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Assembled for just $10,000 , the team's extraordinary exploits have spirits soaring in the Yorkshire city and far beyond. Currently lying in 79th place out of the 92 top clubs in England, Bradford City will on Sunday contest a national cup final after a succession of thrilling, giant-killing triumphs over teams including Arsenal, the London-based club  valued at $1.5 billion last year . One of Bradford's biggest stars was stacking shelves in a local supermarket not long ago. Now James "Big Jim" Hanson will find himself playing in front of 90,000 fans at London's iconic Wembley Stadium and a television audience of millions. A representative of the Dalai Lama even wrote a letter to say the exiled Tibetan religious leader wished Bradford City's fans "every success in the big match." In football and in life, it's not about having a star-studded cast but the right spirit, attitude and formula. Read 'Fairy Tale ': Soccer team ...

Players have their ups and downs. National coach K.Rajagobal ( pic ) can attest to that. He credited Gary Steven Robbat for putting up a good show and praised defender S.Subramaniam, among others. But he placed his faith in national striker Safee Sali. "I think he is professional enough. He tried (to score). I believe he played better (against Manchester City) than the Arsenal match," said Rajagobal. "Playing with strong teams..there are more positives. We can see the improvement. At the South East Asia region, we should be able to be competitive. "But we need to work on our strike force...which can improve." Malaysia lost 3-1 to Manchester City at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil last night. The match was played on a poor pitch. Two Manchester United banners made their way to the stands only to be removed and there was a Red Devils fan among the sea of blue who was eager to hog the limelight as he was interviewed by numerous TV stations. Eve...

UPDATE 9.50am: National coach K.Rajagobal is concerned over Aidil Zafuan Abdul Razak, as revealed to the author earlier this morning. Aidil suffered major cramps on the pitch after dishing out a solid performance against the Gunners. "I really don't know how and why it (the cramps) happened but I'm really concerned about it," Rajagobal said . "I will need to speak to our doctor to find out more about Aidil's situation. I'm not a doctor but based on my understanding there could be several factors that lead to Aidil such bad cramps...it could be because of dehydration." "It's the fasting month and it's difficult to play such a high intensity match. Aidil knows this better and the turning point of the game was when several of our players started getting cramps including Aidil. "Aidil played really well and I need to know more of his condition and hope it will not happen again." ---- During the post match Press Confe...

Press Release Following the success of “Be A Super Gunner” contest last month, Malaysian football fans will have another great opportunity to meet ALL the football superstars from Arsenal. Promoted by ProEvents, the exclusive organiser of Arsenal Tour 2012 – Malaysia presented by Emirates, all you need to do is get your hands on the tickets to watch Arsenal take on the Malaysian XI at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil on July 24. Tickets must be purchased and the contest entries be submitted by or before 23:59 this Sunday (July 15). Ticket holders must then submit their names, identification number, contact numbers and ticket serial numbers (16 digit) to beasupergunner@proevents.com. Terms and conditions apply. The 50 lucky draw winners will be announced on July 18. ProEvents Group chief executive officer Julian Kam says, "By popular demand, Malaysian football fans are in for a real treat as we are giving away 50 ‘money can’t buy’ Meet & Greet . "Our Be A Super ...

...dan bukan sebaliknya. Seperti kejohanan lain seperti Malaysian Open (tennis), badan induk merupakan "organiser" tetapi mereka dibayar "sanction fee" oleh pihak promoter. Badan induk akan memperoleh sejumlah wang (yang selalunya besar) yang dipersetujui kedua-dua pihak. Badan induk kemudiannya akan menolong dari segi aspek teknikal (referee, dsb). Promosi pula dilakukan pihak promoter dan mereka akan kemudiannya mengutip hasil jualan tiket. Timbalan presiden FAM dan presiden Kelantan FA Annuar Musa ada menyentuh lawatan Arsenal (Jun 24) dan Manchester City (Julai 30) ke Malaysia dalam Facebook-nya semalam ( gambar ); "...adalah baik bagi exco mengetahu detail kerana lazimnya EXCO menerima keputusan yg sudah dibuat." "...sy tk pasti samaada mereka (ProEvents) bayar pd kita atau kita bayar pd mereka." "...tp jgn lupa misi berbeza antara epl dgn kita...bagi mereka ini satu PR DAN PROMO dlm mencari PENAJA DAN COMMERCIAL SUPPORT...d...