The Thai Premier League starts again on Wednesday with the biggest match being last season’s runners up at home to the champions SCG Muang Thong United.
But last weekend we got the chance to catch some action with Toyota Cup matches.
Show ponies Bangkok Glass played like old nags, bowing out to fifth from bottom of regional league Division 2 outfit Prae United. League champions Muang Thong navigated a tricky tie at Division 2 Krung Thonburi whilst the strangely named Big Bang Chula scraped through against BEC Tero’s second team. Bangkok FC were less fortunate, losing 5:4 on penalties to lowly Pichit FC, but Division 1 Air Force United restored capital pride with an excellent 4:1 win over Thai Premier League Osotspa. Sunday’s games saw the beautiful Tammasat University stadium headquartered Police United blitz a toothless Division 2 Kastsart 6:0. Thai Premier League Bangkok United were shocked to be dumped out of the cup 1:0 by Thai Fleet, a team languishing in the eighth spot of the Central East Division 2, Minburi-based BEC Tero cruised to a comfortable 4:1 win over division one’s rootless and highly unpopular Thai Tobacco Monopoly.
This league used to be very much based in the capital, but times are changing. This season only seven of the eighteen teams are based in Bangkok. Over the next few weeks we’ll be looking at the clubs, where they’re located in the city, and what the experience of going to watch them is like.
Singh Tarua FC
Singh Tarua FC fans are known for their passion, as demonstrated in the photo 2 above of Tossapol Yodchan jumping into adoring arms of spectators. Formerly known as Thai Port, the club are the most centrally located of the Thai Premier League clubs and have the most fervent supporters known as the “Khlong Toey Army.”
Bangkok Glass: All The Gear, but No Idea
Based in the north of the city, Bangkok Glass are famous for spending huge amounts on their stadium facilities (see photo 3) and team, but underachieving annually. Luckily for their fans, they are also the home of the Bangkok Bunnies…
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Story: Thai League Football
