The Matchday Affairs Story
Whats up guys!
I'm Mirza Salim, the founder of Matchday Affairs.
Until a few years ago, I had never dreamt of setting up Matchday Affairs.
See...I was born with a brain condition call Arterious Veins Malformation (AVM) that heavily affects my growing up years.
As a result, the AVM causes me to be paralysed twice in my life and I had to undergo 5 brain surgeries in the last 20 years to remove the AVM.
But I keep telling myself to never give up and keep fighting on against all odds because at the end of the storm, there's always a golden sky lurking.
True enough, by the grace of God, miraculously I started to recover after my 5th brain surgery in mid 2014 and everything around me started to change for the better.
I'm Mirza Salim, the founder of Matchday Affairs.
Until a few years ago, I had never dreamt of setting up Matchday Affairs.
See...I was born with a brain condition call Arterious Veins Malformation (AVM) that heavily affects my growing up years.
As a result, the AVM causes me to be paralysed twice in my life and I had to undergo 5 brain surgeries in the last 20 years to remove the AVM.
But I keep telling myself to never give up and keep fighting on against all odds because at the end of the storm, there's always a golden sky lurking.
True enough, by the grace of God, miraculously I started to recover after my 5th brain surgery in mid 2014 and everything around me started to change for the better.
|
|
Being a Liverpool fan, I always dream of going to Anfield to catch Liverpool play once I got better.
But, the problem was that I've no idea how to get the match tickets.
There are so many 3rd party websites that offers match tickets but none can really guarantee that I will get the match tickets.
Are they reliable sellers?
Buying a high ticket item from someone I don't know was definitely a cause for concern.
How am I to know that the sellers can be trusted to deliver the match tickets?
Imagine not receiving the match tickets after travelling to Anfield all the way from Singapore?
Now that was the major concern that I had...
But, the problem was that I've no idea how to get the match tickets.
There are so many 3rd party websites that offers match tickets but none can really guarantee that I will get the match tickets.
Are they reliable sellers?
Buying a high ticket item from someone I don't know was definitely a cause for concern.
How am I to know that the sellers can be trusted to deliver the match tickets?
Imagine not receiving the match tickets after travelling to Anfield all the way from Singapore?
Now that was the major concern that I had...
|
|
Then, in January 2016, I was at the crossroads in my life having just recovered from my brain surgery.
I decided to leave my stable job as a draftsperson of 10 years and start working for my in-laws at Qu'ins Travel & Tours.
One day I chanced upon an email at work; there was to be a travel convention in Singapore for travel professionals and interestingly, one of the participating partner happens to offer football match tickets in their service offerings.
I took the opportunity to connect with them and bought a package from them.
I then went on the trip to Anfield with my wife!
It was a dream come true moment for me to experience Liverpool play in the flesh!
It was an amazing and memorable experience, one I will not forget for the rest of of my life.
Especially when the crowds sang You Never Walk Alone in one voice, it was spine tingling and instantly I felt goosebumps all over me!
I decided to leave my stable job as a draftsperson of 10 years and start working for my in-laws at Qu'ins Travel & Tours.
One day I chanced upon an email at work; there was to be a travel convention in Singapore for travel professionals and interestingly, one of the participating partner happens to offer football match tickets in their service offerings.
I took the opportunity to connect with them and bought a package from them.
I then went on the trip to Anfield with my wife!
It was a dream come true moment for me to experience Liverpool play in the flesh!
It was an amazing and memorable experience, one I will not forget for the rest of of my life.
Especially when the crowds sang You Never Walk Alone in one voice, it was spine tingling and instantly I felt goosebumps all over me!
|
|
It was then that my wife suggested to me something totally unexpected.
She told me that since I'm already in the travel industry and there are a lot of fans who were facing the same problem, it would be great if I can help the other fans realised their dreams, just the way I did!
So in a nutshell, that was how and why Matchday Affairs was born.
Basically, we are a platform to help football fans who wants their dream to be finally realised and want to have an experience of a lifetime, just like me.
Over the years, we are very blessed that we can be of benefit to many football fans, helping to make their dreams come true.
Speak soon
Yours Sincerely,
Mirza Salim
Director of Matchday Affairs
She told me that since I'm already in the travel industry and there are a lot of fans who were facing the same problem, it would be great if I can help the other fans realised their dreams, just the way I did!
So in a nutshell, that was how and why Matchday Affairs was born.
Basically, we are a platform to help football fans who wants their dream to be finally realised and want to have an experience of a lifetime, just like me.
Over the years, we are very blessed that we can be of benefit to many football fans, helping to make their dreams come true.
Speak soon
Yours Sincerely,
Mirza Salim
Director of Matchday Affairs
Matchday Affairs Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of Qu'ins Travel & Tours Pte Ltd.
We are born out of the growing demands of sports travel in Singapore especially the English Premier League which has a massive following globally.
Qu'ins Travel & Tours Pte Ltd is a registered travel agency with the Singapore Tourism Board [STB] TA01372.
We have been in the travel industry for more than 20 years and we have built an established relationships with various travel partners around the world.
We are born out of the growing demands of sports travel in Singapore especially the English Premier League which has a massive following globally.
Qu'ins Travel & Tours Pte Ltd is a registered travel agency with the Singapore Tourism Board [STB] TA01372.
We have been in the travel industry for more than 20 years and we have built an established relationships with various travel partners around the world.
