Globex FC was a semi-professional football club, that was formed in 2011; playing home matches at Ramkhamhaeng University Stadium. 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 and can be read about here.
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This was followed up by three thirteenth-place finishes. As far as is known Globlex disappeared from the football scene after the takeover and move of the club.
My visit
Globlex 0 Samut Sakon 0 (Sunday 7th April 2013) Thai Regional League Central West Region (att: approx 500)
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.
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.
Globlex were based at Rhampangpeng University in the shadows of the majestic national Rajamangala Stadium. Their game was a 4pm kick-off, in the searing heat which measured just under 40 degrees on the thermometer.
With the second match having a 6pm kick off I reckoned on getting in an hour at the first encounter.
Admission was 50 baht (around £1.15) and gained me access to an excellent raised cantilever stand, which was split between home and away fans with the usual VIP section for officials and dignitaries in the centre block.
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.
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, gave me plenty of enjoyment and time to look around, which increased my knowledge of the capital and appreciate and visit places I would otherwise never see.
After closely scrutinising the websites and Twitter for news of late changes to fixtures, as is not unusual in Thailand, I plumped for a doubleheader on two new grounds not too far apart, which I knew would also be in two good venues.
Globlex were based at Rhampangpeng University in the shadows of the majestic national Rajamangala Stadium. Their game was a 4pm kick-off, in the searing heat which measured just under 40 degrees on the thermometer.
With the second match having a 6pm kick off I reckoned on getting in an hour at the first encounter.
As ever in Bangkok, a taxi was soon pulling in to transport me, and 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 Thai national anthem boomed out.
Admission was 50 baht (around £1.15) and gained me access to an excellent raised cantilever stand, which was split between home and away fans with the usual VIP section for officials and dignitaries in the centre block.
I had seen Sakon the previous season at Thai Honda and once again their following in pink and sky blue was higher than the home support and was loud and colourful. Another raised seated stand was opposite, but not in use for the match; with the pitch surrounded by a running track as are the majority of stadiums in the lower divisions in Thailand.
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.
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 was the norm, hands were stamped on entry allowing fans to come and go so that they could access catering inside and outside the complex.
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 Boro shirt, I headed for the exit as I had a gut feeling the second game would be pretty special at the PAT Stadium, the home of Singhturua FC.
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