Malaysia FA Cup - Kedah Hijau Kuning will face Perlis in FA Cup Final.
If, Manchester United is my favorite club in English Premier League, Kedah is actually my local favorite football team !!
Although, I was born in Perak…. Kedah is always my team since my childhood. During Kedah golden years ( 1988 ~ 1993 ), you can easily watch Green-Yellow (Hijau-Kuning) flags all over Kedah just like political party’s flags during General Election and the traffic light poles was also Green and Yellow colours instead of Black and White. Although Kedah’s flag is actually red colour, Green-Yellow flag is more popular for most Kedahan!
So, last night, when Kedah draw 1-1 with Malaysia most successful club, Selangor at Shah Alam Stadium.. the wonderful memories of FA Cup 1996 has came back to me because Kedah will be back in the FA Cup final again after almost 11 years!
At the time when Kedah met Sarawak at Stadium Merdeka, the whole Malaysia was in BLACKOUT!!. I was in the stadium with my friend, Ponpon, Bulat (Kedah’s fan), Lanoon ( Selangor’s fan) and Pijat ( Kelantan’s Fan ). So, the match has been postponed to the next day and in that day, I brings my Finland’s friend to support Kedah. His name is Juho Rissanen. He can speaks in Malay..so, he quickly became a popular figure among Kedah’s die hard fan in the stadium.
In that wonderful match, Kedah won 1-0 and became the FA Cup Champion for the time! So, now Kedah is back in FA Cup final..and I really hope they can regain the title after 11 years by demolish Perlis!!
24 Jun 2007 manutd 3 comments
