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Most Valued Player. 6 Easy Questions.

Hello Lads, You have a rare and delightful opportunity to be famous in Beijing as the official spokesperson of Forbidden City Football Club, Beijing. One lucky contestant will have the young and nefarious girls of Beijing poring over your styling portrait and the more reading your wit and humour in the upcoming edition ... More

Training 11AM-1PM Sunday

Hi All! Training this Sunday at Lido pitches, 11AM - 1PM. Make an effort to come down on Sunday to get into shape after the long winter break and make sure you will be ready for the start of the season. For all those new guys it will be a chance to get a place in the team and for all the old players it is a chance to ... More

Football this Wednesday

Hello Citizens! We have booked a 5-a-side pitch at Lido for a some football fun on Wednesday from 2-4pm. Assuming your less than sober dabbling with explosives has left you with both feet intact, come along to show off those skills. Let me know if you plan on attending, if we get enough numbers we may be able to get a ... More

February Schedule

Citizens, I hope everyone is enjoying their time away from the pitch and, more importantly, looking forward to kicking off the 2nd half of our campaign to repeat as double champions. Please see below for the dates and times for upcoming football in February: February Wednesday, February 1st - Training @ Lido Pitch ... More

Bangkok Football Tour in April

Hello Citizens, We are slowly awakening from winter break and look forward to another sporty year ahead. What better way to reward ourselves for all the hard work we're going to put in than with a fun trip to Bangkok come Spring. You've seen all the emails, so no more banter - it's now time to make the decisions. "I ... More

Futsal is Back!

Hey Guys, With the Christmas break behind us, Futsal is back!!! Tomorrow night (Tuesday) is your chance to have some fun, get a touch on the ball, and, perhaps more importantly, shed those winter pounds. Bring your trainers and your samba moves from 8-10pm at the Canadian International School (Map attached via link ... More

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Dear Citizens all over the world, Forbidden City FC is sending you warm Christmas greetings and our best wishes for a wonderful New Year of health, happiness and fun. 2011 was a fantastic year for Forbidden City and without a doubt we are ruling Beijing’s amateur football scene on and off the pitch. In the summer both ... More

Why China fails at football

Little red card The telling reasons why, at least in football, China is unlikely to rule the world in the near future Dec 17th 2011 | from the print edition The Buddha tells the people he can fulfil only one of their wishes. Someone asks: “Could you lower the price of property in China so that people can afford ... More

Match report for Summer Palace vs Barbarians B

Match report for Summer Palace vs Barbarians B, 11th December 2011, Lido This was Palace’s last league game to play before the winter break and on that Sunday afternoon it was a relief that the weather was not as cold as one could have feared. Palace was looking for another win so that Dong Ren would not run away with ... More

Summer Palace Season So Far

Palace, Excellent win yesterday afternoon against a tough opposition from the Barbarians B team. Match report to follow soon, when Lee Russell will have written it up (thanks again!). In summary, We played 13 games during this first part of the season: 10 in the league, 2 in the cup and 1 friendly game. We won 10 of ... More