Ollerenshaw, who's been based in Asia since the early 1990s and was a favourite in the Malaysian League when foreign players were allowed in the competition, says the Borneo Cup ( www.borneofootballcup.com) is about forging closer links between Australian and Asian football at amateur and junior levels.

"Junior categories are coming together really well and at time of writing we have teams entered from Sydney, Brunei, Melbourne, China, Gold Coast, Singapore, Adelaide, Kuala Lumpur , Perth and of course Sabah making it a truly International Tournament," he told au.fourfourtwo.com.

Davidson is one of the few Australian players of Asian heritage to have made it into an Australian national team.

He was a legend at South Melbourne in the old NSL before being signed by Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest in the 1980s. He later played club football in Malaysia in the 1990s. His son Jason is currently in the national youth set up.

The Borneo Cup is popular with amateur teams and clubs wanting an end of season trip that combines travel and footy.

"Teams can get eight days, seven nights all inclusive from A$1299 to A$1699," says Ollerenshaw, who represented the Socceroos on 14 occasions in the late 1980s.

"We also provide land content and airfare combined for between A$2449 and A$2849. These prices cover everything with no extra money needing to be spent.

"Special guests of honours for this year will be former Socceroos Alan Davidson and Abbas Saad and AFC Director Coaching and Sydney Olympic star Gary Philips amongst others.

"And we have not forgotten the seniors, the Borneo Mens Open will be held on November 7 and 8 while the Borneo 7s (veterans) will be held from November 21 and 22."