By Michael Rank North Korean films are as hard to find as kimchi-flavoured ice cream, so Koryo Tours have done us a big favour by releasing on DVD Centre Forward, a highly watchable and fascinating Pyongyang production from 1978. It’s the tale of talented novice footballer Cha In-son (Kim Chol), who’s been on the bench … [Read More]
Tag: Football (page 4)
Selected publications
- Ken Knight: 1966 And All That: The Story of North Korea’s Greatest Football Team, Independently published 2025
- Devon Rowcliffe: Who Ate All the Squid? Football Adventures in South Korea, Pitch Publishing 2020
- Jong Sung Lee: A History of Football in North and South Korea c.1910–2002 Development and Diffusion, Peter Lang 2016
- Rachael Miyung Joo: Transnational Sport: Gender, Media, and Global Korea, Duke University Press 2012
“The best North Korean Football-themed film of All Time”
The 1978 North Korean feature film Centre Forward is showing in London this Saturday May 8 at 9 pm at the Shortwave Cinema, Bermondsey. Details from their website: The classic North Korean football film based around footballer In Son who is about to make the leap from benchwarmer to key player of Taesongan FC, but … [Read More]
S Korea v Ivory Coast: interviews with Park Ji-sung and Lee Young-pyo
Aashish Gadhvi managed to interview two key members of the South Korean world cup squad after the match with Ivory Coast last week. First, Lee Young-pyo, formerly of Tottenham Hotspur. Next, probably Korea’s best known player, Park Ji-sung. No subtitles this time: both interviews are in English. This wraps up LKL’s coverage of the South … [Read More]
Ivory Coasted!
Aashish Gadhvi reviews South Korea’s resounding 2-0 victory over the Ivory Coast. With photos by Aashish and Saharial. Have you ever had a dream that was so perfect that the moment you wake up you try your very best to go back to sleep and experience it all over again? Well I had one of … [Read More]
South Korea 2 – 0 Ivory Coast: the photos
Saharial took some great action shots at the international friendly at Loftus Road yesterday. Shame there weren’t more spectators there to see the action: [Read More]
Team Korea’s Training Day: the Video
Earlier this week, Aashish Gadhvi joined the South Korean squad at their training day at the Bank of England Sports Club in Roehampton – the only non-Korean journalist present. Here’s his video of the proceedings. Check out his article, including an interview with Celtic’s Ki Sung-yong, here. South Korea meet Ivory Coast at Loftus Road … [Read More]
South Korea’s Training Day in South London
Aashish Gadhvi catches up with Team Korea in preparation for Wednesday’s friendly. The South Korean national football team are back in town folks, and I caught up with our favourite red shirted devils to check out the team on their one day of training here in London. In a leafy and somewhat swanky end of … [Read More]
South Korea play Ivory Coast at Loftus Road
South Korea will take on Ivory Coast in a friendly International football fixture at Loftus Road, the home of Queens Park Rangers, on Wednesday 3rd March 2010 – kick-off 2.30pm. Both nations are keen to bring their football to London to entertain the estimated 20,000 Koreans and 10,000 Ivoriens that live in and around the … [Read More]
Lampard lampooned in Kara video
Frank Lampard scores chart-topping single in South Korea, says the Daily Star http://bit.ly/6nmuPb. Can anyone find it? 12:03 AM Jan 9th from bit.ly JamesTurnbull: @lklinks Try here http://ow.ly/Updr 12:07 AM Jan 9th from HootSuite in reply to lklinks @JamesTurnbull Thanks for the link James – but they’ve already taken the video down 🙁 12:12 AM … [Read More]
S Korea v Serbia: interviews with Kim Nam Il and Lee Chung Yong
Aashish Gadhvi gets up close and personal with Kim Nam Il and Lee Chung Yong South Korea were recently in London to play Serbia, and thanks to the help of many people who I am very grateful to, I was able to interview two members of the team. Firstly I just want to say a … [Read More]
Sven and the North Koreans
How weird is this? The curious case of Notts County, their former adviser, Sven-Goran Eriksson, and a North Korean bigwig | The Guardian http://bit.ly/4HeQGS # [Read More]
Are you being Serbed?
Aashish Gadhvi reviews Korea v Serbia at Craven Cottage on 18 November Two years ago Fulham’s Craven Cottage played host to a friendly match on a chilly winter evening between Korea and Greece, which went down a success. The stadium was full of crazy Korean fans singing and chanting throughout the match as Korea walked … [Read More]
The curious case of Jong Tae-se
Aashish Gadhvi analyses the so-called defector in the Northern ranks. North Korea’s qualification for the 2010 World Cup has brought about many questions in international football. Not least of all, the desire for more information about the team. Most of all, who are these guys? The mystery surrounding the team is pretty much the same … [Read More]
World Cup 2010 Qualifiers: A Tale of Two Koreas
by Aashish Gadhvi World Cup 2010 is just around the corner people, and I for one can’t wait! Another magnificent summer of the beautiful game is only a year away, which means that the first batch of teams have qualified. The way that the Asian Qualifiers are structured means that often the Asian teams are … [Read More]
Yeah Seoul! – the FC Seoul theme tune
For those who were disappointed, on reading Ash’s recent corker of an article on Korean Soccer Wars, that they could not find the FC Seoul theme tune on the FC Seoul website, we’ve managed to find a copy of it for your delectation. It’s a catchy little number, complete with lyrics for you to follow. … [Read More]
Blue Blood v Red Blood: the K-League 2008 Finals
Aashish Gadhvi dishes up a sporting treat for your Bank Holiday Monday. Something is a-brewing in the world of K-League football. Think of the great club football rivalries, Man United v Liverpool, Real Madrid v Barcelona, Celtic v Rangers, AC Milan v Inter Milan, Roma v Lazio, Boca Juniors v River Plate, the list goes … [Read More]