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The Chinese Super League 2012 has finally reached its conclusion, so in this week’s pub chat, the dynamic duo of Shanghai Ultra and Bcheng look back over the past season’s highlights. However Shanghai Ultra wastes no time referring… Read More
New contributor Andrew Crawford delves deeper into Derek Riordan’s Chinese Super League career and previous history following his odd disappearing act, reminiscing over Riordan’s one and only appearance at Shanghai’s Hongkou football stadium back in September. It was… Read More
Not seen in Xian or Edinburgh’s bars recently – Derek Riordan makes international headlines In the last week, Derek Riordan has gone AWOL from Shaanxi Chanba and both the Chinese and Scottish media have been reading each others’… Read More
If you swat a bee and don’t kill it, you have to be careful because it’s going to sting you. Guoan took plenty of strikes at Shenhua, a SB(ee), but failed to connect and in the end it… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua’s loyal followers have many victory rituals, one of the best known of which is the massive gathering of fans underneath the elevated line 3 metro station right next to the stadium to sing songs of joy… Read More
Yes. Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes. Yes. In the final game of the season, Shanghai Shenua pulled out a last gasp win over bitter rivals Beijing Guaon, winning 1-0 thanks to substitute Jiang Kun’s strike in the dying seconds of injury time…. Read More
Though I should be in the office right now, I’m not. Instead I’m sitting in a hotel room and as I look otu the window, I can see Hongkou Stadium through the rain. I took two days off… Read More
It has been a very badly kept secret that the national team would be getting new kits in line with their new logo, we first showed you a picture of the potential logo in June and since then… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua’s coach was so enraged by the play-acting of his own midfielder that he stormed angrily onto the pitch and dragged the offending injury-faker to his feet. The incident happened in the closing stages of Shenhua’s clash… Read More
Nanchang Hengyuan did just enough in a rather bland encounter on Saturday afternoon with Shanghai Shenhua to maintain their Chinese Super League membership for another year, consigning Chengdu Blades to relegation in the process. With just one game… Read More
