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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...

Eight Talking Points: Port Sit Top, But the Cracks Are Already Showing

by Simon Causton | Sep 14, 2026 | Thai League 1 2026/27

Two matchweeks into the 2026/27 Thai League 1 season, and the table already refuses to behave. Here are eight things worth talking about from the weekend. 1. Port are top, but this was no statement win PORT 2-1 LAMPHUN WARRIORS Two games, two wins, six points — for...

The Class 1996 – 30 Years Autopsy: What Happened to the Original 18 Clubs of the Thai League?

by Simon Causton | Sep 10, 2026 | Long Read, Thai League 1 2026/27

With the 2026-27 season now underway, it felt like the right moment to look back and reminisce about a different era — one before the shift to a Western calendar and the days when a starting XI might feature seven Brazilians. Thirty years ago, Thai football looked...

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...

Bissoli’s treble, Pattani’s point and a false dawn for Rasisalai: Thai League 1’s opening weekend

by Simon Causton | Sep 8, 2026 | Thai League 1 2026/27

By Football Siam | Football Siam 7 September 2026 Thirty years old and still capable of throwing up a genuinely chaotic opening round: Thai League 1 kicked off its 2026/27 season across eight fixtures between 4 and 6 September, and by full time on Sunday very little...

Every Club, Every Angle: The Football Siam Ultimate Guide to Thai League 1 2026/27

by Simon Causton | Sep 4, 2026 | Thai League 1 2026/27, Ayutthaya United, Bangkok United, Buriram United, Chonburi, Lamphun Warriors, Pathum United, Port, Prachuap, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Sukhothai, Uthai Thani

Read more comprehensive Thai League coverage at Football Siam. The ASEAN quota is gone, and with it, the familiar regional borders of the Thai transfer market. In its place, an unprecedented global gold rush has transformed Thai League 1. Ahead of a campaign where...