It was the moment Seongnam fans had been waiting over two years for as the 2019 K-League One fixtures were announced. Suddenly that cold November back in 2016 when the unthinkable happened had finally been exorcised, Seongnam were back at the top table. It’s been a long journey from Jamsil to the Godeok and everywhere…
Seongnam FC, on Wednesday, finally announced the news that most fans had been bracing themselves for as National Team defender Yun Young-sun hung up his Number 20 jersey for the last time to make the move South to Ulsan Hyundai FC and the chance to play in the Asian Champions League (ACL) again. In truth…
Come 6pm on Monday November 19th a decision will be made in the corridors of K-League HQ that will have ramifications from the satellite city of Seongnam to the historical enclave of Gwangju.
It was a game that began shrouded in farce as the K-League had announced on Monday past that they were giving the Police team a deadline of November 19th to submit their recruitment plan, if any, for the 2019 season. This is, of course, a deadline which has been extended a ridiculous number of…
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 title might sound a tad harsh to the casual passer-by in Korean football but for those of us who have invested years and our, sometimes, hard-earned Won into the game here it is becoming a question that needs asked more and more regularly as the K-League lurches from disaster to disaster.
The first in a new series of full-time ‘afterthoughts’ is from today’s Seongnam v Daejeon K-League Two match as 2nd place hosted 4th in what was a huge match for both teams in their pursuit for promotion to the K-league One. Seongnam went into the game on the back of a 1 win in 7…
