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I feel like the badge should be a badly ripped-off version of our badge.
Like the Chinese version of the Mini.
Suchuan Jiuniu is now more
Arise Shenzhen Peng City: the MK Dons of China.
You just wouldn’t let the “115“ go!Sichuan Jiuniu has only been in existence for 7 years, 5 of which CFG owned them, and they've never even had a permanent stadium. They've only been professional for 4 years.
Not sure that's QUITE comparable to MK Dons and them stealing 115 years of history from Wimbledon.
And moving teams in China is so common that there's an entire Wikipedia page about it.
Yeah, I am familiar with the Chines footballing history. The league isn't quite 115 years-old but certainly has had more than 115 clubs. Shenzhen is al;so a city renowned for pop-up, slip away and short-term clubs. Shenzhen FC just ended. Seems a stupidly large nation with zero modelling for a football strategy. I was always surprised by how the amateur team I played for there almost made the Chinese League Two - but were rejected on the basis we were too foreign. The other thing was, we'd only played 3 eleven-a-side games to get to the final!Sichuan Jiuniu has only been in existence for 7 years, 5 of which CFG owned them, and they've never even had a permanent stadium. They've only been professional for 4 years.
Not sure that's QUITE comparable to MK Dons and them stealing 115 years of history from Wimbledon.
And moving teams in China is so common that there's an entire Wikipedia page about it.
Why has it been moved ?
UBtech were based in Shenzhen and moved to Chengdu... then CFG and Chinese regulations about overseas and domestic football matters hit new 100% tax rules. Sichuan Jiuniu had mnajor identity problems. I tried asking for an away shirt (sky blue) and was told to jog on and jerk my movements, because Jiuniu was and always will be yellow. 5 games later they swapped to sky blue... and the following season moved to a new stadium. I remember watching them play a team in Shenzhen and was denied an away ticket because I could not prove a connection to the club, despite mentioning City and CFG - and Shenzhen Blues OSC. I was denied a home team ticket at Shenzhen Phoenix - but was allowed a neutral ticket, in a stand on my own... whoever was in charge of Sichuan Jiuniu then was thick as flip!!!Shenzhen is a significantly bigger market. Comparable to moving from Memphis to Chicago. It's the fastest growing city in China both economically and ... populationally (?). Huge business district too with a lot of new tech based there as well as a massive port. Decent immigrant population as well, and a city that needs a good football team tbh. As acton says, there's been a few attempts and none of them have taken for various reasons.
I might be wrong here but I seem to recall that Shenzhen is where we tried to originally setup/purchase when CFG first went into China but couldn't make the deal.
As my teenage daughter tells me, this only makes us even more 'peng'.Suchuan Jiuniu is now more
Arise Shenzhen Peng City: the MK Dons of China.