Thai Football Tales (eBook)

A Beautiful Madness

Matt Riley (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
224 Seiten
Pitch Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80150-618-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.9.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball
• ISBN-10: 1-80150-618-3 / 1801506183
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80150-618-2 / 9781801506182