Category Archives: Asia

Hue Stadium

Posted on June 20, 2020 by richardl1969

February 2020 For no obvious reason I bring you a few pictures of Hue’s Tự Do (Freedom) Stadium, a good four months after they were taken. There was no game on, but the stadium was very close to my hotel … Continue reading →

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PTT Rayong 2 Samut Prakan 1

Posted on March 28, 2019 by richardl1969

PTT Rayong 2 Samut Prakan City 1 (10th March 2019) Last year I claimed, with a just about reasonable degree of plausibility, that I opted for a few days in Thailand’s “lively” resort of Pattaya as it offered the prospect … Continue reading →

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Da Nang 2 Quang Nam 2

Posted on March 24, 2019 by richardl1969

SHB Đà Nẵng 2 Quảng Nam 2 (7th March 2019) Two years ago I made my first visit to Da Nang, arriving with my luggage still in Hanoi, and finding out to my disappointment that the Da Nang match I’d … Continue reading →

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Sanna Khanh Hoa 3 Hai Phong 4

Posted on March 23, 2019 by richardl1969

Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN 3 Hải Phòng 4 (5th March 2019) Booking a trip to Southeast Asia in November, way before the fixtures for the new season were out, meant any football opportunities would be very much a happy coincidence. … Continue reading →

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Chonburi 1 Sukhothai 2

Posted on March 10, 2018 by richardl1969

Chonburi 1 Sisaket 2 (24th Feb 2018) There aren’t many people who’ve opted to spend a few days in the Thai sin capital of Pattaya because it offers the chance to see a bit of football. Or at least if … Continue reading →

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Muang Thong 2 Kashima Antlers 1

Posted on March 12, 2017 by richardl1969

Muang Thong United 2 Kashima Antlers 1 (28th Feb 2017) With complaints about their tax avoidance, and their general dislike among the lefty unwashed masses for representing everything bad about global corporations, Starbucks struggles for praise these days, so I’ll … Continue reading →

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Ho Chi Minh City 1 Can Tho 0

Posted on March 10, 2017 by richardl1969

Ho Chi Minh City 1 Can Tho 0 (25th Feb 2017) Saigon is the kind of city that slaps you round the head with its noise, traffic and sheer chaos, lets you know it’s more business-like than beautiful, but like … Continue reading →

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Da Nang Ground Pics

Posted on March 8, 2017 by richardl1969

Sometimes things don’t work out quite as planned. For starters, my first day in Vietnam suffered an immediate blow which meant that while I was having breakfast in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang, my luggage was still 400 … Continue reading →

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Eastern 2 Rangers 1

Posted on October 4, 2016 by richardl1969

Eastern 2 Rangers 1 (25th September 2016) After attending two Hong Kong games that felt like they’d been specially organised for Hong Kong’s claustrophobia sufferers, such was the paucity of the crowds, I was looking forward to my third game … Continue reading →

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Pegasus 2 Yuen Long 2

Posted on October 1, 2016 by richardl1969

Pegasus 2 Yuen Long 2 (24th September 2016) Just a quarter of a mile east of the famous Happy Valley Racecourse is the Hong Kong stadium, an impressive 40,000 capacity place probably best known for being the venue of the … Continue reading →

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