All posts tagged "Tour"
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China National Team
/ 2 months agoThe year Beijing beat Inter Milan and China beat Roma
Major European clubs are now frequent visitors to China to play in pre-season friendlies but this trend started back in 1978....
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China National Team
/ 4 months ago“China flexes her football muscles” – in 1979 – against Celtic, Chelsea, WBA and Middlesbrough
“China flexes her football muscles” and “Chinese aim for place in the World Cup”: two headlines that could’ve been written in...
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China National Team
/ 5 months agoChina’s historic 1977 tour to the USA remembered
In October 1977, Jimmy Carter was in the White House, the New York Yankees were on their way to another World...
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Features
/ 5 months agoA trumpet-playing panda and half-time ice cream: West Brom’s 1978 tour of China
In May 1978 West Bromwich Albion made history by becoming the first English professional football team to tour China, playing in...
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China National Team
/ 6 months agoThe first western club to tour China: New York Cosmos’ 1977 adventure
Pele’s farewell tour with the New York Cosmos in 1977 was the first time that a professional Western club had visited...
