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With the 2010 season having finished a month ago, and activity on Wild East Football grinding to a halt accordingly, its time to wrap up the season before its too late, with a look back, before we move… Read More
Anyone reading the usual propaganda channels at the moment could be forgiven for thinking the entire city of Shanghai is in mourning now that the six-month long World Expo is over, indeed, even some respected foreign Shanghai bloggers,… Read More
According to a flurry of recent media reports, Shanghai Shenhua’s flamboyant owner Zhu Jun is trying to persuade Diego Maradona to coach his side next season. The news may come as a shock to many Shenhua followers, given… Read More
A goal just minutes from time from Duvier Riascos gave Shanghai Shenhua a 3-2 victory over Shaanxi Chanba in an action-packed game, to delay Shandong Luneng’s championship party for another week at least. Shandong could only draw 1-1… Read More
Columbian striker Duvier Riascos scored an hat-trick as Shanghai Shenhua made ammends for their China Derby defeat to Beijing on Saturday by trouncing Shenzhen 4-0 on their own turf. For reasons best known to the Chinese Super League… Read More
The chairman of China League side Shanghai East Asia FC has raised eyebrows by saying he hopes his club can merge with city rivals Shanghai Shenhua. Xu Genbao (徐根宝), who is also founder of East Asia, made the… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua’s slender championship hopes were laid to rest in last night’s China Derby, as defensive botch-ups handed bitter rivals Beijing Guoan an easy 4-1 victory at the Workers Stadium. Second-placed Shenhua needed a win to try to… Read More
It’s that time again – the Jing-Hu Dazhan (京沪大战), or “China Derby” between Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua. Both teams go into this match in less than ideal circumstances – under-performing Guoan fired head coach Hong Yuanshuo during… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua coach Miroslav Blažević has launched an absolutely scathing attack on critics of his team’s mediorce performances of late. Speaking on Shenhua’s official news channel on the clubs website, a clearly vexed and extremely animated Blažević fumes… Read More
For the third year running, the Beijing-Shenhua game has been inconveniently-scheduled, making it very difficult for visiting fans, who have a 2,000 km round trip, to get to the game. Shenhua fan group’s plans have been thrown into… Read More
