Not looked at the Newin Chidchob Appreciation Society League for a while. For good reason; it's a joke. The big news from there is apparently there have been no fixture changes for all of 27 minutes.
Tonight has champions and all round fantastically good eggs Buriram United playing Wuachon United.

Finding it very difficult to get excited about Thai football this season. All the naked politicking and name changes, usually related, can only do short term damage to the game up there.
Buriram United, who won the league when they were known as Buriram PEA and PEA, are unbeaten and sit top of the TPL.

Finally. After leaving Kelantan, Peter Butler has returned to another former club, Persiba Balikpapan. It had been rumoured for a few days, once Butler had gone public over concerns that the Kelantan management had over ruled him on team selection matters.
It was Butler's second spell with Kelantan and this will be his second spell with Persiba.

14,474 Buriram PEA
11,208 Muangthong
7,395 Sisaket
5,733 Bangkok Glass
5,728 Army Utd
5,369 Chonburi
3,557 Chiang Rai Utd
3,657 Osotspa Saraburi
3,638 Police Utd
3,171 Khon Kaen
2,875 Samut Songkhram
2,840 BEC Tero
2,832 Thai Port
2,285 Siam Navy
2,243 TTM Phichit
2,075 Sriracha
1,710 Pattaya
1,431 TOT
SOURCE - BKK Football Blog

Indonesia Super League
Persela v Sriwijaya 1-1 (Gery Setia; Rizki) 10,000Arema v Persiram 2-2
Divisi Utama (LI)
PSMP v Perssin 1-1
Thai FA Cup Quarter Finals
Loei City v Songkhla 0-4Muang Thong United v Sri Racha 4-0Buriram PEA v BEC Tero 2-0

The face of Thai football has changed immeasurably over the years and mostly it's for the better. I first moved to the country in the early 90s and while I would often read the results in the local paper and I often promised myself I would get to a game I never did.
In them times Thai Farmers' Bank were the best team, they won an Asian club competition and they even had a club shop in Siam Square selling shirts and pennants and so on.

Indonesia Super League
Persiba v Persela 0-0
Indonesia Premier League
Arema v PSMS 2-1 (Noh Alam Shah, TA Mushafri; Julio Cesaer Alscorse) 13,000
Officials boasting that 13,000 fans attended this game but last year there would likely have been double that crowd. The Arema team in the IPL is the same as the team that competed in the ISL last year, they just have different, more IPL-friendly, owners than the other ISL Arema.

Malaysia Cup
Kedah v Johor 3-3Perak v Sabah 2-1Terengganu v Sime Darby 1-0Negeri Sembilan v PKNS 0-2Kelantan v Sarawak 4-0Felda United v Johor FC 1-1Selangor v T Team 1-2KL v PDRM 0-0
Thai Premier League
Buriram PEA v Bangkok Glass 2-1Siam Navy v Pattaya United 1-2Army United v Osotspa 1-1Chiang Rai United v BEC Tero 1-3Sri Racha v Khon Kaen 4-1TOT v Thai Port 1-0Sisaket v Police United 1-1
1 - Buriram PEA 22 16 5 1 39-10 532 - Chonburi 22 13 6 3 43-19 453 - Muang Thong United 21 13 5 3 34-14 44
14 - Surayuth Chaikamdee (Bangkok Glass)13 - Leandro (Army United), Ronnachai Rangsiyo (BEC Tero)11 - Wasan Natasan (Chiang Rai United)
Thai League Cup
Muang Thong United v Chonburi 0-0

A Persiba fan website is suggesting Peter Butler is in pole position for a return to Persiba.
The former West Ham player has coached there previously of course before going on a one man ASEAN tour taking in Kelantan, Yangon United and BEC Tero.

12 - Surayut Chaikamdee (Bangkok Glass), Leandro (Army United)9 - Wasan Natasan (Chiang Rai United), Frank Ohandza (Buriram PEA), Ronnachai Rangsiyo (BEC Tero)
1 - Buriram PEA 17 13 3 1 38-8 422 - Chonburi 17 10 5 2 27-10 353 - Muang Thong United 17 10 4 3 32-19 34
Second half of season kicks off 30 July

It's not been the best of times for the British contingent in the Thai Premier League. Coach David Booth was sacked from Si Sa Ket. Peter Butler was sacked from BEC Tero. Bryan Robson and Steve Darby quit from their posts with the Thai national team. Scotsman Steven Robb went a couple of months without getting paid.

SLeague
8 - Aleksander Duric (Tampines Rovers)7 - Frederic Mendy (Home United), Mislav Karoglan (SAFFC)6 - Shotaro Ihata (Albirex Niigata)5 - Maxime Belouet (Etoile), Joordan Webb (Hougang United), Fazrul Nawaz (SAFFC)
Malaysia Super League
11 - Norshahrul Idlan Talaha (Kelanatan)9 - Abdul Hadi Yahaya (Terengganu)6 - Badhri Radzi (Kelantan), Ahmad Rakli (Perak), Ashaari Samsuddin (Terengganu)
Malaysia Premier League
7 - Khairul Akhyar (PKNS), Norizam Salaman (Johor), Fitri Omar (MP Muar), Khairul Izuan (PDRM), Bobby Gonzales (Sarawak)
Thai Premier League
6 - Leandro (Army United), Ronnachai Rangsyio (BEC Tero)5 - Wasan Natasan (Chiang Rai United), Sarayut Chaikamdee (Bangkok Glass)
Thai Division One
6 - Rewat Meerean (Raj Pracha), Pichet In Bang (Suphanburi)5 - Justine Uche (BB CU), Anusak Laosangthai (Air Force United)
Indonesia Super League
20 - Boas Solossa (Persipura)15 - Edward Wilson Junior (Semen Padang)14 - Kenji Adichihara (Bontang)11 - Aldo Baretto (Persiba), Bambang Pamungkas (Persija), Julio Lopez (Persisam)
Divisi Utama
31 - Fortune Udo (Persiba)26 - Osas Marvellous (PSAP)18 - Patrick Wanggai (Persidafon)16 - Christian Carasco (Persita), Franco Hita (Mitra Kukar)
Liga Primer Indonesia
12 - Fernando Soler (Real Mataram)11 - Juan Manuel Cortez (Batavia Union)10 - Emmanuel de Porras (Jakarta)9 - Samsul Arief (Persibo)

BEC Tero v Khon Kaen 3-1Chonburi v Chiang Rai United 1-0Sri Racha v Muang Thong United 0-0Samut Songkram v Bangkok Glass 1-1Siam Navy v Thai Port 0-0Army v Police 0-0Sisaket v Pattaya United 2-0TTM v Osotspa 1-2Buriram PEA v TOT 1-0
1 - Buriram PEA 10 8 2 0 16-2 262 - Chonburi 10 7 2 1 24-9 233 - BEC Tero 10 6 1 3 16-8 194 - Police United 10 5 4 1 10-6 19

TOT v Army United 1-0Pattaya United v Sri Racha 2-0Osotspa v Buriram PEA 0-3Bangkok Glass v Siam Navy 4-0Muang Thong United v Samut Songkram 2-0Chonburi v Sisaket 5-0Khon Kaen v Chiang Rai United 3-2Police v BEC Tero 1-0
1 - Buriram PEA 9 7 2 0 15-2 232 - Chonburi 9 6 2 1 23-9 203 - Police United 9 5 3 1 10-9 184 - Muang Thong United 9 5 2 2 13-8 17
6 - Leandro (Army United)5 - Ronnachai Rangsyio (BEC Tero), Wasan Natasan (Chiang Rai United), Sarayut Chaikamdee (Bangkok Glass)

Indonesia Super League
Persib v Bontang 3-0 (Herman Abanda, Christian Gonzales, Hilton Moreira) 22,187Sriwijaya v Persisam 3-1 (Ponaryo Astaman, Jajang Mulyana, Arif Suyono; Julio Lopez) 5,143Arema v Persija 2-1 (Roman Chmelo, Sunarto; Bambang Pamungas) 32,597Persijap v Persela 0-2 (Gustavo Lopez, Jaenal Ichwan) 6,100
1 - Persipura 20 13 5 2 51-16 442 - Semen Padang 19 9 8 2 29-19 353 - Arema 20 9 7 4 31-18 344 - Persija 20 10 4 6 31-20 34
20 - Boaz Solossa (Persipura)11 - Edward Wilson Junior (Semen Padang), Kenji Adichihara (Bontang)10 - Marcio Souza (Deltras)
Divisi Utama
PSCS v PSIM 2-0 (Julia Siagian, Reza Dini Saputra) 9,725Persikab v Persik 2-1 (Jean kamaga, Ebus Angel Cnuchukwu; Berta Yuana Putra) 6,673Pro Titan v PS Bengkulu 2-3 (Mario Costas, Ghozali Siregar; Peter Lipide, Oh Inkyun, Imam Faisal) 303PSLS v Persih 0-0 Persipro v Barito Putra 3-0 (I Putu Gede, Akmad Junaidi 2) 2,875
Liga Primer Indonesia
Tangerang Wolves v Cendrawasih Papua 2-0 (Wallace da Silva 2)Bandung v Bintang Medan 2-2 (Kim San Duk, Beni Kunkun; Gaston Salasiwa, Paharuddin)PSM v Semarang United 2-0 (M Rahmat, Marwan)Batavia Union v Aceh United 2-0 (og, Tantan)Bogor Raya v Bali Devata 2-0 (Ivan Bogado, Maulana)Persema v Real Mataram 5-2 (Reza Mustafa 2, Han Sen Min, Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan, Irfan Bachdim; Fernando Soler 2)Solo v Manado United 7-3 (Zarko Lazetic 3, David Micevski 2, Stevan Racic, Ricky Kristiadi; Eugene Dadi, Jefry M, Tommy)Persibo v Medan Chiefs 5-1 (Samsul Arif 3, Bagus Cahyono 2; Abdelhadi Laakkad)Persebaya 1927 v Jakarta 3-2 (Andrew Barisic, Rendi Irwan, Nico Susanto)
1 - Persema 12 9 2 1 29-11 292 - Persebaya 12 8 3 1 31-9 273 -Semarang United 12 8 0 4 14-11
Thai Premier League
Army United v BEC Tero 1-0Sriracha v Chonburi 1-2Samut Songkram v Pattaya United 0-1Siam Navy v Muang Thong United 0-3Chiang Rai United v Police United 1-2TOT v Osotspa 0-0TTM v Bangkok Glass 0-1Buriram PEA v Thai Port 1-0Si Sa Ket v Khon Kaen 2-0
1 - Buriram PEA 8 6 2 0 202 - Chonburi 8 5 2 1 173 - BEC Tero 8 5 1 2 16
Malaysia Super League
Kelantan v Felda United 6-0Selangor v T Team 0-2Terengganu v Harimau Muda A 3-1KL v Pahang 0-0Johor FC v Negeri Sembilan 0-0Sabah v Perak 2-1
1 - Kelantan 10 6 2 2 24-10 202 - Selangor 10 6 2 2 14-10 203 - Perak 10 5 4 1 10-5 19

Indonesia Super League
Pelita Jaya v Persijap 2-0 (Safee Sali, Joko Sasongko) 4,359
Divisi Utama
Persis v Persemalra 1-2 (Annas; Nawardan, Yamlean) 1,825Gresik United v Persik 2-1 () 19,500Persiba v Persidafon 3-1 (Ezequial Gonzales, Udo Fortune 2; Ernest Jeremiah) 5,000
Liga Primer Indonesia
Aceh United v Persema 1-0Medan Chiefs v Persebaya 1927 0-0Real Mataram v Solo Ksatria 1-1
1 - Persema 11 8 2 1 24-9 262 - Persebaya 11 7 3 1 28-7 243 - Semarang United 11 8 0 3 14-9 24
9 - Emmanuel de Porres (Jakarta)8 - Juan Manuel Cortez (Batavia Union)
SLeague
Geylang United v Tanjong Pagar 2-0 (Adrian Dhanaraj, Masrezwan Masturi) 1,168Woodlands Wellington v Tampines Rovers 1-3 (Sahairi Ramri; Seiji Kaneko, Aliff Shaffein, Aleksander Duric) 651
1 - Home United 7 5 2 0 20-3 172 - Tampines Rovers 7 5 2 0 17-6 173 - Etoile 7 5 1 1 12-4 164 - SAFFC 7 5 0 2 12-4 15
6 - Aleksander Duric (Tampines Rovers)5 - Maxime Belouet (EToile), Frederic Mendy (Home United), Mislav Karolgan (SAFFC)
Thai Premier League
TOT v Bangkok Glass 2-1Siam Navy v Chonburi 0-2Osotspa v Thai Port 1-3TTM Phichit v Pattaya United 1-1
1 - Buriram PEA 6 4 2 09-2 142 - Chonburi 6 4 1 1 14-6 133 - BEC Tero 6 4 1 1 10-4 13

Olympic Games Qualifier
Yemen v Singapore 2-0
Indonesia Super League
Bontang v Semen Padang 1-1 (Kenji Adichihara; Esteban) 2,350PSPS v Persiba 2-2 (Nguenheu, Shin Hyun Joon; Asri Akbar, Bahtiar) 16,025Sriwijaya v Persiwa 2-1
Liga Primer Indonesia
Bogor Raya v PSMMinangkabau v Tangerang Wolves Cendrawasih Papua v Persema 1-5Bali Devata v Batavia Union Aceh United v PersiboMedan Chiefs v Jakarta 2-1 (Shahril Ishak; De Porres)Real Mataram v Persebaya 1927 2-6Medan Bintang v Solo KsatriaManado United v Semarang United 0-2 (Fortes, Komang)
Malaysia FA Cup
Terengganu v Perak 3-1 (Terangganu win 5-4 on aggregate)Johor FC v Selangor 1-2 (Selangor 5-2 on agg)Felda United v Kelantan 0-3 (Kelantan 5-2 on agg)
Thai Premier League
Army United v Si Sa ket 1-1Sri Racha v Chiang Rai United 0-0Samut Songkram v BEC Tero 1-1TTM Phichit v Khon Kaen 2-1Thai Port v Bangkok Glass 1-1Siam Navy v Police UnitedBuriram PEA v ChonburiTOT v Pattaya UnitedOsotsapa v Muang Thong United

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then two time Thai Premier League champions Muang Thong United should be feeling dead chuffed. Because BEC Tero are looking to recapture past glory and the step is packing their underachieving squad with former Muang Thong players.
But first coach Peter Butler, formerly of SAFFC, Persiba, Kelantan and Yangon United, had a bloody great hole to fill.

Thai Port Under 19's had to settle for a 1-1 draw against BEC-Tero Under 19's in today's FA Youth Cup tie. The game was due to be played in Khlong Toei, but was switched to Tephasadin Stadium because the repaired and partially re-laid turf at PAT Stadium is not yet ready for use.
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