NgapSayot:REVISITED

So when was the last time you went to watch your state play a footie match ? Never you say??....Shame on you! Back in the 80's and 90's when the war cry was "Ngap Sayot" made popular by flamboyant coach Awang Mahyan, we used to go and see Sarawak play almost every home game....strangely those days we would lose to the likes of Selangor in Shah Alam 7-1 and yet whip their tails 3-0 in Kuching.
Then came Alan Vest who led Sarawak to our first league title.

Since then Sarawak fell on hard times..relegated, financial woes etc.

However in May this year I heard that we had a good chance to be promoted to the Super league so I decided to go to the Stadium since I was in Kuching...We were to play the Police (the men in blue not the band led by Sting).

We won 3-0 but I was totally not convinced..we struggled and we didnt seem to have players in the mould of Roslan Ismail, Dahlan Matusin, Ibrahim Mentali, Mohd Ali Shafiee, Zapri Manai and even Affendi Julaihi !
We seem to lack a solid playmaker and the defence looked a bit timid...other than Asri Chuchu (Serious!!.. that is his name!..Cool or what !) and Bobby Gonzalez (No he is not a Mexican import) no one looked capable of taking on the likes of Selangor or Kelantan.

Well, I suppose promotion is the first step but I hope it will not be a speedy relegation next season.

The pix:
"The match is played at the old state stadium"

"Sarawak in red."

"See! ..I told u I be here."







'Even Rooney Jr and Nani Jr were not impressed."

"I actually got a shot of the first goal by some amazing fluke."

"After the first goal, the 2nd and 3rd came quickly."

"One thing you can always say about the Sarawak fans..they are colourful !."


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