I decided to wait until the last minute to write my final Seongnam preview of the 2020 season as it seemed fitting that I should give my preview as much thought and attention as Kim Nam-il seems to have given his team selections and tactics at times this season.
It was a rain-battered Seongnam fanbase that left Tancheon on Sunday October 10th 2016 having witnessed their team huff, puff and basically look disinterested as they sideways passed their way to a 0-0 against Incheon United in the first of 5 disastrous Relegation Group matches. As the fans made their way around the almost flooded…
This week sees the return of Friday night action as FC Seoul host Gangwon FC in front of their fans for the first time since their Asian Champions League clash with Melbourne Victory back in February. It’s a match which will also see Kim Ho-young in the Seoul dugout against his old team Gangwon FC…
Not for the first time this season I feature a photograph of a “resigned” manager on my mactchday previews as this time we bid farewell, a fond one for some, to FC Seoul’s Choi Yong-soo. Choi was in his 2nd stint at the club and quite like Kim Hak-beom circa Seongnam 2016, his past successes…
It’s almost time to welcome fans back into K-League stadiums as the Korean Government announced tentative measures to open sports venues from Sunday July 26th starting with baseball of course. The K-League are looking at an August 1st return with 10% capacity if all goes well over the next week that is. Further restrictions involving…
Across the footballing world one of the elements that unites us whether we are watching in a rain-soaked stadium in Scotland, a beach bar in Rio or on a ridiculously large TV in a Seoul chicken hof is the ‘Magic of the Cup’, and more accurately the hope and desire to see an underdog make…
The Big news before a ball has been kicked in this week’s games was the departure, finally, of Suwon Bluewings manager Lee Lim-saeng. Lee has been responsible for some of the most bizarre tactical decisions and starting XI’s that you are likely to see in the K-League but still managed a win ratio of roughly…
Last week was one of the highest scoring weekends I can remember in K-League (not counting Seoul getting humped 6-0 by Daegu) with an incredible 28 goals scored over the weekend. We had the first ‘Supermatch’ of the year and it was definitely one for the neutrals as the game finished 3-3 with Bluewings owning…
The K-League One returns following some midweek cup action which seen most of the top tier teams escape unscathed, with Incheon’s nightmare season continuing as they crashed out to Suwon FC on penalties. Last weekend in the league Jeonbuk extended their lead at the top defeating 10 man Ulsan with Takahito Kunimoto scoring his first…
Another set of blockbuster K-League One fixtures await us this weekend as title-hopefuls Ulsan FC get the weekend started with a home clash against Seongnam FC in the Saturday afternoon kick-off, before Jeonbuk welcome Incheon United to town as top hosts bottom. On Sunday we have the first game between the newly promoted teams…
It’s safe to say this fixture is not exactly a favourite among the Seongnam faithful with The Magpies having won only 5 games out of 20 down the years, and throw in the fact that 3 of them have come in the last three years and you can understand why the ‘old guard’ are less…
Week 2 of the K-League grew attention far and wider yet again as Sangju surprised everyone with their win over Gangwon while Jeonbuk surprised nobody as they defeated Busan with another late goal. We did of course make headlines worldwide yet again although this time it was for off the pitch action as FC Seoul…
The K-League returned last week and while it might not have been a goal-fest of a weekend it did feel good to be able to watch some live football again albeit in fan-less stadiums. The games were spanned over 3 nights with Jeonbuk defending their crown on the Friday and Gangwon vs Seoul bringing up…
Week one of the 2020 K-league season has finally been completed and we had a global audience tuning in to watch the local game that we love so much. But what was the same and what was different? Below is my review of an opening weekend that tried but probably fell a little short on…
It’s back! In the words of The Rock, finally the K-League has returned to our TVs albeit with closed stadiums and no fans. It’s been a long wait and here’s hoping it’s been worth it as the 2020 season kicks off on Friday May 8th with pretty much the whole footballing supporting world having access…
