Blog Post: Oh cruel fate! Why do you mock me?

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:27:01 +0100

How many match reports have you seen start with the phrase "so near, yet so far?" Too many to count. Yet if there was one cliché

News: J.LEAGUE - Grampus regain lead in tight J1 race

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:29:49 +0100

Nagoya Grampus enter the J1 break for World Cup qualifying at the top of the table after recording a third straight win on Wednesday night.

Blog Post: Yohei Nishibe, the bell tolls for thee

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:42:20 +0100

How about that Keiji Tamada? You go and criticise the bloke for his useless performances for the national team, and then he goes and scores one of the free-kicks of the season to add to his first half equaliser in Nagoya's...

Blog Post: Are you Millwall in disguise?

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:34:14 +0100

"Which one of you bitches wants to dance?

Hey, you know when you're doing the usual sort of threesome thing you do of a weekend and, you...

Blog Post: I'm living in my own private Shimizu

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:39:40 +0100

The O-bon holidays have prompted an eerie atmosphere around the port city of Shimizu, with the streets deserted as people return to their places of birth to pay homage to the dead.

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Blog Post: FC Porto sign "the incredible" Hulk

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:57:41 +0100

It was a lazy headline writer's dream overnight as the J. League continued its haemoraging of big-name Brazilian strikers, with Hulk leaving a club that most people in Europe have never heard of (Tokyo Verdy) to join a club...

Blog Post: Could Arsenal be about to raid the J. League?!

Sat, 24 May 2008 05:27:41 +0100

Twelve years after Arsene Wenger left Nagoya Grampus bound for Arsenal, and seven years after the French tactician convinced Junichi "T-Shirt" Inamoto to swap the J. League for life at Highbury, the question arises... could...

Blog Post: Yuki Abe: From JEF Star to the Death Star?

Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:15:00 +0000

Don't let the snappy title fool you. This is no laughing matter. Yuki Abe has moved to Urawa Reds. And the fate of the entire Universe may rest upon his shoulders.

Not really, although a lot of people here in Japan were kind of disappointed that Yuki Abe has joined the dark side,...

Blog Post: Urawa to take on Gamba in head-to-head showdown

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:58:00 +0000

To borrow a phrase from legendary Australian cricket commentator Bill Lawry, "it's all happening in the J-League!" For the third season in a row, the J-League will go down to the wire after Urawa Reds failed to wrap up the title when they drew 0-0 with FC Tokyo at the weekend. Elsewhere Gamba...

Blog Post: Kawasaki crumble as Shimizu's young stars shine

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:54:00 +0000

Alan Hansen means many things to many people. For some, he will be remembered as an elegant defender for both Liverpool and Scotland. For others, he is the slightly smug counterpoint to the clean cut Gary Lineker on "Match Of The Day." For me - and no doubt many others, he will always be the...

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