Ten Things You Didn't Know About Bangkok Utd: 2015

Ten fun facts about Bangkok Utd, from July, 2015.

1. Defender Mika Chunuonsee, who comes from Wales in England, suffers from Logizomechanaphobia, which is a fear of computers.

2. Chairman Kakorn Chiaravanont is a big fan of 80s UK New Romantics Spandau Ballet and insists that the team have the name of his favourite song on their shirts.

3. The father of coach Mano Polking invented the Mamy Poko baby pants. He named the product after his son.

4. Bangkok Utd used to be known as Bangkok University. They changed their name in honour of Oxford and Cambridge universities, whose college football teams also became Uniteds.

5. In his youth, striker Romain Gasmi was a big fan of the cheeky 1970s series of Confessions films. Before he became a footballer he worked as a window cleaner, a driving instructor and at a holiday camp.

6. Bangkok Utd's slogan is "We Are the Capital". However, there is still confusion at the club as to where the emphasis should be. Is it "WE Are the Capital" or "We ARE the Capital".

7. Forward Ronnachai Rongsiyo never eats shredded wheat.

8. Montenegrin midfielder Dragan Boskovic has ridden across the desert on a horse with no name, stayed at the Hotel California and once got lost between the Moon and New York City.

9. The Thai-Japanese Stadium has a capacity of 100,000 and boasts the world's only invisible retractable roof.

10. New signing Jaycee John is named after the Punk Poet John Cooper Clarke. His parents are big fans of the Bard of Salford.