This past weekend brought down the curtain on the AFC Under 23 Championship. It was yet again a tournament of highs and ‘could have beens’ that were unfortunately brought crashing down to Earth by the now all too familiar under-achieving that has seemed to plague Korean national teams since those dizzy heights of 2002. In…
2015 was going to be the year that witnessed the return of Seongnam FC to their old stomping ground of the ACL. It was a year in which Seongnam cut all ties with previous incarnations and shelved the ‘traditional’ yellow kit in favour of an all black number. It was going to be a year of…
5 Things we learned from Matchday 31 It’s all too little too late for Ulsan For a team that started with so much promise, Ulsan have had a horrendous season in the league seeing themselves free-fall from second spot to third bottom during a run where they simply couldn’t buy a win. Poor performances…
From the beaches of Jeju to the slopes of Tancheon this trip saw me take planes, trains, expensive taxis and one rather excitable bus driver all in the name of the beautiful game that is the K-League. My first trip to Jeju United on Saturday and a huge match against the league leaders for Seongnam…
Yesterday saw the first midweek fixtures of the new K-League season and it brought with it action, goals, red cards and excitement unless that was you were one of the hardy few who bothered to make the trips to Sangam or Tancheon where ‘The Beautiful Game’ put on it’s ugly mask and taunted those of…
We are at the halfway stage of the ACL and all four Korean teams have played 3 matches. Which ones have had the start dreams are made of and which ones need to wake up and sort themselves out as soon as possible. Group E Teams P W D L GF GA GD PTS JEONBUK…
5 things from this week’s K-League Jeonbuk are favorites for a reason All the pre-season talk and predictions had Jeonbuk favorites to retain their title and even though we are only one match into the season it’s already looking tough to imagine anyone knocking them off their perch. Sure a 2-0 home victory over Seongnam…
Suwon v Urawa The match sounded like something you would have expected George and Zippy to have come up with on an especially flamboyant episode of Rainbow but it was a hugely serious and important match. It wasn’t necessarily a clash of two titans but more a clash of two underachievers. Amazingly for their size…
In the year of Sheep/Goat FC Seoul hoof Hanoi. It was eventually here, the first competitive match in three months as FC Seoul lined up against the Vietnamese champions Hanoi T&T, although when I say “competitive” it turns out I was using that term loosely as what was about to unfold was anything but.…
The Heather Cho award for ‘having your nuts handed to you on a plate’. Runner-up – FC Seoul (FA Cup Final) – Losing a cup final doesn’t normally constitute ‘having your nuts handed to you on a plate’ but when said final is at your home ground against a team fighting relegation and who…
The K-League Kilt 