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•The• national and local media in Thailand at this time of year is always awash with the news about the HUA HIN
number of deaths and injuries occurring in road accidents during the ‘seven deadly days’. And indeed, here at AWOL, we frequently report on foreigners who have died on the road, and try to stress to you, our readers, the dangers that await all of us on the highways and byways here. However, the focus on the holiday periods of New Year and the Thai New Year of Songkran, in April, while understandable in that many more people are normally travelling at these times, is actually quite misleading. So far, figures available for the period 29th December 2016 to 3rd January 2017 indicate that there have been 426 deaths and 3,761 injured during that time. This is an increase on last year, but does not deviate very much from what the average number every other day of the year is. The last year statistics are currently available for is 2013, and the total number of road deaths for the whole year was 24,237, or an average of just over 66 per day. The average for this New Year is 71 per day. Statistics for Hua Hin specifically are not available, and only the figures for certain provinces have been made available for the current period, and Prachuap Kiri Khan is not one of them. However all provinces have been instructed to use the data to find solutions to reduce accidents not only during long holidays but also on regular days. At the same time, they were asked to promote conscience and responsibility among motorists, by Lt Gen Teerawat Boonyawat, head of civil affairs of the National Council for Peace and Order. We can only hope that these efforts, and the new more stringent driving test will go some way to reduce the daily carnage on Thailand’s roads. Ultimately it requires both better education, stricter enforcement and a change in attitudes to do so though.
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If someone had told you 30 years ago that you’d end up an insurance salesman, you probably would have laughed. Then again, you would’ve been 6-months-old at the time. CANCER JUN 22 – JUL 22 Your life will soon be divided PISCES FEB 19 – MAR 20 into Pre-Angering-Of-TheRomance is in the air for this Ants and Post-Angering-Ofweek, as well as on the bedThe-Ants eras. sheets, the nearby curtains, and in a growing puddle on LEO JUL 23 – AUG 22 the floor. Don’t let anybody tell you what you can or cannot do. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 That’s for you, three to five You will give birth to a of your ribs, and most of the beautiful, bouncing baby hearing in your left ear, to girl this week, moments after decide. going into labour inside that giant inflatable castle.
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A section for all you budding etymologists where each week the origin of a word or phrase is investigated. a variety of tableaux titled ‘Merrie England in Ye Olden Time’. THIS WEEK IT IS.....A FROG IN THE THROAT Temporary hoarseness caused by phlegm in the back of the In order to lend some zest to the sales campaign, the advertising agents for the importers invented a back story which claimed throat. ‘A frog in the throat’ is an American phrase that entered the that ‘a frog in the throat’ was ‘an old English expression, once language towards the end of the 19th century. The expression in common use, but now forgotten here’. That story is as fake doesn’t have a fanciful derivation (see more on that below) as the stuffed frogs - the expression is certainly American and but comes directly from the fact that a hoarse person sounds only became widely used in England when Taylor Bros. began selling their lozenges. croaky - like a frog. The earliest reference found to the expression is from How to It is easy to find websites that claim ‘a frog in your throat’ derives be Man, which was an improving ‘book for boys’, written by from the belief that ‘in medieval times physicians thought that the American clergyman Harvey Newcomb in 1847. Newcomb the secretions of a frog could help heal a sore throat’. That’s true, encouraged the youngsters to resist the temptation of ‘improper they did have that belief, but any link between that and the diversions’ [the nature of which I will leave to your imagination]: phrase ‘frog in the throat’ is one of the pieces of folk etymology Now let me beg of you to learn to say NO. If you find a ‘frog in that appear to float around the Internet and enjoy apparent your throat,’ which obstructs your utterance, go by yourself, and immortality, despite having no basis in truth and no supporting evidence. Holding a live frog in a child’s mouth until the frog practise saying no, no, NO! The expression must have been in popular use in the USA by died was thought, in the 17th century, to be a cure for thrush 1894, when it was used in an advertisement as the name of a (a viral infection of the mouth). No one at the time used the proprietary medicine for sore throats, in The Stevens Point phrase ‘a frog in the/your/ones throat’, which isn’t known until the late 19th century. Journal, November 1894: “The Taylor Bros. say that ‘Frog in the Throat’ will cure hoarseness. As a general rule, any explanation of the origin of a phrase 10 cents and box.” that begins with ‘In medieval times...’ should be treated with Interestingly, a reference to the phrase was printed just four suspicion. weeks later in the English newspaper The Hastings and St Leonards Observer, in an article about ‘Yankee advertising’. The Is there an English phrase or saying that Observer journalist describes how a local chemist had adopted an American advertising window display in order to sell the you would like to know more about? imported ‘Frog in Your Throat’ lozenges. The display consisted of artificial frogs dressed up as English peasants and arranged in Email it to us on submissions@awolonline.net
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expert to work out whether or not a councillor used the word ‘dickhead’ during an argument. Bob Brierley was said to have used the term to describe Stephen Murphy at Wigan Borough Council. He denied it so they spent £2,160 for 20 hours work by audio expert Iain McArthur who also went to a code of conduct hearing. Mr McArthur had previously worked on the Milly Dowler and Rhys Jones murder investigations. Brendan Whitworth, assistant director for the council’s legal department, said: ‘To determine if Cllr Brierley swore, he having denied doing so, and thus to allow proper consideration of whether there was a breach of the code of conduct we decided to consult an audio expert. ‘There was a cost attached to this but to ensure transparency and fairness we felt it important to have an independent opinion.’ Councillor Anita Thorpe described the comment as being ‘about his head and another part of his anatomy’. Mr McArthur told the code of conduct hearing Cllr Brierley said to the councillor: ‘Oh, I forgot it’s you Mr Murphy, you dickhead’. Mr McArthur added: ‘He (Coun Brierley) had the microphone very close to his mouth and it’s a very clear recording. I have no problem with accents, I have lived around Manchester for a number of years and I understand the accent.’ Asked by former monitoring officer Linda Fisher if Cllr Brierley could have said: ‘Oh, I forgot it’s you Mr Murphy, you again’, as the councillor UK claimed, Mr McArthur said: ‘Absolutely not, 100 per cent.’ Council spent £2,000 trying to work out if councillor said The full investigation had cost the taxpayer £9,000, but council ‘dickhead’ or not chiefs blamed Cllr Brierley for refusing to apologise at an early A council has defended spending more than £2,000 on an audio stage and not ‘engaging with the process’. VIETNAM Man has scissors removed from inside him after 18-year stomach ache A man has had scissors removed from his abdomen which were left behind during surgery 18 years ago, after reporting a stomach ache that was nearly two decades in the making. Ma Van Nhat, now 54, underwent surgery in 1998 after a car accident and only recently discovered that doctors had left an unwelcome gift behind when they closed him up. Doctors in Vietnam discovered the 6ins scissors near his colon after a recent ultrasound. He had a three-hour operation at the weekend to remove the scissors, according to Ngo Trung Thang, deputy head of general affairs at Gang Thep Thai Nguyen hospital, 50 miles north of Hanoi. ‘He is recovering well,’ Thang told AFP. Nhat had spent nearly two decades ‘eating, drinking and having a pretty normal life’, according to Suc Khoe va Doi Song news site, the official mouthpiece of Vietnam’s health ministry. The ultrasound that discovered the scissors only came about after Nhat reported stomach pains. Officials said they were searching for the doctors who performed surgery in Bac Kan province in 1998, but have not yet tracked down any culprits.
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TIGERS The scene is a dark jungle in Africa. Two tigers are stalking through the brush when the one to the rear reaches out with BUCKET LIST his tongue and licks the ass of the tiger in front. The startled I just read a list of “The 100 Things To Do Before You Die”. tiger turns around and says, “Hey! Cut it out, alright!” The rear tiger says, “sorry,” and they continue. I was pretty surprised that “Yell for help” wasn’t one of them. After about another five minutes, the rear tiger again reaches out with his tongue and licks the ass of the tiger in front. The TEXAS COP front tiger turns around and cuffs the rear tiger and says, Two guys are driving through Texas when they get pulled over “I said stop it!” The rear tiger says, “sorry,” and they continue. by a state trooper. The trooper walks up, taps on the window After about another five minutes, the rear tiger once more licks with his nightstick, the driver rolls down the window, and the the ass of the tiger in front. The front tiger turns around and trooper smacks him in the head with the stick. asks the rear tiger, “What is it with you, anyway?” The driver says, “Why’d you do that? The rear tiger replies, “Well, I just ate a lawyer and I’m trying to The trooper says, “You’re in Texas, son. When I pull you over, get the taste out of my mouth!” you’ll have your license ready.” Driver says, “I’m sorry, officer, I’m not from around here.” The trooper runs a check on the guy’s license, and he’s clean. PHILOSOPHY He gives the guy his license back and walks around to the A horse walks into a bar. The bartender asks the horse if it is passenger side and taps on the window. The passenger rolls his an alcoholic, considering all the bars it frequents, to which the window down, and the trooper smacks him with the nightstick. horse replies, “I don’t think I am”. POOF! The horse disappears. The passenger says, “What’d you do that for?” This is the point in time when any philosphy students strat to The cop says,”Just making your wishes come true.” giggle, as they are familiar with the philisophical proposition The passenger says, “Huh?” of ‘cogito ergo sum’, or roughly, ‘I think, therefore I am’. But to The cop says, “I know that two miles down the road you’re explain that concept beforehand would be putting Descartes gonna say, ‘I wish that sucker would’ve tried that crap with before the horse. me!’”
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WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? There is one thing that can be absolutely guaranteed for anyone living in Thailand, and that is you will encounter a lot of wildlife, even in urban areas. This can sometimes be delightful, sometimes unpleasant and sometimes downright scary! For a start in Hua Hin there are the monkeys - there are a number of places where you will find them in large groups, most notably on the road up to Hin Lek Fai, and at the temple in Khao Takiab, but you will also see them swinging from the assortment of cables above Phetkasem Road and elsewhere. In general they are quite well behaved but if you are carrying food they can appear quite aggressive. Elephants are something you will occasionally see, more in the countryside and particularly in and around the route to Pala-U waterfall, as well as at the excellent Hutsadin Foundation and some other elephant sanctuaries. There have been some fairly serious encounters with wild elephants on roads running through their areas so it is wise to be cautious in those regions. The truly dangerous animals that you can encounter though are dogs; not dangerous, generally, in that they will attack you, although that does occur, but more for anyone travelling on two wheels. There are several accidents a week where cyclists or motorcyclists have either come off their bikes in trying to avoid them or have actually hit dogs that come out of nowhere. Car drivers also have these encounters which will damage their vehicle but more often than not does not lead to hospital, which is often the case with bikes. Part of the problem with the dogs is that there is both no appetite to humanely destroy problem dogs because of the country’s
Buddhist beliefs, nor apparently the will or the funds for local authorities to tackle the problem, for example by an ongoing neutering programme. There are charities and foundations who have been attempting to fill this void, but quite simply the size of the problem is to big for the resources they have, and it seems to be getting worse every year as nature takes its course and dogs continue to breed. This is also exacerbated by the number of previously ‘owned’ dogs that are abandoned when they become too much of a burden to feed and take care of, which is also a problem in other countries; however this has been partially solved in many of those countries by a combination of public education campaigns and the licencing of dogs, along with microchips injected into the skin of the dog with owner details. Whether this would work in Thailand is debatable, given how many people drive without licences for example, but a sustained neutering and rehoming programme is becoming more and more urgent. What everyone has to remember though is that this is not the fault of the dogs - they are just trying to survive. Most soi dogs on their own make perfectly fine pets once cleaned up and treated for ailments, but dogs do need taking care of.
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Submitted by Rod Groombridge On Friday the 23rd December Jim and his customers went on their usual bike ride that they do every Saturday. The difference this time though was that it was in support of the Padeng Childrens Shelter up in Pala-U. At 08:30 three cars loaded up with people and gifts plus fourteen bikes headed off the bring some Christmas joy to these children. When we got there we were amazed to see the joy in the faces of these children who have next to nothing but love in their hearts and desire to live life to the fullest. Not only not having a parent in their lives they seemed content and this really impressed all of us and many said that they brought a tear or two to their eyes. Most of the children have a grasp of English and were more than willing to try it out on us, and they completed our visit by singing Xmas Carols to us in English. All of the customers have decided that we are going to continually support the Shelter and not only at Christmas. Another run was organised to take up kitchen supplies, cleaning and bathroom products on the 29th. There were six of us that went including one of our Thai lady friends who decided to supply and cook lunch for the children and I can assure everyone that nothing was left over. Many of the customers who are regular visitors to Hua Hin have pledged their support while they back in their home countries They are in need of many things, food, cleaning and bathroom products, building materials, clothing and especially school gear etc. If you are able to help us with this fine project donations of all kinds would be greatly accepted at Jim’s Gulf of Thailand bar in Soi 80, or you can contact Jim on 084 720 3083. And if you wish to join us on our Saturday bike rides, you are more than welcome - these visit many different places, and we stop for lunch at small family restaurants. Jim (Somchai Nimwanno)
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restaurant, established in prime location, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 clean kitchens, 2 eating areas (inside/ outside). Large private lounge upstairs. Customer base throughout year. Cheap rent paid up to September 2017. Good landlord. Parking front and rear. Owner relocating. Price includes everything, 850,000 baht. Also resident staff. Terms available. Details 09307 46204 THRIVING LOCAL RESTAURANT and premises for sale. Two storey townhouse on a corner plot comprising a small restaurant with two kitchen areas and toilet on the ground floor, and 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms on the upper floor, located in a busy residential area with several large estates in walking distance. Reluctantly selling this excellent property and business to invest elsewhere. Price 5.2 m baht. Please call 093 139 9655.
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& Hybrid. Callaway Steelhead 7 irons & 9 FW, Taylor M. R9 driver 2 shafts, hybrids from Ping & Cobra, 2 2-ball putters, Cleveland LW, Fairway woods Taylor M. & Wilson. Mail for more info. Together or apart. Good Offer accepted. Please call 08-30138132 or email peter@pjtrim.com NEW POOL CUES for sale RAID Low Deflection Shaft 2-piece Custom Pool Cue with Sport Wrap by Falcon Cues. R650 Low Deflection Technology Selected Canadian 13mm Maple Shaft with 5 Layer Leather Tip; 3.5 Thread Quick Release Joint; Black Base Forearm with Contrasting Blue Point and 3D Bubble Grip Sport Wrap. Comes with Gray Sleeve and Joint Protector. only 4900 Baht each. Have a look @ Lucky Shot Pool Bar Poonsuk Road evening after 8 pm LAKE VIEW GOLF Club, wanted 2 membership. Please contact me. E-mail andresen.p@gmail.com. Phone 0615450882 Petter Andresen PICKLEBALL PAKNAM PRAN Pickleball partner for single play needed for early morning play or late afternoon play at Evason Resort. Email sledpullric@gmail.com
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TWO BED HOUSE For Rent Or Sale Soi 102. Fully furnished, internet POOL VILLA FOR rent. 3 Bed, 3 Bath, very private, nice garden, large connection, cable tv, laundry machine. Space to park car & motor bike inside. Location over railway tracks soi 102 600 meters after 7 eleven turn left. Rent : 12,000 p.m. Sale: 3.2 mill o.t.o. Tel 087 169 8440 eng 085 293 3843 thai STUDIO APARTMENT IN Khao Takiab for sale. A great investment opportunity with a yield of 10%. This apartment is in Baan Plean Ploen in Khao Takiab. This 30 square meter apartment on the 3rd floor facing the swimming pool is fully furnished with free communal swimming pool fitness and Wifi, and TV with True Visions. 30 metres to the local beach and the green bus to Hua Hin is nearby. For sale for 1.85m or I will accept a reasonable offer. It rents for 15,000 per month. Email chris.b@btinternet. com or call 090 996 4731 LARGE HOUSE AND land near Cha Am for sale; 200 sqm living area on 2.5 rai just 4.8m baht. Also adjacent land of 0.7 rai available for 480,000 baht or make an offer for both. Contact 089 530 8771 or go to luckyhuahin.com for photos and information.
pool, outdoor dining, free water, free cable TV, unlimited high speed internet. 4km from Hua Hin centre. 38,000 baht per month. Call 087 719 7388 TO LET 2-BED unfurnished house in Karat Village, Hua Hin. Suitable for basic accommodation, small business use or storage. Dry, secure, quiet location; small garden & car parking. No dogs. B 8000/month. Tel: 081 262 7580 (Thai); 085 291 6912 (English). TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT, Great location (5km West of town), 2 bed, 2 bath, fully furnished, fully fitted kitchen (fridge, hob, oven, microwave) internet, cable TV, ready to move in. CALL JA ON: 083 316 6424 Price 10,000 baht a month ROOMS FROM 3000 bt p/m, Apartments 7000 bt p/m All close to beach, Condo with sea view and pool 12,000 bt p/m. Weekly and daily rates available. Tiks Place at VIP Condo just north of Hua Hin airport, opposite Palm Hills. Please call David on 092 927 7207 or email davidhodgins@ymail. com for more information
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EVERYTHING’S BETTER WITH A FLOWER GARLAND Many people are glad to see the back of 2016, but while some have made dire predictions for this year, there is nothing more certain than the one prediction I feel confident in making. And that is that the Powers That Be in Thailand will continue to pronounce any peculiar death of a farang to be suicide. We have seen so many of these cases over the years that they become almost common place. Found handcuffed with a plastic bag over his head? It has to be suicide. Tied up inside a wardrobe? Same same but different. There is no doubt that each and every one of these cases, whatever the cause, is a sad loss, but the most recent almost defies belief. ‘Almost’ because it happened in The Land of Smiles - which must be the only place in the world where a farang tied to a post in the sea with his throat cut could have killed himself. While the families of all these victims deserve answers, we know that nothing will change. So - are you going to be one of the first to try the new ferry service? Do you trust the Bali Hai Pier in Pattaya or the fishing pier in Hua Hin to take the combined weight of a catamaran load of passengers? Or maybe you have already taken advantage of the free passage to paradise which ends on January 15th. Or thereabouts, depending on whose report you believe. Despite these and other teething problems, such as cancellations and uncertainty over departure points from Hua Hin, I really do hope that the new ferry works out this time. A couple of earlier attempts failed, but there has to be a market for a reliable Gulf crossing between two of what are the most popular Thai resorts. The price of a single fare, around 1200 baht or so, might
seem a lot for expats, especially when an overnight stay or three is factored in, but surely it will appeal to tourists travelling both ways? Time and the sea states will tell, but let’s keep everything crossed and wish the ferry well. Just make sure that it has a flower garland on the bow before you board. Seven hours away Hull has welcomed in it’s year as City of Culture with a bang. A lot of bangs in fact as a spectacular firework display was staged on January 1st. To be honest it was over too quickly and probably looked better on TV, but it certainly drew the crowds, while what really appealed to us locals were visual displays on some large buildings which depicted the history of the city. All worth taking it easy on New Years’ Eve for, and we joined the stampede for the special buses laid on for the opening events with just one thought in mind can we really take another 364 days of this? No, of course we can’t. Things will calm down, and no doubt, just like the Hua Hin/Pattaya ferry service, not everything will go to plan. Hull will need some flower garlands along the way as well. But it will be worth having a go.
On This Day
No particular anniversaries this week, but spare a thought for two countries where someone must have messed with the calendars and made Christmas Day January 7th. Happy Christmas Russia and the Ukraine.
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EVENTS & NOTICEBOARD Welcome to our collaborative section with Hua Hin’s only local radio station playing Western music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the one and only Surf 102.5 FM! Every day Surf features local events and activities that visitors and locals might be interested in enjoying, and you will find these below. If you know of an event, activity or regular happening that is not listed here or in our Balloon Chasers section, please get in touch by email to either AWOL (submissions@awolonline.net or Surf 102.5 FM (surf102.5fm@gmail.com) or via either of the respective Facebook pages; AWOLexpat or Surf102.5. UPCOMING INFORM AWOL OR SURF FM of your charitable the members in the group has a chance to or non commercial event and we will announce host a dinner party in his/her home for the it here other members. If you love cooking and like to make new friends you should join. You do ONGOING not need to be an expert. Tel. Robert 0983 RESCUE PAWS is a non-profit organization 562290 based in Hua Hin dedicated to helping DUSIT THANI HUA HIN SOCCER and improving the lives of Thailand’s stray ACADEMY: exercise and professional animal population. Find out more on their football coaching for kids. website rescuepawsasia.org or Facebook page HUA HIN HASH HOUSE HARRIERS every RescuePawsThailand Saturday around the area. (see p22) TRASH HERO HUA HIN now every Sunday CICADA MARKET AND PERFORMING at 3pm a beach area gets cleaned. See their ARTS FAIR. The Venue@Suansri. Fri/Sat eponymous Facebook page for weekly details evenings from sunset to 12 pm, Sundays from HUA HIN HOBBY COOKING CLUB If cooking 4pm; Dining, shopping, art, performances, is your hobby you can join an international and films in a beautiful park-like setting. A group of hobby cooks in Hua Hin. Each one of great place to spend an evening
SURF 102.5 FM SCHEDULE The Marriott Breakfast Show with Steve Johnston Mon. to Fri. 6:30 - 10:00 Asia Pop 40 with Dom Lau Sat. 09:00 - 12:00, Sun. 15:00 18:00 Tue. 21:00 - 24:00 “Something On The Radio” with James Ross Sun., Wed., Fri. 21:00-23:00 LA Spinz with Peter Reynolds Mon., Wed., Fri. 19:30 Q Burn Rocks On with Peter Antony Fri. 23:00
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Each letter in this puzzle is represented by a number 1-26. Can you crack the code and solve the crossword? Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Two or three letters are already in place to get you started. Use the 1-26 small grid to keep track.
LAST ISSUE’S SOLUTION
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CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 A different (and special) item (9,4) 8 Deciduous tree (3) 9 Round with four contestants (9) 10 Great ape of film (4,4) 11 Disciplinary object or official (4) 13 Arrival - future (6) 14 Alter (6) 16 As well (4) 17 Royal personage (8) 20 Prescribed by law (9) 21 Vehicle - front (3) 22 Independent state since 1993 (5,8)
The solution to last week’s puzzle is on page 19
DOWN 1 Startle - spy (5) 2 Don’t be in any doubt about this (4,2,7) 3 Capital of Uzbekistan (8) 4 Safe from infection etc (6) 5 Pole for landing fish (4) 6 Midday break for meal (5,8) 7 Figure like flattened circle (7) 12 Polite acknowledgment (5,3) 13 Accepted as excellent (7) 15 Rut (6) 18 Type of boom (5) 19 Be quiet! (4)
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Parties, special deals, regular events, celebrations and more; UNCLE BRYN’S (2KM PAST PALM HILLS NORTH ALONG to get it in AWOL email info@awolonline.net. KLONG ROAD. TURN LEFT AND 200M ON LEFT.); Large Chang 55 baht, large Leo 58 baht. Open daily 7am-late. 085 405 RECENTLY ADDED AND COMING SOON 6976 (T) 080 197 2072(E) MUCKY DUCK, BONKAI (SOI 88); Saturday 7th January PUB QUIZZES 6-9pm Beef Burger, triple cooked chips, choice of 2 toppings 220 bt. Eggs Benedict* 160 bt 10am-noon. Sunday Roast this KING BAR, SOI BINTHABAHT; Quiz second Monday of week Slow Roast Lamb. every month (next one Monday 9th January 2017 at 7.30 pm) CHOCOLATE CAFE, SOI 102; Every Tuesday from 6.30 pm, . Free entry, food and prizes - hosted by Hawk - all welcome. free Thai and Western food buffet. KOM HOM, SOI 94; First Sunday every month from 7pm RED PIANO, SOI KANJANOMAI; Sunday 8th january from Bingo and Quiz Night (January please check) - call 085 294 8pm, live comedy with Tom Rhodes. Tickets 600 baht in 1319 for details advance, 800 baht on the night. SUNSET BOULEVARD, KHAO TAKIAB; All video, home made fun pub quiz. Third Tuesday of every month (next one is REGULAR EVENTS on Tuesday 17th January,). 10 rounds including 2 audio visual BOBBY’S BAR, SOI 102.; The 99 baht breakfast is Back! FREE and 2 table rounds. There is limited space so early bookings are Sunday Roast - spend 200 baht and get a free Chicken or Pork strongly recommended. Call Mike 084 3769438 for more info Sunday Roast, spend an extra 80 baht and you can get Lamb. and for bookings. Sunset Boulevard is 150 metres past the Ibis Available from 12.30 to 6.30pm. All You Can Eat Fish & Chips hotel going south on the Takiap Road. TK ROADHOUSE, KHAO TAKIAB; First Tuesday of every every Friday from 5pm when spend 200 bt. month ‘The Best Quiz In Town’! 8 rounds, beer questions, free DIZZY DOLPHIN, SOI SAMORPHONG; Happy Hour every Cottage Pie and bread. day from 1 - 7pm - Samsong + mixer 40 baht, Wine 55 baht, small/large domestic beers 45/65 baht. BRITISH STYLE SUNDAY ROASTS: DOUBLE D, SOI 6; Happy Hour every day from 3 - 6pm - Samsong + mixer 40 baht, Wine 55 baht, San Miguel and Bobby’s Bar, Soi 102 Heineken 65 baht, small/large domestic beers 45/70 baht. Father Teds, Damnoernkasem Road FATHER TEDS, DAMNOERNKASEM ROAD; Live music, Hua Hin Miss You, Soi 80 special food and drink offers, draught Guinness, something Jungle Juice, Soi Selekam happening every night! See add on p13 for details. Mucky Duck, Bonkai (Soi 88) MUCKY DUCK, SOI 88/94; Now available - Draught Stowford Nit’s Kitchen, Soi 94 Cider 150 bt for 600 ml. Orchid Restaurant 94, Soi 94 PASSPORT CAFE, SAMORPHRONG; Now open for Palm Bistro, Soi 88 (032 828144) Breakfasts, Freshly baked bread, Daily Specials and more (see Seajays Resort, off Pala-U Road. 083 311 1787 ad p9) Sunset Boulevard, Khao Takiab Bookings only 084 376 9438 RED PIANO, SOI KANJANOMAI; Happy Hour every day Ye Olde Buffalo Tavern, Chomsin Rd from 5 - 7pm buy one get one free. Zab Wer, Soi 112. SPOTS POOL BAR, SOI 88; Draft Singha and Leo just 65 baht. THE PALM BISTRO, SOI 88; Join their Sunday Lunch Club and start earn ing a free Sunday Roast (see ad p3)
Contact: Tel.: 082 298 0500 E-mail: realestate@luckyhuahin.com Website: luckyhuahin.com
LOCAL GOLF/ HASH HOUSE HARRIERS BUTTERFLY ROCK GOLF SOCIETY
RESULTS 2ND JANUARY 2017 Lake View AB Strokeplay 29 entered 1st Philaiwan (Chim) Thipchuen 104 - 34 = 70 2nd Elina Rintala 98 - 27 = 71 3rd Gary Cooney 82 - 11 = 71 4th Warwick Hill 87 - 14 = 73 28TH DECEMBER 2016 Black Mountain Stableford 24 entered 1st Anthony Chivers 35 pts (09) 2nd Abe Gurman 34 pts (21) 3rd Philaiwan (Chim)Thipchuen 34 pts (34) 4th Lars Faerch 34 pts (14) FIXTURES 9th January 2017 Lake View A&B Stableford 11th January 2017 Banyan Stableford RONNIE’S ROLL UP
Held every Friday at Palm Hills. Please contact Ronnie on 0811 942 556 if you are interested in joining in, and thanks to Nigel for the results. 30TH DECEMBER 2016 25 players. Front 9 Ian Byrne (hcp 23) 22 pts Back 9 Nigel Guest (hcp 11) 19 pts Overall Ian Byrne (hcp 23) 40 pts CHA AM GOLF CLUB
Contact: secretary@chaamgolfclub.com FIXTURES 25th January 2017 AGM
CROSSWORD SOLUTION
Here is last week’s Crossword solution.
HUA HIN GOLF SOCIETY
RESULTS 3RD JANUARY 2017 Banyan Monthly Medal 34 entered 1st Paul Daly 81 - 11 = 70 2nd Jo Sims 80 - 06 = 74 3rd Meaw Wilkie 95 - 20 = 75 4th Jonas Loostrom 93 - 18 = 75
HASH HOUSE HARRIERS
A DRINKING CLUB WITH A RUNNING AND WALKING PROBLEM! The Cha-Am and Hua Hin Hash House Harrier Clubs meet alternate Saturdays for around an hour’s. run/walk in the surrounding countryside followed by a social gathering. lf you would like to come along then visit our website www. FIXTURES h2h3-cah3.weebly.com or Facebook at 10th January 2017 Majestic Bogey www.facebook.com/H2H3CAH3 for full 13th January 2017 Banyan Stableford details and directions. Please note that people attending and participating do so LAKE VIEW MEMBERS CLUB entirely at their own risk. NEXT RUN RESULTS SATURDAY 7TH JANUARY 2017 30TH DECEMBER 2016 MEETING @ 4:00 PM. Stableford Course AB Hua Hin House Harriers (H2H3) Run 1st Greg Smith (21) 37pts #349 2nd Mike Lord (13) 36pts Hares: Tinks & Golden Delicious 3rd David Brien (11) 34pts Snacks: Tinks 4th David Leaver (18) 33pts Tax Collector: Butt Out LOCATION: West Side of Hin Lek Fie 2ND JANUARY 2017 Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ Medal Course CD mrGTPT7baGw 1st Mike Lord (13) 72 GPS Coordinates: N 12 34.295, E 99 2nd Rob Barnes (18) 74 55.444 (N 12.571581, E 99.924066) 3rd Mick Court (17) 77 Directions to run site: 4th Rodger Teasdale (13) 79 From Hua Hin & Cha-Am via Phetkasem Road (Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/ FIXTURES Lake View every Monday, Wednesday, maps/DpoMtw2xmqA2): Make your way on Phetkasem Road and to the traffic Friday light Junction at Soi 70 and turn west towards the railway crossing. Continue over the railway track and then turn right heading towards Pala-U and the bypass after reaching the top of the hill continue a short distance and turn left (HHH Sign) onto new tarmac road just before the golf driving range and then continue to the end of the tarmac to the run site. Alternative from the bypass (Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ GYRhADQmUXF2): Head South and exit left at the Pala-U Flyover junction and head towards Hua Hin. Continue for approximately 7.1 km until to reach the 4 km marker and turn right (HHH Sign) onto new tarmac road immediately after the golf driving range and then continue to the end of the tarmac to the run site. Any queries call Tinks on 08 6898 2664 Hash Tax: Male Drinkers ฿200, Female Drinkers ฿150, Teetotalers ฿100, kids ฿50, under 8’s Free). Your effort to bring the CORRECT change would be very much appreciated.
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LOCAL SPORTS HUA HIN POOL BILLIARD LEAGUE
HUA HIN KHAO TAKIAB COOL POOL LEAGUE
FIXTURES The season is over. Details of the new season will appear here when available.
RESULTS WEEK 7 30TH DECEMBER 2016 Breeze Bar 0 - 8 Spots Pool Bar 1 Humping Pig 6 - 2 Pits Pirates Lucky Shot B 0 - 8 Mucky Duck Master Cues 7 - 1 Home Bar Pits Rangers v Coopers 94 n/a Spots Pool Bar 2 3 - 5 Lucky Shot A
LEAGUE TABLE
LEAGUE TABLE Team Humping Pig Lucky Shot A Mucky Duck Pits Rangers Home Bar Pits Pirates Master Cues Spots Pool Bar 1 Breeze Bar Lucky Shot B Spots Pool Bar 2 Coopers 94
P W D L 7 7 0 0 7 5 2 0 7 4 1 2 6 4 1 1 7 4 1 2 7 3 1 3 7 3 1 3 7 3 0 4 7 2 0 5 7 1 1 5 7 1 0 6 6 0 0 6
+/- Pts 26 14 18 12 22 9 8 9 0 9 6 7 -4 7 2 6 -16 4 -22 3 -14 2 -26 0
FIXTURES WEEK 8 6TH JANUARY 2017 Coopers 94 v Humping Pig Home Bar v Pits Rangers Lucky Shot A v Master Cues Mucky Duck v Spots Pool Bar 2 Pits Pirates v Breeze Bar Spots Pool Bar 1 v Lucky Shot B
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 5 5 6 11 7 12 10 15 12 14 16 16
+/130 128 28 10 67 -22 -13 -64 -16 -72 -78 -98
Pts 340 339 289 280 271 264 256 243 242 239 236 226
LEAGUE TABLE Pts 5 3 3 1
P W D L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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HUA HIN KHAO TAKIAB SUPER POOL LEAGUE
RESULTS No games last week
LEAGUE TABLE
LEAGUE TABLE Team Connections Coopers Bar Home Bar Komhom Le Kiss Bar Naree Bar Sa Sa Bar Soda Bar Star Bar Tores Bar
Hua Hin’s only pool bar with FOUR 9’ tables
FIXTURES WEEK 18 5TH JANUARY 2017 Bobby’s Birds v The Dream Drink & Shelter v Muan Bar Exotic Bar v Anytime Bar Fin Bar v Bobby’s Boys Mucky Duck v Cheeky Monkey Sasa Bar v Home TK Roadhouse v Lanla Bar Tore’s Bar v Spots
Coopers Bar v Connections Cafe Komhom Restaurant v Soda Bar Le Kiss Bar v Sa Sa Bar Star Bar v Home Bar Tores Bar v Naree Bar
RESULTS No games last week FIXTURES WEEK 4 7TH JANUARY 2017 Bobby’s Bar v Dara Bar Master Ques v Mucky Duck +/16 0 0 -16
W 17 17 16 11 12 10 11 7 8 8 6 6
FIXTURES WEEK 1 10TH JANUARY 2017
102 & 88 SATURDAY POOL LEAGUE
P W D L 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 0 1 2
P 22 22 22 22 19 22 21 22 20 22 22 22
SOI 94 TUESDAY POOL LEAGUE
WEEK 9 13TH JANUARY 2017 Breeze Bar v Coopers 94 Humping Pig v Home Bar Lucky Shot B v Pits Pirates Master Cues v Spots Pool Bar 2 Pits Rangers v Lucky Shot A Spots Pool Bar 1 v Mucky Duck
Team Master Ques Bobby’s Bar Mucky Duck Dara Bar
Team Robin Hood Mucky Duck TK Roadhouse Jungle Juice Muan Bar Exotic Bar The Connection Waring Bar JNB Spots Anytime Bar Pats Place
LUCKY SHOT BAR
+/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Muan Bar Mucky Duck Drink & Shelter Home TK Roadhouse Cheeky Monkey Lanla Bar Bobby’s Boys Fin Bar Sasa Bar Spots Exotic Bar Anytime Bar Bobby’s Birds Tore’s Bar The Dream
P 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
W 16 15 10 12 9 8 10 9 9 7 5 6 7 6 3 3
L 0 1 7 5 8 9 7 8 8 10 12 11 10 11 14 14
+/144 130 47 45 25 13 11 -4 -19 -29 -43 -47 -49 -49 -76 -99
Pts 240 233 202 201 191 185 184 176 169 164 157 155 154 154 140 129
LOCAL SPORTS FRIENDS OF HUA HIN WEDNESDAY FUN POOL LEAGUE
HUA HIN SOCIAL POOL LEAGUE
RESULTS No games this week
RESULTS WEEK 22 4TH JANUARY 2017 Bobby’s Bangers 9 - 11 Dara’s Bar Master Cues 16 - 4 Bobby’s Beauties Muan Bar 12 - 8 Tik’s Bar Pat’s Place 11 - 9 Mucky Duck Sea U Bar 13 - 7 Sunset Boulevard The Squealing Pig 13 - 7 T.K. Roadhouse
FIXTURES WEEK 10 11TH JANUARY 2017 All Nations GH v JW Red Booz Bar v N & G Jungle Juice B v King Bar JW Black v Limelight Pink Panther v Jungle Juice A Tiger Bar v C 69 Bentho Bar - No game
FIXTURES
The season is over. Congratulations to Muan Bar for winning the league. New season details will appear here when available.
LEAGUE TABLE Team King Bar Pink Panther Limelight Tiger Bar Jungle Juice B Jungle Juice A Bentho Bar All Nations GH C 69 JW Red N&G JW Black Booz Bar
P W L 7 7 0 8 7 1 8 6 2 8 6 2 9 6 3 8 5 3 9 5 4 8 3 5 8 3 5 8 2 6 8 2 6 8 1 7 9 0 9
+/31 24 34 20 1 20 7 -4 -10 -18 -20 -26 -59
HUA HIN WEDNESDAY POOL LEAGUE
Pts 14 14 12 12 12 10 10 6 6 4 4 2 0
LEAGUE TABLE Team Muan Bar Master Cues Squealing Pig Pat’s Place Sea U Bar T.K. Roadhouse Mucky Duck Tik’s Bar Dara’s Bar Bobby’s Bangers Sunset Boulevard Bobby’s Beauties
P 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
W 18 16 16 13 10 10 9 7 6 5 5 5
D 3 2 2 1 4 3 3 1 3 1 1 0
L 1 4 4 8 8 9 10 14 13 16 16 17
+/102 100 66 10 0 20 0 -32 -40 -48 -82 -96
Pts 39 34 34 27 24 23 21 15 15 11 11 10
HUA HIN SOI 80 TUESDAY POOL LEAGUE
RESULTS WEEK 5 3RD JANUARY 2017 Dream Bar 4 - 14 Cross Eyed Duck Easy Bar 5 - 13 Cheeky Monkey Euro 2 Bar 7 - 11 Bar 80 Saloon Exotic Bar v Eagle Bar n/a Fin Bar 15 - 3 Mona Bar Hua Hin Bar 10 - 8 Miss U Bar Hut Bar 7 - 11 Mint Bar J.J. Sports - no game FIXTURES WEEK 6 10TH JANUARY 2017 Bar 80 Saloon v Exotic Bar Cheeky Monkey v Euro 2 Bar Eagle Bar v Fin Bar Easy Bar v Cross Eyed Duck Mint Bar v J.J. Sports Miss U Bar v Hut Bar Mona Bar v Hua Hin Bar Dream Bar - no game
LEAGUE TABLE Team Fin Bar Cheeky Monkey Exotic Bar Easy Bar Euro 2 Bar Dream Bar Cross Eyed Duck Hua Hin Bar J.J. Sports Bar 80 Saloon Mint Bar Miss U Bar Eagle Bar Hut Bar Mona Bar
P W D 5 5 0 4 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 0 5 3 0 5 3 0 4 2 2 4 2 1 4 2 1 5 1 1 5 1 1 5 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0
L 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 3 4 3 4 5
+/- Pts 56 15 22 10 20 10 10 9 6 9 0 9 14 8 6 7 -6 7 -12 4 -20 4 -8 3 -14 0 -30 0 -44 0
RESULTS WEEK 1 4TH JANUARY 2017 Bar 80 Saloon 7 - 12 Sabai Bar Cheeky Monkey 4 - 15 Lucky Shot Coopers 94 10 - 9 Home Bar Cross Eyed Duck 13 - 6 Spots Humping Pig 16 - 3 Sabai Sabai Infinity Bar 14 - 5 Jaew Bar Pits Cafe 1 10 - 9 Pits Cafe 2 The Breeze 10 - 9 Kom Hom Bar LEAGUE TABLE Team Humping Pig Lucky Shot Infinity Bar Cross Eyed Duck Sabai Bar Coopers 94 Pits Cafe 1 The Breeze Home Bar Kom Hom Bar Pits Cafe 2 Bar 80 Saloon Spots Jaew Bar Cheeky Monkey Sabai Sabai
P W D L 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
+/- Pts 13 2 11 2 9 2 7 2 5 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 -1 0 -1 0 -1 0 -5 0 -7 0 -9 0 -11 0 -13 0
FIXTURES WEEK 2 11TH JANUARY 2017 Bar 80 Saloon 7 - 12 Sabai Bar Cheeky Monkey 4 - 15 Lucky Shot Coopers 94 10 - 9 Home Bar Cross Eyed Duck 13 - 6 Spots Humping Pig 16 - 3 Sabai Sabai Infinity Bar 14 - 5 Jaew Bar Pits Cafe 1 10 - 9 Pits Cafe 2 The Breeze 10 - 9 Kom Hom Bar
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LOCAL SPORTS THURSDAY FRIENDLY POOL LEAGUE
HUA HIN/KHAO TAKIAB LADIES POOL LEAGUE
RESULTS No games this week FIXTURES WEEK 27 12TH JANUARY 2017 Bar 80 Saloon v Pit’s Cafe Connections Cafe v The Breeze Cross Eyed Duck v Hut Bar Dara Bar v Hua Hin Bar MasterCues Bar v Mona Bar Mint Bar v Jaew Bar Mr Dan’s v Komhom Bar LEAGUE TABLE Team Cross Eyed Duck Pit’s Cafe Komhom Bar Bar 80 Saloon MasterCues Bar Coopers 94 The Breeze Connections Dara Bar Mona Bar Hua Hin Bar Mr Dan’s Jaew Bar Mint Bar Hut Bar
P 23 24 24 23 23 24 23 23 23 24 23 23 23 23 24
W 21 21 16 13 16 12 11 9 12 7 5 9 3 1 1
D 1 1 3 5 0 3 4 2 0 5 4 0 4 3 1
L 1 2 5 5 7 9 8 12 11 12 14 14 16 19 22
+/198 130 108 72 70 40 22 -12 -24 -58 -58 -74 -116 -128 -170
Pts 372 348 329 297 297 287 267 244 242 230 215 211 182 171 158
RESULTS WEEK 36 2ND JANUARY 2017 Ae De Dang Bar 12 - 6 The Connection Anytime Bar 7 - 11 Robin Hood Bar 80 Saloon 8 - 10 Sunset Boulevard Cheeky Monkey 12 - 6 Sport Bar Dara Bar 12 - 6 Sa Sa Bar Exotic Bar v Pit’s Cafe n/a Jaew Bar 7 - 11 Pat’s Place Jungle Juice 7 - 11 TK Roadhouse Kom Hom v Muan Bar n/a Muan Bar 2 15 - 3 The Squealing Pig FIXTURES WEEK 37 9TH JANUARY 2017 Muan Bar v Muan Bar 2 Pat’s Place v Jungle Juice Pit’s Cafe v Jaew Bar Robin Hood v Bar 80 Saloon Sa Sa Bar v Exotic Bar Sport Bar v Dara Bar Sunset Boulevard v Cheeky Monkey The Connection v Anytime Bar The Squealing Pig v Ae De Dang Bar TK Roadhouse v Kom Hom LEAGUE TABLE Team Muan Bar Muan Bar 2 TK Roadhouse Sunset Boulevard Jungle Juice Kom Hom Squealing Pig Dara Bar The Connection Cheeky Monkey Robin Hood Anytime Bar Pat’s Place Sa Sa Bar Pit’s Cafe Ae De Dang Bar Bar 80 Saloon Sport Bar Exotic Bar Jaew Bar
P 35 36 36 36 36 35 36 36 35 36 36 34 35 35 34 36 36 35 34 36
W 33 27 24 23 21 20 19 18 16 17 15 13 13 10 9 8 9 9 6 7
D 1 3 5 6 6 5 5 4 6 2 4 4 1 6 3 4 1 0 5 3
L 1 6 7 7 9 10 12 14 13 17 17 17 21 19 22 24 26 26 23 26
+/280 164 150 108 70 84 30 21 28 0 6 -28 -82 -46 -126 -145 -124 -128 -126 -136
Pts 67 57 53 52 48 45 43 40 38 36 34 30 27 26 21 20 19 18 17 17
HUA HIN CITY F.C
FIXTURES The season is over. Details of the new season will appear here when available. Hua Hin City F. C. is the local professional team formed in 2011, playing their matches at the Takiab Stadium in Khao Takiab.
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RESULTS WEEK 6 3RD JANUARY 2017 Blue Lagoon v Pat’s Place n/a Castaways v Jungle Juice n/a The Clansmen v Robin’s Rest n/a TK’s v Miss You n/a FIXTURES WEEK 7 10TH JANUARY 2017 Jungle Juice v Miss You Robin’s Rest v Blue Lagoon The Clansmen v TK’s LEAGUE TABLE Team Jungle Juice The Clansmen Miss You Blue Lagoon TK’s Robin’s Rest Castaways Pat’s Place
P W D L F 2 1 1 0 17 1 1 0 0 15 1 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2
A 2 3 6 0 0 12 15 17
Pts 15 12 6 0 0 -6 -12 -15
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ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
(all times Thailand)
SATURDAY 7TH JANUARY 2017 THE FA CUP - THIRD ROUND West Ham Utd v Manchester City 02:55 Manchester United v Reading 19:30 Accrington Stanley v Luton Town 22:00 Barrow v Rochdale 22:00 Birmingham City v Newcastle Utd 22:00 Blackpool v Barnsley 22:00 Bolton Wanderers v Crystal Palace 22:00 Brentford v Eastleigh 22:00 Brighton v Milton Keynes Dons 22:00 Bristol City v Fleetwood Town 22:00 Everton v Leicester City 22:00 Huddersfield Town v Port Vale 22:00 Hull City v Swansea City 22:00 Ipswich Town v Lincoln City 22:00 Millwall v Bournemouth 22:00 Norwich City v Southampton 22:00 QPR v Blackburn Rovers 22:00 Rotherham Utd v Oxford United 22:00 Stoke City v Wolves 22:00 Sunderland v Burnley 22:00 Sutton United v AFC Wimbledon 22:00 Watford v Burton Albion 22:00 WBA v Derby County 22:00 Wigan Ath. v Nottingham Forest 22:00 Wycombe Wanderers v Stourbridge 22:00 SUNDAY 8TH JANUARY 2017 THE FA CUP - THIRD ROUND Preston North End v Arsenal 00:30 Cardiff City v Fulham 18:30 Liverpool v Plymouth Argyle 20:30 Chelsea v Peterborough United 22:00 Middlesbrough v Sheffield Weds 22:00 Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa 23:00 TUESDAY 10TH JANUARY 2017 THE FA CUP - THIRD ROUND Cambridge United v Leeds United 02:45
FOOTBALL
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Team Chelsea Liverpool Man City Arsenal Tottenham Man Utd Everton West Brom Bournemouth Southampton Stoke Burnley West Ham Watford Leicester Middlesbrough Crystal Palace Sunderland Swansea Hull
P 19 20 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
GD PTS 29 49 25 44 19 42 22 41 23 39 12 39 5 30 4 29 -5 25 -6 24 -8 24 -9 23 -12 22 -13 22 -7 21 -5 19 -7 16 -18 15 -22 15 -27 13
Tables do not include the result of the game between Spurs and Chelsea.
FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE - AWOL CHALLENGE
Team GW TOT 1 Hua Hin Utd 54 1131 2 Custom Cobblers 38 1099 Soi 102, Hua Hin (200m on right after 3 The Dada Donkeys 63railway) 1058 4 Dannycollinz 33 1038 5 Lost Cafe 66 1034 6 Mr. Cha Aming 48 1024 7 Portsmouth City FC 56 1004 8 Frankies 11 43 992 9 Atletico Pathetico 57 989 10 FC ROCA 22 988 11 Hua Hin Jambos 30 987 12 jamboshuahin 44 984 13 JR BRUTD S.C 44 961 14 Stenhousemuir 30 955 15 Pink Panther AFC 47 930 16 Waste Of Money 56 915 17 Wanderlust United 53 911 18 Rentmythaivilla 38 908 19 Nuo_divers 32 899 20 Dans Demons 46 843 21 Doghill Growlers 47 842 22 shortimeagain 38 828 23 AWOL Wanderers 46 798
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SATURDAY 7TH JANUARY 2017 THE FA CUP - THIRD ROUND West Ham Utd v Manchester City 02:55 A tough ask for the Hammers, facing both Manchester teams in only 5 days, and having been knocked out of the League Cup by United at the quarter final stage. Both teams will be missing players due to the African Nations tournament, and there will probably be a temptation for both managers to play weaker than normal sides anyway, although the West Ham manager has always respected the competition. The home side were unlucky in defeat on Monday, and this will be competitive; we think it will end in a draw, leading to an unwanted replay for both sides.
FRIDAY 13TH JANUARY 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP Reading v QPR 02:45
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IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU MOURINHO HAILS THE ‘NEW HOWARD WEBB’
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UK Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, this week hailed the man who he believes has proved himself a worthy successor to the legendary referee Howard Webb, as Mike Dean put in an impeccable performance to help the Red Devils to a win in the league for the first time in six attempts against West Ham. A harsh early red card and an offside goal were ‘the stuff dreams are made of ’ according to Mourinho, although the Portuguese manager did admit that he was ‘disappointed not to even get a sniff of a penalty’. Webb has gone down in Manchester United history by being said to be the reason behind at least three of their Premier League titles when Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge, with a series of outstanding decisions, including the addition of mystery added on time that frequently allowed the team to win, awarding far more penalties for them
Left: ‘That’s two and five zeros, OK?’ Mike Dean gets his message across
than against them, and key sendings off at crucial times in games. With his performance this week, Dean seems a shoe-in now as Webb’s replacement, with the former United man’s retirement in 2014 coinciding with
a slump in their form. Webb is now a commentator for BT Sport, and is said to be ‘flabbergasted’ at the unsubtle way Dean handed the game to the away side, while maintaining his claim that he was never biased towards them.
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