All the goals from CSL round 18
It’s been a busy week here at , so here we present a rather late round-up of all the goals and key moments from last weekend’s Chinese Super League matches. After the shocks of the previous week, its… Read More
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China Blessed With Easy World Cup Qualifying Group； Bound to Find a Way to Screw It Up
On Saturday, the draw was made for 2014 World Cup Qualifying and for all those fans of Chinese soccer who feel there is no God, well, they’re now finding religion. You may have noticed we failed to discuss… Read More
The all-new WEF – tell us what you think…
As regular and casual visitors to this site will have already noticed, we have rolled out an all-new template and jazzed things up a bit here at towers. We’ve gone upmarket somewhat, with shiny new social media buttons… Read More
Hump Day Video Amusement: Mud Football Comes to the Bird’s Nest
No, this isn’t an indictment on the crappy, used-once-a-year pitch at China’s National Stadium. How do you follow up hosting a major international match between two of the most famous clubs in the world? Why, by having a… Read More
Tianjin Teda Become the Away Team in Their Own Stadium
Saturday night offered a number of tough choices for football fans in northern China. The Bird’s Nest hosted the annual major match to celebrate the anniversary of the Olympics, this year’s was a truly unique occassion, seeing AC… Read More
View from the North: Dalian 0 – 0 Beijing
When the story of Beijing’s 2011 season is written, the club’s failure to win the title will come down to one thing, away draws. Once again, Guoan went on the road to face a team in the lower… Read More
Shenhua 1-2 Henan: another shocking home defeat
What on earth is going on at Hongkou stadium? That is just one of the many questions on the lips of Shanghai Shenhua fans at the moment as the team crashed to its fifth defeat in six games… Read More
Jiangsu 3-0 Shenzhen: Moving Up the Table
For the first time all season Jiangsu Sainty is being widely expected to defeat opponents. In the case of last Saturday evening when Jiangsu hosted Shenzhen Ruby, Jiangsu was expected to win convincingly against a team battling to… Read More
Bing Changbao, from Brazil’s Slums to the Top League?
Bing Changbao is something of a mystery man. Apparently he’s being chased by top Brazilian club Corinthians. Not much is known about the 22-year old striker except that he’s lived in Brazil for six years and has good… Read More
Pub Talk: The show must go on…
A somewhat gloomy Pub Talk this week as Bcheng and the Editor lament Beijing’s failure to beat Guangzhou in last Monday night’s big match. Also on the agenda is an impromptu socio-culturual discussion, Shenhua’s dysfunctional defence, super Jiangsu… Read More