It’s almost that time of the year again when hopes are built, dreams created and expectations elevated all for it to come crashing down mid-summer as Jeonbuk inevitably extend their lead at the top of the table and, for myself, Seongnam lurch from one poor performance to the next. I am of course talking about…
Over the last couple of years I’ve really enjoyed going to watch the “good” Suwon team, they have passionate fans, can generally spot a decent foreign player and embrace the concept that football and alcohol are indeed good bedfellows. Unfortunately since Seongnam made it to the K-League One there have been fixture clashes most weeks…
With Seongnam being drawn away to the Army down in Sangju eyes were diverted elsewhere in the hope of finding an FA Cup fixture that was ‘work-friendly’. Both Suwon teams were awarded home draws and given my desire to limit the number of Bluewings victories I wish to watch in a year it was off…
After Volume 1’s rather long trip to Changwon for the K-League One opening weekend, it was time for a jaunt a tad closer to home with Bucheon Stadium the venue and Jipyeong Makgeolli (지평 막걸리) the drink of choice. The game in question was the visit of Suwon FC and it’s fair to say this…
The K-league Kilt has been nagging me to write a review of Suwon FC’s season and my first season as a follower of a Korean team. In truth, I’ve sat down to start this on numerous occasions but as my dearly departed Granny used to say “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything…
For a game that allegedly had so much resting on it for both parties it couldn’t have been more poorly attended if they had announced the kick-off as being next month. The first time these two teams met at the home of Suwon FC there were over 12,000 in attendance, today the official number was…
The Alternative View (should probably re-name it the Suwon FC View) returns after being stung by the outrageous allegations in last week’s podcast that I only write when I’ve something to be negative about. I assure you my absence was all about final exams, grades and summer camp (one more day to go!!!) and nothing…
THE GOAL-LESS GENERATION The Alternative View returns! Did you miss me? Even if the answer is yes, I’m sure you didn’t miss me as badly as Suwon FC missed the target at home to Gwangju last Saturday, or this whole season to be honest. 8 (EIGHT) goals in 13 (YES, THIRTEEN) league matches tells you…
Every football fan has their favourite away ground to visit, whether you are a Celtic fan heading to Ibrox, a Kop stalwart making the trip to Old Trafford or an Ipswich fan heading with hope to Norwich. The K-League is no different and for those of a Seongnam persuasion it used to be the trip…
by Joe Quinn (@chiefinkorea) Five games. Four goals. 7,288 paying fans. With K-League 1 on an international break, it was time for K-League 2 to take centre stage but those were the grim statistics for Korea’s second tier over the weekend. In fact, in the 20 games played over the first four rounds so far…
The K-League Kilt 