AFC Cup - Most popular for January 2010
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The SLeague begins in about 12 days time, no fixture list yet, so I thought I'd scour some of the
teams websites and find out just what they are doing to entice supporters.
Albirex Niigata have one of the better sites and club shops in the SLeague if somewhat overpriced.
Adults can purchase season tickets at a cost of $40 (all prices in Singapore dollars obviously)
which is pretty good value when you consider match tickets cost $6 a game (all prices for adults).
In December, I posted an article (taken from Siam Sport) about a 4 team tournament at PAT Stadium
involving Thai Port, TTM Phichit, Osotspa Saraburi and Home United supposedly starting on January
5th. Since then, there has been no confirmation from Thai Port, and my contacts in Bangkok don't
seem to know anything about it either.
Geylang United look forward to an AFC Cup campaign this season when they are drawn against Tai Po
from Hong Kong, Thai Port and someone else.
The Eagles have been busy close season bringing in new recruits, among them Romanian Vasile
Ghindaru. Also added to the ranks is Slovak Peter Tomko and former Home United player Itimi Dickson
who of course has experience of playing in Hong Kong.
A noticeable feature of Thai Port's first 5 pre-season fixtures has been the absence of all our
foreign players. Presumably they were given extra time off at the end of a hard season, to go home
for an extended holiday.
With the start of the 2010 season only 2 months away, a couple of the foreign contingent are back
in training with the club.
The Asian Football Confederation have released the official fixtures for the 2010 AFC Cup. Thai
Port are in Group H alongside Woofoo Tai Po (HK), and Geylang United (Sin). There is still one
place left open in the group, that will be filled by either Sriwijaya (Indo), or SHB Da Nang (Vie)
depending on which teams lose in the Asian Champions League qualifying stage.
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Indeed, SAFFC shown why they are dead serious about making to the lucrative Asian Champions League
(ACL) group stages, by bulldozed the woes-besieged Sriwijaya 3-0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
While there are some gelling works to be done in the Warriors camp, what their opponents in the S.
