Friday 15 April 2011

The Inspirational Story of Panyee FC in Thailand



This short film is an advertisement for the Thai Military Bank


The picture shown the homebuilt floating football pitch of the Panyee FC with old fishing rafts and nails sticking out on the pitch...


The true story began in 1986, when a group of kids from an island fishing village in Thailand called Koh Panyee, thinking about starting their own football team instead of just watching it on TV. But their situation disallowed them to play football, there's no space for football in the small fishing village. Well in the end, the kids decided to build a floating football pitch of their own with old fishing rafts and some scrappy woods.

The kids eventually developed their football skills on the small floating pitch and sometimes slippery surface. The team decided to participate in one of the regional competition. Believe it or not, Panyee FC had become one of the Southern Thailand's best youth FC, having won the youth champions of Southern Thailand for 7 consecutive times.


The original team players from the 1986's Panyee FC...

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