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As all real football fans know, there’s nothing quite like an away trip for experiencing the game at it’s finest. Take the usual thrills and spills you may expect from a football road trip and toss the cheerful… Read More
Tomorrow sees the first “proper” Shanghai derby in seven years as Shenhua take on newly promoted Shanghai East Asia – a match the local media are billing as the long-awaited return of a genuine Shanghai football rivalry. ‘s… Read More
Being an away supporter is much harder in China than in many other countries because of the vast distances involved. Apart from the Cantonese derby, the closest away trip for Guangzhou R&F fans is the 630 mile haul… Read More
Huang Bowen played his first match at Worker’s Stadium since leaving Beijing Guoan in November 2011, the “homecoming” of sorts was far from warm, instead filled with vitriol and hatred. Huang arrived in Beijing as a 14 year… Read More
One thing that has surprised me about Chinese football has been the large amount of female fans in the stands, chanting just as enthusiastically as their male counterparts. Even though old fashioned attitudes towards women are fading, Chinese… Read More
Worker’s Stadium was awash in green on Friday when over 41,000 fans watched Guoan defeat Shanghai East Asia 4-1. The next day when the reserve sides faced off, the venue was covered in newspapers. Anyone who has lived… Read More
What does it mean to be a Beijing Guoan supporter? What’s on the mind of a fan? Over the next few weeks, I’ll sit down with a couple different supporters and present their viewpoints for you here. Today… Read More
What does it mean to be a Beijing Guoan supporter? What’s on the mind of a fan? Over the next few weeks, I’ll sit down with a couple different supporters and present their viewpoints for you here. The… Read More
On the weekend that the CSL lost one set of well-respected blue fans, Dalian Shide’s Blue Wave , another group, the Blue Dream Army of Guangzhou R&F, were celebrating the end of their club’s first ever CSL ever… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua 3-0 Qingdao Joonon CSL Round 30 Drogba 74, Song Boxuan 81, Griffiths 83 A surprisingly good end-of-season match at Hongkou Stadium saw Shanghai Shenhua run out 3-0 winners over Qingdao in a one-sided affair notable for… Read More
