Thai Football Tales (Paperback)

Matt Riley

ISBN 10: 1801504989 / ISBN 13: 9781801504980

Published by Pitch Publishing Ltd, Hove, 2023

About this Item

Paperback. Matt Riley takes us on a fascinating and bizarre behind-the-scenes journey into the weird and wonderful world of Thai football.Working as an English Media Officer in Thailand, Riley was given unique access, seldom granted to foreigners, to the country's most powerful clubs. Thai Football Tales: Beautiful Madness is a report on his time inside the Thai football bubble.From spending the afternoon with Bryan Robson in the Manchester United team hotel, to persuading a player stopping off in Bangkok on the way to sign for an A League club to abandon his journey and play in Thailand, no two days were ever the same.At a meeting in the northern city of Chiang Mai when helping a friend secure a coaching contract, the chairman Matt was negotiating with jumped into a cage to wrestle a tiger. And after interviewing the King of Buriram, Riley found his every move was being watched and filmed!Thai Football Tales is a jaw-dropping first-hand account of a Westerner's experiences in a unique and colourful footballing culture. Thai Football Tales is a fascinating and bizarre behind-the-scenes journey into the weird and wonderful world of Thai football. From spending the afternoon with Bryan Robson, to a meeting with a tiger-wrestling chairman, to being watched by the King of Buriram, no two days were ever the same on Matt Riley's adventure. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thai Football Tales (Paperback)
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd, Hove
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1801504989
• ISBN 13: 9781801504980
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Matt Riley takes us on a fascinating and bizarre behind-the-scenes journey into the weird and wonderful world of Thai football.

Working as an English Media Officer in Thailand, Riley was given unique access, seldom granted to foreigners, to the country's most powerful clubs. Thai Football Tales: Beautiful Madness is a report on his time inside the Thai football bubble.

From spending the afternoon with Bryan Robson in the Manchester United team hotel, to persuading a player stopping off in Bangkok on the way to sign for an A League club to abandon his journey and play in Thailand, no two days were ever the same.

At a meeting in the northern city of Chiang Mai when helping a friend secure a coaching contract, the chairman Matt was negotiating with jumped into a cage to wrestle a tiger. And after interviewing the ‘King of Buriram’, Riley found his every move was being watched – and filmed!

Thai Football Tales is a jaw-dropping first-hand account of a Westerner's experiences in a unique and colorful footballing culture.

About the Author

Matt Riley worked as a journalist in Thai football for many years, appearing regularly on the Fox Sports Central nightly show beamed across Asia, before returning to England as Lecturer in Business Management at the University of Exeter. Today he writes content for Fair Game Too UK as their Regional Media Manager. His two previous books are Kit and Caboodle: Football’s Shirt Stories and Her Game Too: A Manifesto for Change.