On this week's podcast, Gian reflects on the two big managerial casualties of the week, national team coach Masatada Ishii and Muang Thong Utd boss, Rangsan Viwatchaichok; Lion City Sailors fan Ernest tells us all about his recent trip to BG Stadium to watch his team play Bangkok Utd in the ACL2; Riza reports from another impressive Ratchaburi performance, this time a 5-1 home win against Eastern, also in the ACL2; Central Coast Mariners supporter Aron joins Dale to give us the lowdown on Buriram Utd's new head honcho, Mark Jackson, what he achieved in the A League, and how he'll be remembered in Gosford; Greg shares his thoughts on Muang Thong Utd's narrow defeat against Port, and where the Kirin's go from here; "Prachuap John" is back with his own inimitable views on his team's T1 victory over Nakorn Ratchasima, spotting fans in disguise, and how he introduced some friends to the local game; plus Rob's Roving Report comes from the 2-2 draw between Sisaket Utd and Phrae Utd in T2, at a sombre Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium.

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On this week's special extended episode of A Thai Football Podcast, Dale is joined by the mysterious "Mr X" (a Khon Kaen FC fan deep behind enemy lines), Ben, and Reece to watch Khon Kaen Utd beat Songkhla 5-1 in a Saturday night T2 fixture; Competition winner, Russ, says, "Thank you"; Former Sinthana, and Port Authority goalkeeper, FAT presidency candidate, and Thai League match commissioner, Khun Warong Thiuthas - with help from his son, Ben - sits down with Dale to talk about his new role at T3 North East club, Roi Et Utd; Plus we have match reports from Riza (T1: Ratchaburi 5-0 Lamphun Warriors), Kevin (T1: Muang Thong Utd 0-0 Bangkok Utd), the match report tag team of Jonno, Dave, Michael, and Nico plus Mark (T1: Nakorn Ratchasima 0-2 Port), and Rob with a triple header (T3: Surin Kongcheemol 1-0 Khon Kaen; T3: Lopburi City 3-3 Futera Utd; T2: Rasisalai 3-2 Pattani). Phew!

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PART ONE

Dale reports "live" from Mahasarakham Stadium, as the home side welcome visitors Kasetsart for a rearranged T2 fixture; Neal shares his story of how our podcast community helped him attend the recent T1 derby between Prachuap and Ratchaburi; Jamie drops by to discuss all the recent comings and goings at Buriram Utd, including the shock departure of head coach, Osmar Loss; and Gian shares his opinions on Thailand's "surreal" 2-0 win against Taiwan/Chinese Taipei in the midweek AFC Asian Cup qualifier.

PART TWO

The second part of this week's podcast comes "live" from T3 North East, where Dale, Rob, Oggy, and Glen report from the match between Roi Et Utd and Udon Utd; plus Dale interviews Chiang Rai Utd's Victor Cardozo about his long career in Thailand, his affection for all the clubs he's played for, representing the fans on the pitch, and more.

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In this week's extended "live" episode from Khon Kaen Municipal Stadium, Paul Carver joins Dale to talk about Seoul FC's impressive AFC Champions League win against Buriram Utd and then shares his views on Sheffield Wednesday's controversial Thai owner, Dejphon Chansiri; Patrick and Kenny from the All Stars International Football Academy pop by to discuss their new Bang Saen based project; Riza reflects on a historic night in Ratchaburi, as his beloved Dragons host Gamba Osaka in the AFC CL 2, and, in the same competition, Persib World enthuses over his team's 2-0 victory away at Bangkok Utd; Michael rues Pattaya Utd's bad luck in their T2 home defeat by Trat; a chauffeur driven Rob files a full time report on Sisaket Utd's 1-0 triumph over Mahasarakham; and, finally, Dale & Nick witness Khon Kaen FC's demolition of Korat City and spend far too much time talking about toilets.

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On this week's podcast, we start by bringing you the magic of the FA Cup. Michael is at the Pattaya derby between Utd and City, to watch the lower league side pull off an amazing act of giant killing, and then we have a double helping of Rob's Roving Report, as our man watches two matches played a few hundred yards apart on the same day; Port fan, Toby, drops in to explain why "title favourites" Port have started the season so poorly, yet continue to attract an increasing number of foreigners to home games; Kevin Watkin shares his tales of smuggling beer into grounds in Thailand and South Korea; Bill gets philosophical with his account of the T1 clash between Sukhothai and Chiang Rai Utd; and Dale reveals the winner of our competition to win Rob's book, 'Touring Thailand With Thais'.

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Stuart Kelly signed for Khon Kaen FC in 2011 when they were attracting big crowds in the top flight and Thai domestic football was enjoying a boom period. On this week's podcast, he joins Dale to explain how he ended up in the kingdom, the madness behind the scenes during his first season, the story of the photo on our episode header, and much more; From the opening round of ACL fixtures, Jamie reports on Buriram Utd's 2-1 win against JDT, Riza is in Vietnam to watch Ratchaburi go down 1-3 against Nam Dinh, and Matt calls up for a chat about his thoughts on Bangkok Utd's impressive 4-2 away victory against Selangor; Rob reads a football related extract from his new book, 'Touring Thailand With Thais', and gives listeners a chance to win a copy in our free to enter competition; Lily reads Tommie's match report from Friday night's T1 clash between Port and Chonburi; and Rob returns with his (42nd, 43rd, or 44th?) Roving Report from Ubon Kruanaphat v Muang Loei City in T3 North East.

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Please send your competition entries via DM on our Twitter or Facebook accounts, or by email to nuichonburi(at)gmail.com The closing date is 6:00pm TST on Saturday 27th September. The draw will be held "live" on next week's podcast. Good luck!

Futera Utd fan, Blue joins Dale straight after the final whistle on a historic day for his club, as they make their debut in T3 Central, a 0-2 defeat against Air Force; Rob's Roving Report comes from the T3 North East clash between EUMT and Korat City; Muang Thong Utd's English Language Media Officer, Stephen calls in from the team hotel ahead of their match in Rayong, to discuss his role at the club and why they are ramping up the English language social media content this season; Lyle is back home watching his beloved Nakhon Pathom Utd record their first T2 league win of the campaign, against Songkhla; Marco regales us with a few tales of smuggling beer into grounds in Thailand and Vietnam; finally, up in the top flight, John shares his on and off field adventures in Buriram as he picks over the bones of Prachuap's 0-2 defeat at the hands of the champions, and Bill and Riza report from Sukhothai 1-2 Lamphun Warriors, and Ratchaburi 1-0 Port, respectively.

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Football shirt expert, Sietse, joins us to talk about his kit collection, his favourite Thai brands, why Thai clubs should be wary of being seduced by "big name" foreign manufacturers, why he loves wacky Thai designs, the best places to buy shirts, and other polyester related matters. Then, Khon Kaen FC fan, Nick, reports on the club's season launch party, a "celebrity" signing, what the new Brazilian striker said to him, the year ahead in T3 North East, travelling to away matches, and a whole lot more.

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