Ten Things You Didn't Know About Pattaya And Its Football Club: 2013

TEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT PATTAYA & ITS FOOTBALL CLUB

6th April, 2013

 

FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT PATTAYA

1. It is estimated that there are 10,000 Russians currently living in Pattaya. The city is also home to 20,000 poles.

2. Pattaya is famous all over the world for its golden beaches, temples and sea food. Thousands of tourists flock to the resort every year to sample these attractions.

3. Most entertainment venues and tourist attractions in Pattaya offer free admission to all foreign visitors.

4. Pattaya’s unique licensing laws restrict the opening hours of clubs and bars to12:00noon to 2:40pm and 6:30pm to 9:30pm during the week. No alcohol is allowed to be served in the city on Sundays and all bars must be closed.

5. Pattaya is the only city in Thailand where Songkhran (the Thai New Year) is not celebrated. A local government official said, “The festival is tacky, cheap, rowdy, noisy and nasty. It attracts the wrong kind of person and is not in keeping with the sedate, cultured nature of our city. We prefer to show our respects in a more traditional way”

FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT PATTAYA UTD

1. Due to typing error on their original form, the club is registered as Pattaya UNTIED, and have to be referred to by this name in all official correspondence.

2. Pattaya Utd manager Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol has the largest collection of Lilliput Lane pottery figures in South East Asia.

3. South Korean defender Jung Chul-Woon is currently involved in a legal battle with Gangnam Style composer Psy. He claims that the rapper stole the idea from him after seeing him dancing in a Seoul disco two years ago.

4. Club captain Niweat Siriwong has translated every episode of 1970's UK sitcom Terry and June into Thai. He is currently in negotiations with Channel 7 to remake the show with local actors. One slight change is that the husband will be a foreigner. The working title for the programme is Gunther and Lek.

5. The club is planning to build a floating 20,000 seater stadium on a platform in the Gulf of Siam to help ease the overcrowding issues in the city. Fans will be able to reach the ground using specially commissioned ferries.