As a school teacher, you see the telltale signs in the last few weeks leading up to the end of the school year. Students are listless, inattentive, impatient, lethargic, apathetic, lackadaisical, spiritless…Bingo! I have just described Port FC players in a discouraging home loss to Chiang Rai 0-1 on Saturday afternoon. It was the […]
Ho hum, we beat the Scum. The referee blows the whistle to conclude another slum vs scum classic…er hold off on that word ‘classic.’ How about just another routine Tarua FC win? Bangkok’s most bitter football rivalry has become just another ho hum 3 points in the standings for the slummers. I have been a […]
There’s an old Irish saying that goes…An Irishman has an abiding sense of tragedy which sustains him through temporary periods of joy. Hmm, it sounds like that Irishman might be a Port FC supporter. The 13th place PTT Rayong were the visitors on St. Pats Day at St. PAT stadium. Ever since the […]
“Eating crow is a colloquial idiom, used in English-speaking countries that means humiliation by admitting having been proven wrong after taking a strong position. Crow is presumably foul-tasting in the same way that being proven wrong might be emotionally hard to swallow.” The following is an official note of apology to Mr. Josimar Rodrigues…or […]
Warning…I am about to tell you about many of my observations of the season opener last Saturday night and I don’t mention or sing Genki’s name even once. So all you Genki fan boys move on, nothing to see here. Close to a sell out, which warmed my heart, and as I looked out […]
Every now and again I hope to share with you my personal list of underrateds and overrateds at Port FC….. Underrated- Midfielder Rodrigo Maranho. #29. Wow. This Brazilian was dazzling to watch. He scored some of the prettiest goals I’ve seen in Thai football. I guess he fell out of favour with team […]
Hi. My name is John Spittal. Proud Port FC supporter since 2013. I am excited to share with The Sandpit my observances, beliefs and more importantly my biases about Port FC, and the sport of soccer…soccer? Whoops sorry, I just gave away my Canadian upbringing. I call these little writings..Spit in the Sandpit Dear fellow […]