Fifa fires FAT executive board

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Fifa fires FAT executive board

Fifa has decided to remove the entire executive board of the Football Association of Thailand after ordering the postponement of the election of the association’s president and executive board scheduled on Saturday.

Fifa said it had put in place a normalization committee to oversee the election of a new executive board by February 16 the latest.

The removal of the FAT executive board came four days after Fifa’s ethics committee suspended FAT president Worawi Makudi for 90 days over possible breach of Fifa’s code of ethics.

Mr Worawi had been FAT president since 2007. He was due to stand for re-election on Saturday against former national soccer team Thawatchai Sajakul and Pisan Jundilok.

The normalization committee includes Admiral Soravuth Maharom, former chairman of the Thai atheletes committee; Mr Thana Chaiprasit, chief of Thai atheletes; Mr Sattaya Aruntharee, deputy attorney-general; Mr Manat Watthanasarn, legal director of Sports Authority of Thailand; Ms Choenchanok Siriwat and Mr Pinit Sasinin.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/fifa-fires-fat-executive-board

-- Thai PBS 2015-10-18

[NongKhaiKid]

Oh Dear, just how is this international disgrace to be spun locally ?

[Ricardo]

Perhaps ... "FIFA clearly doesn't understand Thai ways of doing things ... I mean, what do they know about corruption !"

[cockatoowho]

Good luck in attempting to sue FIFA to save face. Thai football is now experiencing great results on the field, lets hope the off field antics by this grime doen't have too much of a negative effect on this.

[tuanku]

"The normalization committee includes Admiral ! Soravuth Maharom, former chairman of the Thai atheletes committee; Mr Thana Chaiprasit, chief of Thai atheletes; Mr Sattaya Aruntharee, deputy attorney-general; Mr Manat Watthanasarn, legal director of Sports Authority of Thailand; Ms Choenchanok Siriwat and Mr Pinit Sasinin."

And these people acquired these positions entirely on merit?

[bruceybonus]

Oh Dear, just how is this international disgrace to be spun locally ?

Very easily. It will be conveyed as a misunderstanding & that everything is fine. As 99% of the nation are unable to read English due to the elite wanting to keep the nation uneducated, they will have no other external source to inform them. Much like all the other BS that is fed to them on a daily basis.

[Paul888]

Breaching FIFA's "code of ethics" probably means they didn't share the spoils upwards.

[NongKhaiKid]

Oh Dear, just how is this international disgrace to be spun locally ?

Very easily. It will be conveyed as a misunderstanding & that everything is fine. As 99% of the nation are unable to read English due to the elite wanting to keep the nation uneducated, they will have no other external source to inform them. Much like all the other BS that is fed to them on a daily basis.

Football is a big deal here and there's lots of coverage in all aspects of the Thai media so English doesn't really come into it.

The question is will the local media cover it in any detail or will they follow any line the govt may take ?

[Baerboxer]

Blatter and Platini probably wish they could re-locate FIFA HQ to Thailand.

Then all the massive corruption that riddles FIFA could've been smoothed over with little consequences for them and their trough sharing mates.

Pesky American and Swiss agencies spoiling the feeding.

Just think, if things had worked out differently in the UK. Thaksin could've still been Man City Chairman and maybe head of the FA by now. Quite a few British football clubs under Thai ownership or with big sponsorship deals now. Nice to see how easy it is for Thais to own businesses and property in the UK.

[Bluespunk]

Just gets better and better.

Bringing back the people's game to the people.

Edited October 18, 2015 by Bluespunk

[ratcatcher]

Breaching FIFA's "code of ethics" probably means they didn't share the spoils upwards.

It is hard to believe that FIFA actually knows what 'ethics' are.

[DDbkh]

I presume this has nothing to do with the very beneficial (then) deal PTT signed with Qatar after Thailand voted for that well known footballing metropolis to host the World Cup. It's presumably also a coincidence that a well known shareholder in PTT lives in Dubai which is not too far from Qatar.

[trainman34014]

It's all ''a big misunderstanding'' .....FIFA no un'erstan' Thainess !

[ikke]

An "Admiral" in the "normalization team" ...... sound abnormal to me, but rather normal to Thailand....

[Thai at Heart]

Great news. Just wait until other organisations in other sports start doing the same.. These guys just use the funds like it is their own cash

[jayboy]

Blatter and Platini probably wish they could re-locate FIFA HQ to Thailand.

Then all the massive corruption that riddles FIFA could've been smoothed over with little consequences for them and their trough sharing mates.

Pesky American and Swiss agencies spoiling the feeding.

Just think, if things had worked out differently in the UK. Thaksin could've still been Man City Chairman and maybe head of the FA by now. Quite a few British football clubs under Thai ownership or with big sponsorship deals now. Nice to see how easy it is for Thais to own businesses and property in the UK.

Congratulations on the best example for some time of a post dragging in a reference to Thaksin where it is entirely irrelevant.

[EnglishJohn]

Blatter and Platini probably wish they could re-locate FIFA HQ to Thailand.

Then all the massive corruption that riddles FIFA could've been smoothed over with little consequences for them and their trough sharing mates.

Pesky American and Swiss agencies spoiling the feeding.

Just think, if things had worked out differently in the UK. Thaksin could've still been Man City Chairman and maybe head of the FA by now. Quite a few British football clubs under Thai ownership or with big sponsorship deals now. Nice to see how easy it is for Thais to own businesses and property in the UK.

Congratulations on the best example for some time of a post dragging in a reference to Thaksin where it is entirely irrelevant.

'Endemic corruption at every level' - seems like a good match to me. And Thaksin was involved with football which is now exposed as hugely corrupt.

Seems his link makes more sense than your blind defense of the bogeyman.

But don't concern yourself with what goes on outside your little world. Fingers in ears, head in sand and keep hoping he comes back and makes you rich.

[blazes]

Blatter and Platini probably wish they could re-locate FIFA HQ to Thailand.

Then all the massive corruption that riddles FIFA could've been smoothed over with little consequences for them and their trough sharing mates.

Pesky American and Swiss agencies spoiling the feeding.

Just think, if things had worked out differently in the UK. Thaksin could've still been Man City Chairman and maybe head of the FA by now. Quite a few British football clubs under Thai ownership or with big sponsorship deals now. Nice to see how easy it is for Thais to own businesses and property in the UK.

The foxes (or should that be "the Foxes") are in charge of the hen houses of English football. All you have to do to become an owner in the EPL (and below) is demonstrate that you are a "fit and proper person". Nice and vague, and pure BS.

[mike324]

A friend was in the Australian football committee in the AUS some 20 years ago, went for a FIFA conference in Europe - don't remember for what. He was put in a penthouse suite and girls were sent to his room ... guessing it had something to do with vying for votes from Australia

[jayboy]

Blatter and Platini probably wish they could re-locate FIFA HQ to Thailand.

Then all the massive corruption that riddles FIFA could've been smoothed over with little consequences for them and their trough sharing mates.

Pesky American and Swiss agencies spoiling the feeding.

Just think, if things had worked out differently in the UK. Thaksin could've still been Man City Chairman and maybe head of the FA by now. Quite a few British football clubs under Thai ownership or with big sponsorship deals now. Nice to see how easy it is for Thais to own businesses and property in the UK.

Congratulations on the best example for some time of a post dragging in a reference to Thaksin where it is entirely irrelevant.

'Endemic corruption at every level' - seems like a good match to me. And Thaksin was involved with football which is now exposed as hugely corrupt.

Seems his link makes more sense than your blind defense of the bogeyman.

But don't concern yourself with what goes on outside your little world. Fingers in ears, head in sand and keep hoping he comes back and makes you rich.

I'm not defending him simply questioning his relevance to the thread.He was never involved with FIFA.You introduced him to the subject in a ludicrously irrelevant way and naturally enough got mocked for it.

And even now you compound your inanity by suggesting because he was "involved" in football (the Man City acquisition ) he is somehow connected to the local Thailand FIFA scandal.

[Bangkok Barry]

Ah, Thailand. A nation to be proud of. Interesting, isn't it, that the article names the normalization team but not those who have been thrown out. Can't have them losing face, can we. Pathetic.

[Stradavarius37]

Blatter and Platini probably wish they could re-locate FIFA HQ to Thailand.

Then all the massive corruption that riddles FIFA could've been smoothed over with little consequences for them and their trough sharing mates.

Pesky American and Swiss agencies spoiling the feeding.

Just think, if things had worked out differently in the UK. Thaksin could've still been Man City Chairman and maybe head of the FA by now. Quite a few British football clubs under Thai ownership or with big sponsorship deals now. Nice to see how easy it is for Thais to own businesses and property in the UK.

Congratulations on the best example for some time of a post dragging in a reference to Thaksin where it is entirely irrelevant.

'Endemic corruption at every level' - seems like a good match to me. And Thaksin was involved with football which is now exposed as hugely corrupt.

Seems his link makes more sense than your blind defense of the bogeyman.

But don't concern yourself with what goes on outside your little world. Fingers in ears, head in sand and keep hoping he comes back and makes you rich.

I'm not defending him simply questioning his relevance to the thread.He was never involved with FIFA.You introduced him to the subject in a ludicrously irrelevant way and naturally enough got mocked for it.

And even now you compound your inanity by suggesting because he was "involved" in football (the Man City acquisition ) he is somehow connected to the local Thailand FIFA scandal.

Pot, kettle, jayboy

[Najinsky]

I presume this has nothing to do with the very beneficial (then) deal PTT signed with Qatar after Thailand voted for that well known footballing metropolis to host the World Cup. It's presumably also a coincidence that a well known shareholder in PTT lives in Dubai which is not too far from Qatar.

Be careful, no room for alleged facts in TV land.

[bangrak]

Oh Dear, just how is this international disgrace to be spun locally ?

Very easily. It will be conveyed as a misunderstanding & that everything is fine. As 99% of the nation are unable to read English due to the elite wanting to keep the nation uneducated, they will have no other external source to inform them. Much like all the other BS that is fed to them on a daily basis.

Right you are, and you didn't need a crystal ball to see this one coming... The attorney of the FA was yesterday already turning things around, telling Thais how the English text from FIFA had to be interpreted, and it sounded nowhere near to what was, very clearly and in simple wording, written by FIFA... Let me guess: another case of 'FIFA (this time) is not my father'...? Aah, Thainess...