A Thai Football Podcast

Close Season Special 13: Nick Taylor & Clinton Moore

Cambodian international, Nick Taylor, drags Dale away from doing his laundry for a candid conversation about balancing family and career, his "secret" move to Prachuap, the rise of Cambodian domestic football, the appeal of playing in T1, the differences between facilities in the USA and South East Asia, and much more. Plus Clinton Moore drops by to share his views on the current format of the Shopee Cup and how he would like to see it develop.
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Close Season Special 12: Leo Hoenig

This week's guest is international groundhopper, Leo Hoenig. During his entertaining chat with Dale, Leo reminisces about watching Thai football in the early 1990s, from provincial tournaments to first class matches - including the legendary Thai Farmers Bank against Port Authority in a title decider - and the national team A & B sides. He also highlights the changes and progress he's witnessed since those halcyon days on subsequent visits and reveals how the local game compares to other leagues in South East Asia. This is a must listen for anyone who is interested in the history and development of soccer in the region.
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Close Season Special 11: Rob Bernard & Gian Chansrichawla

On this week's podcast, Rob celebrates Rasisalai Utd's remarkable T3 title win and assesses their chances in a very open looking T2 next season. Then Gian - or should that be Mr Chansrichawla - takes an in depth look at the recently concluded T1 campaign and grades all 16 clubs on their overall performance.
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Close Season Special 10: Akbar Nawas

Former Nakhon Pathom Utd boss, and new Tampines Rovers head coach, Akbar Nawas, joins Dale to talk about his career, the differences between the Thai League and the S League, an ASEAN Super League, interfering club owners, getting the sack, how to compete with Buriram Utd, respecting football fans and more!
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Close Season Special 9: Jachym Thor, Bee Bhuri, and Rob Bernard

Jachym Thor joins Dale to tell us all about 'Kick Hub', an exciting new venture for amateur players in Thailand and how you can get involved; Minburi City vice President Khun Bee drops by to discuss the many challenges facing a semi pro club, the importance of junior academies, the future of womens football and more; plus Rob files his report from the first leg of the T3 play off final between Rasisalai Utd and Songkhla.
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Dedicated to the memory of Sam Allsop, an American TV Cop.
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Minburi City Website
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https://www.youtube.com/@Rob_A_B

Close Season Special 8: Kai Boham

Dutch/Indonesian defender, Kai Boham, sits down with Dale to discuss growing up in the Netherlands, getting his break in local football, his call up to the Indonesian junior squads, the passion of the fans, signing for Phuket Andaman FC, a dramatic T3 South season, his ambitions for the future, and more.
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96: The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Podcaster

This week, we're "live" from the Ubol Ratana Star Cup tournament in Khon Kaen province, where Dale reports on the first day of the weekend's action; Rob's Roving Report comes from the crazy first leg of the T3 play off semi final between Rasisalai and, not so near neighbours, Pattani; Gian drops by to discuss a wide range of subjects including the comings and goings at Muang Thong Utd, watching matches on your phone, attendances, travelling to games by train, sitting in the home end as an away fan, taking banners into grounds and much more!; and, in his own inimitable style, Bill provides us with an emotional review of Sukhothai's 2024/25 season.
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95: Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

This week's podcast comes "live" from Sisaket Provincial Stadium where Rasisalai Utd round off their T3 Group B campaign with a 2-2 draw against Khon Kaen FC; Jamie joins Dale to discuss Buriram Utd's dramatic Shopee Cup victory and share his thoughts on the future of the competition; Lyle rakes over the coals of Nakhon Pathom Utd's disastrous season and ponders whether or not the club will now be confined to the lower league wilderness. He also accepts Dale's Chainat Challenge; Neal summarises Ratchaburi's successful, but ultimately trophy-less campaign, and looks forward to a bright orange future for The Dragons; John recounts the strange tale of Leroy Lita's dog; then Dale and Rob sum up the week's stories whilst sitting by the hotel pool at midnight.
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94: I'd Rather Eat A Cabbage Than An Apple

This week's podcast comes "live" from Khon Kaen Municipal Stadium, where Dale, Jamie, Russ, and Nick report on the T3 Champions League clash between Khon Kaen FC and Fleet FC; it's deja vu all over again as Neal, John, and Jan share their thoughts on Ratchaburi's League Cup semi final defeat to Lamphun Warriors at a very wet Chonburi Stadium; Dale interviews Bangkok Utd fan, Matt Jenkins about his club's season, the future, ground sharing with BG Pathum Utd, passing on his passion to his son, and is subjected to the 'Brief Grief' treatment; Rob's Roving Report is filed from Sisaket, where Rasisalai beat Navy 1-0 in the other T3 CL Group B match; and Kevin previews next weekend's mouth watering (it says here) FA Cup final when old rivals Buriram Utd and Muang Thong Utd clash at Thammasat.
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93: There Is A Floodlight That Never Goes Out

Gian (Muang Thong Utd) plus Neal, Jan, John and Eduardo (Ratchaburi) give their balanced accounts of Saturday's FA Cup semi final played at a rather wet Chonburi Stadium; Port fan, Toby joins Dale to discuss his team's season (negatives and positives), fixture scheduling, cup semi final venues, how to attract bigger crowds to the local league and reveals his favourite away day; Jamie reports from the BG Pathum Utd v Buriram Utd Shopee Cup semi final second leg and poses a question for the listeners; and Rob drops in to regale us with stories from his season watching all levels of Thai football and reveals the best food he's ever had at a match.
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