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Chengdu Blades have a turbulent history which has been covered before for Wild East Football. This year the club found themselves in a nail-biting relegation scrap, with the Sichuan side surviving relegation by virtue of a superior head-to-head… Read More
There are few better placed in China to evaluate the football scene than Don O’Riordan. Following a long career in English football, the 55-year-old from Dublin started coaching in the UK then after returning home he managed two… Read More
The people of Chongqing are known for loving spicy food and having spicy personalities. For the second time this year, this quick tempered spiciness led to violence when a local rival came to town. This time it was… Read More
Saturday, September 8th. Harbin Yiteng (6th) – Wuhan Zull (2nd) Having achieved the improbable last week by beating Hunan Xiangtao in Changsha, now Wuhan Zull must continue to defy the odds by travelling to Harbin to take on… Read More
Chengdu Blades were met with huge fan fare when visiting Sheffield in 2007, they became the first foreign-owned Chinese side with the Chengdu Sports Centre becoming home to the familiar red and white stripes and crossed swords logo…. Read More
Deft managing at a crucial point in the game was the difference in a nervy and often controversial match between Shanghai East Asia and the visiting Tianjin Sonjiang which the home side won 3-0. Cheered on by the… Read More
Shanghai East Asia (1st) – Tianjin Songjiang (2nd) Uh-oh. Could this finally be the week that East Asia’s luck runs out? Still four points ahead of their rivals, Shanghai East Asia might struggle to keep things that way… Read More
It’s not just Bcheng who gets to run the rule over a patch of Chinese football. Whilst our man in the north can look forward to breaking down the fortunes of the relatively high-flying Guoan squad, I’m handing… Read More
Shenzhen Ruby (5th) – Hunan Xiangtao (2nd) Another week, another must-win game for Shenzhen Ruby. The inaugural winners of the Chinese Super League lost to Yanbian Tigers last week in a surprise 1-0 defeat and in doing so,… Read More
Shanghai East Asia remain the team to beat in China League One after a hard-fought away victory against Chengdu Blades at the Chengdu Sports Centre. The visitors retained their five-point lead in the standings after Columbian striker Luis… Read More
