From: akkamon@tlaeng.enet.dec.com ("Akkamon Srihiran, DSS Engineering/Thailand  06-Nov-1992 0949")
Subject: Thai Soccer: Nov 5
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Asian Cup
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     Play today, Nov 6, semifinal matches. China vs Japan and Saudi Arabia
agaist Arab Emirets.



Semi-Pro League
===============
     Next year Semi-Pro, if it will be held, teams will include :
          - this year's top four those are
               Royal Thai Army (RTA), 
               Bangkok Bank, 
               Port Authority of Thailand (PAT), and
               Thai Farmers Bank (TFB)
        * - 1st and 2nd place of First Division (Tuay Kor)
        * - 1st place of Thailand Cup
        * - 1st place of the Maha Vajiralongkorn (Mor Vor Kor) Cup

     * -- From my memory, may be wrong, but I will post again later.
          As I know, in case of these teams are the same as Semi-Pro top
          four, last four teams of Semi-Pro may be selected.

Tua


The Nation : Nov 5 -----------------------------------------------------

Nov 4 :   Rajpracha           1         Telephone Org       1
            Pichet Peasai          45     Pongsatorn Teabthong    3

Rajpracha net late equalizer
----------------------------
     In a down-to-the-wire flurry, Rajpracha defender Pichet Peasai fired
the crucial goal for his team to clinch a desperate 1-1 draw with Telephone
Organization of Thailand (TOT) in the last match for both teams in the 2nd
Semi-Pro League Football Tournament at the National Stadium yesterday.
     With just two minutes from time, the score was 0-0, but TOT looked set
to take match when striker Pongsatorn Teabthong suddenly drew first blood.
     Pongsatorn is expected by local pundits to scoop the "most outstanding
player" prize worth Bt 200,000 at the end of the tournament this week.
     He headed the ball past Rajpracha goalie Banyat Khangpumpuang after a
perfect pass from defender Saravuth Boonpanya, and set Rajpracha into a
desperate scramble  trying to salvage a match that appeared all but over
for them.
     Hitting quickly into TOT's goal area from the restart, defender
Songkod Muengnuping set up a ball from the right for Pichet, who easily
tapped the ball beating goalie Manop Nualsuwan in the injury time.
     TOT were dominated the game throughout the match, but forwards
Pongsatorn and Saichol Panfak could not break through the Rajpracha defence
led by Danish player Lars Ibsen, the brainchild of the team defence panel.
     Rajpracha played fast counter-attack but strikers Prasert Changmool
and Pichet failed to find their target.
     Since both teams are sure of elimination and will not be included in
the four teams exempted from the qualifying round next year, the players
put on an uninspiring performance. There were no dangerous shots from
either side until the last five minutes of game.
     A crowd of only 1,000 people watched the match at the Stadium.
     TOE ended their first year in the tournament in 6th position and
received Bt 1,010,000 prize money from three wins, six draws and five
losses.
     Meanwhile Rajpracha, last year's fourth-placers, hit the bottom and
took just Bt 700,000 from two wins, five draws and seven losses.
     "The year I am disappointed with our performance in the tournament,"
said Pongphan Wongsuwan, the TOT coach after match.
     "Bfore the tournament started we aimed to finish in the top four of
the standings, but we ended up in sixth place instead.
     "[Bit] I think our team will be able to defend the Mor Vor Kor Cup
titie and be chosen for next year's Semi-Pro Tournament again."
     According to pongphan, the prize money will be devided into 60 per
cent for players and staff, and 40 per cent for the club to prepare the
team in other tournaments.
     "We finished at the bottom because our players did not give enough
effort this year," said Yanyong Na Nongkhai, the Rajpracha coach.
     Rajpracha's incentives for each player are Bt 6,000 for winning a
match, Bt 2,000 for a draw and Bt 1,000 for a loss.

     Standings : Nov 1 ---------------------------------------
     Team                    pld   w    d    l    +    -   pts
     ---------------------------------------------------------
     Royal Thai Army         13    6    6    1   22   14    24
     Bangkok Bank            13    6    3    4   17   15    21
     Port Authority          13    5    5    3   17   13    20
     Thai Farmer Banks       13    5    5    3   16   13    20
     Royal Thai Air Force    13    4    5    4   17   21    17
     Telephone Org (TOT)     14    3    6    5   12   13    14
     Osothasapha             13    3    3    7   16   27    12
     Ratchapracha            14    2    5    7   16   17    10
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end The Nation ----------------------------------------------------------


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