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Monday, February 21, 2011

Malaysia 1985 Merdeka Cup kits

Once tournament kits for Malaysia national team during the Merdeka Tournament 1985 (Malaysia). The kits are manufactured by Adidas, it was simple in style with just a touch of continental flair. A simple v-neck and a black three-stripe design both featured on this all yellow strip. The shirt introduce broad black horizontal chestband panels on front. The shirt is complemented by yellow shorts with three red stripes on each side and socks. The adidas logo had no fixed abode on all adidas shorts of the era, and was sometimes featured on the right leg and sometimes on the left.

On Merdeka Tournament 1985, Malaysia were played in group A with Ghana youth [The Ghana team was known as the Black Meteors (a diminutive form of Black Stars, the nickname of the full national team); their average age was 19, Indonesia Youth [The Indonesian youth team was made up mostly of university and school students] and Swansea City (Wales) the club was invited late as a replacement for Iraq. Under the local coach, Malaysia manage to progress till Semifinals lost to South Korea Youth. South Korea's youth team was also described as their "Olympic" team, or as the "South Korea 88" team; it was a developmental teamof young players in preparation for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

The above graphic kits was worn by forward Khan Hung Meng.

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