (previously Under-21).
• The Youth Cup (Under-19) has been scrapped.
• The 2010 Sukma in Malacca will be an Under-20 competition (previously Under-23).
• The national women’s football tournament to be revived next year.
• The Felda Futsal League for men and women will comprise nine circuits.
• Harimau Muda, under coach K. Rajagopal, will continue playing in the Premier League next season.
• No maximum or minimum wage ceiling for players next season.

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UPB MyTeam 2 Perak 1

Perak lose to UPB MyTeam yesterday at MBPJ Stadium, Kelana Jaya. Perak start the night with an early goal from Carlos Caceres (2mins) but two goals from Azammudin Akil (38mins), Zamri Chin (42mins) deny Perak. Perak failed to make draw after Faizal Rashid save Carlos Caceres penalty on 78mins. With UPB MyTeam win, Perak stay at third position in Group C.

First leg Quarter final match will be held on 6^th August 2008 at home ground for Kedah, Selangor, UPB MyTeam and Trengganu. Perak will face Kedah this Wednesday and hoping to snatch an advantage goal before the second leg quarterfinal match.

First Leg Quarterfinals Match Schedule

6^th August 2008

Selangor vs Polis - Std Shah Alam, 8.45mlm

Kedah vs Perak - Std Darulaman, 8.45mlm

UPB-MyTeam vs Johor FC - Std Petaling Jaya, 8.45mlm

Terengganu vs Perlis - Std Sultan Mizan, 8.45mlm

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Presiden Cup Final - Perak 0 vs Selangor 1

Perak junior team lead by Chong Yee Fatt lose by a goal margin to Selangor tonight at Shah Alam Stadium. One goal from Safiq Rahim 2 minutes before half time make Selangor this season Presiden Cup winner. Perak show an attacking game since the wisel blow but cant convert few good chances.

Even though, Coach Chong Yee Fatt or better known as Yee Fatt claim that his boys are playing a very good football tonight. They show a good teamwork and follow every order from the last training session. Yee Fat also said that he still proud for what his players gave this season. Every body doing their job well. Their chance to be in the senior team next season also bright and hope that his player will learn from mistake and will be better as before.

Yee Fatt also thanks to all fans for supporting his youngsters tonight.

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UPB MyTeam vs Perak ( Last Match for Preliminary Round )

Perak will face UPB MyTeam tomorrow for the last match in preliminary round at Stadium MBPJ, Kelana Jaya. Shahrulnizam Mustapa will not play tomorrow due to heavy fever and others are ready to show a good performance tomorrow night.

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Perak 3 UPB MyTeam 1

Perak continues to keep the Cup tie alive after beating UPB MyTeam 3-1 tonight at Perak Stadium. Two goals from Fakri Saarani and penalty by Carlos Caceres make around 3000 fans cheering all night.

Tonight win put Perak on second place behind Perlis and only one point different. Perak need to win the last game against UPB MyTeam on 2nd August 2008 at Stadium MBPJ, Kelana Jaya. Perak F.A. Management and Players thankful to fan for their support and hoping all fans could come to Stadium MBPJ, Kelana Jaya to support players giving their all best performance in this Malaysia Cup.

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Malaysia Cup Match - Perak vs UPB MyTeam

Perak will face UPB MyTeam tonight at Perak Stadium. Game will start as usual at 8.45pm. Everybody in Perak F.A. is hoping for a great win tonight. Players are ready to give 100% commitment and will show an attacking game style tonight. We don’t care how good our opponent is, we only know that we need to win this game and show everybody that were still in the Cup tie.

This is last two match for Perak to get full six points. The other match is against UPB MYTeam at their home ground on 2^nd August 2008. We are grateful by fan support from previous matches against Johor PG on last Tuesday and were hoping a bigger crowd tonight as it will boost our performance to make sure three point goes to us.

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Perak 1 Johor PG 0

Perak keep good track tonight by beating Johor PG 1-0, thanks to Carlos Caceres for a superb goal on the first half. Every player gave more than 100% commitment tonight to show how professional they are. With salary problem, they still manage to show a very good performance and also better teamwork. Coach Steve Darby very pleased with the attitude from his player tonight. Tonight winning make Perak Cup tie still alive.

Were expecting a better crowd for Friday clash against UPB MyTeam at Perak Stadium so the can give a really big support for Perak team.

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Malaysia Cup Match - Perak vs Johor PG

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At the moment, our player still haven’t received their salary for the last three months. They gave 100% commitment on field just to make sure they are still in the Cup tie. They will give 120% if fans come and give support for them so that tonight will be a successful night and grab a valuable point. Perak must grab full points on our last three matches starting from tonight match against Johor PG

Perak will face Johor PG at Perak Stadium at 8.45pm tonight. Tickets will be sold at main entrance for RM20 and Gate D for RM10. We are hoping fans to come and give support to the team. Perak will face UPB Myteam on Friday 18/7/2008 at Perak Stadium. Match will be start as usual at 8.45pm.

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Training Session - 20th June 2008

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New Player Profile Update

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Training Session - 17th & 19th June 2008

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Malaysia Cup- Match and Training Session Photo

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Today Training Session - 10th June 2008

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Today Training Session Photo - 9th June 2008

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3rd & 6th June Training Session Photo

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Today training session - 2nd June 2008

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Steve Darby Interview

Perak F.A. Coach, Steve Darby has agreed to answer some of the questions that fans have written in with.

"I am always happy to answer fans questions, especially if they put their name to the question. From experience it’s not worth answering questions from people who hide behind pseudonyms as many Malaysian friends have told me that these can be mischievous people who have no love for the game and just wish to cause trouble. Also sadly some of the press have written incorrect facts about various situations. Try not to believe “anonymous” sources. Real journalists verify stories." - Steve Darby

Q: Why did Keita Manjou not play for Perak this year?

Initially we felt we would not have enough money to employ any foreign players for this season. Then after some excellent financial management by Dato Muhiyuddin we managed to find the funds to employ 2 foreigners. We offered Keita and Traore contracts on exactly the same money that they had been on the previous season. They both rejected the contracts citing “personal reasons at home” We had to respect that and move on to source other foreigners. Neither Keita or Traore played competitive football from September 2007 to May 2008 as we still have their ITC (International Transfer Certificate). Keita has recently transferred to Brunei for a salary way beyond our ability to pay and Traore has asked to come back but wants a pay raise of 40% on last year. Again we just do not have the money.

Q: Did we approach any leading local players?

Yes we did, we approached 5 international players. Three of whom told us that they had been offered twice what we could afford. Also one of our players left for another club on a 50% pay rise. I have no problems with players accepting higher wages as this is their source of income in a short and highly fraught career. How may of people reading this would not accept double the salary to move to a new job? You can’t offer money you don’t have!

Q: Why did we have a small squad?

It was my decision to sign 18 senior players with 5 youth players in support. I felt fans would rather see players such as Nanthakumar, Khalid, or Hardi than watch a squad of 28 made up of average players.

What Perak fans must learn to accept is that we have a budget which is the same as Penang and less than Sarawak and more than 50% less than many other teams, including at least 4 in the Premier League. Two teams in the league have had over 9 foreigners, do you realise how much that costs?

One National Coach said to me that in reality Perak have been over- achieving in the last 3 seasons compared to the budget they have to spend!

Let’s get realistic about the football business, Derby County will not win the BPL, only Manchester Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal etc will win. They have the largest budget, hence bigger squads of better players. Until a major sponsor is found we will continue to try do what Everton and West Ham do. And as you see Perak qualified for the first time ever into the knockout stages of the AFC Cup. A great achievement when we concluded the group stage beating Singapore who had 4 foreigners playing. Again manipulation of the media can change a story. SAF left 2 players out of their first eleven, as we did (Khalid and Nantha both injured). We are also the first foreign team to beat a Singapore team on the artificial surface.

Believe me I would love to have 2 Malaysian International strikers on the bench in a game, but we cannot fund this depth of squad.

We were undone by the amazing schedule that was impinged upon us with12 games in 34 days plus thousands of kilometers of travel. This schedule was drawn up after the season started and after we found out our striker Fakri was taken off us to play for the National Team.

In specific we lost both our strikers (Khalid and Carlos) for 6 games at the same time, recently we have lost up to 5 players with a virus, in fact we took only 13 players to Brunei as we had 1 suspended (Khairi) 1 injured (Khalid) and 3 with virus (Danial, Rozali and Mat Nor). Normally we could fill the bench with young players but we found out many of the young players did not have passports. We actually had Hamsani on the bench as an outfield player!

Q: You and the players receive criticism on the internet.

Sadly like most players I no longer read the forum sections of internet sites. It’s pity as some of the sites like Yob4ever are top class. With their information and photos, obviously driven by genuine fans. But again why should I or the players read personal vindictive abuse written by invisible people? Constructive criticism is fine, but I have had many genuine Malaysian fans come up to me and the players apologizing for some of he comments made, and suggesting these people don’t even go to the game! You will find the people who have played or coached at a decent level make valid critisism, but some of these critics have obviously never kicked a ball past school days.

I was told that one “expert” was saying how bad our back three were playing in one game, in fact in that game and for the previous three we had been playing 4-5-1, So much for the ability to read a game.

Alex Ferguson once commented on a similar situation in UK when he said why don’t all the experts who critisise his coaching methods get off their backsides and put their knowledge to where it matters by helping kids or school teams who have no coaches. Then we would see how difficult job it is. And they would be doing something positive with their time. When I go to get my car fixed I don’t tell the mechanic what to do and I certainly don’t write comments about him on the net!

You also never see true professional coaches abusing each other, so again perhaps some of the criticism can be filed under fiction?

But to be balanced there are so many genuine fans out there who are the silent majority. The genuine support does help players and they appreciate the real fans. I know that the players and the staff never say No to any autograph or photo request. And a number of players do charity work behind the scenes they just don’t brag about it.

We also open all our training sesions to local coaches and have photo access through our blog so fans can see what the players do.

Q: Why don’t you critisise your players in public

I never critisise individual players in public. WE win together and WE lose together. Believe me criticism goes on in the dressing room, but that’s where it stays. I also don’t think it makes a player improve if you name and shame him in the press. Your job is to get the best out of your players and it’s a complex task with so many variable personalities in a team. I find it pathetic when coaches say “they didn’t listen to my instructions”…that means they weren’t explained well enough.

Q: Why don’t Perak spend more money

If you are driving a motor bike, why don’t you buy a Mercedes? Because you haven’t got the money. It’s so easy to say get the money! I know Dato Muhiyuddin is working long hours to acquire the money needed to fund a club this size.

There are many debts left over from previous administrations that are having to be paid now. Most people (quite rightly) don’t know the true economic situation of Perak. If they did they would be shocked. The recent publicity about the 560,000Rm owed to the Stadium is only a fraction of the debts.

What I do know is that we have saved over a million ringitt this year by reducing the foreign player budget, traveling costs, eliminating overnight stays, flying with smaller amounts of players by Air Asia and getting buses everywhere else.

Q: Do you think Perak has been affected by match fixing?

Yes! Our players have been approached and in turn they did the correct thing and informed the management who in turn confidentially informed FAM. But it immediately puts pressure on a player, and if they make a mistake cynics suggest it’s on purpose. Every player makes mistakes, just look at Rise or Ronaldo in the recent ECL semi finals.

Match fixing both saddens and disgusts me. Maybe we would have been champions last year if all the results had been honest? That’s no disrespect to Kedah who are an excellent side but did bookies get to opposition teams to lose by big scores, and to be fair this could be targeted at some of our opponents. I was even asked the question did I realise that the referee who refereed the Malaysia Cup Final has never refereed again. There may be a valid reason, but people think the worst when match fixing scenarios rise.

My personal view is that no Perak player has sold a game. I back them 100%. As I told them we should welcome investigation as if you are innocent you have nothing to fear. If they are found clean then this should also be publicized to exonerate them in the public eye.

Q: Are you happy with season?

No! You are never happy when you lose any game. I hate losing, I don’t sleep after we have lost! We made mistakes (including me) some players excelled, some didn’t. But again I re iterate every player gives 100% they hate losing; it’s their passion, their livelihood. They all want to win every game, but as in all leagues in the world this doesn’t happen.

Q: Where can Perak get better

I will continue to complain about the quality of our pitch (which deprives fans of good football) and the non existent training facilities, especially for our young players. You only get better by quality practice. Is it co incidence that all the best teams have outstanding training facilities? The facilities in Perak are a disgrace. Everybody wants professional results but nobody is prepared to give us professional preparation. Malaysia will continue to lag behind Japan and Korea until every club has top class training facilities. If its crime to try to set high standards then I am a criminal.

Also if we are to be honest we need a larger “Front Office” including professional marketing and media officers who in turn generate funds. Our office staff are grossly over worked. But it’s the same story, under capitalized organisations straddled with large debts.

Q: Malaysia Cup

We have had 9 players in full training for the Malaysia Cup. We have lost players to various national teams and to Sukma. I must add that I believe PFA did the corect thingin sending the Presidents Cup squad to Sukma as this is a developmental competition. The Coach Yee Fat has done a tremendous job with very yong players.

As all fans know the Malaysian cup is a "different ball game" and many teams change for it. Due to economics we will be keeping the same squad but going all out to better our final appearance last year.

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Piala Malaysia Fixtures

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Today training Session - 30th May 2008

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Today Training Session - 29th May 2008

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Singapore Match, Training and Travel Photo

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AFC Cup Draw Result

AFC News - KUALA LUMPUR

Bahrain league champions Muharraq face a tricky assignment in the quarter-finals of this year’s AFC Cup after being drawn against Malaysian treble winners Kedah. The knockout stage draw, held at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, produced East-West meetings in three of the four quarter-finals with Malaysia’s other representatives, Perak, facing Lebanese side Safa. Singapore are also represented by two teams with double winners Singapore Armed Forces meeting Oman’s Al Nahda while Home United take on Indian champions Dempo.

The first legs of the quarter-finals will be played on Tuesday, September 16 with the return matches held a week later on September 23. Saturday’s draw also determined the semi-final match-ups and raised the possibility of either an all-Singaporean or all-Malaysian final. The winner of the Muharraq-Kedah tie will face the winner of the SAF-Al Nahda match in one semi-final while the winner of the Perak-Safa clash will take on either Dempo or Home United match in the other last four match.

The semi-final matches will take place on October 7 and 21 with the two legs of the final slated for October 31 and November 7.

QUARTER-FINAL DRAW

Perak (Malaysia) vs Safa (Lebanon)
Armed Forces (Singapore) vs Al Nahda (Oman)
Dempo (India) vs Home United (Singapore)
Muharraq (Bahrain) vs Kedah (Malaysia)

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TM Piala Malaysia 07/08 Draw

18 Teams will compete in 2007/2008 TM Malaysia Cup and teams are divided into three groups with group champion, second place and two best third placing teams advance to the next round.

GROUP A

1. TERENGGANU
2. SELANGOR
3. NEGRI SEMBILAN NAZA
4. SARAWAK
5. MELAKA
6. KELANTAN

GROUP B

1. KEDAH
2. JOHOR FC
3. PENANG
4. PDRM
5. SABAH
6. KUALA LUMPUR

GROUP C

1. PERAK
2. PERLIS
3. PAHANG
4. UPB MYTEAM
5. JOHOR
6. ATM

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DPMM Brunei vs Perak Photo Update

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AFC NEWS - We're not there yet, warns Darby

IPOH - Perak head coach Steve Darby is refusing to take anything for granted even though his side moved a step closer to a place in the quarter-finals of the AFC Cup after a 3-0 win over New Radiant on Wednesday.

Midfielder Jorge Munoz grabbed a brace while Razali Omar added a third deep in stoppage time to secure victory and move them on to ten points in Group E.

"I wish I can say that we are in the quarter-finals of the AFC Cup but the truth is we are not there yet," said Darby.

"We picked up the full points tonight as we should since we are playing at home but I felt that our performance was a lot better in the first half when we were playing against 11 men than when we were playing against eight.

"We took our time with the advantage that we had although having said that, I'm just glad that we won the points that we needed."

New Radiant head coach Gerd Zeise in the meantime was shocked with the loss of the three players in one game and insisted that the outcome would have been different had his side retained 11 players on the pitch. New Radiant's task was always going to be difficult after they had Sabah Ibrahim, Ahmad Mohamad and Daniel Mbock all dismissed in the first half.

"I didn't really see what happened and was not too sure about the altercation," said Zeise. "We tried to make a game of it against Perak here and we tried a few things tonight. It was just unfortunate that it did not pan out as planned."

"We would have been very happy with a draw which I believe that we are capable of but in the end this is football and at the end of the day it is how we play for the full 90 minutes of the game which will decide the final outcome."

- Article from AFC Website

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Training Session

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New Player Profile

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Training Session - 22nd & 24th April 2008

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Today Training Session - 21st April 2008

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Update

We are very sorry for not updating our blog news due to tight schedule for home and away matches. Our blog only been manage by one staff that is travel with team for all away matches. We thank you to all fans for still reading news and gave big support to the team. We recently update few photo from previous match and away travelling scene. Check it out...

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We also would like to congratulate to K.Nanthakumar for his wedding on 13th April 2008. Here is some photo on the wedding night.

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Pride back as Perak edge Kitchee - AFC News

AFC NEWS

Perak bounced back from their 6-1 defeat by SAFFC with a 2-1 win over Kitchee.

IPOH - Mario Berios' last minute strike helped Malaysian Super League outfit Perak move within three points of AFC Cup Group E pacesetters Singapore Armed Forces after edging out Hong Kong's Kitchee 2-1 on Wednesday.

Perak coach Steve Darby was eager for his side to restore some pride after they had suffered a humiliating 6-1 defeat at the hands of SAF in their last outing.

And they made the ideal start when they opened the scoring after just 11 minutes as Mohamad Hardi Jaafar fired home from the edge of the area.

But Kitchee's Macedonian midfielder Goran Stankovski looked to have earned a point for the visitors after netting a deserved equaliser with 17 minutes remaining, but Berios snatched all three for Perak against the run of play.

Perak were without strikers Khalid Jamlus and Carlos Caceres through injury, but still managed to take the lead as Jaafar fired home from the edge of the area past goalkeeper Li Jian after the Kitchee defence failed to clear.

Malaysian international Jaafar was denied by Li seven minutes later, while at the other end Hugues Nanmi saw his long range set piece saved by Perak goalkeeper Hamsani Ahmad.

The goal seemed to inspire Kitchee into life and Stankovski planted a close range header just wide nine minutes before the break.

Hamsani almost handed Kitchee an equaliser a minute after the break as he dropped Leung Chi Win's corner, but Liu Quankun was unable to react with the goal at his mercy.

Kitchee continued to dominate as Hamsani denied visiting captain Chan Siu Ki, while at the other end after a rare counterattack from the home side, Mohd Nor Ismail fired over.

The equaliser finally arrived with 17 minutes remaining as Stankovski pounced on a loose ball and roll it into the empty net with Hamsani on the ground after a collision and his defence unable to clear.

Kitchee continued to press for a winner, but as the game looked to be heading for a draw, Berrios beat Li with a powerful drive.

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AFC Press Conference

Press Conference for pre match of AFC Cup were held today at Perak F.A. office at 2pm. Both manager and coach were there to answer question from media officer. Both coach say that, tomorrow game is important to make sure their spot for next round of the AFC Cup. So fan will get to see a good game from Perak and Kitchee FC. However, Perak will play without Khalid Jamlus and Carlos Caceres due to injury problem and coach Steve Darby is expected the youngster to show a very good performance for tomorrow night match.

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(F.A. Cup) Perak vs Selangor

Perak show a really good teamwork and fighting spirit through tonight F.A. Cup match against Selangor at Perak Stadium. Visitor, Selangor score two goals through Safee Sali and Ellie Aiboy in the first half. Perak start the second half with Ahmad Shahrul Azhar goal but were behind back after Safee Sali and former Perak striker, Frank Seator score third and fourth goal for Selangor. Even Perak were down to Selangor by 4 goals, Razali Umar put his name as Perak hero after scoring hatrick to secure a draw and denied Selangor big win tonight. Perak will face Kedah on Monday for Super League match before facing Selangor at Shah Alam Stadium on 27th March 2008.

Perak 4 - 4 Selangor

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Is This BAD?

Perak against Singapore Armed Force match saw how bad is our pitch. Heavy rain before yesterday kick off, make the pitch worst. Shahrul Nizam got ankle problem after his foot stuck in one hole on the pitch.

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Training Session

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(MSL) Perak vs Penang

Perak chilean striker, Carlos Caceres score hatrick tonight to make sure another three point for Perak team. Perak still in third position and manage to close gap by winning tonight game. All players show very good teamwork to make sure tonight win. Even they are tired, they still manage to perform and grab the valueable point. Perak will play against Singapore Armed Force on Tuesday for AFC Cup second group match.

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Training Session 10th March 2008 in Maldives

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AFC Cup 2008 against New Radiant travel scene

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AFC Cup - New Radiant vs Perak

New Radiant 1 - Perak 3

Carlos Caceres (2), Khalid Jamlus (1)

Perak show good attitude during their match against New Radiant in Maldives National Stadium. Maldives hot temperature dont gave any effect for Perak to show a fast game style with good pass and good teamwork. New Radiant first goal is the turning point for Perak play the game just like what Coach, Steve Darby tell them. Carlos Caceres two goals and Khalid Jamlus goal, enough for Perak to take first three point on the group E.

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AFC Cup

Perak will travel to Maldives tomorrow for AFC Cup match against New Radiant SC on 11th March 2008. The match will be held at the National Stadium, Maldives. Perak were draw in the Group E will be against Kitchee ( Hong Kong ), New Radiant ( Maldives ) and Singapore Armed Force FC ( Singapore ).

Group E Match

11 Mar 2008
National Stadium,MALDIVES
NEW RADIANT SC (Maldives) - PERAK D. R. FA (Malaysia)

11 Mar 2008
Jalan Besar Stadium
SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES FC (Singapore) - KITCHEE (Hong Kong)


18 Mar 2008
Perak Stadium
PERAK D. R. FA (Malaysia) - SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES FC (Singapore)

18 Mar 2008
Mongkok Stadium
KITCHEE (Hong Kong) - NEW RADIANT SC (Maldives)

2 Apr 2008
Perak Stadium
PERAK D. R. FA (Malaysia) - KITCHEE (Hong Kong)

2 Apr 2008
National Stadium,MALDIVES
NEW RADIANT SC (Maldives) - SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES FC (Singapore)

16 Apr 2008
Mongkok Stadium
KITCHEE (Hong Kong) - PERAK D. R. FA (Malaysia)

16 Apr 2008
Jalan Besar Stadium
SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES FC (Singapore) - NEW RADIANT SC (Maldives)

30 Apr 2008
Perak Stadium
PERAK D. R. FA (Malaysia) - NEW RADIANT SC (Maldives)

30 Apr 2008
Mongkok Stadium
KITCHEE (Hong Kong) - SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES FC (Singapore)

14 May 2008
National Stadium,MALDIVES
NEW RADIANT SC (Maldives) - KITCHEE (Hong Kong)

14 May 2008
Jalan Besar Stadium
SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES FC (Singapore) - PERAK D. R. FA (Malaysia)

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Training Session 3rd March 2008

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Mohd Noor Hazrul Profile

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(MSL) Perak vs Perlis

Perak continue to grab full point against Perlis tonight at Stadium Perak. Good pitch due to heavy rain before the kick off, gave the advantage for our players to perform well with Carlos Caceres score in the 27th minute and Khalid Jamlus finish Perak night with a goal in the 67th minute. Perak nearly get another goal but Perlis goalkeeper deny Hardi Jaafar shot and Danial Fazly shot struck the goalpost bar.

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Training Session 29th Febuary 2008

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Training Session 28th Febuary 2008

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Pahang Away Match Travel Scene

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(MSL) Pahang vs Perak

Perak manage to grab another valueable three points when they beat Pahang tonight at Stadium Darul Makmur. A slim win tonight really enough for Perak to chase Super league leader, Kedah and second place Selangor. Mohamad Hardi score the winning goal tonight in the 60th minute.

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Training Session 25th Febuary 2008

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(MSL) Perak vs PDRM

Perak grab three points tonight and thanks to Ahmad Shahrul Azhar, Khalid Jamlus and Carlos Caceres goals. PDRM start Perak night with a good long distance shot by their striker, Budi Sudarsono. Ahmad Shahrul Azhar also score a brilliant goal after receiving a great pass from Khalid Jamlus. In the 38th minute, Carlos Caceres headed a cross by Shahrul Nizam pass PDRM goalkeeper. The other goal score on the second half by Khalid Jamlus (63rd and 88th minute) and Carlos Caceres complete Perak winning night with his second goal 2 minute after Khalid goal.

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Training Session 22th Febuari 2008

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Johor FC Away Match Scene

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Terengganu Training and Away Scene Photo

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Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Profile

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Training Session 11th Febuary 2008

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Training Session 9th Febuary 2008

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Training Session 7th Febuary 2008

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Mirror for Perakfa.net in English

This blog will start back as a mirror for our website for translation in english. We got many request from fan outside Malaysia asking for the website to be publish in two language. We dont have proper english translator so we will translate in simple english in this blog. We very sorry if our english is not good.

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New Website

This blogspot will not be update anymore due to our new website @ www.perakfa.net

We thank you for all your support to this blog until today. We hope our new website will be a better platform for us to tell all fans about Perak team.

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Formation

A number of fans have asked me to talk about systems and tactics. As you will see it’s not a simple subject. But as the great Bill Shankly the ex Liverpool manager used to say, it doesn’t matter what system you use if your Goalkeeper lets one through his legs or your striker misses from one metre.

Also Roy Hodgson who has coached Inter Milan and Switzerland recently said when appointed to Fulham, insisting he doesn't subscribe to any particular dogma, saying his style is determined by the players available and prevailing circumstances. "It's dangerous to talk about styles of play," he warns. "I'll never forget [Rinus] Michels talking at a Uefa conference many years ago. He was being lauded for being the first man to play this wonderful total football and he said, 'listen, I wanted to play winning football - if my team were losing 1-0 with 15 minutes to go and the opponents were camped in their own half, I wasn't at all adverse to putting my big centre-forward on and crashing the ball up to him to play the knock-downs'."

Also Charles Hughes one of the great coaching educationalists opens his book on coaching by saying it doesn’t matter what system you pay if the players can’t pass or control a ball!

WHAT IS LONG BALL?

I hear people say we play long ball, I also hear people say we play a short passing game as we have South Americans. Before we try to guess who is right, let’s ask the question what is a long ball? If a pass over 10m is not a short pass then is an 11 m pass a long ball? If a pass is shorter than 30m is it a short pass? As no one ever says there is a medium pass, just short and long. My belief is the distinction is not short or long but good or bad! The technical principles of a pass are its ACCURACY and WEIGHT. In essence a good pass is when a player can receive it and either pass again first time (or shoot). Most good passes are forward and on diagonals.

If a team is playing with a back 4 that pushes up to the half way line then there will be a large space for a forward to run into, hence a long pass is good. Especially if you have players like Keita Manjou, Sutee Suksomkit or Indra Shadan who all had great pace. However if you have a different style of player who can hold a ball and allow midfield to support like Khalid Jamlus or Egmar Gonzales then a shorter pass into feet is far better.

If a team retreats and puts 10 players between the ball and their goal it is often difficult to get through a packed defence unless you have great dribbler. Hence you often have to go over the defence to a taller player.

Also we are spoilt by what we see on TV. I wish every Malaysian fan could visit an EPL game and go on the pitch. They would see it’s like a bowling green. In fact NOBODY goes on the pitch between games. Reserves play on smaller grounds and training is done at a separate venue. If you saw the pitches at Liverpool and Manchester Utd training grounds it is a delight to see. The Groundsman which is a highly skilled and valued job treat the pitches like their own gardens. What do we have in Ipoh? A pitch we train on every day, a pitch with 2 types of grass and 4 different weed types (I have counted them) and mushrooms growing. Also any body can use it in any weather and even shot put competitions are held on it, creating huge holes.

So to pass a ball first time (which the great players do, and all the great teams play 1 touch) on our pitch is impossible as it is either bogged in mud or bobbling on the hundred of bumps when dry. Try playing snooker on a ripped table, or table tennis with a cracked ball. Hence it’s not always possible to play attractive flowing football on Ipoh stadium, we in fact play better football at Penang or Shah Alam. The answer for Perak Council? Is qualified groundsmen, a training pitch that is not dangerous and maintenance when needed. This especially applies to our younger players who train in even worse conditions. Fans pay good money and we TRY to play exciting football but it’s not always possible.

SYSTEMS

The best teams are flexible in their systems of play and can change for a match or during a match. At Perak we can either play a 3-1-4-2 or change that quickly to a 3-4-1-2 or a 3-4-3. Also if we are under pressure we can even adopt a 5-3-2. All of which are dependent on the needs of the game and the state of the game. Also it is dependent on the football intelligence of the players, can they “see” when changes are needed. Players in the modern game have to be flexible. See how many Perak players can play in a number of positions.

I am not for or against any system that works! I do not use a 4-4-2. As to play with a back 4 in the correct manner such as Man Utd or Arsenal you have to work every day as a unit and work zones. And as defenders get the highest number of injuries and suspensions you need a minimum of 6 players to play this system. Also to play it properly both full backs must push into mid field when needed, such as Cliché, Neville, Evra or Riise. In Malaysia most teams play with a back 4 and their full backs stay deep. Hence as Perak have more players in midfield we often have numerical superiority in this area. We haven’t done badly with this style, 2nd in MSL down to the last game, Malaysia Cup Final and scored more goals then any other team. What do fans want? Goals.

So in summary I smile when I and the players hear some of the comments about our team’s tactics and systems, most of them are wrong! In fact I don’t actually believe some of these critics go to the game as some of the comments are often so incorrect eg wrong players!

The reality is you win when you are fit, well motivated and can pass the ball well and defend well as individuals. 80% of goals are scored inside the penalty box (check the EPL) and from 1 or 2 touches. So the more often you get the ball in the box and the more players you get in the box you will increase the chances of scoring. Conversely if you can keep the ball out of your penalty box and don’t give away free kicks (set pieces) near your penalty box then you will reduce the goals against.

Simple game isn’t it? And no one is right or wrong that’s what makes it the beautiful game.

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(President Cup) Perak vs Perlis

Perak 5 - 1 Perlis

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Training Session 10th January 2008

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