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Joel Griffiths spent three years in China’s capital as a hero, two of those spent playing alongside his brother making an Aussie power pair who were fan favorites. This past offseason, he did the unthinkable to many Beijingers,… Read More
Gulp! Burp! Argh! @)#(*)@(*$#)(#)IQ$! That’s how I’m feeling right now after a very rough weekend of celebrating and drinking first with Guoan supporters, then with the “Blue Devils” and finally tonight with a few Brisbane supporters, who took… Read More
by bcheng
You get a different introduction than usual to our pub chat this week as Shanghai Ultra’s running to the train station to catch his ride to Beijing. Despite the major derby match on the horizon, things are pretty… Read More
Beijing Guoan is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and we’re here to celebrate 20 of the most important moments over the past 20 years. Not all of these are positive, but all of them shaped the history… Read More
With the season about to start, we decided to give you a special, slightly out of the ordinary, pub talk. We convened supporters of five of the country’s top clubs and asked some of the questions that are… Read More
We told you Drogba was not going to Shanghai Shenhua and, like we said, he isn’t — at least not yet. As expected, Chelsea’s not willing to let go of the striker now, but he’ll be free to… Read More
By now, you’ve all surely heard that Nic Anelka has joined Shanghai Shenhua, by far the biggest signing in the history of Chinese football. The question of whether this signing matters seems downright stupid, the simple answer is… Read More
Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka will sign for Shenhua within the next week, a source close to the club told today. The final details of what is said to be a three-year deal worth six million UK pounds per… Read More
In the United States, the baseball offseason is referred to as the “hot stove league”, calling to mind the fans in the old days sitting around a stove in the winter talking about all the rumors about where… Read More
Season 2011 is now well and truly over with the Chinese Super League concluded, the CFA cup won by Tianjin, and the national team out of the World Cup qualifers. In the first in a series of posts… Read More
