YearbookYourself.com is back this pre-season and as we did last year, we've uncovered even more Hall-of-Famers from MetroStars glorious past!
Ronaldo presents the prize
For earning the most Man of the Match awards over the course of the season, goal keeper Khalid wins the second individual award, the SEHAT trophy!
With his latest performance earning him a 4th Man of the Match award, Khalid narrowly beat out top scorer and assist man Mohamad who managed 3.
More awards to come.
Large scale crowd trouble erupted at the recent Carling Cup round in the game between rivals West Ham United and Millwall. One fan was stabbed and fans invaded the pitch among flying bottles at the final whistle in a match which ended 3-1 to the Premier League club.
No such scenes are expected at the Mumong though, since no one ever shows up to watch!
Check out these snaps of Metrostars Isz and Mamat at the recent fun game after some stellar photo editing by Zamri Z.
Click here for the full album.
With the season over, it is a time for reflection in the Metrostars camp, and of course, award season.
The first individual award goes to Mamat who has scored 26 goals this season, overtaking Hadi in the last two games to win the golden boot award. Together, the strike pairing have hit a staggering 50 goals! New signing Sepol earns a honourable mention, scoring 14 goals in his very short time with the club while Haz also hit double figures with 10.
Mamat also tops the assists charts with 21, almost double that of his nearest rival Soon (11 assists).
More awards to come.
*Golden boot is an online award only. Winners have the option of either printing and framing the picture of the golden boot or spray-painting their own boots gold.
The end-of-season Fun Game saw goal mouth scrambles, end-to-end action, newly coloured hair from Khalid and even a Zamri Z goal! It was not without controversy however as Zamri L was judged to have handled the ball in the penalty spot and was imaginary yellow-carded for his protests. Yasir duly scored from the spot.
More memorable moments include a karate kick goal from top-scorer Mamat and then Razley colliding with the goal post after a fine save. His team-mates decided to laugh first before offering to help.
Yasmi was tireless in midfield and more than once fooled the defence with some slick tricks. Naz and Isz both showed high energy levels as opposed to Hadi who showed a distinct lack of fitness for some reason. Perhaps most encouraging for the new season is the blossoming partnership between Whirling Wafi and Lee Yuan 'Player' Soon which proved to be an endless supply of goals on the night.
Squad: Khalid, Yasmi, Zamri Z, Zamri L, Naz, Isz, Hadi, Yasir, Soon, Sepol, Wafi, Razley, Mamat, Wan (loan)
MotM: Khalid
Assists: Mohamad, Syarul(2), Wafi(2), Harmoney(3), Sepol(3)
Squad: Khalid, Zamri Z, Raz, Syarul, Haz, Mohamad, Yasmi, Soon, Harmoney, Sepol, Wafi
To mark the close of the 2008/09 season (only 2 games left to Ramadhan), we officially launch the new 2009/2010 blog design!
Enjoy!
Ball obeys rules of football physics! Fun but not easy!
MSFC 2 - 8 BMC
Mohamad, Harmoney
MSFC 4 - 4 BMC
Soon, Harmoney, Sepol, Haz
MSFC 2 - 3 BMC
Sepol, Yasmi
Mohamad, Harmoney
MSFC 4 - 4 BMC
Soon, Harmoney, Sepol, Haz
MSFC 2 - 3 BMC
Sepol, Yasmi
Squad: Khalid, Mohamad, Yasir, Soon, Sepol, Zamri Z, Haz, Harmoney, Syarul,Yasmi
Assists: Yasir, Soon (2), Haz
New signing Harmoney recently had a winning goal disallowed by an invisible linesman. Imaginary replays clearly show the ball crossing the line.
Could this be part of some larger conspiracy?
Brunei DPMM FC's undefeated home record ended last weekend thanks to some dodgy decisions by the referee who sent off three defenders just before half-time. Rene Kumar has branded the referee a 'disgrace and a thief' and many suspect this is part of a growing conspiracy against Brunei's representative in the S-league.
Click here for the full story from Brunei Times
Long term Metrostars target Xabi Alonso reportedly handed in a transfer request over the weekend to boss Rafa Benitez. However, the Mumong club have ruled themselves out of a move for the Spaniard.
"Alonso is not in our plans," said a club spokesman. "While he is a great player, we simply do not have any more extra shirts available."
Soon, Yasir and Syarul all fined by the clubYasir and Soon have been fined 3 weeks wages for refusing to be substituted against the UK Galaxy.
Meanwhile, defender Syarul has been fined 2 weeks wages for forgetting his kit at the last game.
