News for the coming season
Premier League starts on 7th March, games will be played on a Saturday and Sunday (4 each day).
Divison's One and two normally follow a couple of week's later.
Division 2 has been split into 5 regions, North, North east (Issan), Bangkok-Central, Central-East and South.
Club Buyouts
Bangkok Glass bought the Premier League status of Krung Thai Bank
Pattaya United bought the Premier League status of Coke-Bangpra
Clubs Disbanding
Coke-Bangpra folded after being bought out by Pattaya United
Bangkok Bank folded after being relegated in 2008.
Club Name Changes
Bangkok University become Bangkok United
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly become TTM Samut Sakhon
Port Authority of Thailand become Thai Port
Royal Thai Navy become Rajnavy Rayong
Clubs are being encouraged to form closer links with the communites they are based in, hence a few name changes.
New Clubs
Phuket have formed a team after the recent success of the King's Cup and AFF Cup. They will start in Division 2 South.
Mudaken will start life in the Division 2 North East and will play games in Laos.
A new club in Ayutthaya FC may be formed due to a dispute with PEA of the Premier League, fans want a club name change, but owners still want the 'business' name
Coaching Changes
Chonburi have hired Kiatisuk Senamuang to replace Jadet Meelarp
TTM Samut Sakhon have hired Attaphol Puspakom to replace Prajak Weangsong
Queen's Cup
The Queen's Cup is currently in progress, and thus far has been a success. It is currently at the Final Group Phase. It is the first time the competition has been played since 2006.
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hiya i would like to no how much you know about amatuer football in thailand.I am travelling to thailand in a few weeks and staying for around a year and would really like to play football over there just wondered if you knew how to go about this thanks gavin
hiya i would like to no how much you know about amatuer football in thailand.I am travelling to thailand in a few weeks and staying for around a year and would really like to play football over there just wondered if you knew how to go about this thanks gavin
Check www.wikipedia.org for Thai football clubs for websites etc and maybe post on the Thai football forum www.thaifootball.com
Generally, you could just ring up a club, assuming you can contact them and go for a trial. But now the season is just beginning so i'm not sure what budget teams have. But you should be able to find a club at 3rd level or lower at least
how does the standard of thai football compare to england.it is quite hard to judge what level you can go in and play at.have you played football in thailand.
Well, from reports i've heard, some games are very hectic and simply non-stop. Fast and furious.
But i seencouple of games i've seen from TV, the games have been more controlled and steady - but these were games played in extreme heat at say 4pm. But the standard of football was excellant if a little slow for the games i sure. It was all good build up play really.
I haven't personally played in Thailand, but here in the England, i've played in the Unibond and Northern Counties league which is a decent standard, but i would say it's nothing compared to Thai Premier League at least as English football at that level is more gung ho, and Thai football is more technique.
But these are fully trained professionals we are talking about.
But for example, you could sit in the middle of the park and knock things about rather than sprinting up and down the wing but really i think you are playing against the conditions more than the game.
Personally, if i was you, get yourself hooked up with a side in Bangkok, there's many clubs. I'm not sure how easy it is to get hold of any of them. But I would start Division 2 or just lower and this should set you in good stead. Once you've contacted a team, it shouldn't be hard to ask to train with them and from there anything goes.
thanks for the advice mate
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