Glory days: An image from 1981 of ‘best goalie in Asia’ Chow Chee Keong (in mid-air) training with a colleague.
EACH time I watch European professional football, it always rekindles memories of the 1960s, when the annual Merdeka Cup football tournament captured the attention of this nation.
The tournament began in 1957 to commemorate our nation’s independence, and I always looked forward every year to what was then considered to be Asia’s premier football tournament.
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