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Sarge
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Tonight at the Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok there will be the return leg of the final of Asean Cup 2007. Singapore won (controversially) for 2-1 on the 1st leg.
At 19.00 hours (7pm) local time, the whole nation will come to a standstill (I won't be able to call home in Maha Sarakham as the whole village will be glued to the TV) and naturally I support Thailand to win the cup.
What is your prediction? Wouldn't be natural justice if Thailand were to win 1-0, scoring a highly controversial penalty at the 90th minute? I'll enjoy the drama....
The Football Association of Thailand
Sarge
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 5:33 pm on Feb. 3, 2007
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Yurune
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The selling of the tickets caused a near riot adjacent to MBK yesterday. Ticket touts (scalpers) formed the head of the queue and tickets were sold in unlimited numbers. 30,000 tickets went in 3 hours and then they walked back along the line and tried to sell them on at an inflated cost.
Protesters blocked off Rama 1 for a time.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 5:56 pm on Feb. 3, 2007
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JackTheStripper
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Anybody who goes to this match is just a blood thirsty savage.
I bet you will have your cameras and videos fully charged and at the ready.
Ghouls.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:32 pm on Feb. 3, 2007
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bkkz
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Well, apparently you can still get them. From the Nation today.
D-DAY TODAY
More than 1,000 infuriated football fans denied tickets to today's Asean Football Championship final between Thailand and Singapore protested at the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) yesterday.
All hope is not lost, however, because Singapore fans cancelling their trips have returned almost 2,000 tickets.
They go on sale at the stadium at 10am today.
Many Singapore fans decided not to travel to Thailand because of fears of reprisals following last Wednesday's controversial result.
Outraged football fanatics mobbed FAT headquarters inside Supachalasai National Stadium compound yesterday after tickets sold out in just a couple of hours.
They claimed scalpers had purchased blocks of tickets and were selling them at extortionate prices outside the stadium and nearby Mah Boonkrong Centre.
"The association should have predicted this and prevented it. We came here so early... waiting for hours, only to find all the tickets gone. Purchases should have been limited for each buyer,'' said protest leader Wimon Thongruengsuksai. He attacked the FAT and its president Vijit Ketkaew, demanding his sacking.
The angry crowd demanded explanations, but officials refused to appear, and the FAT offices remained locked. Police had to restrain angry fans trying to break in.
Around 29,000 tickets costing between Bt100 and Bt300 went on sale at 9am yesterday and had disappeared by 11am. Queues longer than a kilometre formed from dawn, and some fans arrived at the stadium at 3am.
"I arrived from Chon Buri at 4am, and I still didn't get a ticket. This happened to me for the semi-final match with Vietnam,'' one fan complained.
Scalpers were reportedly charging four times face value, and some tickets were being offered at Bt1,300.
Later in the afternoon more than a hundred fans gathered at Pathum Wan police station complaining of FAT injustice.
Police said it was the biggest crowd in the area for three years. There were no reports of violence.
FAT honorary life president Chaiyapak Siriwat said he had advised the Bureau of Sports Development to impose a ticket quota but had been ignored. The bureau is in charge of ticket sales.
The stadium is now more than 70 years old and can seat just 30,000. Chaiyapak encouraged those who could not get tickets to watch the game on a giant screen at the adjacent Thephassadin Stadium.
The second leg of the final between Thailand and Singapore kicks off at 7pm today. Thailand lost to the Lions 2-1 last week in a controversial away tie. It was highlighted by a 15-minute suspension of play as the Thai team stormed off the pitch following the awarding of a contentious penalty to the hosts.
Today will see 600 police deployed around the stadium.
Police warned fans to behave before, during and after the match.
Metropolitan police deputy commissioner Maj-General Kamol Kaewsuwan said troublemakers would be detained.
Anything that can be used as a weapon, even plastic bottles of drinking water, will be confiscated.
Metal- and explosives-detectors have been installed at entrances. Plain-clothes police will be on duty inside and outside the stadium.
Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont called on all fans to show good sportsmanship and accept the result whatever it was.
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Posted on: 7:58 pm on Feb. 3, 2007
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Sarge
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damn... Singapore equalized scoring a goal in the dying minutes, winning the cup on 3-2 aggregate. So tantalizing close and yet far away.
the Thai goal
Sarge
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 6:27 am on Feb. 4, 2007
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NicFrenchy
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The Thais f***ed it up big time... they had many occasions to bury the game.....
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:39 am on Feb. 4, 2007
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MadStockBroker
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I am glad the Thai lost.
After their pathetic display of bad sportsmanship in singapore they did not deserve to win.
Hope they get banned from next years championship.
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Posted on: 3:08 am on Feb. 5, 2007
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 5 February 2007 :-
Singapore gain draw, win Asean Football trophy
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Singapore came back from a goal down to win the Association of Southeast Asian Nations football final against Thailand last night in a high-spirited match before a sea of yellow filling 32,000 seats at Supachalasai Stadium.
Pipat Thonkanya sent the crowd wild when he scored in the 37th minute but the visiting team evened the match with an 82nd minute goal by Khairul Amri. The 1-1 draw gave Singapore the trophy with a 3-2 aggregrate score.
Thai fans were disappointed at the result but happy the match was clean, with some referring to the controversial penalty in the first-leg game in Singapore on Wednesday as a turning point.
The penalty gave Singapore a 2-1 advantage before coming to Bangkok.
Boonsup Hannuk, 30, could not hide his disappointment at the score, but said it was still a night to remember.
''I'm still happy because the match was fair. I feel good seeing Thais jamming into the stadium to cheer their team politely and without violence,'' he said.
Most of the Thai fans started leaving before the final whistle, preferring not to witness the visitors receiving the trophy.
June Chang, 39, one of about 90 Singapore fans at the match, said she and her husband had been afraid there could be violence.
''But once the game started everything was under control and we enjoyed cheering our team,'' she said.
''The match was magnificent and Thailand played very well.''
Fans vying for tickets to the game queued up in the morning yesterday waiting for the distribution of almost 2,000 extra tickets returned by the Singapore Football Association and sponsors.
As on Saturday, the tickets went very quickly.
The fans arrived at the stadium hours before the kick-off with national flags and banners supporting the home side.
About 600 police were on hand. Spectators' bags were searched and water bottles, drink cans and other items were not allowed inside the stadium.
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Posted on: 3:27 am on Feb. 5, 2007
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Monday 5 February 2007 :-
Singapore's last-ditch rally breaks Thai hearts
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Singapore promoted themselves to the status of Lion King yesterday after grinding out a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Thailand in the Asean Football Championship second-leg final yesterday, which was adequate to give them the top honours.
After the first leg at home ended dramatically in favour of the defending champions, thanks to a hotly-debated penalty, Radojko Avramovic's side turned in another gritty performance in Bangkok yesterday to seal the title for the third time.
The hosts had only themselves to blame after squandering a host of chances.
Thailand's national team coach Chanwit Pholchivin accepted the result and paid tribute to his opponents.
"Congratulations to Singapore. They played very well. We played a fair game today," said Chanwit.
"We were one point behind so we were a bit under pressure. After we scored the first goal, we were trying for the second one. But all of a sudden Singapore got a chance and they scored the equaliser.
"This is soccer. Just one goal changed the situation. I had to accept that. But my players tried their best. They showed good spirit," Chanwit said.
The game had captured the attention of the entire nation, with reports about the two-leg final dominating headlines in the Thai media last week. The excitement was thick in the air as thousands of fans - some arriving five hours before the kick-off - thronged the stadium, creating an electric atmosphere that has long disappeared from the venue.
The match was played under tight security given the current uneasy relationship between the two countries and the row over the controversial penalty, which caused an uproar in Thailand.
The spectators had to pass three rows of security checks. Police used sniffer dogs and some 600 officers were deployed to ensure security.
With most of the supporters donning yellow shirts, the stands were covered in a sea of yellow.
Chants of "Thailand, Thailand" reverberated across the stadium soon after the opening whistle.
However, the Singapore Lions almost silenced the boisterous fans in the ninth minute when they managed to put the ball into the net, only for the offside flag to abort their celebrations.
The Thai team managed to break the deadlock in the 37th minute through a classy goal from Pipat Thonkanya, who had scored a consolation goal in the first-leg.
The forward nodded Datsakorn Thonglao's looping pass ahead to evade his marker before leaping to lash home a volley in spectacular style, sending the fans into a delirium.
However, the game took a shocking twist for the hosts nine minutes from time when Singapore, who had mostly been on the defensive, delivered a sucker punch through Khairul Amri to even the score and virtually shatter Thailand's hopes of regaining the title they last won in 2002.
Chanwit's men did make some more attempts but failed to conjure up another goal that the fans deserved, leaving them with a night to forget.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 3:31 am on Feb. 5, 2007
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China Sailor
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Yeah,
And the Junta will probably blame the whole thing on Temasek...
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:14 am on Feb. 5, 2007
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