G4: Summer Palace vs Shenzhen Dev Bank
Palace,Well done to all involved in last sunday game, a 2-2 draw vs a solid Barbarians B team. A game we dominated but that we would have lost if it wasn't for Yasir's last minute equalizer. Apart for a 15 minutes spell in the 2nd half when we let them scored twice (on the only chances they created!), I think we played ... MoreWeekly News
Citizens,The footballing weekend saw both teams work hard to earn great results: Palace early on Sunday fought hard to salvage a point from a game they had dominated throughout. Kieran scored the first and Yasir in the dying seconds hit the equalizer to make it 2-2. Palace remain 3rd in the 1st division league.City ... MoreG3: FCFC vs Strollers 6pm Sunday Lido Pitch
Citizens,The league restarts this Sunday! we play the Strollers @ 4pm Chaoyang Stadium. Meet at the pitch no later than 3:10pm.Please let me know you availability ASAP. I will follow up this email with confirmation of the Squad selected for the game.This is a massive game, let's make sure we claim those 3 points and have a ... MoreG3: Summer Palace vs Barbarians B
Palace,After a very long break, we can finally resume our football season.Our next league game is to be played this SUNDAY, 17th of October against the Barbarians B. The venue is Chaoyang Stadium and the time of kick off is 12 Noon, please be at the pitch at 11:30 am.Who is available?PLEASE REPLY VERY SOON YES/NO. This is ... MoreRowan talking Chinese football in bed with Maradona
China craves sporting recognition and has a huge passion for football, but development of the domestic game has been blighted by corruption and general apathy. Rowan Simons refuses to allow Chinese football to wallow in the gutter. Egan Richardson on an influential figure in Beijing. 
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Few British people have as deep an understanding of and passion for China as Rowan Simons, who moved to Beijing in the late 1980s and has lived there ever since. He has enough in his media businesses to keep him busy – the group consists of three companies, and does everything from media production to strategic consulting, from event organising to communications – but one thing has given him a sense of mission.“Football has always been my passion,” says Simons in a phone interview conducted with radio86.com just before he ran out of the door for a training session. “I started playing as soon as I came to China, but I realised very quickly that football in China was very different from football in the UK, and elsewhere. In the mid-90s I was lucky enough to be a co-commentator on English Premier League and FA Cup matches on Bejing TV, so I became very well known to football fans as the English guy who talked about football.”...
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