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11 or 12/2 v Myanmar (A)24/02 v Uzbekistan (H)TPL All Stars (Yuck) v Sunderland (H)
New TPL begins March 17 with a charity shield type thing on March 11 between Buriram PEA now to be
called Buriram United playing Chonburi for the King's trophy
Thailand lost to a South Korea team yesterday in the King's Cup. I have no idea which South Korea,
it certainly weren't the first team and they didn't even include the Arsenal striker Park, but
anyone the Thais played them and got beat 3-1.
Coach Winnie Schaefer after the game said the Thai team weren't very fit.
Thai international striker Sarayoot Chaikamdee is reportedly joining Army United. The former Thai
Port player spent last season with Bangkok Glass where he scored 15 goals during the 2011 TPL.
Where that leaves Army striker Leandro is unclear. The Brazilian hit 18 goals last season for the
team nicknamed The Gentlemen!
This report is from East African based blogger/coach Tom Legg ( @tomlegg on twitter) who writes
over at Eastern Promise. If you're on twitter you noticed a few retweets that showed that he
followed the tourney. He and I have also talked over email a bit about Mrisho Ngassa, Tanzanian
league play and Seattle's ambitions over there.
Indonesia Premier League
PSMS v Persebaya 1-2Persiraja v Persija (!) 3-3
Other games were scheduled but never happened. Arema flew all the way to Papua to play
Persipura...but last year's champions had already withdrawn from the league and were playing n the
Inter Island Cup. Who the hell allowed them to fly when they had no opponent?
Mrisho Ngassa (Winger) - Became one of the TPL's most expensive players of all
time when he moved from Yanga to Azam FC. A speedy winger with a low centre of gravity who can
operate on either flank, a surprisingly good deliverer of the ball, but can struggle with his
decision making.
As I intimated Persipura will not be entering the 2012 AFC Champions League. At least
automatically. The AFC are obviously so unimpressed by the internal dicking around in Indonesian
football that the automatic spot has been given to Buriram PEA from the Thai Premier League.
Assuming of course they win the TPL!
The Thai Premier League 2011, which kicked off in February will now end on 7th January. The fixture
list has been changed so many times it's hardly been worthy of mention. What would be worthy of a
mention would be a fixture list in the region not being changed on a whim and a prayer or, whisper
it, at the behest of certain clubs.
Tweet courtesy of "@LigaSingapura"
Undoubtedly, the most successful coach in Tampines Rovers Football Club since the inception of the
S.League in 1996 - Vorawan Chitavanich had stepped down as the club's Technical Director and
decided to head home to Thailand.
The timing of his departure could not have come to a rather bumpy timing when the Stags are facing
sticky patches of late after ACL injuries to star players such as 'keeper Hassan Sunny and defender
Park Yo Seb that effectively rule them out of the rest of the campaign.
With the TPL long destined for Buriram PEA time to look at the relegation struggle in Thailand.
Good news for Thai Port fans as back to back home wins have seen them climb away from the drop
zone. I wonder if the six goals in those two games were linked by any chance to salaries getting
paid? But they won't be breathing any easier there because a record of five wins, five draws and
five defeats with 16 goals scored and conceded by look a mathematician's wet dream but coach Sasom,
whether he stays or leaves, won't be fooled.
The first year I started writing about Thai Premier League was back in 2008 and I recall mocking
endlessly the lack of goals in that now unrecognisable league.
There were 16 teams in the league that year, the TPL was won by PEA (before they moved to Buriram)
with Chonburi finishing second.
Just three teams scored more than 40 goals in that year (BEC Tero 50, Krung Thai Bank & Chula
Sinthana 47) while eight teams averaged a goal or less per game.
I have a soft spot for Thai Port, mainly because I lived just round the corner from them for many
years in my Bangkok days. Football has been kind to them recent years winning the FA Cup in 2009
and the League Cup in 2010.
The start of 2011 saw a new investor talking big money but negotiations are still on going with
players not having been paid for a while now.
I think I'm gonna drop the Thai Premier League from my list of games to see this season. It's so
obvious Buriram PEA will win the title and don't be surprised if Buriram get promoted either. They
sit 6th after their opening four games but crucially remain unbeaten.
Back in 2009 it looked like the TPL was on course to become the major league in the region but the
nefarious influence of certain individuals, plus your run of the mill incompetence, means that 2010
was, at least in my feeble opinion, a bit of a let down, though I may have had a different view had
Bangkok Glass managed to show consistency.
When the reigning TPL champions Muangthong United make their return to the Jalan Besar Stadium
tomorrow to take Tampines Rovers, I expect it would be a fiery AFC Cup showdown.
After all, when the "Twin Qilins" were here last February, they were crushed out of a chance to
make it to the continent's biggest club tournament - Asian Champions League (ACL) proper, following
their loss to the Singapore's SAFFC on penalties.
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.
Thailand has many attractions. For example there are many, many temple. Oh and don't forget the
Thai people. They are very friendly and they always smile alot to help foreigners to their
country.
This first paragraph is (C) Thailand Lonely Planet and I take no responsibility for any errors in
the paragraph or any misunderstandings that may arise.
Phnom Penh Crown and Cambodian national team striker Khim Borey has joined Thai Premier League side
Si Sa Ket ahead of the TPL kicking off in 10 days side.
Khim, perhaps one of the biggest Khmer names in the CLeague will come under the watchful eye for
former Lao national team coach David Booth.
Thai Port have released a statement written by Pichet Mankong (pictured below). It confirms that he
has resigned from his post as CEO in order to help the club secure it's TPL future. He will be
replaced by Police General Pratheep Tanprasert. The pair will meet with TPL & FA executives at the
Radisson Hotel on Monday afternoon to clarify the clubs position.
Click here to see some photos by คิงส์ เควิน of Thai Port's presence at the
Thai Football Expo & Awards 2011. The public event took place over two days (Jan 14th & 15th) at
Central World in Bangkok, giving all the TPL teams the chance to promote themselves and sell some
merchandise.
