Sakon FC vs X-Sakon FC

Nearly two months ago, the coach for Sakon FC quit the team and departed for Surin, taking with him four Sakon Nakhon players.
The final game of the season is a home game when Sakon FC hosts Surin.
That game takes place September 15, with an end of the season party after the game.

Before that, the team travels to Nong Kai for a game on September 8.
As has been with most away games this year, no one is sure what time is game time.
Take your pick: 3:30, 4:30, or 5 pm




As for last week's game, there's been some rumbling why there were no drums or horns supporting Sakon FC.  Team staff were asking: "where was Joey, where was the farang with his horn."

Oh, there were some cheers by a group of fans.  Those cheers didn't get started till a case of beer and a bottle of booze had been guzzled.  Cheers mixed with complaints about refereeing

Old habits are hard to tame

The Greater Mekong Subregion 

pledge to end dog meat eating

Farewell to Ajarn done Country style

• Ajahn, ajaan, ajarn, acharn and achaan,  "teacher"

Where:  Tippy's So Good    

            

When:    Friday, September 13

Theme:   Country

1. Cowboys
2. Cowgirls
3. Indians 

Music:    Country 

Alcohol tax hike overnight

Done with little notice to avoid hoarding

• Higher alcohol prices kick in midnight  Bangkok Post Sept 3
• Alcohol excise taxes raised asianews Sept 3

Cigarettes too

T.i.T. PLUS

Bangkok's Big Brother: 

1 million new surveillance cameras going up across the city as part of “Miracle Eyes” program

They need another million in the South

Attack on your Wallet

• What's more expensive in Thailand today

Slow news-day at Facebook MCOT

• Here's their important news link

Another tourist moment in Thailand

• translated with pictures
• Two die in tourist van-truck crash Bangkok Post

Read the label

Sakon Nakhon FC 0 Mahasarakham FC 2

Even though another loss for Sakon FC, 
the game was one of the more exiting games of the season.
The first goal by Mahasarakham should not have happened,
it was a "kinder garden fumble".

What made this game so exciting was the many close calls... near misses.
Sakon FC had possession of the ball more often than their opponents, they just couldn't turn their possession into goals.

Refereeing was actually not bad, considering they are using Thailand rules.
One instance a Mahasarakham player Tripped with the ball, his hand and forearm where on the ball as he fell to the ground.  The matter was simply ignored, the play was considered dead.

With this win Mahasarakham has advanced from ninth to eight in the league.  Sakon Nakhon remains number 11.

Security was in a relaxed NO PROBLEM mode

Mahasarakham accumulated four yellow cards
One Mahasarakham player was ejected from the game during the final minutes, too many yellow cards.

Local fans seemed disappointed over the outcome of the game

Sakon FC next travels to Nong Kai for a game on September 8, and hosts Surin on September 15.
A Sakon Nakhon win during these games is highly unlikely

Monday is Labor Day in the US

Remembering when I worked for a living

Sakon FC SEMI-final home game of the season

Sakon Nakhon FC Hosts Mahasarakham FC
4 PM Sunday.

Mahasarakham is in 9th place, while Sakon Nakhon is 11th in the league.

This game is winnable.
When the two teams faced each other last in Mahasarakham, they walked away with a 0-0 draw.

The visitors will just have endured an almost three hour bus ride before game time.

With two  games till the end of the season, there is talk of 'releasing' some players.

I've always suspected it, but now they're admitting it, no matter how you translate it:

• "...because of budget problems..." 
• "Because of budget issues" 

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