Anyone know where I am likely to be able to watch the Australia v Thailand World Cup football qualifier on Friday (kick off is 8pm Brisbane time)?

(Doesn't need to be a place with hammocks!)

Edited August 29, 201114 yr by ctrunfree

It will no doubt be on Thai television so most places will show it, you should be able to watch it in your posh hotel room.

It will no doubt be on Thai television so most places will show it, you should be able to watch it in your posh hotel room.

Excellent! So all I need to find is a good supply of caviar and a crate of Bollinger and I'm set!

I'm interested in this too!

It's on Thai tv - really - what channel?

Turn the TV on at the time - big game like this will only be on CH. 3 or CH. 7 I guess.

Chris in Bistro 1 Nim City Plaza says he will be showing it if it is on Thai TV. 5pm Kick off. He does get a few Aussie customers, so maybe some atmosphere!

Iain

My better half is already giving me heaps about Thailand winning 5 - 0. I'll give her some tissues at the end.

I suppose if we want to find somewhere to watch with a bit of atmosphere we just head towards the sound of the vevuzelas?

Kick off time is 5pm Thai time. As several people have asked, we will be showing the game live at The Olde Bell on Loi Kroh Rd.

Kick off time is 5pm Thai time. As several people have asked, we will be showing the game live at The Olde Bell on Loi Kroh Rd.

Righto then, I'll be there!

big game

big game

Its a world cup qualifier, so in effect it is a big game for the 2 teams involved. Its as important to those 2 teams as the Bulgaria Vs England Euro 2012 qualifier is to me later on tonight/tomorrow morning.

Great game, the Aussies deserved the win but the Thai's gave them hell of a scare in the first half. Australia 2-1 Thailand.

Great game, the Aussies deserved the win but the Thai's gave them hell of a scare in the first half. Australia 2-1 Thailand.

Shame the power went out in the Old Belle and all along Loi Kroh road just 10 minutes into the match!

From the press reports, it didn't sound like I missed much by way of an impressive Socceroo performance

Great game, the Aussies deserved the win but the Thai's gave them hell of a scare in the first half. Australia 2-1 Thailand.

Shame the power went out in the Old Belle and all along Loi Kroh road just 10 minutes into the match!

From the press reports, it didn't sound like I missed much by way of an impressive Socceroo performance

2-1

Cant believe it. Start for me (English) of the 2014 World Cup, had goose bumps!

Just love International football

Thailand scored first we all cheered, westeners and car park attendants. It stagered us during the game the total lack of interest from the Thai people passing by. The car park guys and toilet cleaners seemed to know it was a world cup game, but the rest couldnt care. It was a pathetic show from the locals. Just sad.

Iain

Cant believe it. Start for me (English) of the 2014 World Cup, had goose bumps!

Just love International football

Thailand scored first we all cheered, westeners and car park attendants. It stagered us during the game the total lack of interest from the Thai people passing by. The car park guys and toilet cleaners seemed to know it was a world cup game, but the rest couldnt care. It was a pathetic show from the locals. Just sad.

Iain

Why? Thai's don't care that much for football from their own country, and with reason, the level is very low.

However they do get warm from a big premier league match, mainly because they like to gamble on those matches.

Cant believe it. Start for me (English) of the 2014 World Cup, had goose bumps!

Just love International football

Thailand scored first we all cheered, westeners and car park attendants. It stagered us during the game the total lack of interest from the Thai people passing by. The car park guys and toilet cleaners seemed to know it was a world cup game, but the rest couldnt care. It was a pathetic show from the locals. Just sad.

Iain

Why? Thai's don't care that much for football from their own country, and with reason, the level is very low.

However they do get warm from a big premier league match, mainly because they like to gamble on those matches.

You have obviously never been to a local football game then. Chiang Mai get crowds anywhere between 10 and 15,000 people. Sections with huge flags and lots of drums and trumpets with fanatical support. Thai's are very much into their local football as well as you rightly say premier league matches. Maybe the fact the game started at 5pm on friday night when people had not finished work yet or were on the way home had a lot to do with things.

Nah, they were all rushing up to the UN Pub to witness Australia's resurgence as a cricketing superpower!

Edited September 3, 201114 yr by ctrunfree

Great game, the Aussies deserved the win but the Thai's gave them hell of a scare in the first half. Australia 2-1 Thailand.

Shame the power went out in the Old Belle and all along Loi Kroh road just 10 minutes into the match!

From the press reports, it didn't sound like I missed much by way of an impressive Socceroo performance

Sorry about that ctrunfree! It happens! Squirrels on the wires or something! Any way, it can back on after about 15 mins, so we missed Thailand's goal, but saw Australia's comeback. Things went downhill after Tim Cahill (Ex Millwall, of course!) went off!!

finding a football in chiang mai is not hard.any football game will be on tv and in many bars were farangs are