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The most eagerly anticipated Chinese Super League season ever will open with a bang on March 10 with an local derby between Shanghai Shenhua and Nanjing-based Jiangsu Sainty. Games involving the Yangzte Delta-based clubs, Shenhua, Sainty and Hangzhou… 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
South Korean footballing legend Ahn Jung-Hwan was given a rapturous send off yesterday as he made his last ever appearance at Dalian’s Jinzhou stadium. Dalian’s ultras gave Ahn a noisy and enthusiastic farewell after their side’s 3-0 defeat… Read More
If a week is a long time in politics, then six years is an eternity in the Chinese Super League. When your correspondent first started following Shenhua regularly in 2005, Dalian Shide v Shanghai Shenhua was the biggest… Read More
It’s Friday, you’re waiting for the weekend to finally begin, you want to get out of the office, I do too. Therefore, I’m not going to write a long post about the possibilities of Beijing Guoan going public,… Read More
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
Shanghai Shenhua grabbed a priceless away victory on the road to old foes Dalian in a match played in atrocious conditions at Jinzhou Stadium on Sunday night. Annoyingly, the game was not being broadcast on Shanghai’s Five Star… Read More
When you’re supposed to be the authority on Chinese soccer, it doesn’t feel good to get pipped by the Huffington Post. I’m sort of the Minister of Propoganda for the site and prefer to focus on the positive… Read More
If you ask your Chinese friend who is Dong Fangzhuo, you will probably learn a new Chinese phrase: 傻B (idiot) – (it literally means something rather more obscene – ed.) Dong Fangzhuo, in the heart of most Chinese… Read More
Dalian Shide, eight-times Chinese league champions, have been invited to travel to Myanmaar to play its national side, in a somewhat unusual match-up taking place amid the first elections to be held in the country for 20 years…. Read More
