Football Siam

“Stay in your lane”: how a medal ceremony became threats against Manuel Bihr’s family

by Simon Causton | Oct 9, 2026 | ASEAN Cup, Interview, Thai National Team

After the ASEAN Cup final, Manuel Bihr walked past one Indonesian hand on purpose and, by his account, missed another by accident. Within hours his wife’s inbox was full of messages wishing death on her family and calling their children autistic. Ola Bihr has...

The Big Interview: Erik Sviatchenko on Leadership, Legacy, and Life as Port’s Coach-in-Waiting

by Simon Causton | Sep 15, 2026 | Thai League 1 2026/27, Interview, Port

By Simon Causton | Football Siam15 September 2026 Simon Causton is co-host of The Port In Any Storm Podcast. Ten minutes into a conversation about centre-back positioning and rest-defence structures, Erik Sviatchenko stops mid-sentence, almost apologetically, as if...

The Big Interview: Michael Falkesgaard on Port’s Brazilian Revolution, Coach Oud’s “Fast Formation,” and Aiming for the Title

by Simon Causton | Sep 9, 2026 | Interview, Port, Thai League 1 2026/27

By Simon Causton | Football Siam8 September 2026 Simon Causton is co-host of The Port In Any Storm Podcast. Michael Falkesgaard has built a long, well-travelled career on adaptability — Brøndby, OB, Midtjylland, a switch of international allegiance to the...

The Big Interview: Brad Maloney: on taming the chaos of Southeast Asian football

by Simon Causton | Jun 17, 2026 | Interview

Freedom with Responsibility After launching the international career of Australia's newest World Cup hero, the tactician is turning his analytical gaze toward the Thai League. He explains the myth of the tropical press, the technical superiority of ASEAN youth, and...

The Big Interview: Dennis Murillo on Korat’s Tears, Thai Youth, and a Relentless Brazilian Spirit

by Simon Causton | Jun 9, 2026 | Interview, Chonburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thai League 1 2025/26

The Big Interview: Dennis Murillo - Football Siam FOOTBALL SIAM The Big Interview: Dennis Murillo on Korat’s Tears, Thai Youth, and a Relentless Brazilian Spirit The thud of a football against a high-performance rebound board echoes through the immaculate, newly...

The Big Interview: Kunanon Sittikarn, The Boy Who Sank Phangnga and the Rise of the Phuket Talent Factory

by Simon Causton | Jun 4, 2026 | Interview

The video link is characteristically patchy, a flickering digital window connecting a rainy morning in Phuket to a balcony in Kachanaburi. Sitting on screen is Kunanon Sittikarn, his slight, teenage frame clad in a blue Cruzeiro jersey, dwarfed by a pair of framed...