In the 1950's, Perlis football team performance was worst because in all matches, it lost with a result 0-6 to the opponent. Every matches was held in Derma English School field or hospital field. The Perlis Football Association (PFA) only has white cloths to cover as a wall and only a small amount of fee being charge for entrance. Therefore, many spectators climb the trees in the field to watch the game for free. In 1968, Perlis with the great players has beaten Singapore in the final game of "Piala Emas Raja-Raja". The great players were Tok Chod, Jalaludin, Osman, Ali Osman, Megat, Idris Nor and others. They have brought Perlis into a golden era. This great team of players were multiracial team with the mixture of Malay, Chinese and Indian became the backbone of this team not only in action for "Piala Emas Raja-Raja" but also in Malaysia Cup.
Then, in 1960's, PFA was managed by Mr. Mansor Osman (known as Pak Chok Putih) and Tuan Aman Shah Khalid as an assistant. After that, it was taken over by today King of Perlis and Tuan Aman Shah Khalid still an assistant. At that time, under the management of today King of Perlis, the quality of Perlis team performance has increased. Perlis was no longer a punching bag team, but were feared by its opponents. It has a national level players such as Bakri Ibni, Saidin Osman, Osman Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Ali Osman, Tok Chod and other well known players. When there was a match between Perlis and Singapore in Singapore, the newspaper in Singapore gave a wide coverage as Perlis was a great team and they gave a title to the Perlis team known as "Northern Lion". This title stick to the Perlis team until today.
*this story credit to Tuan Aman Shah Khalid, Northern Lion Perlis Fan Club and Anuar Che Ahmad.
Perlis team during their golden era.
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