It’s 2023 and it’s the year of the rabbit for all Koreans but for a certain, rather small, section of the country it’s the year of deja vu as Seongnam FC fans find themselves staring into the K-League 2 abyss rather than the K-League 1 paradise of the last two years. Unlike like back in…
Well there have been two rounds of matches since my last post and I don’t think many people would’ve predicted the outcomes of most of those games as Seongnam defeated Pohang, Pohang humiliated Gangwon, and Gwangju completely bottled it in a 2nd half collapse that saw them blow a 3-0 lead to FC Seoul with…
So it’s time to roll out everyone’s favourite ‘relegation waterfall’ as we count down the battle to avoid the drop and the quagmire that is the K-League 2…..and I mean that in the nicest possible way…..honestly!
That Seongnam manager Kim Nam-il has played for three K1 teams, neither of which is Seongnam, should be enough to motivate the normal glum looking manager into something akin to an emotion in the dugout as he looks to get one over his previous employers….sadly it doesn’t, and instead it more often than not ends…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on this blog, a combination of a COVID-ravaged fixture list and the fatherly duties of raising a toddler have left me both without time and interest. But I decided to sit down today and try to write something about what is quite simply one of the biggest ‘six-pointers’…
So for some teams it’s Round 19 for others they are about to emerge from their cocoons after a 2 week, and 4 match, COVID break only to shake off the cobwebs and undoubtedly get pumped by the fitter kids on the block. Seongnam resume league duties against Suwon FC after a midweek FA Cup…
We have yet another round of reduced fixtures as both FC Seoul and Seongnam FC continue their 2 week ‘self-isolation’ period due to Hwang Hyun-soo testing positive for COVID. Thas hiatus has given the teams around them the opportunity to get some points on the board which Suwon FC have been more than happy to…
With the Asian Champions League potentially, and crazily, still being held we have games coming at us thick and fast right now with playing every midweek. Last weekend saw Suwon FC come from a goal behind against Gangwon to claim their 2nd win of the season, Seoul continued their shocking run of form as they…
In the last round we had the stupidest red card ever as Seongnam’s Mulic got a 2nd yellow card for taking his shirt off after scoring his and Seongnam’s 2nd of the game, hero to zero in 2 seconds flat. Below are my predictions for Round 8 of the 2021 K-League One season.
Round 7 witnessed Suwon FC get their first win since returning to K1 as a VAR-heavy clash with Jeju United saw two goals chopped off for the islanders as Suwon ran out 2-1 victors. There were home defeats for Seongnam and Seoul as Ulsan and Gangwon left with all 3pts. We saw yet another red…
When the 2021 season started I decided that I wanted to profile one player every month, someone who I thought would be the standout player for the month, for one reason or another. For March I was spoiled for choice, we had Ki Sung-yeung finally getting the chance to perform on a K-League pitch again,…
Domestic football returns after a break for an International week that saw Korea lose 3-0 to rivals Japan with a performance worthy of the plethora of “embarrassing” headlines and public apologies that followed it. That the team boasted players such as Na Sang-ho, Cho Hyun-woo and Lee Kang-in made the result all the more humiliating.…
Round 5 saw Ulsan drop 2 more points as they were held at home by Jeju United which allowed Jeonbuk to claim top spot with a 3-2 home victory over Daegu.Ki Sung-yeung scored again as Seoul fought back against Gwangju while Seongnam drew 0-0 away to Gangwon and Suwon FC had PArk Ji-soo sent off…
Round 4 saw Ulsan drop their points of the campaign with rivals Pohang yet again being the thorn in the Hyundai team’s side, a spirited Gwangju side finally fell to Jeonbuk who sit joint-top after a 2-0 away victory. Ki Sung-yeung got his first K-League goal since returning last year albiet courtesy of a wicked…
Round 3 saw Seongnam finally win at home as they defeated FC Seoul with U22 Kang Jae-woo surprising everyone not only lasting almost an hour but also by being one of the best players on the pitch. There was another routine victory for Ulsan as they beat Incheon 3-1 while Jeonbuk both came from behind…
The K-League Kilt 