Tonight sees Persita play Persijap in the ISL. Normally for an away game like this the clubs would fly, in this case to Semarang.

But times are tough for the cash strapped club from Tangerang so they have taken the bus for the gruelling journey. Gruelling not because it's far, Semarang is perhaps a 45 minute flight. Click to continue reading...

Persija have had an impressive start to the season but a start they have not been able to share with their fans.

Away Persitara - behind closed doors in Soreang
Away Persib - Persija fans don't travel to Bandung
Away PSMS - played in Semarang and a few travelled
Away Sriwijaya - about 200 travelled
Home Pelita Jaya - played in Solo. Click to continue reading...

PSIS have appointed Bambang Nurdiansyah as their new coach having played a few games with a caretaker.

Bambang started the season with Arema but was an early managerial causalty and now he will take the reins at Semarang, and not for the first time, once he has finished with the Indonesian Under 21 team at the Independence Cup. Click to continue reading...

Last night in Semarang far from any prying eyes Persija showed their recent enforced break hadn't done them any harm as they beat PSMS 2-0 with goals from Bambang and Robertinho.

The Jak have nine points from three games, all away, and lie a point behind Persipura Click to continue reading...

Indonesia Super League

05/08
Sriwijaya v Persela
Persijap v PKT Bontang
Persita v Persiba (Manahan Stadium, Solo)
Persib v Persik (Manahan Stadium, Solo)
Deltras v Persipura
PSM v Persiwa

06/08
PSMS v Persija (Jatidiri Stadium, Semarang)

07/08
Persitara v Arema (Manahan Stadium, Solo)

Indonesia Premier League

04/08
PSSB Bireuen v PSP Padang
PSDS v Semen Padang

05/08
Persiraja v Persisam Samarinda
PSAL v Mitra Kukar

06/08
Persikabo v Persibat Batang

07/08
Persikota v PSPS Pekanbaru
Persikad Depok v Persih Click to continue reading...

With police refusing to allow Persija to use Bung Karno it now looks like the ISL have fixed upon Jatidiri Stadium in Semarang to host Persija v PSMS some time next week.

Persija fans have yet to see their team at this season but they are planning to travel Palembang next weekend to see them take on Sriwijaya. Click to continue reading...

Persik Kediri didn't just tear PSIS Semarang apart. They ripped them to shreds in an exhilirating first half, chewed them up, spat them out then rubbed their faces in the turf.

The White Tigers went in at half time two goals up, both by Gonzalez, but it could have been, should have been more. Click to continue reading...

OK, so I'm going to have to change the name of this feature to "photo not-always-daily" at this rate. In mitigation it's been a brutally busy week and here's a good one to get going again. Photo credit: jago beneran on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool. Click to continue reading...