It is being reported locally that PSMS will play SAFA from Lebanon in the ACL qualifying round. Dates I have seen are 18 and 25 February.

I would imagine the home leg would be played either in Palembang or Jakarta as Medan's stadium isn't fit to graze cattle. I would lean towards Jakarta 'cos I wanna see the game and also the Lebonese side will be knackered after a long flight and won't be arsed dicking around in transit. Click to continue reading...

Sovannara Makes Tactical Changes Against Lions

JAKARTA (3 Dec 2008) Cambodia national coach Prak Sovannara has made several tactical changes ahead of their first game of Group A of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 which kicks off in two days at the Stadion Gelora Bung Karno.

And the Cambodians could not have gotten a harder start to their campaign than against defending champions Singapore as the Lions aspire to make it three in a row of the biennial football championship. Click to continue reading...

Aleksander Duric is about nine foot tall so it is little wonder that the Lions will be looking to him for that added advantage tomorrow against Cambodia in the AFF Cup. His height and physical presence is sure to upset defenders in all the group stage games being played in Jakarta.

During training on Tuesday Singapore worked a lot on getting crosses into the box and leaving Duric to do the rest. Click to continue reading...

Bang Phra who last season played in the Thai Premeir League have had a makeover. They will be moving to a new stadium and will have a new name, Pattaya United.

Hopefully more clubs can adopt names that reflect their region rather than their corporate identity. Fans of Krung Thai Bank yelling abuse at visiting Bangkok Bank fans and saying they offer better interest rates is never gonna catch the wider public's imagination. Click to continue reading...

National squad head to Thailand for Cup


HA NOI — Viet Nam's national football team left for Thailand yesterday in the hope of finishing a 12-year gold medal drought at the ASEAN Football Championship (AFF) Suzuki Cup.

The political crisis in Bangkok did not stop the game, which was relocated by the ASEAN Football Federation from the unstable capital to Phuket. Click to continue reading...

Yap Nyim Keong, an official of the Asean Football Federation (AFF), yesterday inspected Phangnga's main stadium and did not give approval to the venue which was originally scheduled for only one game.

The final group game between Vietnam and Laos will be played at either Krabi's main stadium or Songkhla's Tinsulanonda stadium. Click to continue reading...

All eyes maybe on the AFF Cup which kicks off tomorrow but the Copa Indonesia is still on going and last night traditional giants PSM suffered a humiliating 5-2 defeat at IPL side Mitra Kukar going out 7-2 on aggregate. They play the winners of Persibom or Persiba next round.

In Banda Aceh a brace from Rachmat Affandi ensured PSMS will go through to the 2nd round where they will meet the winners of Semen Padang v PSPS. Click to continue reading...

I've added a couple of AFF Cup previews to ESPN and the Singapore FA websites... Click to continue reading...

As promised there are some snaps from yesterday's training session. Pink boots, Raddy mania and sexy thighs...it's all here! Click to continue reading...

Goalkeepers: Kittisak Rawangpa (Osotspa) and Kosin Hathairattanakool (Chonburi)

Defenders: Suree Sukha (Chonburi), Patiparn Pethpul (PEA), Nataporn Phanrit (Muang Thong), Natthaphong Samana (Chonburi), Niweat Siriwong (BEC Tero), Rangsan Viwatchaichoke (PEA), Choltit Jantakam (Chonburi) and Panupong Wongsa (PEA). Click to continue reading...

I got a text yesterday from one of my moles saying that an Indonesian club is interested in signing Singaporean internaionals Aleksander Duric and Johnny Wilkonson. When I asked for more information the messages dried up and, in fine tabloid style, when I saw them last night I said nothing.

One other name linked was Persija's striker Greg Nwokolo. Click to continue reading...

I met up with the Singapore team last night (pictures to be added later) as they had their second training session since arriving in Jakarta and was struck by a few things.

There were some local kids there who took the opportunity to have their pictures taken with some of the players, Casmir, Wilkinson etc. Click to continue reading...

PDRM, the Police team who last season fielded Persik striker Budi Sudarsono, have confirmed they will put out of next year's MSL and Malaysia Cup.

Kelantan, having invested heavily in players like Khalid Jamlus, will take their place in the MSL while Selangor PKNS will line up in the Malaysia Cup. Click to continue reading...

Yep, another busy day in the office! Just been looking at nations' complete record in the AFF Cup and it makes interesting reading lah! If a game is tied and goes to pens then I've given it as a tie.

A surprise to see Vietnam 3rd - they have played in just one final while Malaysia have historically a pretty good defence. Click to continue reading...

Following on from their IPL game away to Persibom which saw some PSIR players kick the crap out of the ref and substitute ref, the club recieved a two year suspension from all Indonesian FA sanctioned competitions. The club appealed this and the suspension has been lifted.

PSIR have had their last four IPL games cancelled while they appealed and now they must reschedule. Click to continue reading...