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FC Phuket Take On Buriram In Bt1m Playoff Final Tonight


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FC Phuket take on Buriram in Bt1mn playoff final tonight

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FC Phuket celebrate victory in their record season this year.

PHUKET: -- The FC Phuket bandwagon will make its final stop of the season tonight against Buriram in the Thai League Division 2 playoff final, at Suphachalasai Stadium in Bangkok.

Kick-off is at 6pm. The game will be broadcast live on the T-Sports Channel, available on True Visions and on Phuket Cable's channel 58.

Phuket finished atop Group B of Division 2 after coming from behind to defeat Samut Prakan on home turf last Saturday to set up the showdown with Group A kingpins Buriram.

Striker Thawin Bootsombat was the hero for Phuket in that game. His two second-half goals sealed a famous 2-1 victory and ensured the team's promotion to Division 1.

Although both teams are already guaranteed to be playing Division 1 football next season, the winner of tonight's game will be crowned overall playoff champion and receive the handsome reward of 1 million baht.

Should Phuket lose the game they will still be awarded 500,000 baht.

Approximately 200 Phuket fans have made the trip north to the capital for the epic encounter.

Meanwhile, looking ahead to next season, the new Division 1 season has been penciled in for a mid-February start, with fixtures and dates to be announced shortly.

An FC Phuket spokesperson confirmed to the Gazette that decisions on which loan players from this season will remain at the club for next term will be made after the game with Buriram tonight.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2010-12-29

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FC Phuket loses to Buriram

PHUKET: -- Despite a strong showing, FC Phuket went down to Buriram FC by a score of 0-1 in the championship match of the Thai League Division 1 promotion playoffs in Bangkok this evening.

Phuket FC had a clear advantage in terms of possession and good chances, but the only goal of the match came at 39 minutes of the first half when Buriram player Supakit capitalized on an errant pass in the Phuket backfield to score from 25 yards out.

Playing all out for the one-million-baht winner's purse, the Southern Sea Kirin pushed hard for the rest of the match but were unable to find the back of the net.

Several fine scoring opportunities sailed over the crossbar, including a penalty area salvo in the 89th minute by Ivory Coast player Diarra Ali.

Buriram FC enjoyed a huge advantage in terms of crowd support, with thousands of fans dressed in red compared to a small contingent of die-hard FC Phuket supporters.

The match at Suphachalasai Stadium in Bangkok gave a good indication of what is in store for the Southern Sea Kirin in the upcoming season in Division 1.

FC Phuket will not come home empty handed, however. The team will take home the runners-up prize of 500,000 baht.

The exciting match was televised nationally on the T-Sports network, the second time the team have been given national exposure.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2010-12-30

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