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It’s the nineties and the Premier League shines brightest in the night sky.

Having planted its seed in Malaysia long, long back, popularity on these shores wasn’t new to English football. But now, with the shiny, new edition of their domestic league, it was aiming to monopolise the airwaves across the continent, starting with the Malaysia.

Growing up as a football fan in the country would involve copious amounts of correspondence with the Keegans and the Fergusons. On the roads, the Liverbird or the United crest adorned more chests than you would suspect in a block of land a few thousand miles away from Anfield.