Asian fans prepare Manchester showdown. To watch Liverpool beat Everton in the 1986 FA Cup final on a 100-inch screen at Singapore’s Hyatt Hotel, hundreds of fans paid £60 in today’s money, tempted by pizza, hot dogs and beer. , the presence of Manchester United players.
The Red Devils arrived at Changi Airport a few days ago for a friendly match to be welcomed by over 300 fans at the airport, with Frank Stapleton making a particularly big draw. Barcelona-bound Mark Hughes was also popular and trotted out the old “I knew we had a following here but not to this extent,” line. Kevin Moran, talking about jet-lag and the need for sleep amid questions about his sending off in last year’s FA Cup final, may not have made for a viewing party but a good time was had by all, especially the Liverpool fans. Hyatt and elsewhere in the city.
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“In the eighties, FA Cup final night was a special night in Singapore, and people met friends, drank beer and watched the big game,” says Gerard Chin. “It felt like an opportunity at the time but now there are so many games to watch that it’s not the same anymore, especially for younger fans.”
Before the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965, it used to participate in the Malaya Cup and occasionally after. It is the oldest and largest domestic knockout tournament in Asia. The English version was also a big deal. In the 1940s and 50s the finals were broadcast on radio and, later, on television. This Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, Georgetown and elsewhere, there will still be fans sitting outside in bars and restaurants to watch Manchester United play Manchester City.
“The FA Cup is still widely admired in Malaysia,” says Haresh Deol, co-founder of Kuala Lumpur-based news agency Twenty213. “But we have to understand that in today’s sports landscape the interest in particular competitions is not as intense as it is spoiled for choice.” If the FA Cup still has some hold in some Southeast Asian hotbeds, it was different for countries further east from Wembley such as South Korea, China and Japan. Asian fans prepare Manchester showdown
I remember watching the cup final in Korea for the first time in 2005 and, it’s safe to say, not many in the Seoul bar were interested in the goalless draw between Manchester United and Arsenal that was eventually settled by Patrick Vieira in a penalty shootout. . After signing Park Ji-sung, football fans in Korea – where Premier League matches were shown only intermittently – were forced to watch every Manchester United game for the next seven years, regardless of the opposition and other available games.