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Since coming to Beijing in 2009, the Australian import Joel Griffiths has been an important part of Guoan’s offense, with 27 goals in 76 matches, including an impressive 10 goals this season. Over the past two season he… Read More
ACL positioning Guangzhou （68 points） Beijing （53 points） Liaoning （50 points） Jiangsu （47 points） Shandong （47 points） Qingdao （45 points） Changchun （45 points） There wasn’t much to play for on the last day of the season, but the… Read More
Last Wednesday afternoon Jiangsu Sainty played host to Nanchang Hengyuan in the final match of the 2011 Chinese Super League season. The thing on the minds of all Jiangsu fans was whether or not their team would finish… Read More
Chengdu 2 – 2 Guangzhou, Attendance 6,000 What a difference a year makes, huh? Last year these two sides came up to the Chinese Super League, this year, Guangzhou won the title while Chengdu heads back down, they’ll… Read More
The Chinese Super League 2012 has finally reached its conclusion, so in this week’s pub chat, the dynamic duo of Shanghai Ultra and Bcheng look back over the past season’s highlights. However Shanghai Ultra wastes no time referring… Read More
Not seen in Xian or Edinburgh’s bars recently – Derek Riordan makes international headlines In the last week, Derek Riordan has gone AWOL from Shaanxi Chanba and both the Chinese and Scottish media have been reading each others’… Read More
If you swat a bee and don’t kill it, you have to be careful because it’s going to sting you. Guoan took plenty of strikes at Shenhua, a SB(ee), but failed to connect and in the end it… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua’s loyal followers have many victory rituals, one of the best known of which is the massive gathering of fans underneath the elevated line 3 metro station right next to the stadium to sing songs of joy… Read More
Yes. Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes. Yes. In the final game of the season, Shanghai Shenua pulled out a last gasp win over bitter rivals Beijing Guaon, winning 1-0 thanks to substitute Jiang Kun’s strike in the dying seconds of injury time…. Read More
Though I should be in the office right now, I’m not. Instead I’m sitting in a hotel room and as I look otu the window, I can see Hongkou Stadium through the rain. I took two days off… Read More
