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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...

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...

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...

The 20 Million Baht Lifeboat: Muangthong’s Ghost Ship Drifts On

by Simon Causton | Sep 3, 2026 | Thai League 2 2026/27, Muangthong United

There is no glory in pawning the family silver just to keep the lights on. Yet, on the eve of their inaugural Thai League 2 campaign, this is exactly what Muangthong United have been forced to do to avoid the ultimate humiliation. As the clock ticked down towards a...

The Silence of Abandonment: How Muangthong United Has Become a Ghost Ship

by Simon Causton | Sep 1, 2026 | Thai League 2 2025/26, Muangthong United

There is a specific kind of silence that hangs over a football stadium when the game is up. It is not the stunned silence of a last-minute defeat, nor the anxious silence of a penalty shootout. It is the silence of abandonment. Even from afar, the Thunderdome radiates...