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Shanghai Shenhua’s managerial merry-go-round continued its ceasless spinning in the close season when the club appointed 55-year-old Xi Zhikang to the management hotseat – the club have appointed a new coach every year for the past six seasons…. Read More
This week’s pubtalk sees Bcheng and the editor meet up to discuss the Chinese Super League goings-on of the past few days and their views on the coming games this weekend. Shenhua’s fabulous late show against Shandong, Guoan… Read More
The recently relaunched Chinese FA Cup threw up a few unexpected results when Chengdu, Qingdao, Shenzhen and Jiangsu were all knocked out by lower league opposition from the China League One (CL1). Wikipedia has a great page explaining… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua crashed out of the Asian Champions League (ACL) on Tuesday night after being beaten 2-0 away to Japan’s Kashima Antlers. Looking at the highlights, Shenhua didn’t do too badly, Riascos has a few decent efforts, and… Read More
This is a post I’d been thinking about for a few weeks that got a major assist from Stephen Marbury himself when he showed up at Guoan’s match a few weeks back (and has promised to go next… Read More
Away at Nanchang is the kind of game that’s easy to slip up with, playing an average (at best) side in front of a large home crowd, often times complacency sets in and especially when the game is… Read More
Fantastic scenes last night. Shenhua scored a last-minute goal to beat defending champions Shandong Luneng 1-0 right at the death – and Hongkou erupted into a boiling froth of unrestrained celebration. In their last Hongkou outing, Shenhua were… Read More
Bcheng and the Editor meet for a virtual pint and discuss this Mayday holiday weekend’s upcoming Chinese Super League fixtures. Clash of choice Shenhua v Shandong, Guoan’s away trip to Nanchang, and Bcheng’s sadness over Buster “Davi” Gonad… Read More
Revenge is sweet! Last year it was shortly after the World Cup break that Guoan went to Dalian and gave one of their worst performances of the year, one of the few toward the second half of the… Read More
Monday night football will take a whole different meaning tonight when the club takes on Dalian at Worker’s Stadium. An Andy Lau concert forced the move to Monday and after last night’s practice session on the Gongti pitch,… Read More
