Following Asian Cup performance, football in China faces reforms
The Chinese national team put in a surprise performance at the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia, losing 2-0 to …
View ArticleAttending a Shanghai Shenhua Match: A First Time Visitor’s Guide
You’re aboard elevated metro line 3. The train climbs away from ground level at Shanghai Railway station and snakes …
View ArticleAway days: Shanghai Shenhua fans’ debaucherous Beijing adventure
A tale of football, defeat, alcohol, bird-chasing and general sordidness. Just another weekend for the infamous sino-foreign Shenhua fans …
View ArticleThe Shanghai Derby: Your guide to the biggest game in town for a decade
This Saturday night sees a real blockbuster – a mouth-watering derby between Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) v Shanghai …
View ArticleCheng: Unique success in Shijiazhuang needs to be maintained
Going into Saturday night’s match, I’d known that Shijaizhuang Yongchang had impressive attendance figures and was one of the …
View ArticleShenhua or SIPG? Choose one
From following the English Premier League to the Chinese Super League. This is a first hand account of one expat football fan’s experience following Shanghai SIPG. It all started when I heard about a...
View ArticleUrawa – Shenhua alliance shows football has no borders
Japanese club Urawa Reds face Shanghai SIPG today in an Asian Champions League tie that brings together two groups of fans who have a remarkable attitude to Sino-Japanese relations. Hostility and...
View ArticleCheng: Confessions of a reformed Eurosnob
Hi, my name’s Brandon and I used to be a Eurosnob. See, it’s not all my fault, I’m an American and the MLS only came into being in the mid 90s (& didn’t arrive in my town until the late 90s) and...
View ArticleA love supreme: How Shanghai Shenhua won my heart and changed my life
I close my eyes and I can picture it immediately. Receiving the ball with no teammates in the entire opposition half, he drives into the right channel before cutting in and beating one, two, three...
View ArticleEverything you ever wanted to know about CSL Shirts
The following is a post from the sponsors of the Chinese Football Podcast – Football Shirt Memory – which looks at the history of official team jerseys in China, why fans aren’t always so happy with...
View ArticleInter-city soccer rivalry
Shanghai Shenhua crashed out of the China FA cup on Wednesday night despite fighting back from two goals down against their great northern rivals, Beijing Hyundai, eventually losing 3-2 on aggregate....
View ArticleTrue Blue: A night with Shanghai’s football hardcore
Wild scenes of celebration, drunken tomfoolery, and a stampede of autograph hunters scrambling over tables and chairs were highlights of the evening as major stars from the world of Chinese football...
View ArticleApril tomfoolery rules on Shenhua terraces
Off-pitch goings-on again overshadowed play as Shanghai Shenhua notched up their second win of the season, in a fine 3-1 victory against Wuhan. Returning favourite Saul Martinez scored a well-taken...
View ArticleEarly AFC Champions League exit for Shenhua
Despite chalking up their first point of their 2007 AFC Champions League campaign, Shanghai Shenhua are out of the competition after being held 0-0 by J-League champions Urawa Reds yesterday. On a...
View ArticleLanmo Wudi
An utterly mental away trip. I haven’t been to Beijing since Feb 2005 when I first left on my grand trip from Dunfermline to Shanghai overland, but this visit involved a journey with a Shanghai Shenhua...
View ArticleRumpus at Hongkou Stadium for “National Derby”
There are few sporting spectacles which rouse passions as much as a football match between two great rivals, and Saturday night’s grudge game between Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan, in the Jing-Hu...
View ArticleAuthorities throw spanner in travelling fans’ works yet again
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...
View ArticleBlue Devils say good riddance to Expo
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...
View ArticleHomedays…
China’s not a sports loving country. In the US or much of Europe, even if you aren’t a sports fan, you know a bit about how the local side is doing that year, you’ll see it on the news, in the papers,...
View ArticleA Guide to Football in Nanjing
Nanjing is a city rich in history. Roughly 300km west of Shanghai this former capital is home to many famous landmarks and historical events such as Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s mausoleum, the ancient Confucius...
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