Midweek Fixtures - 3rd Sept

Midweek Fixtures

Premier League - Week 24 (3rd September)

Samut Songkhram - BEC Tero Sasana
Customs Department - Nakhon Pathom
Chula-Sinthana - Coke Bangpra
TOT - Osotspa M-150
Port Authority - Krung Thai Bank
Chonburi FC - Tobacco Monopoly
Bangkok Bank - PEA
Bangkok University - Royal Thai Army

I'm predicting that this mid-week round will see the title challenge of BEC come to an end with a shuddering loss to Samut. Customs Dept will feel like they shouldn't have turned up, once again!

Chula will probably smack in 4 or 5 or maybe even another 6 at home to Coke-Bangpra.

You would expect wins for Chonburi and PEA, but the way the league has gone, i wouldn't be surprised if Chonburi draw, feel sorry for themselves and then be happy after PEA surprisingly loose, wouldn't surprise me anyway.

With the recent Royal Thai Police, Air Force and Navy games called off at the weekend, it wouldn't surprise me if the Royal Thai Army game result never appears and the game never being played.

Heres to midweek!

I apologise that i will not be able to bring you the results straight away, as i will be working on Wednesday and Thursday, bloody good planning eh?

Prachinburi - Group A Champions

Prachinburi claimed the 2nd Division Group A championship today, and in style they did it, beating Cha Choeng Sao 3-0.

Prachinburi have been up there for the majorty of the season, so their can't really be any complaints. Hopefully, they can make the step up next year and sustain their position in the First Division, or maybe even win back to back promotions, just like Mueang NongJork United look like doing.

Prachinburi will be joined by either Songkhla or Narathiwat, both from the deep south, so no one will really enjoy taking the long journey's down their to compete.

Both sides are level on points. So its all to play for next weekend. Stay tuned to see who makes the grade

Results - 31st August

Division One - Week 25

Chanthaburi 3 - 2 Suphan Buri
Rattana Bundit FC 3 - 0 Thai-Honda
Royal Thai Air force P-P Royal Thai Navy FC
Sriracha FC 2 - 0 Surat Thani
Raj-Vithi FC 1 - 0 Nakhon Sawan
Phitsanulok 0 - 0 Thai Airways
Khon Kaen 1 - 1 Mueang Thong NongJork United
Royal Thai Police P-P PTT

Division 2 - Group A - Week 21

Songkhla 0 - 0 Raj Pracha FC
Cha Choeng Sao FC 0 - 3 Prachinburi FC
Sakon Nakhon 0 - 3 Samut Prakarn
Nakhon Ratchasima 1 - 1 Chiang Mai
Narathiwat 1 - 0 Satun FC

Division 2 - Group B - Week 21

Lopburi 0 - 2 Kasem Bundit U.



Prachinburi promoted as champions today from Group A of Division 2. In the First Division, a couple of games were called off due to the current political situation.

Well done Prachinburi, they will be followed next week, by either one of the deep south sides, Narathiwat or Songkhla

Army Welfair Department - Division 2 Champs!!

Congratulations to the Army Welfair side for claiming the 2nd Division Group B Championship today, and they did it in style by beating the only other team that could have possibly won the championship at this stage in Si Saket.

Si Saket now have to pull themselves together and beat bottom side Bangkok Bravo or at least claim a point to come runners up and promotion to the First Division. Bangkok Christian College are the only side who can catch them.

As for the Army Welfair side, promotion to Division One, they have been the side to beat all season, they claimed top spot in week 13 and have not been dethroned since, well to be honest they were only taken off top spot in week 12 when they had no game. Well done to the boys, they stuck to the task and look like playing the Royal Thai Army next season in what must be a big brither / little brother matchup.

Results - 30th August

Premier League - Week 23

PEA 0 - 0 Chonburi FC
Tobacco Monopoly 2 - 3 Port Authority
Krung Thai Bank 2 - 0 Bangkok University
Osotspa M-150 2 - 0 Bangkok Bank
Nakhon Pathom 2 - 1 Chula-Sinthana
Royal Thai Army 1 - 2 Samut Songkhram
Coke Bangpra 2 - 1 TOT
BEC Tero Sasana 2 - 0 Customs Department

Division 2 - Group B - Week 21

Bangkok Bravo 1 - 4 Bangkok Christian College
Si Saket FC 0 - 1 Army Welfair Support FC
Air Force Training College 1 - 2 Thonburi College
Bangkok North Central ASSN FC 3 - 1 Navy Fleet Support


Well done to Army Welfair Support who have won the 2nd Division Group B championship

Title still wide open in the Premier league after today's top of the table draw, BEC will be happy in pulling 2 points back on their rivals.

Port Authority won the big relegation clash to pull them 3 points closer to safety, but games are running out.

The Premier League will be back on Wednesday, but i apologise in advance as I will not be able to post any results straight away as I will be busy working away this week.

Weekend Fixtures - 30/31 Augsut

Fixtures 30th August

Premier League - Week 23

PEA - Chonburi FC
Tobacco Monopoly - Port Authority
Krung Thai Bank - Bangkok University
Osotspa M-150 - Bangkok Bank
Nakhon Pathom - Chula-Sinthana
Royal Thai Army - Samut Songkhram
Coke Bangpra - TOT
BEC Tero Sasana - Customs Department

Division 2 - Group B - Week 21

Lopburi - Kasem Bundit U.
Bangkok Bravo - Christian Coll.
Si Sa Ket - Army Welfare
Air Force TC - Thonburi Coll.
North Central - Fleet Support
Marine Coll. bye

31st August

Division One - Week 25

Chanthaburi - Suphan Buri
Rattana Bundit FC - Thai-Honda
Royal Thai Air force - Royal Thai Navy FC
Sriracha FC - Surat Thani
Raj-Vithi FC - Nakhon Sawan
Phitsanulok - Thai Airways
Khon Kaen - Mueang Thong NongJork United
Royal Thai Police - PTT

Division 2 - Group A - Week 21

Songkhla - Rajpracha
Chachoengsao - Prachinburi
Sakon Nakhon - Samut Prakan
Nakhon Ratchasima - Chiang Mai
Narathiwat - Satun
Ratchaburi bye

AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 Schedule

Group A -

Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, 2nd Qualifier

Group B -

Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, 1st Qualifier


Fixtures

05/12 - Singapore v Q2
05/12 - Indonesia v Myanmar
06/12 - Malaysia v QI
06/12 - Thailand v Vietnam
07/12 - Singapore v Myanmar
07/12 - Indonesia v Q2
08/12 - Vietnam v Malaysia
08/12 - Thailand v Q1
09/12 - Myanmar v Q2
09/12 - Indonesia v Singapore
10/12 - Vietnam v Q1
10/12 - Thailand v Malaysia

16/12 - Runners Up A v Winner B
17/12 - Winner A v Runners Up B

20/12 - Winner B v Runners Up A
21/12 - Runners Up B v Winner A

24/12 - Final 1st Leg
28/12 - Final 2nd Leg

Saudi Stinker!!

What another bloody stinker this was.

Not the fact that our Under 20's were defeated by the Saudi Arabia youngsters on 25th August. But the fact that FAT couldn't be arsed to tell anybody the game was taking part.


When will they learn!! Release a statement, promote the game, lets have some pride in our boys.

Of course, it's not just FAT, but the media in general, The Bangkok Post, The Nation, why can't you promote your nation! Stop promoting Man City and Liverpool and get some grip on the domestic game and our youth, our next stars!

What another stinker!!

How come, it takes an Englishman, many many miles away, to release the story???

Today's Results - 24th August

Premier League - Week 22

Samut Songkhram 2 - 1 Customs Department

Division 1 - Week 24

Royal Thai Police FC 2 - 0 Royal Thai Air Force FC
Royal Thai Navy FC 1 - 1 Rattana Bundit FC
Thai Honda FC 2 - 3 Chanthaburi FC
Suphanburi FC 1 - 0 Khonkaen FC
Mueang Thong NongJork United 6 - 1 Phitsanulok FC
Thai Airways 1 - 2 Raj-Vithi FC
PTT FC 0 - 0 Surat Thani FC

Division 2 - Group B (Week 20)

Army Welfair Support FC 1 - 0 Air Force Training College

Division 2 - Group A (Week 20)

Chiang Mai 1 - 2 Narathiwat
Samut Prakarn 2 - 1 Nakhon Ratchasima
Prachinburi FC 4 - 1 Sakon Nakhon
Ratchaburi 3 - 1 Cha Choeng Sao FC
Satun FC 2 - 1 Songkhla


Congratulations goes to the Army Welfair squad who have gained promotion to the 1st Division. Now they just have to try and clinch the championship which is a close affair with Si Saket.

2nd Division Group A is certainly hotting up, it looks like Prachinburi have secured their slot, but Songkhla slipped up against Satun who recorded their 2nd win of the season and their 2nd win in a row.

TPL Statistics

Following on from this weekends results, the following has happened in the all time league table:

• Bangkok University overtook BMA / Rattana Bundit and moved upto 12th position with 174 points.
• Bangkok Bank now need 3 wins to reach that magical 100 and 2 draws to reach 100 aswell
• TOT FC reached the 300 goal mark

Todays Results - 23rd August

Premier League (Week 22)

Bangkok Bank 0 - 0 Coke Bangpra
TOT 3 - 2 Nakhon Pathom
Royal Thai Army 0 - 2 Krung Thai Bank
Chonburi FC 1 - 1 Osotspa M-150
Port Authority 0 - 2 PEA
Bangkok University 1 - 0 Tobacco Monopoly
Chula-Sinthana 6 - 2 BEC Tero Sasana

2nd Division - Group B (Week 20)

Thonburi College 0 - 0 Bangkok North Central ASSN FC
Bangkok Christian College 1 - 1 Si Saket FC
Marine College FC 1 - 0 Bangkok Bravo
Navy Fleet Support 0 - 0 Lopburi



Druryfire Comment

An astounding result at Chula today, which has surely brought down the final curtain on BEC's chances of winning the championship. They now fall 8 points behind leaders PEA who extended their lead after they beat Port Authority and Chonburi once again drew, but this was probably expected against Osotspa who are not pushovers. Chula certainly know where the net is, if only they started better this year, then they would be up their against the big boys of the division.

KTB finally got back to winning ways, beating the Army. There are not really any other highlights, as everything else went to plan.

Looks like we have a three horse race for the title, before i said PEA, Chonburi and BEC, but you can take BEC out now and replace them with TOT.

In the second division, not to many goals, but Si saket went top, at least for a day, and all but secured promotion to the 1st division.

Tomorrow, the Army Welfare support team have the chance to go one better and achieve promotion, the first side in Thailand to do it this year, will the pressure mount?

Weekend Fixtures - 23/24th August

23rd August

Premier League - Week 22

Bangkok Bank - Coke Bangpra
TOT - Nakhon Pathom
Royal Thai Army - Krung Thai Bank
Chonburi FC - Osotspa M-150
Port Authority - PEA
Bangkok University - Tobacco Monopoly
Chula-Sinthana - BEC Tero Sasana

2nd Division - Group B - Week 20

Thonburi Coll. - BKK North Central
Christian Coll. - Si Sa Ket
Marine Coll. - Bangkok Bravo
Navy Fleet Support - Lopburi


24th August

Premier League - Week 22


Samut Songkhram - Customs Department

1st Division - Week 24

185 Royal Thai Police FC - Royal Thai Air Force FC
186 Royal Thai Navy FC - Rattana Bundit FC
187 Thai Honda FC - Chanthaburi FC
188 Suphanburi FC - Khonkaen FC
189 Mueang Thong NongJork United - Phitsanulok FC
190 Thai Airways - Raj-Vithi FC
191 Nakorn Sawan FC - Sriracha FC
192 PTT FC - Surat Thani FC

2nd Division - Group A - Week 20

Chiang Mai - Narathiwat
Samut Prakan - Nakhon Ratchasima
Prachinburi - Sakon Nakhon
Ratchaburi - Chachoengsao
Satun - Songkhla

2nd Division - Group B - Week 20

Army Welfare - Air Force TC

Binh Du'ong lie in waiting

The winner of this years Premier League now know who they will face in the re-vamped Champions League for 2009.

V-League champions Binh Du'ong, who have won the V-League for the last 2 years. They have recently been crowned champions in Vietnam.

The one off game will take place on 29th Feb according to Wikipedia, (but i guess that date is incorrect, due to it not being a leap year!).

The winners will go on to face either an S League side or the winners / runners up of the AFC Cup 2008 for a place in the Group Stage of the Champions League.

ASEAN Championship for Women

Thank's to Jonny for bringing this to my attention on the BigSoccer forum



Asean Championship for Women In October :

Thailand in group with Australia , Singapore and Philippines.

http://aseanfootball.org/competitions_072008.asp

Make a note in your diary and support on the girls/women/ladies

National Team Schedules / Domestic Snippets

National Team Schedule

Confirmed fixtures so far:

2-8th Nov 2008 - 39th King's Cup
Jan 14 2009 - 2011 Asian Cup Qualification - Jordan (Away)
Jan 28 2009 - 2011 Asian Cup Qualification - Iran (Home)
Nov 14 2009 - 2011 Asian Cup Qualification - Singapore (Away)
Nov 18 2009 - 2011 Asian Cup Qualification - Singapore (Home)
Jan 6 2010 - 2011 Asian Cup Qualification - Jordan (Home)
Mar 3 2010 - 2011 Asian Cup Qualification - Iran (Away)



National Under 20 Schedule

Comfirmed fixtures:

5 Oct 2008 - AFF U19 Championship - South Korea (Suphachalasai Stadium)
7 Oct 2008 - AFF U19 Championship - China (Royal Thai Army Stadium)
9 Oct 2008 - AFF U19 Championship - Australia (Suphachalasai Stadium)
1 Nov 2008 - AFC Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia - Australia
3 Nov 2008 - AFC Youth Championship - Jordan
5 Nov 2008 - AFC Youth Championship - Uzbekistan



National Futsal Team Schedule

27 Aug 2008 - ASEAN Football Championship - Philippines
28 Aug 2008 - ASEAN Football Championship - Mynamar
29 Aug 2008 - ASEAN Football Championship - Indonesia
4 Sep 2008 - Friendly Tournement - Ukraine (Home)
6 Sep 2008 - Friendly Tournement - Japan (Home)
7 Sep 2008 - Friendly Tournement - Argentina (Home)


Domestic Leagues Snippets

Premier League looks to be coming down to a 3 horse race between PEA, Chonburi and BEC

Division One, looks set to see Meuang NongJork United become champions, followed by province team Sriracha and possibly Police, Air Force or Navy

Division 2 looks set to see Songkhla and Prachinburi promoted along with Si Saket and Army Welfair Dept.

Division 2 will soon finish, with about 3 rounds left.

Weekend Review - 16/17 August

Druryfire Comment

Well, what was the result of the weekend?

Surely Satun's victory that took them off the bottom of the 2nd Division, Group A for the first time. What a result, winning 6-2 in style.

It's not often that the lower leagues are talked about (apart from here), but it's certainly starting to heat up. Songkhla look set to jump into the first division after victory against one of their closest neighbours in Narathiwat, in what was a major 6 pointer. They were also helped with Korat dropping points to Raj Pracha.

Who will join them going up to the first division? Well, looks like Prachinburi who did not play, but they have been leaders for a long time, so i'm sure they will stumble over the line.

They look set to be joined by Group B sides Army Welfair and Si Saket, who are 6 points clear of third place Bangkok Christian College with 3 games remaining.


Premier League Bore

Well, the premier league certainly looks interesting, it looks like a 3 horse race, with relegation already settled, or will there be a twist. I'm guessing not, as the league hardly inspires goals or even wins.

Week after week, the results come through and we have draw after draw. So basically a boring league, but with no clear cut winner. No team that will take a leading role and stamp thereselves on the TPL trophy.

Chonburi seem to beat the big boys, then falter against teams they should really beat. This week they won a close encounter against rivals Coke-Bangpra, but i expect them to do much better in future weeks, especially with a potiential title decider at stake on 30th August. I'm predicting a Chonburi win, and then they will drop points later to lower opposition again.

Division One Viewpoint

Mueang are no doubt up, unless they go a bit mad. Sriracha now seem to be stamping their foot in the door and then we have the Navy in 3rd. I want the top two to go up so much and then i will take any out of the Air Force, Navy and Police for traditions sake, looking to replace the other authority team in the Premier League - the Army.

But down the bottom, Phitsanulok are doomed, even after my boys Suphanburi at the weekend, but who are they taking down with them?

Raj Vithi and Nakhon Sawan are also doomed in my opinion.

The 4th slot? Thai Honda going for a second successive relegation? Or will they creep above Surat Thani? I hope not, Surat fly the flag for the south!!

7 games to go, looks an interesting battle for that last spot. Let's pull commercial side Thai Airways in there and send them flying to division 2!

Today's Results - 17th August

Premier League

Week 21 17th August

Customs Department 0 - 0 Chula-Sinthana


Division One

Week 23 17th August

177 Phitsanulok FC 2 - 1 Suphanburi FC
178 Khonkaen FC 2 - 0 Thai Honda FC
179 Chanthaburi FC 0 - 1 Royal Thai Navy FC
180 Rattana Bundit FC 3 - 2 Royal Thai Police FC
181 Surat Thani FC 1 - 2 Nakorn Sawan FC
182 Sriracha FC 1 - 0 Thai Airways
183 Raj-Vithi FC 1 - 2 Mueang Thong NongJork United
184 Royal Thai Air Force FC 1 - 1 PTT FC

Division 2 - Group A

91 Ratchaburi 1 - 1 Samut Prakarn
92 Cha Choeng Sao FC 1 - 0 Chiang Mai
93 Sakon Nakhon 2 - 6 Satun FC
94 Nakhon Ratchasima 1 - 2 Raj Pracha
95 Narathiwat 1 - 2 Songkhla

Today's Results - 17th August

Premier League

Week 21 17th August

Customs Department 0 - 0 Chula-Sinthana


Division One

Week 23 17th August

177 Phitsanulok FC 2 - 1 Suphanburi FC
178 Khonkaen FC 2 - 0 Thai Honda FC
179 Chanthaburi FC 0 - 1 Royal Thai Navy FC
180 Rattana Bundit FC 3 - 2 Royal Thai Police FC
181 Surat Thani FC 1 - 2 Nakorn Sawan FC
182 Sriracha FC 1 - 0 Thai Airways
183 Raj-Vithi FC 1 - 2 Mueang Thong NongJork United
184 Royal Thai Air Force FC 1 - 1 PTT FC

Division 2 - Group A

91 Ratchaburi 1 - 1 Samut Prakarn
92 Cha Choeng Sao FC 1 - 0 Chiang Mai
93 Sakon Nakhon 2 - 6 Satun FC
94 Nakhon Ratchasima 1 - 2 Raj Pracha
95 Narathiwat 1 - 2 Songkhla

Todays Results - 16th August

Yes, i am back, here's today's results:

Premier League

Week 21

Krung Thai Bank 0 - 1 Samut Songkhram
Nakhon Pathom 2 - 0 Bangkok Bank
Coke Bangpra 0 - 1 Chonburi FC
PEA 1 - 1 Bangkok University
BEC Tero Sasana 1 - 1 TOT
Tobacco Monopoly 0 - 0 Royal Thai Army
Osotspa M-150 1 - 1 Port Authority

Division 2 - Group B

Round 19 [Aug 16]
Marine Coll. 0 - 3 Army Welfare
Bangkok Bravo P - P Thonburi Coll.
Si Sa Ket 1 - 0 Fleet Support
Air Force TC 2 - 0 Kasem Bundit U.
North Central 1 - 0 Lopburi

Druryfire comment will be back after the full schedule of results are brought to you tomorrow.