TRIBLOG

by Keeshannan Sundaresan, Chief Editor of Football Tribe Malaysia I had almost forgotten what it felt like to observe slow, thorough and meaningful growth. The journalism industry is a fast-paced one. We are almost always rushing to break news, produce features, write columns and track the stats on these content. We’re almost always too eager to be the first - which is an absolutely fantastic thing, don’t get me wrong - but the by-product of that is we forget the simple joys of just observing and soaking in slow growth. That’s what the entire Football Tribe academy experience has been like for me. I’m currently training the first batch of Football Tribe Academy students in Malaysia and it’s been nothing short of a refreshing experience. The two boys we selected to be a part of this program came to us with zero knowledge on football journalism. They knew their football, had a decent understanding of how social media works and its significance in the modern contemporary worl

by Mihyun Chung, Chief Editor of Football Tribe Korea In 2013, I was living in Madrid, Spain; not for a long time, just for a half a year as part of my university exchange programme. And yes, I chose Madrid because of my love for Real Madrid. My friend and I decided to go to Barcelona for El Clasico. We knew that it might not be possible to get tickets, but still wanted to feel the city during El Clasico. However, she isn't a football fan so doesn't know what it means to be wearing a Madrid jersey in Barcelona. El Clasico day. We decided to have some Gaudi tour, so visited el Sagrada Familia, in a Madrid jersey. Then we also visited the Guel Park, in a Madrid jersey. It wasn't the worst, I think people thought I was just a stupid female tourist who knew nothing about football. Some people kindly told me it is the wrong jersey in English. We decided to go to a local pub. Thankfully, a bar owner supported Madrid! Well, he was safe, so would I be t

by Jedsada Chanapinijwong, the deputy editor of Football Tribe Thailand Hi, Tribe. It’s me, Jed from tribe Thai edition. Long time no see!  We are gonna talk about Thai league this season to update how everything is going after we go near the half-way of the competition.   This season Thai league implemented a quota for ASEAN players so we can see many super stars in ASEAN coming to Thai league - everyone in these countries know players such as Aung Thu,  Terens Puhiri, Kyaw Ko Ko or Mark Hartmann who have come to Thailand. But some teams in Thai league think this  quota is unnecessary for them. After Muangthong signed the contract with Baihakki Khaizan, they just sent him to Udon Thani in Thai league 3; Buriram terminated Hong Wu Samson's contract and sent him back to V league. It looks like only  Aung Thu is doing very well at Police Tero after netting 8 goals and make a lot of Myanmar fans come to the stadium to watch him play.  H is Burmese teammate  Kyaw

by Assi Alghazali ,  chief editor of Football Tribe Arabia Do you remember when your love for football started? How? Why? I do, playing in school and after school was not the reason, I think I did that because I was a very active child and wanted to move a lot! Haha It started with the world cup 2002, I’ve always remembered the date of that day, 30 th of June (no, I didn’t Google it haha!) Came back home from school, sat in the living room and the game started, Germany VS Brazil. Before that game, I watched the world cup games only because my elder brothers did, and I cheered for Germany and Argentina because my brothers did. But that game, started the love flame for football in me, I still smile when I see Oliver Kahn or Ballack or klose or Lahm or Schweinsteiger’s pictures, even though the last one’s name was very hard to say! Hehe As you could notice, yes I cheered for Germany at that game, and cried after it. I still feel sad when I see Ronaldo’s g