NEW!! Playing Away by Stephen Romary: 2020

"You can change your partner, your religion, your politics, but never never can you change your football team." Eric Cantona

With this in mind, I asked a group of Thai football fans who they would choose should they ever consider the unthinkable. Stephen Romary explains why he would desert Muang Thong Utd for their cross town rivals.

MAKE PORT FC GREAT AGAIN BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME!

When asked which club I’d swing my allegiance, the answer is obvious. Obvious, that is, once I also accept flying pigs, a round earth, and Donald Trump as president (again).  So yes, once I agree the sun does indeed rise in the west, the choice becomes clear.

Afterall, it’s easy being a fan when your club has four league championships to its name. A club with champion’s league experience. A club with a fully formed youth academy.  A club with multiple media feeds broadcasting news and details. A club with a vision and a plan.  A club with lights that work.

Where’s the challenge in that?

Instead, time to consider the exact opposite of success.  A club so dysfunctional it makes Donald Trump look like Mahatma Gandhi.  A club where Gucci bags and glamour rubs shoulders with, on average, two head coaches per season. A club with stadium seats where you can’t see the pitch, even if the lights do manage to stay on.  A club where ticketing details are locked in an underground bunker to which there is no key.  A club that’s never managed to win the league.  

With Port FC there’s nowhere to go but up. It’s like buying stock in Apple when Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were friends.  Some consolation can be taken that several of my former club’s stars have switched to the ‘Stadium Of No Light’. Perhaps the greatness dust they carry will infuse its way into the turf.  With Charyl, Heberty, Adison, Adisak, and more, in the blue and red, I feel I’m watching my old team. So that helps.

Plus, who can forget the important role played in bringing about VAR this season!   Fans can be eternally grateful to Port FC for helping to add flow and excitement to the game.  Now, when someone scores, we all sit calmly for the long wait until we see that glorious message DECISION GOAL and the referee points at the centre spot. Such joy!

Yes, it’s obvious, Port FC is the future. A future that includes flying pigs and Donald Trump in the Whitehouse, again.  Anything’s possible.