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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Meeting Ray Parlour (and other legends)...

Was fortunate to have been included in the group of 5 Arsenal fans to have dinner with the legends who were in town for Super Sunday, 23rd March 2008. Also invited were MU, Liverpool & Chelsea fans, but didn't see any Chelsea fans. This dinner was on Saturday nite at Pavilion.

The Legends were Ray Parlour (Arsenal), Viv Anderson (MU), Phil Babb (Liverpool) & Nigel Spackman (Chelsea).



"Don't disturb me, I'm with Ray Parlour!"


"I'm not signing anything until I read it."



Viv, the joker...



What a thrill...

Suku explaining that not all Malaysian Arsenal fans are bald or have very short hair. It's just a coincidence that the 3 of us in old red Arsenal jerseys are like that...



That's Kar Heng's jersey...

Viv won the League Cup in 1987 with Arsenal...then he moved to MU...(what's wrong wit u? hehe)

Viv is the first black football player to represent England in a full international match...


A lucky MU fan






Azril lost at the MU table...hehe

Ray signing a Liverpool T-shirt...

Nigel's turn...


Nigel helping Ray tell us stories...

"Ray and I want to go to the brewery. We've heard of this tour and we're disappointed we're not invited..."

"You can mingle, y'know?"

"Ray, I'm calling you, why aren't you answering?"













I'm guessing Azril is framing this one...

I'm framing this one...8R? 10R?







Phil Babb, a legend, and not just on Youtube...hehe...He was once the most expensive defender in English football, rite?

Viv already met Suku in Genting for 1 of the EPL Viewing Parties previously...

Ray sat with us most of the time. He was really great, talked to us and told us stories like we were all pals, not star-struck fans.

Some of the things I remember he talked about...

  • Arsenal's current form ("Should/must win at least 1 title, have a feeling it's gonna be the CL."
  • He likes Jens.
  • He likes Hleb ("He's the best when it comes to turning, both sides.")
  • Bergkamp's the best ever he's played with.
  • Bergkamp's goal against Newcastle ("Did you mean it, Dennis?")
  • Golfing stories about Dennis & Alex Manninger.
  • How a run of games is important, citing Gilberto, Flamini, Senderos and van Persie as examples.
  • Tony Adams.
  • Giles Grimandi.
  • No one in the team had ever heard of Wenger before he came.
  • Wenger only ever screamed/shouted once (guess which game?)
  • In the same game, Dwight Yorke asked "Where did you pick him (Stepanovs) up?"
  • Wenger's shrewdness.
  • Wenger's loyalty.
  • His only worry for Arsenal is who will take over Wenger.
  • He should have played at the World Cup, no thanks to Hoddle.
  • Why Reyes left.
  • Kanu ("He has big feet.")
  • His wonder goal in the 2002 FA Cup final.
  • How he got the nickname "the Romford Pele" (In training, Ray went on a run and scored a great goal, top corner. Marc Overmars said, "You're just like Pele huh? Where are you from?" "Romford." "Rite, you're the Romford Pele!" Overmars doesn't even know where Romford is.)
  • Anelka ("He's the fastest." "Faster than Henry?" Kar Heng asked. "Oh yeah.")
Thanks Kar Heng for the pics...

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Aircrew FC 2-0 AFCSM

"Mana keeper ni??"


Subs warming up

C'mon Gooners

Poetry in motion

Amacam? Ada gaya tak?






Naim and me with the opponents

Game against Aircrew FC. At night at PKNS Kelana Jaya. There should be more pics at the AFCSM website.

Monday, February 25, 2008

AFCSM 0-4 Lanun Internacional

I'm not in this...

That's me, just coming in...can u see?


"Not yet started?"

Family day out

Get it?

Back up keepers

Rematch, this one was at the Jalan Raja Muda Stadium.

Scoreless at half-time, but they scored 4 in the 2nd half.

Thanks for the pics Kar Heng...

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

AFCSM 4-2 FC Lanun Internacional











Why are there no pictures of me running??

hahaha...

Great win, great fun...

more pics and match report at the AFCSM website....link on the top-right (somewhere)...

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

FIFI3


A mini frenly futsal tourney my team (Tok Jinjang FC) organized...i played for Tok Jinjang, not AFCSM....more pics and story here.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal


Andy Smith, from Arsenal Scotland posted a message on the gofutsal website, asking where Gooners in KL meet as he wants to catch the game against Liverpool with local Gooners. Philip and I replied and I gave Andy my number.

Met Andy and his wife Irene at Rick's Cafe Casablanca. Nice couple. After the game, I sent them back to their hotel. Hope they had a great time, pity about the result.

Live football at KTMB station anyone?


My real name too long..hehe..

There was no gathering at Rick's Cafe Casablanca for West Ham vs Arsenal because I heard the place was booked for some function. But by sheer coincidence, we were invited to watch the game by Matex (Malaysian Tourism Executive) to watch the game at the KTMB station.

Unique concept, and we were willing to give it a try.

What I liked most was food & drinks were very cheap compared to our normal gathering place. But aiyo, if we're gonna go there again, the organizer's have to do some changes.

It was annoying that we had interference every time a train passes by. But what took the cake was when one particular train actually stopped in front of the big screen!! A few guys left at half-time.

And it was hot. They had fans, but with the tents they set up, the fans were useless.