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Coming from America
Simon and I were looking forward to this interview. Born in Sunnyvale, California, Jeremy Zielinski's goalkeeping career is still in its infancy but has taken him to Honolulu, SanFrancisco and Vancouver.
He made his own way to Khamphaengphet FC in order to play regular football and for a first experience of Asia.
Khamphaengphet play in Thai League 3 North, the same league as Chiang Mai FC and MaeJo United. It is far from glamourous but it is regular football and a showcase for potentially new opportunities in the future.
It is a really interesting discussion on motivation, commitment, setting objectives, self-awareness and experiencing new cultures.
Khamphaengphet play Chatrakkan City tomorrow (12 October) and come to CMFC on 3 November 2024 - a 5pm kick off in Doi Saket.
The picture is from Jeremy's facebook page - where you can also see his double save of a Phitsanulok Unity penalty in Khamphaengphet's 1-0 away win. Reminiscent of Manuel Almunia's last minute penalty save for Watford against Leicester in the 2013 Championship playoff without the same crazy scenes!.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/12/manuel-almunia-troy-deeney-watford-18-seconds-of-ecstasy-leicester-championship-play-offs-2013
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01:13:36||Season 2024, Ep. 35One of the joys of T2 is that six new teams join the league each year replacing promoted and relegated sides. A one week break for T2 allowed us to look at the teams that are set to take part in the T3 Champions groups where the 69 teams that started league three have been reduced to 12.Phil plumbs new depths with his Navy and Fleet puns. In local football this weekend and midweek:Sunday 30 March.T1 Lamphun v Port FC 6.00pmT3 CMFC v Phitsanulok Unity 4.00pm Kamphaengpet FC v Mae Jo United 4.00pmThanks for listening!Wednesday 2 AprilT2 Lampang v Pattaya 6.00pm Cniang Mai Unittd v Ayutthaya 6.30pm T2 Lampang v Pattaya
33. Phrae hit Suphanburi for six
01:09:52||Season 20242025, Ep. 33Wins for Phrae, Ayutthaya, Chonburi and Kanchanaburi. Pattaya replace Dennis Amato as head coachChainat win their relegation battle with Trat.Two weekend remain in the regular T3 season with five Champions League teams still to be confirmed.Mae Jo lose for first time in 2024-2025Yashir Islame hatrick for Ayutthaya.
33. In praise of Suphanburi
01:13:02||Season 20242025, Ep. 33Van Lingen leads Suphanburi fightback at Chiang MaiAre Kanchanaburi and Kasetsart heading for the playoffs?The resurrection of Nakhon Si United In T3, Rasisalai, Mae Jo United and Navy FC all confirmed Champions League placesBig celebrations at Mae Jo
32. Thonburi and Songkhla to contest the BGC Muang Thai insurance cup final
01:07:09||Season 20242025, Ep. 32Late, late goals for Chonburi and Lampang,Dropped points at Phrae after injury time penalty miss,The return of Van Lingen as Suphanburi come back from a two goal deficitRasisalai are the first team to qualify for the T3 Champions groups
31. Tiago Chulapa - eight years in Thailand
56:35||Season 20242025, Ep. 31Our interview with Chanthaburi FC's Tiago Chulapa was recorded on Monday 3 March in Chiang Mai.Tiago talks about his early career in Brasil, moving to Oman and then onto ThailandFaith and family are clearly at the heart of his life - that and banging in goals. His record in Thai League 2 is outstanding - 70 goals in 135 appearances. There are plenty more to come.It was such a fun interview to do - an hour passed very quickly.Many thanks to Fake David (an old friend of the podcast) for his help.
30. A celebration of defensive howlers
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29. A shocker in Pattaya and a classic in Chiang Mai
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28. VAR - value added reporting !
01:06:19||Season 20242025, Ep. 28Nakhon Si United are our team of the week after winning at the weekend and midweek...VAR keeps Kasetsart v Pattaya goal-less.Lampang and Phrae pick up just one point each from their two games.Phrae have the not unreasonable excuse of a 2,650 km round tripAre Chonburi the T2 favorites again ?In the BGC/Muang Thai cup semi finals after the first leg it is advantage to Songkhla and to Thonburi.Mae Jo v CMFC is the game of T3North this weekend.
27. The joy of six - for Trat
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