In 2016, Florent Sinama Pongolle was relegated from the Thai League after the season was abruptly ended. He shares his thoughts on football and Covid-19
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There remains a rawness, an energy about football in the Land of Smiles. And rarely will it get better than between arch-rivals Muangthong and Buriram
Mario Gjurovski, one of Thai football’s greatest imports, talks Fowler, Jokanović and moving to Asia
For many people reading this article, Macedonian maestro and star of the Thai League Mario Gjurovski may be one of the best players they have never seen. Those that know of him…
Jason Brown is embarking on a management career in the unlikely environment of Thailand and firmly believes there would be an extra barrier to getting such an opportunity back in Great Britain.…
You can feel that something is amiss when driving through the provincial capital of Chonburi. Despite being in a region earmarked as a cornerstone of the nation’s economic development, this town continues…
Beyond the shadows cast by Bangkok’s plentiful luxury hotels and shopping complexes, this secluded corner of the city was teeming with life. The vegetable market under the bridge was still damp from…
When Chanathip Songkrasin cynically barged an opponent off the ball less than five minutes into his J League debut, the Thai playmaker had made a statement of sorts. He may have picked up…
WHEN BLAINE MCKENNA saw a potential Football League career slip away shortly before taking his GCSEs, it would have been so easy for the then-teenager to wind up as just another statistic…
Miguel de Unamuno, a Spanish philosopher, novelist and poet outlined in his book The Tragic Sense of Life that the very thing that makes us human is the fact we suffer. If…
THE EYES OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD have been firmly focused on the Far East since Chinese Super League teams began splashing vast amounts of cash on some top European, South American and…
North America remains the destination of choice for big-name players past their prime looking to prolong their careers in a new environment. China has tried to muscle in on that market and…
NESTLED IN NORTH EAST THAILAND, 400km from the gleaming skyscrapers and tourist traps of Bangkok, at first sight Buriram seems an unlikely place for a football revolution to be taking place. The north…