The Thai FA Cup is kicking off his 2013 season with its first proper round being played this Wednesday. While the League Cup is picking up pace with his second round played at the beginning of May. So everything is set for David against Goliath.

The FA cup starts into his 2013 season this Wednesday on 24 April, when will see the first proper round played. The tournament is open to all teams registered with the FA, which means for amateur sides as well as for professionals. The only thing one needs to do, is to register for the competition with the FA and pay the required fee.

Beating Bangkok Glass in the semis of the Thai FA Cup, Buriram United made it to the final for a second consecutive time. Army United had to come from behind to eventually celebrate its first FA Cup final birth.

Both semi-final encounters were scheduled for Wednesday, 24 November. However, only the tie between Buriram and Bangkok Glass FC could take place as scheduled. Because of a heavy downpour and in subsequence unplayable field conditions the second semi-final between Army United and Chiang Rai United had to be shifted for 24 hours.

The quarter final meetings of the Thai FA cup produced nearly no upset. Although one could name Army United's win over Muang Thong as such, taken the statistics from the recent Thai Cup seasons into consideration, it is not.

It was just a fortnight ago that Muang Thong and Army United faced each other at the same place in the league. At that time the match did not really had something in common with football and rather was more like swimming on a duck pond as it took place mainly under a heavy rainfall. Yet domestically unbeaten Muang Thong returned last Wednesday for the FA Cup quarter-final tie. Army's German midfielder Bjorn Lindemann, who had to be subbed with a slight knee injury against Wuachon United, found himself on the bench. However under the new-old interim coach things looking brighter for him than under the charge of Amnart Chalermchaowarit.

31 encounters were to be seen in the first proper round of the Thai League cup. Small clubs challenged the big boys and sometimes were able to cause some upsets. But in any event more than to expect.

Our conclusion after the first round of the Toyota League cup 2012: very enjoyable. Exciting matches in which some smaller teams forced their bigger counterparts to play to the limit. Surely, some teams have not field its first line up entirely, focusing on the FA Cup. Although some saw themselves in a constrained position to bring on their stars later in the game to turn the result in their favor. But TPL side Samut Songkhram, did not had that choice. In an unforgettable if not even unique match, the guests came away with 0-1 win over Regional League club Kalasin. 

With its first games this weekend the Thai league cup season 2012 sees its proper kick-off. All bigger teams will have to take on small teams on away in the first round, with titleholder Buriram facing Regional League side Roi Et United.

Ahead of the first proper round which is due this weekend, a qualifying round was played between all clubs from the Regional League. 28 of them eventually qualified for this coming round. At the draw all bigger clubs where drawn against smaller clubs, with latter all receiving the right to play at home. Sriracha and Siam Navy got a home match against Nakhon Ratchasima and Khon Kaen. All the four are playing in Thailand's Division One, from which Saraburi FC is the only club decided not to participate the League Cup. Pattani FC thereby received a bye.