Treat for EPL fans

PETALING JAYA: Local football fans of the English Premier League (EPL) are in for a fantastic treat in July!

Three of the Big Four of the EPL – Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool – will be in town for a 10-day EPL Festival. However, the exact dates have yet to be confirmed.

Football fans can look forward to seeing the likes of Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres and David Luiz (Chelsea); Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie (Arsenal); and Steven Gerrard, Raul Meireles and Luis Suarez (Liverpool) in action.

The three teams will take on the national side on three different dates in July.

Manchester United, who make up the Big Four, enjoyed two hugely successful visits here in 2001 and 2009.

This will be the first time that three top English clubs will be in town since the inaugural FAPL Asia Cup in 2003. Then, the teams who came were Birmingham, Newcastle and Chelsea.

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Manchester United mana


oh well at least i can see my Torres,Van Persie and Cesc(if he stays) in malaysia <3

sudah puas lawan united

why dont invite man city? got many stars

Torres shouldn't come, he will be in danger as so many were calling for his head.

This post has been edited by liez: Feb 18 2011, 04:16 PM

Not a one day-tournament in March, 13 meh?

MU team no need to come la. last year already play twice with national team. LOL

but if Manchester United come bukit jalil (almost) confirm penuh

i think Malaysia have a brighter chance to beat Liverpool

rajagopal now start intensive training already
how to beat the top 4 of BPL training

for future reference
i ask on Liverpol fan's behalf, which BPL team u support?

wow! when can buy ticket?

they start releasing the tickets tomorrow
i heard early birds get 50% ticket discounts for first 1000
u try pyramid/1U or midvalley

kopak siot bulan 7.... orang rumah mesti nak ikut sekali...

takper...

nak tgk Malaysia main punya pasal apa pun ku lakukan

none of them. but i LIKE Liverpool fans for their support through thick and thin

awesome !

then do you think Liverpool can beat Malaysia?
or
most likely will lose to malaysia

why so serious? lulz

no la, main saja
im not a Liverpool fan anyway

i surely cant afford the ticket.

i go to the Man U one tickets just 50++..... but i of coz need to buy 2....

i think this time the cheapeast ticket is around RM80....

Thailand did actuali beat liverpool rite?(on friendly)

Can buy ticket online?

1-1 draw

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Added on February 18, 2011, 5:29 pmWhere to buy the tickets?

This post has been edited by SkyHermit: Feb 18 2011, 05:29 PM

sure anot? so tempting

where you get the info?

Always will end up bringing reserves. Don't put hopes too high.

even if Arsenal reserves i will still go...

shi-
i was just trolling that guy
u all go quote me

the exact date also havent confirm, beli apa buntut ticket

Then Chelsea will go down too. Coz Liverpool beat Chelsa.

halamak the OTHER three top EPL teams pulak lol.

I wonder should I go to the Chelsea and Arsenal game or not.

sigh.. epl team again..when do madrid,or milan will come...

alamak..tertipu

arsenal cannot firm passing..bj field sucks

deal with it

Bj?


I'm kidding!

Sapa mau tgk?
Even in madrid i bet ppl wanna see cr7 only...

aiyo of course football fans la..takkan golf fan mau tgk..

every team will give 200% when it come to playing against top teams.

dun you think so?

When they start sharing TV money and don't earn the top-two largest income.

These tours are about money, after all...

yes that mostly right it all about the money..mostly malaysia people are epl fans...
THis what we call majority

btw Serie A TIM Cup final will be play outside Italy for the 1st time,lucky China land.....

Prefer Spurs and Man City daaaaa

fan base too small, generate lil income and they will rugi la.

safee sali will be gutted if pelitajaya do not release him for the matches...

so far any confirm source?

bile?bile?macam layan je nih...jom jom...harimau malaya aummm...

when the last time Arsenal go outside Europe for pre-season? i thought Wenger not a big fan for this kind money-spinning tour..

once in the 1970s or 80s.... Dato Soh Chin Aun's team beat them.

i think in 1998. That time anelka, overmas and petit come to malaysia

^yup.they came after they won their first double.

Chelsea is confirm..

How about Liverpool & Arsenal?? Are this two club really in the plan too??

Chelsea? Confirm? Source?

ticket on sale already? i wanna buy early birds!

haha interesting hope it will b greater than last year 4 the national team n hopefully pop another yahyah style screamers against one of the big 3

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Feb 23 2011, 10:41 PM

OMG! Is this for real? This will be the first time I get to watch Liverpool live on the field. They always travelled to Thailand or Singapore for friendly game.

any news yet?

seriously? any source? need to get the ticketsss!!

I will watch all the games and support Harimau Malaya.

i oso anticipating the schedule and tickets

Liverpool, Chelsea to Play in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) -- World renown English Premier League (EPL) clubs Liverpool and Chelsea are expected to play friendly matches against the national squad during their Far East Asian Tour in July.

Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) secretary-general Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad said FAM had received the green light from both clubs while the dates for both matches would be announced soon.

"There is also a big possibility that another EPL club will be coming here for a friendly match against the national team. That prospect is still in the discussion stage," he told reporters here Tuesday.

Azzuddin said the dates for the matches between Liverpool and Chelsea would only be three to four days apart and both matches would be played at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.

"We have had discussions with the National Sports Complex and the management are receptive of the idea," he said.

Though Chelsea has been here a number of times, Liverpool's visit to Malaysia will be the first, since the last planned match against Selangor in 2008 was cancelled.

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=572870

So Liverpool and Chelsea confirmed! Liverpool fans rejoiced because this will be the first time the reds drop by!

I think the support Liverpool will receive will be massive, despite them having never visited. It recent years, the team and visited Singapore twice and Thailand once back when Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler and Jamie Redknapp were still in the side. During these visits, there were a fair amount of Malaysian fans that made the trek. I'll bet my bottom dollar that this time round, you'll see an influx of fans from our two neighbouring countries. The Singapore Liverpool's Supporters Club and the East of Anfield Supporters Club are probably already planning for it. The turnout in 2009 when Liverpool visited Singapore was massive with plenty of "Alonso, please stay" banners, amongst a sea of other banners. Reminded me a little of Istanbul. Some friends of mine went during the previous visit to Singapore. They found out where the team was staying and camped there. Went to the bar and found Sammy Lee, Phil Thompson and some of the other coaching staff having drinks. They chatted and took some photos. They went back again the next day after the game and the whole team plus players were having a party. My friends tried to go in but was told by the manager that it was a closed party. Thankfully, Sammy Lee recognised them from the night before and told the manager to let them in. What a top bloke. It's why I like that he's back in the fold. The gesture was very Shanklyesque. No doubt a tradition that has been passed down by the great man.

I'm amped and I'm expecting a big turnout. Demographically, Liverpool fans are generally older and I can only imagine how long they've been waiting to watch the team play in the flesh. I'm sure the LSCM will work together with the official club in Singapore (or maybe not) but MyRAWK will endevour to further enrichen our ties with the East of Anfield Supporters Club in Singapore by jointly organising ticket purchases so everyone can sit together. Pretty sure the Liverbirds guys from JB will stop at nothing to make the journey up. They also have members in Kuantan and Kedah. Mad fellas drove 3 hrs up from JB for the Masters and left right after. That's a lot of travelling.

I doubt ticket prices will be released too early as the clubs are still working on securing sponsors.

The picture below shows Singapore's attempt to emulate the Kop.


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two adidas sponsored team.adidas must be part of the organizer.no chance for me to get a free ticket from my nike friend.

I just came back from Anfield for the stadium tour but i couldn't get to see the reds play as there were no games there (went before the Braga game). Now i can fulfill my wishes by getting to see them play here in Malaysia. What a year this is becoming for me!!!

This post has been edited by plateau: Mar 24 2011, 06:01 PM

How about Man U?

they already here, 2 seasons ago, playing twice..

this is a good opportunity for Malaysian player. but TBH i prefer them to had a frequent friendly match to Asian giants football nation like Japan, Korea, middle east nations. its hard to get the opportunity though, financial -wise and our ranking .

This post has been edited by dundermifflin: Mar 25 2011, 09:57 AM

yap.. even asian non giants are ditching our friendly request......

This kinda matches are more like a circus exhibition for me. i would rather value the A Ranked friendly vs Hong Kong the other day more...

but i agree that even in pre-season, some of these foreign players's skill valued more than 50mil ringgit ... so it will be a good competitive spar with us.. to prepare for the gruelling world cup and olympic qualifying second round..

and some of football fans in Malaysia who never grace a football stadium before can finally be able to do so...

First and foremost this is an exhibition match and yes, the intention is obviously to swell the fanbase and to profit from it. It is expected that these matches will not test each teams resolve. Premiere League players will all be told to go easy and not risk injury. You will get of course your over exhuberant local player looking to prove a point. It happens all the time. That being said, we don't go to these games expecting good football. We go primarily to see the stars we worship in the flesh.

i actually agrees with all your points, actually. Some of yours also agrees with mine.

i just want to add that by their standards, even by going easy and not risking injury, they should be able to put dominance over us. its happens all the time. it will be a challenge for our local lads to be exuberant to prove a point. Which happens quite regularly lately, but does not happens all the time in the past.

i also will not go to these matches expecting good football either. And frankly speaking i also hope our lads go easy and not risk injury either,.. we have much more important World Cup and Olympic qualifying matches around that time...

We already lost Khyrill Muhymeen and Zaquan due too international friendly injuries. Doubts still remain whether both will return as the same players again... Thats kinda OK because its a rank A friendlies. But to lose other players also for profit-oriented private functions will be a blow..

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Added on March 25, 2011, 12:07 pmAnd its good that a lot of you can finally see the stars you worship in the flesh.

This post has been edited by aressandro10: Mar 25 2011, 12:21 PM

at least i can see Torres <3

I can only imagine what it must mean to the local lads as well. I'm sure that they are fans of some of the visiting players if not teams. How would you choose to play if you were asked to mark your idol? Would you play full steam ahead, knowing very well you could injure the dude? Would you let him walk over you. I guess that's where your status as a professional comes into play and you do what you have to do to stop whoever you're up against. Ah well, I'm just going to have a good time in the end. Don't really care about the result in the end.

off the field, they might be a fan, but on the field it will be every man for himself.. idol or not, self pride will be more important than your idol's pride... if the idols are as good as people pays them, they should be able to walk over us without breaking a sweat... its a challenge to the local players to prove people that expected them to fail, wrong... especially this batch of players... they showed that did not overawed by MU last the.. i expect the same vs Liverpool and Chelsae...

the best way to show respect to your idol is to show that we can be better than him.... not by helping him to look good on our expense... beside, judging from displays during the EPL masters, i dont think the foreigners are respecting the locals a lot.. fan or no fan..

although i will not be surprised if they become over-exuberant on the first match and became too flat out for the second...

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Added on March 30, 2011, 6:17 pmLebanon VS Malaysia-U21 19 June
Malaysia-U21 VS Lebanon 23 June
Malaysia VS Taiwan 29 June
Taiwan VS Malaysia 3 July
Malaysia VS Chelsea July
Malaysia VS Liverpool July
Malaysia VS Arsenal July
Singapore VS "Malaysia" 23 July
"Malaysia" VS Singapore 28 July

tak masuk match MSL lagi... sooo much football... may we enters August with smile in our faces and pride and joy in our hearts..

This post has been edited by aressandro10: Mar 30 2011, 06:17 PM

The Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal matches are in that order or we don't know yet?

dude , how much is the price ?

no definate dates yet... with the result of the draws, some doubts some of the matches will even happen ..... or the will come but will not be facing RG's team... maybe just a malaysian selection under OKS that will not feature all the stars from Rg's team..

I read on Chelsea's official website that they will be playing against Malaysia XI on the 21st of July. i hope they change it to earlier coz im leaving KL on the 18th. ddamn

My sister and her husband were there at that time. He really enjoyed it.

MU have came over quite a number of times already but I haven't been to any yet. I just don't know who to support

This post has been edited by khelben: Apr 5 2011, 06:20 PM

Someone pls offer me2 tickets to watch arsenal in kl

go buy urself la...

ahhh to bad i'm not staying around KL...or else i m going for it!
between, i'm from sabah..

If i am from Sabah also i probably fly there just to watch. It's so much cheaper than watching in England

but no my favorite team coming this time.

still no official date release, tickets info etc?

Sure I will go.

Sure I will go.

I will definitely go for arsenal match !

Definitely going for LFC!!!

No news or date yet?
I hope it's not just gossip..

I don't think it's a gossip as i remember seeing about it in newspapers and tv news. They just haven't confirmed a date yet.

Like I said earlier, it's confirmed but they are sorting sponsorship issues out. They can't announce prices before then but tickets should range from about RM 50 - RM 150 depending on which tier. Expect everything to be confirmed 2nd half of this month.

bad news for EPL fans. KBS will not delay track renovation at Std Bukit Jalil eventhough FAM willing to pay the 500k penalty. This means the match will be held at Shah Alam.

Which means further view, hectic parking, no public trasport and less capacity which also probaply means higher priced tickets....




KBS tak setuju hasrat FAM


Oleh SHARAIMEI SHAIK AHMEDULLAH
sukan@utusan.com.my











Ahmad Shabery

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PUTRAJAYA - Kerajaan tidak bersetuju dengan kesediaan Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) untuk menanggung kos penangguhan pembaikan trek Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil yang bernilai RM500,000 bagi membolehkan aksi pasukan Liga Perdana England.

Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek berkata, jumlah tersebut sangat tinggi dan lebih baik ia digunakan untuk membangunkan program sukan terutamanya bola sepak.

"RM500,000 bukannya duit kami, bukan duit Menteri dan bukan duit KSU (Ketua Setiausaha ) tapi ini duit rakyat.

"Dengan jumlah itu berapa banyak gelanggang futsal yang boleh dibina?

"Kementerian tidak mahu FAM rugi, jika rugi bagaimana mereka hendak mendapatkan wang untuk pembangunan," katanya selepas Pra Pelancaran dan Promosi Y-Avenue di Menara KBS di sini, semalam.

Kelmarin, Setiausaha Agung FAM, Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad 'menyahut' permintaan supaya badan induk bola sepak negara itu menanggung kos penangguhan pembaikan trek Stadium Nasional bagi membolehkan ia boleh dibuka semula untuk perlawanan tiga kelab gergasi Liga Perdana England.

Kelab tersebut adalah Liverpool, Arsenal dan Chelsea yang akan menentang Harimau Malaya pada Julai ini, dengan Stadium Nasional menjadi pilihan utama sebagai venue perlawanan.

Tambah Ahmad Shabery, penangguhan pembaikan trek tidak boleh dihentikan sewenang-wenangnya kerana banyak lagi pertandingan penting yang akan berlangsung tahun ini.

Katanya, sebagai sebuah stadium utama di negara ini, peranannya tidak terhad kepada bola sepak, tetapi mencakupi sukan lain.

"Kita tak mahu kerja-kerja baik pulih trek terganggu kerana ia telah ditunda banyak kali untuk perlawanan akhir Piala Suzuki AFF.

"Lepas ini akan diadakan pula perlawanan pusingan kedua Pra- Olimpik, Pra-Piala Dunia dan Sukan Malaysia di stadium itu juga, kita tidak mempunyai pilihan lain.

"Stadium Shah Alam tidak mengikut standard antarabangsa, juga stadium baru stadium Hang Tuah, jadi kebergantungan kepada hanya satu stadium sahaja," katanya

^^

rage!!

Now we know who's the most hated man in Malaysia among football fans now.. Absolutely pathetic! Stupid!

Darn, it's closer to me but access is crap man. Wonder what important meets Shabery is talking about. When was the last time we read of a big track competition in Bukit Jalil? I bet my bottom dollar, the visit of these 3 teams will draw in more visitors than any meet we have planned. Oh well, go early, clock in some time on the go-kart track prior I suppose.

Sad

even though SSA is just about few hundred meters from my house i still prefer SBJ..

Confirm?

Arsenal -13th July
Liverpool- 16th July
Chelsea 21st July

http://football.thestar.com.my/story.asp?f..._medium=twitter

This is good news.. It says the Chelsea friendly will be at SBJ. Others didn't mention?

I wonder which team will have the best crowd turn out..

This post has been edited by weichieh007: May 11 2011, 09:57 AM