In 2004, where Malaysian football introduced with Malaysia Super League, Al-Hafiz became a second choice goalkeeper behind Megat Amir Faisal after Mirandinha brought him into the senior squad.
Shafizan a.k.a. "Pelam" has been promoted to the Kedah premier team by Mirandinha starting from 2004 after he spent his football talent with another most success football club in Kedah, Kedah JKR; a club of Public Works Department Malaysia for a couple years.
A battling 2–2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur seemed to have been the start for McFaul, but no wins in the next four matches saw his Newcastle side under severe pressure, but they pulled off a great win at champions Liverpool 2–1 with Mirandinha and Hendrie scoring.
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McFaul signed Brazil's flamboyant striker Mirandinha to replace Beardsley, and with Wimbledon winger Glyn Hodges coming in as well as Irish teenager Michael O'Neill, Newcastle had their best season under McFaul finishing eighth, with Gascoigne taking all the plaudits winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
Mirandinha scored the lone Rowdies goal in the 3–1 Soccer Bowl '78 loss.