Look E-San

 

Look E-San FC is a football club based in the Bangkok district of Nonthaburi for the 2019 season, who were originally formed as Thai Airways FC in 2002, becoming somewhat of a nomadic club.

The team played in the second tier Thailand Division 1 League in 2006, being moved to the A Division of that competition in 2007 playing at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Stadium and ending in seventh spot.

Division 1 League became one section again in 2008 with the club moving to the Klong Chan Sports Center and finishing eleventh in the table. A move to the Beer Chang Stadium in Chonburi for 2009 saw the campaign end in relegation to the third tier.

A return to Bangkok to play at Ramkhamhaeng University Stadium for 2010 in Regional League Division 2 Bangkok Metropolitan Region saw a name change to Look Isan Thai Airways and a ninth place finish.

2011 saw Look Isan depart north of the capital to Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University Stadium but the move didn’t bring in much luck, nor did a return to Ramkhamhaeng for the 2012 campaign.

A partnership was signed in 2012 to become a feeder club to Police United FC and use their Boonyachinda Stadium home, but the initiative only resulted in a fifteenth place finish. On the road again Isan left for Thammasat Stadium in 2013.

The move also led to a change of league as the club were relocated into Regional League Division 2 Central & Eastern Region, which saw Look Isan win the title. However, a poor showing in Group A of the Champions League Round ended any hopes of promotion.

Rajpracha Sport Resort was the next location for the club in 2014 as they were renamed Pakchong United FC, where they saw out the season in the lowly reaches of the table and then not competing in 2015.

The club returned in 2016 as Look Isan, as Look E-San is sometimes spelt and back in situ at Ramkhamhaeng University Stadium in the third tier Division 2 Bangkok & Eastern Region, finishing in fifth place with Almamy Sylla leading the scoring.

2017 saw a re-organisation of Thai football. Look E-San were placed in the newly created fourth tier Thai League 4 Western Region, ending in a disappointing eighth place despite the goals of Sylla and Supanai Baipa-om.

The performance was improved upon by the team coached by Usman Sharif in 2018 as the side reached sixth place, with any hopes of promotion dashed when leading scorer Dennis Borketey was snapped up by Samut Prakan during the season.

For 2019 the club moved across town to Nonthaburi and the home of former club BB-CU at Nonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium. They finished the 2019 season in Thai League 4 East in ninth position.

2022-23 saw the club enter the Thai Semipro League under head coach Siwakorn Prakobsook and play their home games at NT TOT Stadium. The team ended runners-up in the Bangkok Perimeter group.

My visits

Wednesday 1st April 2015

A call to take photos at the stadium on a day out in Bangkok.

BBCU 2 Suphanburi 3 (Sunday 24th April 2016) Thai Premier League (att: 1,726)

To read all about both visits along with lots of other photos of Nonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium, please click here to be redirected to the BB-CU page.