Football Siam

The State of Thai Football 2026: Part I – The wrong medicine: Manchester City, England’s new financial rules, and why Thailand should copy neither

by Simon Causton | Oct 2, 2026 | Long Read, Opinion, Thai League 1 2026/27, Thai League 2 2026/27

The State of Thai Football 2026 · Part IFootball Siam White Paper · October 2026On 29 September an independent commission found Manchester City guilty of 114 of the 115 charges brought by the Premier League: nine seasons of sham sponsorships, disguised owner money and...

Five stars for a patch of mimosa: every Thai League stadium ranked by its Google reviews

by Simon Causton | Sep 29, 2026 | Long Read, Thai League 1 2026/27, Thai League 2 2026/27

The international break has left us with nothing to watch, so we have read 28,400 strangers' opinions of 34 football grounds. It went about as well as you would expect. Cabin fever (noun): the restlessness, irritability and creeping boredom that set in when a...

Port sack the coach who won them a cup, and hope a Montenegrin can win them back the room

by Simon Causton | Sep 25, 2026 | Port, Thai League 1 2026/27

Sarawut Treephan took over a sick man’s team in March, lifted the League Cup in May and finished second. Five weeks into the new season he is gone, replaced by Božidar Bandović. It is a brutal decision. It may also be the right one, because the thing that has...

One goal in 12,800 minutes, then three in 236: what has happened to Weerathep Pomphan?

by Simon Causton | Sep 24, 2026 | Thai League 1 2026/27

Bangkok United’s midfielder spent seven Thai League 1 seasons as a passer who almost never shot. Three matches into 2026/27, he is the league’s joint second-top scorer. The numbers say the change is real, even if the sample is not yet There are players...

Thailand’s Top 10: Peeradol leads the way as the old guard set the pace

by Simon Causton | Sep 23, 2026 | Thai League 1 2026/27

Three matchweeks into the Thai League 1 season, the best-rated Thai outfield players are not who you might expect – and the goalkeepers are quietly outperforming everyone Peeradol Chamratsamee: 34 years old, and the best-rated Thai outfield player in Thai League 1...

The sinful minute, a steamrolled Townsend and an own goal for the throne: Thai League 1’s matchday three

by Simon Causton | Sep 21, 2026 | Thai League 1 2026/27

By Football Siam | Football Siam 21 September 2026 Matchday three of Thai League 1 finished the way these things tend to when nobody’s paying close enough attention: with the football itself briefly overshadowed by a small pitch roller. More on that shortly. On...