With three League games to squeeze in before yet another season defining fixture, this time to BG Pathum, Port need to build on the success of their last league outing, one that seemed unlikely after an almost calamitous first half at Chiang Rai. However, with some telling substitutions, a renewed determination and a welcome-back goal […]
No, this is not a Covid-19 reference, nor some pessimistic speculation on Port’s relatively indifferent form since the re-start continuing, but, rather, a welcome nod to the Lions’ satisfying habit of regularly beating their much-loathed rivals in recent seasons. Resounding home and away victories have brought unbridled joy to the Klongtoey faithful, and some […]
The referee’s shrill blast brought matters on the pitch to a conclusion, prompting a frenzied vaulting of pitch-side barriers by fans eager to cavort alone, in pairs, or gather in small groups; to wave flags and sing songs of homage to their beloved team. Players and home fans received sporting applause from the away […]
It has been a season of thirds. A triple layer hamburger, topped and bottomed by a light and fluffy, expertly toasted bap, laced with a tasty, tangy sauce and garnished with an innovative leafy salad, seasoned with a hint of balsamic. In the middle, though, an unappealing, flavourless patty, stodgy in places and miserably […]
With Port’s League season effectively ending last Sunday, in acrimonious circumstances at the Thunder Castle, yesterday’s match had somewhat of a pre-season friendly atmosphere. I can’t ever recall entering Zone B feeling so relaxed or, so late, missing the national anthem and finding my usual spot, about ten steps up and directly in […]
We will open with a Pub Quiz Trivia Question: “When did a professional football match start with a corner?” Just when you thoughts matters in Thailand couldn’t get any zanier, with the clock starting at 3 minutes, Pakorn (7) was sent to the corner spot in front of Zone B to set the game in […]
Gush, pond; —Foam, roll on the bridge and over the woods; —black palls and organs, lightning and thunder, rise and roll; —waters and sorrows, rise and unleash the Floods. The young, bohemian French poet Arthur Rimbaud probably didn’t have a sodden night at the PAT Stadium in mind when he wrote those words […]
Mission Impossible, or another rung climbed on the ladder of redemption? Saturday’s away trip to the far-flung Thammasat Stadium could make or break our fluctuating season and the portents are not good (and now we’ve got them in the Cup!). Prior to that stirring, toe-to-toe, 1-1 home draw on a mournful, emotionally charged night […]
Greetings from Milton Keynes, the Samut Prakan of EFL One! Well, Bletchley actually, a town best known for being the home of the Codebreakers, that sterling group of men and women who cracked the German Enigma and Lorenz codes, effectively shortening the Second World War by several years. On a less earth-shattering note, their […]
Well, just the one throne actually; the one that has been comfortably occupied by Buriram bums (no offence intended), in their, ‘United’ form, 5 times in the last six years. In that, ‘air of inevitability’, period they have added a footrest, cup holder, Sensurround video system and a fold-out bed. Are they about […]