The Qingdao West Coast Chronicle
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
Qingdao West Coast run out of patience with Gao Gang
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Gao Gang clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Market5 Mar 2029
Zhao Yuhao agrees terms with Qingdao Hainiu
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Qingdao West Coast people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Azmait: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Qingdao West Coast have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
Jin Aihui takes charge at Qingdao West Coast
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Shi Yan gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Shi Yan has just signed for Qingdao West Coast, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Nélson da Luz signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nélson da Luz commits to Qingdao West Coast for another 3 years.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Tempers go at Qingdao West Coast
Davidson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Qingdao West Coast
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad5 Mar 2029
A row about effort at Qingdao West Coast
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Romulo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Zhao Yiming joins the Qingdao West Coast first team
- Market Qingdao West Coast promote Chen Yue from within
- Market Qingdao West Coast promote Deng Hao from within