Jakarta Casual

A rare post about Thai football.

In a football daft world, fans would be queuing round the block for tickets - or in the modern world, the online ticket website would have crashed under the demand.

But no, for reasons best known to the football club, they have decided to open the gates and let everyone roll up - free of charge!

The fact that Bangkok United don't have their own ground, they have been sharing BG Pathum United's wonderful arena (which isn't even in Bangkok!) only adds to their achievement.

But their borrowed ground isn't available for next week's semi-final and the club have been left to relocate to Rajamangala Stadium.

A look at their average attendances over the last few years shows the last time they topped 3,000 was in 2019 when they topped 4,300 - boosted by their two opening home games pulling in more than 27,000

The badge has changed but do they still have the Angels?

So, yes, a middling team with attendances below the average in Thai League 1 yet a team that is obviously good enough to go toe to toe with the best in east Asia (!) (except Persib!) as their run this season shows

Free tickets or not, hopefully a large crowd will be there cheering on Tawan's boys. It could also be a chance to see a true Thai great with Teerasil Dangda wearing Bangkok United colours this season

Group Stage

Selangor v Bangkok United 2-4

Bangkok United v Persib 0-2

Bangkok United v Lion City Sailors 1-0

Lion City Sailors v Bangkok United 1-2

Bangkok United v Selangor 1-1

Persib v Bangkok United 1-0

Knockout Stage

Bangkok United v Macarthur 2-0

Macarthur v Bangkok United 2-2

Bangkok United v Tampines Rovers 2-1

Tampines Rovers v Bangkok United 2-2

Semi-Final

Gamba Osaka v Bangkok United 0-1

# posted by Me @ 4:43 PM