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The boys hit the pub early to take advantage of China’s tomb-sweeping public holiday. There’s news discussed which many would prefer buried, Shenhua’s continuing soap opera and refusal to pay the league their fine for the 2003 disgrace,… Read More
Dalian Aerbin 3-3 Shanghai East Asia Chinese Super League Round 3 Peter Utaka ’21, ’34, Guillaume Hoarau ’52; Zhu Zhengrong ’19, ’59, Wu Lei ’57; Attendance: 16,211 “We need at least three games to get used to it”, stated East Asia… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande drew 1-1 at Worker’s Stadium against a stubborn Beijing Guoan side on Friday night. The match’s can be summed up with a good old footballing cliche, it was a game of two halves. In his appraisal,… Read More
Jiangsu Sainty 2-0 Buriram United AFC Asian Champions League Matchday 3 Lu Bofei ’42, Sun Ke ’43 Attendance: 35,756 Facing Thai upstarts Buriram United, Jiangsu Sainty had none of the problems that Guangzhou Evergrande faced last season, cruising… Read More
Bunyodkor 0-0 Beijing Guoan AFC Asian Champions League Matchday 3 Attendance: 7,520 Despite the scoreline, it was an exciting Asian night between two excellent sides, though unfortunately the pitch was unable to meet the standards of the two… Read More
Huang Bowen played his first match at Worker’s Stadium since leaving Beijing Guoan in November 2011, the “homecoming” of sorts was far from warm, instead filled with vitriol and hatred. Huang arrived in Beijing as a 14 year… Read More
In a stunning and unexpected development, Shanghai Shenhua have again shown their determination to grab international headlines by persuading former Spurs, Leicester and England goalkeeper Ian Walker, 41, to come out of retirement to act as an emergency… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua 2-2 Liaoning Whowin Chinese Super League round 3 Al-Khatib 62, Dady 86; Trifunović 17, Edu 38 The incredibly tedious Shanghai Shenhua boardroom dispute reached ludicrous new heights when only one foreign player started last night’s match… Read More
After a two week break from league action due to international fixtures, the focus shifted back to the CSL as action resumed with round 3 during the last weekend in China’s top footballing division. Friday night saw a… Read More
Guangzhou R&F 0 – 2 Shandong Luneng China Super League Round 3 Roda Antar ’52, Zheng Zheng ’85 Attendance: 9124 Guangzhou R&F slipped to a third straight defeat, this time to Shandong Luneng who move to the top… Read More
