Rhinos Online - 1997 campaign

Malaysia Premier League 1997

1996 roll of honour

League Cup: Sabah

Golden Boot: Scott Ollerenshaw (22 goals); 2nd year in a row

Fact: Scoring 97 goals in 3 seasons with Sabah, he is the greatest goalscoring machine the league has ever seen. In fact, his first season with Sabah is the most successful: 36 goals but STILL missed out on the Boot.

FA Cup: Kedah

Fairplay: Sarawak

Sabah Premier League Team 1997

KHAIRUL AZMAN MOHAMED, 28

AUSTIN OROU, 25

VESELIN KOVACEVIC, 29

JAININ TININ

BURHAN AJUI, 23

GAPOR MOHAMAD, 23

JELIUS ATING, 23

DUNIAN SULOG

JEKERISON KILAN, 26

BOBBY CHUA, 28

ONG KIM SWEE

YAP WAI LOON

ABDULLAH AWANG ADI, 31

MILOMIR SESLIJA

Madzalan Emoi

Henry Soimpon

SCOTT OLLERENSHAW, 28

HARUN LABAN, 28

MOHD JAYA KASSIM, 20

SUHARMIN YUSUF, 23

Kofi Ayew Mafarah, 17 [on loan for 2 months]

Coach: Ronald Smith

Assistant: Justin Ganai

Manager: Anifah Aman

Headlines
5/4 Charity Shield. Selangor 2-0 Kedah.

Matches
6/4 4-2 Melaka (H) Abdullah Adi (2), Kovacevic, Jaya. Ollerenshaw out with elbow injury in 22nd. Will be out of action for 6 weeks.
12/4 0-2 NS (A). 1st round of FA Cup. NS has the entire national defence. We conceded the 2nd goal in our haste to find the equaliser, despite dominating 2nd half.
15/4 2-0 Johor (A). Jaya (47), Kovacevic (59) (pen). Bounced back with this fine win.
20/4 5-0 Terengganu (H). We destroyed them, again... A top of the table clash which ended up a one-sided affair. Mohd Jaya Kassim, m-30, Jekerison Kilan, m-36, 72 [one of them a nice long range shot], Seslija Milomir, m-55, Suharmin Yusof, m-78
23/4 1-1 NS (H). We are out of the FA Cup. Lost 1-3 on aggregate.
26/4 2-0 Perak (H). Jaya, Abdullah Adi.
29/4 1-3 Brunei (H). The killer schedule finally got the better of us.
3/5 0-0 Penang (A). Kofi's first match.
10/5 1-0 Kelantan (H). Suharmin (77th)
17/5 1-1 Pahang (A). Suharmin (67th)
20/5 2-1 Sarawak (H). We lived dangerously. 2 late strikes saved us from more blushes. Suharmin (80th) again the saviour. Abdullah Awang Adi (87th) netted the winner with a long range shot.
24/5 2-0 Selangor (H). YESSSS. Revenge is indeed sweet. Suharmin (42nd), Abdullah Adi (90th).
31/5 2-0 Kedah (H). Milomir (4th), Scott (79th). What a comeback by Scottie: a superb goal after only 5 minutes on the field, replacing Suharmin. And Khairul saved yet another penalty.
4/6 0-0 K.L. (A)
7/6 2-1 Perlis (H). Scott scored both goals in his first full match since recovering from injury
10/6 1-2 N Sembilan (A). First half was a cautious affair with NS creating more chances. NS scored first in 50th but our relentless attacks after that brought in the equaliser through Scott (67th). Jose Iriarte killed us 2 minutes from time.

Second Round
12/7 1-0 N Sembilan (H). Sweet revenge. Ollie did the damage.
15/7 2-2 Melaka (A). Ollie & Suharmin.
19/7 2-1 Johor (H). Jelius & Ollie (81st).
26/7 3-0 Terengganu (A). Ollie(2), Suharmin. Ollie at 9 goals. We want more! Sabah 8 points clear at the top.
29/7 1-1 Perak (A). Jelius Ating (11th).
2/8 2-1 Brunei (A). Milo, Ollie.
9/8 1-0 Penang (H). Abdullah Awang Adi (90th).
16/8 2-2 Kelantan (A). Gapor Mohd, Ollie. Khairul saved a penalty.
23/8 1-2 Pahang (H). Pahang killed us 5 minutes from time. Still managed to hold on to pole position ahead of Sarawak (goal difference).
26/8 0-2 Sarawak (A). Top of the table clash. Again a tale of missed chances. We lost the pole position to Sarawak.
30/8 0-1 Selangor (A). Ronnie, time to push that panic button.
Didn't get the last 3 matches' results (too depressed).
6/9 v Kedah (A)
9/9 v KL (H)
13/9 v Perlis (A)

Table

League position P W D L F A Pts

3 28 14 7 7 40+ 22+ 49

League position	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
3	28	14	7	7	40+	22+	49

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