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It’s one of the most striking aspects of Shanghainese fan culture – thousands of fans massing outside Hongkou stadium for wild celebrations after a big win. Your correspondent was at the scene last Saturday to capture the revelry… Read More
Coming at you live from the Hongkou north terrace, presents the first in a series of fan’s-eye previews of upcoming Shanghai Shenhua matches. Steve Croooks analyzes the glamour tie of this season’s big-spending Shenhua against the reigning champs… Read More
Tonight 18,000 Beijing fans will head to Wukesong to watch Game 4 of the CBA Finals and one thing is likely to be surprisingly absent during the game, the infamous “jing ma“. The CBA has threatened that if… Read More
In 2000 after the closing of the European Championship the disappointment felt by the powers that be with their national team’s result caused a total overhaul of league and national team structure to improve their fortune. This was… Read More
Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson was spotted in the crowd during Guangzhou’s 3-0 victory over Henan on Sunday and is apparently connected with a move to bring top-level football back to Yunnan province. Chinese media reports that Eriksson… Read More
Another great weekend of football in the books. Guangzhou Evergrande continued their league home streak going 12 matches without a loss, Hangzhou scored their first goal of the season (and get their first win), 19 year old Pei… Read More
Originally I was unsure if I would post something about this match, but after B_chemers review, there was no choice in the matter. Yes, Guoan dominated possession of the ball, yes a majority of play occured in Hangzhou’s… Read More
A lovely late goal by Shanghainese playmaker Cao Yunding was enough to give Jean Tigana his first victory as Shenhua manager on Saturday night as his side laboured to a 1-0 win over high-flying Guangzhou Fuli. The result… Read More
Tianjin Teda hosted Jiangsu Sainty last Sunday night in a Chinese Super League match at TEDA Football Stadium. The game was evenly matched with both sides controlling the run of play at different stages, but neither were able… Read More
Guangzhou head coach Lee Jang-Soo has been in the local papers this week apologizing to the fans and berating his players for show-boating rather than working as a team. With this in mind, it came as a surprise… Read More
