Ground: Ramkhamhaeng University Stadium
Capacity: 2,000
Club Founded: 2011
Club Dissolved: 2015 - Becoming BTU S.Boonmeerit United FC
The story of Globlex FC is familiar in Thai football. They were allocated a place in the national league system, but with little support or success on the pitch, they were merged into another club within a few years.
Globlex FC Background
The club played its home matches at Ramkhamhaeng University Stadium in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region of the third-tier Regional League 2, following its Khǒr Royal Cup win in 2010. In four seasons in the competition, their highest finish was tenth place.
The club was taken over by S.Boonmeerit Sport Club Co., Ltd at the end of the 2015 season, renamed BTU S.Boonmeerit United FC, and moved across the city to Bangkokthonburi University Stadium. That split of the club was then renamed Nonthaburi United S.Boonmeerit FC, later ditching the latter part of its title.
My visit
Globlex 0 Samut Sakon 0
My ticket gave me access to an excellent raised cantilever stand, split between home and away fans. The usual VIP section for officials and dignitaries was placed in the centre block.
About Rhampangpeng University Stadium
My visit
Globlex 0 Samut Sakon 0
Thai Regional League Central West - Sunday 7th April 2013
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My holiday went superbly. The sixes cricket team I represent, Yarrambat of Melbourne, had won the third-level Bowl of the Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes, and I’d had a solid tournament.
More friends had been made and lots of memories accumulated in a great atmosphere, but by now I was ready to add to my live football experiences in the Land of Smiles. It was something I enjoyed more each visit as information became more readily available.
In the week before travelling north, I’d visited several new grounds and seen a couple of midweek matches. I had an afternoon and evening to kill in Bangkok before heading to Phuket the following day for more cricket.
This, as ever, I was going to do as much as possible, looking around and increasing my knowledge of the capital. This always made me appreciate it more when I visited places I would otherwise never see.
Good Choices
Holiday Fun
More friends had been made and lots of memories accumulated in a great atmosphere, but by now I was ready to add to my live football experiences in the Land of Smiles. It was something I enjoyed more each visit as information became more readily available.
Important Planning
This, as ever, I was going to do as much as possible, looking around and increasing my knowledge of the capital. This always made me appreciate it more when I visited places I would otherwise never see.
Good Choices
I closely scrutinised the websites and Twitter for news of late changes to fixtures, as is not unusual in Thailand. Not checking all options before setting out can end in disappointment, especially when a game has been missed off the list.
In the end, I plumped for a doubleheader on two new grounds not too far apart. I knew both were good venues and roughly how to get to them.
Globlex were based at Ramkhamhaeng University in the shadows of the majestic national Rajamangala Stadium. Their game was a 4pm kick-off in the searing heat. When I arrived, the temperature measured just under 40 degrees.
With the second match having a 6pm kick off, I reckoned on getting in an hour at the first encounter. If everything went to plan!
Journey to the Stadium
The Heat is On
With the second match having a 6pm kick off, I reckoned on getting in an hour at the first encounter. If everything went to plan!
Journey to the Stadium
As ever in Bangkok, a taxi was soon outside my hotel to transport me. After a ride up the vibrant Rhampangpeng Road, a short walk soon had me outside the stadium's railings, where I stood to attention with everyone else inside and out of the arena as the King's Anthem boomed out.
About Rhampangpeng University Stadium
I had seen Sakon the previous season at Thai Honda, and once again their loud and colourful following in pink and sky blue was greater than the home support. Opposite was another raised seated stand, closed for this match. The pitch was surrounded by a running track, like the majority of stadiums in Thailand's lower divisions.
Catering was like many grounds at that level in Thailand and came courtesy of a van behind the stand. I was still very much in my fledgling stage when it came to trying local delicacies, and years away from trying all kinds of recipes in Isan. As usual, wrists were stamped on entry, allowing fans to come and go, to head to the catering inside and outside the complex.
Catering was like many grounds at that level in Thailand and came courtesy of a van behind the stand. I was still very much in my fledgling stage when it came to trying local delicacies, and years away from trying all kinds of recipes in Isan. As usual, wrists were stamped on entry, allowing fans to come and go, to head to the catering inside and outside the complex.
The Match
The match itself was not fantastic, although the build-up play was not the worst. Unfortunately, the finishing from both sides was wasteful in the extreme. This was emphasised when the visitors were awarded a debatable penalty on the stroke of halftime that was blasted over the bar.
After spending fifteen minutes in the company of the friendly Sakon fans at the beginning of the second half, who tried to work out my Scarborough Athletic shirt, I headed for the exit as I had a gut feeling the second game would be pretty special for my first time at the PAT Stadium, the home of Singhturua, later to become Port FC.
After spending fifteen minutes in the company of the friendly Sakon fans at the beginning of the second half, who tried to work out my Scarborough Athletic shirt, I headed for the exit as I had a gut feeling the second game would be pretty special for my first time at the PAT Stadium, the home of Singhturua, later to become Port FC.
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