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Drogba Who? Wild East Football analyses those who have already made an impact on the Chinese Super League before this summer’s influx of football mega stars. With Mr. Drogba and Mr. Anelka unfairly grabbing the headlines again by… Read More
Thursday night’s 0-0 draw at Dalian Aerbin was by no means a disaster for title-chasing Guangzhou Evergrande. Indeed, it may yet turn out to be a point gained over their rivals in a difficult away fixture. However, post-match,… Read More
Your intrepid fan’s-eye preview tries to wilfully ignore the news (or lack thereof) emenating from Hongkou and focus on a chance to return to winning ways. Last Time Out The last full round of CSL fixtures was played… Read More
Wuhan Zull (2nd) – Beijing Baxy (16th) Baxy are beginning to sink into the mire at the bottom of China League One and with a four point difference between themselves and the teams above them in the relegation… Read More
At the turn of the year, Henk ten Cate was appointed manager of Shandong Luneng and after less than a year, the Dutchman resigned from his post. The Jinan side is in the semi-finals of Chinese FA Cup… Read More
switches back to conventional mode after managing to escape to a real pub last week. This week, the relegation battle heats up what with the “make up” games getting played since our last pub visit, it’s just too… 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
Unless you are currently under a footballing rock, you will be well aware that Cristiano Ronaldo is a bit sad at Real Madrid. The poor guy who only gets an estimated €11 million per year after his move… Read More
Today we present a very special Pub Talk – our first ever podcast. Originally recorded last Friday night after Shanghai Ultra made an impromptu appearance in Beijing, due to technical reasons and time restraints we only got around… Read More
Wasteful finishing, inspired goal keeping and some terrible gamesmanship from both teams were all critical factors in Shanghai East Asia’s 0-0 draw with the visiting Chongqing FC on Saturday. The hosts remain five points clear of second place… Read More
