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What follows is meant as a semi-fictional account of one awayday. Any similarities to certain incidents is coincidental and all the names have been changed to protect the (not so) innocent. I’ve loved the idea of awaydays for… Read More
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. A busy week for the wai yuan! An interesting stat I cooked… Read More
Lately, there’s been an uptick in the number of Guoan fans (including sone foreigners) who travel to away games. Many of them are going for the first time and don’t have a complete grasp of what an awayday… Read More
This week the Chinese Football Association annouced the appointment of Tom Byer as Head Teachnical Advisor for the Chinese School Football program and Official Grassroots Ambassador for the project. Known as Tomsan in Japan, Byer and his company T3… Read More
The first wai yuan we looked at was Bosnia-Hertz international Zlatan Muslimović, his impact on the CSL with Guizhou Renhe being a surefire hit with his team’s win-rate improving by 22% with him in the side. Anelka, Drogba,… Read More
Footskills FC (Australia), Escola Zico 10 (Brazil), and Beijing Sangao FC (China) were crowned champions of the U18, U15, and U12 age groups, respectively, in the 2012 Great Wall Cup International Youth Football Tournament. In its third year… Read More
In every sport young players are compared to more established ones. No matter what media outlet it allows the consumer to get a better understanding of the lesser known player’s abilities. In football alone every country seems to… Read More
It has been a rough month for the fans of oversea Chinese footballers. Tan Long, formerly of the Vancouver Whitecaps, had a bust-up with the coach and was later transferred to DC United. To make it even worst,… Read More
This is an addition to my earlier match report on the Guangzhou derby and gives a view from the five or so hours I spent in the away end. It is also intended as a thank you to… Read More
It’s almost eight years to the day that the hurricane wreaking havoc across French football came to the attention of the rest of Europe. Drogba, then with OM Marseille almost single-handedly tore Premiership side Newcastle apart in a… Read More
