After more than 20 years in Norwegian football I know that, but when a club gets the possibility to see and sign a "top" player, and that`s the answer I got, it sounded true. But I don`t know if this person has anything to do with Chonburi, or if the club was told about the player by this person.

Maybe another Norwegian player will be looking for a club in TPL later this week. He has played for the national team in the past. Thai Port was the most professional club last time, so they will be contacted if he`s looking at Thailand, but 1 or 2 more clubs will also be contacted. Which clubs I don`t know yet.

I didn`t read it in a newspaper, but I was told by "you know who".
If they want farangs this season I don`t understand why they didn`t want the Norwegian striker on a trial. Maybe it was wrong time of the year to ask?

Kallio have possibly also played games for Viking`s reserves (level 3 in Norway) and for Fulham`s and Sheffield United`s reserves. But of course he might be a good player even if he has got only a few first team apperances in the last few years.

The Finnish guy is on trial, but when I was trying to get a trial for the Norwegian Premier League striker I was told on November 6th by the contact:

"Chonburi want not a "Farrang" Coach and not Farrang players for the
next season (Manager Annop yesterday in the Siam Keerlar newspaper)."

I was told you (Chonburi) didn`t want any farangs this season. Looks like that changed.

Since august 2008 he has played 4 games for Fulham (2+2), 8 (8+0) games for Sheffield United and 1 (0+1) game for Viking in Norway. That`s only 13 (10+3) games in 30 months.

8 players has left BU, including a few loan players. 5 new players has arrived, including 2 goalkeepers.

10 minutes ago from Thai Premier League on Facebook (Google`s translation):

"Courtesy of the Football Association to consider a resolution to punish the club Nakhon Pathom Disqualification to compete in soccer each of the Football Association's list for 2 years and fined a total of 160,000 Baht"

In thai: คณะพิจารณามารยาทฯสมาคมฟุตบอลฯ มีมติ ลงโทษสโมสรนครปฐม ตัดสิทธิ์เข้าร่วมการแข่งขันฟุตบอลทุกรายการของสมาคมฟุตบอลฯ เป็นเวลา 2 ปี และ ปรับเงินรวมทั้งสิ้น 160,000 บาท

From The Nation:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2010/12/27/sports/Violence-leaves-football-referee-injured-30145248.html

1. Which TPL team do you support?  Bangkok United

2. How did they do in 2010?  Relegated

3. What was the best match you attended?  vs Thai Port at Bangkok University (1-1)

4. What was the worst game?  vs TTM at Thai Japanese (0-3)

9. Which other TPL team do you dislike the most?  Pattaya after how they behaved on the pitch at Thai Japanese (0-1), and Buriram PEA because of how the owner uses money (buying support etc)
 
10. Which is your favourite TPL stadium?  Thai Japanese

11. Approx how many TPL games did you see this season?  8 (5 games at home, 3 games away)

13. Name 3 areas where the TPL still needs to improve.  A lot...

14. What is your dream for 2011?  Promotion toTPL

Yes, the season has finally ended. Now we have to get ready for the start of next season in D1.

In 17 games (league, cup & play-off) vs the bottom 7 TPL-teams we did not win any games this season.

If BU don`t beat Army in the next game on monday, it`s all over. Will the last 2 games still be played if Army already has won the group?

You can walk, but you need to go into Siam Discovery, change floors, and get out another exit again. Or you can walk down on the street and up the stairs again at the junction.
In other words: Take the BTS to National Stadium Station.

At the BU-webboard I only find info about 1 game:
Thailand vs Turkmenistan on November 2nd at Thai-Japanese Stadium at 1700

I remember, and it was GREAT!

David May did never play in any CL-finals.

The team from 99:
Peter Schmeichel, Gary Neville, Jaap Stam, Ronny Johnsen, Denis Irwin, Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt, David Beckham, Jesper Blomqvist, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke and, of course, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

I can`t see it beeing any of the players from other United-finals.

It looks to me that it`s decided, but it won`t be confirmed officially until the end of november.

For the clubs involved it won`t be easy to plan for next season, due to the fact that they won`t know before december some time what Division they are playing in next season, if there will be a play-off.
How to talk with both current and new players? "We might play in TPL next season, but we don`t know for sure for 6-8 weeks yet." 16 clubs already knows they are playing in TPL in 2011, and they have an advantage in signing players for next season.

I`m sure it was the referee running into the ball.

Why were Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University F.C. playing in Divison 2 Bangkok this season? After what I can see they stay 250km north of Bangkok.

Results on sunday (Group B):

Samut Prakhan 2-2 Bangkok FC
Chainat 4-0 Loei City
Rayong 1-1 FC Phuket

Chainat tops the grop with 6 points, Rayong 4 points and Loei at the bottom with 0. The others have 1 or 2 points each.

Results yesterday (Group A):

Buriram 2-2 Phichit
Trang 0-2 Saraburi
Chiang Mai 2-0 Rangsit University

After 2 rounds four teams have 4 points each on top of the table. Trang and Rangsit Uni do not look like going up as they don`t have any points yet. But 8 more games to play...

The proposal can be found here (in thai):
http://www.siamsport.co.th/Sport_Football/101023_008.html

There will be the same play-off for the extra spots in Division 1, but since we don`t know what teams will finish third in the Division 2 play-off before christmas, it will be january before we know all the teams who are playing in Division 1 in 2011.
Let`s hope alle games are played before the season starts!

The games (if decided to increase the number of teams):

Army or Bangkok United vs Nakhon Pathom
Bangkok United or Army vs Air Force

Sisaket vs the winner of Army or Bangkok United vs Nakhon Pathom
Songkhla vs the winner of Bangkok United or Army vs Air Force

Updated!
There will be no draw. The winner of game between No 16 TPL and No 5 D1 will play Sisaket.
The winner of game between No 15 TPL and No 6 D1 will play Songkhla.

This means it will propably be easier games for the team who finishes 15th in TPL than for the team who finishes 16th, so there might be a lot to play for in the last TPL-round today.

The proposal to increase the number of teams in TPL from 16 to 18 next season includes a play-off.
After what I understand from BU-supporters, team number 16 in TPL will play team number 5 in Division 1, and number 15 will play number 6.
The 2 winners will then go into a draw where one of them will play number 14 from TPL and the other will play number 4 from Division 1. The winners from those 2 games will then play in TPL 2011.

Maxime has done very well at BU! I don`t expect him to play for us next season. A few teams will propably try to get him, and all clubs have been told they can contact any of our players if they want. BU are cutting the squad from 33 players to 25 next seson.

Do you have to move to the away stand?

I agree with you! Unless, of course, it`s 1 down and 3 up.

I heard last week the proposal is 2 down and 4 up, but these talks about expanding the TPL started before the season started.
They should keep it like it is, because it`s crazy to change it when the season has ended. If they want an expanded TPL they should change it from the 2012-season, with everyone knowing about it before they start in 2011.
Or just change it now with only 1 team going down, so Bangok United can stay up.

Bangkok United follows already relegated Army down to D1, after losing at home to TOT.
Sisaket will follow them on wednesday if Buriram beat them.

Army is now relegated.

And I do not think Bangkok United will get any help from Bangkok Glass on sunday.

Yeah, but when are BG going to Singapore again?  I`ll guess that`s their priority now. I don`t know if they care about beeing number 4 or 5 in the league.

It do not matter to us vs Rayong, unless the away goal count for something in the 2 draws, but Army and Sisaket can end up on 29 points as well, and we loose H2H vs both of them.

We have to win our 2 last games (both at home vs TOT and SS) by a few goals, and Rayong has to loose both of their games (BG at home and Army away).

If Army is not relegated before the last game, we probably are, because Army play Rayong in the last game and we can not beat both of them on goal difference (or H2H), unless we win by 9 goals more than Army in their last games. We also need to better 9 goals vs Rayong, but they get at least 2 goals worse off than now if they loose, so we may need "only" 7 or less.

It has been looking like we`re going down for a long time now, but still it`s a possibility to stay up, with only 2 more games to play. We got 11 points in the first half of the season, and we have 12 so far in the second. I`m sure we beat TOT next weekend, so if Bangkok Glass can beat Rayong it won`t be decided before the last game, unless Army beat both Buriram and Thai Port.

BU-supporters now say they don`t use H2H this season, but goal difference.
Wikipedia also says goal difference.

Yes, unless an away goal H2H mean something?

The goal difference is 8 goals, but because Rayong have scored a lot (7) more, we are 9 goals behind, in addition to those 6 points.

Yes, you are right! I thought we lost at home to Rayong, but it was 0-0. And 1-1 in Rayong.

We are loosing head-to-head to both Rayong and TTM, so we are down unless they change the rules. Newin, please tell someone to change the rules.

Hoping Bangok FC and Phuket wins promotion to Division 1. Will be good to have a footballweekend in Phuket next season.

He`s hated a lot by the yellow too.

He should have handed out some thai shirts. When I got to the stadium it looked like a Buriram game.

I think their "sing sang" was good.

I think there were more VIPs at today`s game than at an ordinary thai national game. A few good looking cars, specially a black Rolls Royce with some thai letters and the number 8 only, on the licenseplate. Tainted windows, so I could not see who sat inside, and it had a police escort.

I have seen him and Darby at Thai-Japanese this season. I think it was vs TTM.

As a person I like Bryan Robson very much. I have met him a few times at Manchester United Restaurant & Pub in Sukhumvit Soi 11, and he is always happy to talk with fans (I`m a United-fan).

As a manager he could possible have done better in the clubs he`s been at, as his record isn`t that good, but they were not big clubs and I don`t know if he got money for the players he wanted.

I do not think he can be judged on his Thailand job yet. He just got the job a few weeks before the games vs Singapore, and he could not see the players in the league for many months, except for 1 game in the last round of the 2009-season.

As said by others here, he also works for Manchester United and stays outside the country for some time. How much time I don`t know, but I have heard that he`s been at MU R&B many times when I haven`t, so he is clearly in Thailand a lot too. That`s part of his work at United to be at their locations around he world.

The stadium I talk about do not have those buildings near by, so this is not the stadium close to the highway/airport exit.

Thai-fussball.de on Facebook says: "BEC-Tero appointed Peter Butler as new headcoach and released Jorge Enrique Amaya."

So who are playing at the one I talk about? It looks like a good stadium from "above", but it`s far from the stand to the pitch. Both running tracks and an area with grass between the pitch and the stand.

Is that the "big" stadium next to the highway just after the exit to Suvarnabhumi airport? (I`m using Google Earth)

There`s been a picture or two of me in there too, but I have never seen it. Only been told by people who have seen me there. But I have found many pictures on different websites the last year. Fans from different teams has also asked to take pictures with me. Have no idea why! 

And yet again there are new dates for some games:

October 8th: Muangthong vs Army

October 10th: Samut vs Sisaket, Police vs Rayong, Pattaya vs Bangkok United

October 11th: Thai Port vs TTM, BEC vs Muangthong

October 13th: Chonburi vs TOT, Army vs Buriram, Osotspa vs Bangkok Glass

October 14th: BEC vs Thai Port, Muangthong vs TTM

First they move all games from the weekend to the next midweek, and now they move some of them back again.

This do not sound possible to me, it`s no time to move the other games. And Buriram already has one postponed game, now scheduled to be played in the last midweek of the season.

I also think it would be much better to play September - March, but without rain for a few month there could be very dry and hard pitches around. But to start the season in the hottest time of the year, and then have daily rain for a few month is not any better.

You also mention money they loose when fans stay away due to the conditions. If they were playing September - March they would be playing in the high season for tourists, and at least some of the teams could be getting lots more farang fans.

Anyway, the season should be longer in Thailand. A 3-months break between seasons should be enough, but they could have a 3-4 weeks break half way through the season.
In Norway we play March - November, not possible to play longer because of the winter, but here it`s shorter and hot all the time.

When are the season played in the neighboring countries?

Easiest win of the season? Well, you were gifted the first 3 goals from our goalkeeper, the first one after 65 minutes, and he didn`t have a lot to do before that. I think he thought it was christmas already. He was absolutely horrible in the last 25 minutes!!

We should have made it 1-0 early in the 2nd half, but that`s been our problem (one of them) this season, not to take our chances, and then our goalkeeper threw it away (another one of our problems). He`s a good goalkeeper and has saved us a few times, but he has also cost us a few points. He`s given away at least 8-10 goals so far this season, 3 of them yesterday.

40 fans away from home is not much, but when we only have 150-200 at home it`s not much more to expect. I think someone stayed away because of the bad weather 1-2 hours before the match, and it was also shown on NBT so it was easy to stay home. I did.

I do not know a thing about Singapore Cup, or what it means for the teams who are playing in it, but good luck to you anyway!

For us, we have to win our last 3 games and hope Rayong don`t get more than 3 points from their last 4 games. But of course, this won`t happen and we`re playing in Division 1 next season.

Do Chiang Rai United use the Chiang Rai Provincial Stadium for their homegames?
I`m trying to add all teams stadiums into Google Earth.

I think maybe the extra police presence is because of the extra security in Bangkok these days. We had some police too at our game. Or maybe it was because we played Thai Port?

I think they will move the 3rd round to October 20 and 27.
Maybe we should have both cup-finals at the start of next season?