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Chasing the J: JFL wrap

In the second part of @GifuRichy‘s look back at the non-professional Japanese leagues, he casts his eye over the JFL, and those clubs that were looking to get to the…

Opinion: Goodbye & Good Riddance to Two Stages

As the dust settles on another epic Urawa Reds collapse, their defeat at the hands of Kashima Antlers ushers in the return of the single stage season – and not…

Chasing the J: The Final Act

It is not just the professional leagues that have (almost) finished, the regional league – and the race to ascend the Japanese football pyramid – also came to a climax…

The Master of Promotion

Shinji Kobayashi. You might not know his name, but you might recognize his work. Here, @nellosplendor looks at the career of the promotion specialist. Sometimes it’s amazing how life makes…

J1 Championship stage

We’ve had the first stage (winners: Kashima), the second stage (winners: Urawa) so we might as well get set for the Championship Stage. This is when the J.League champions of…

J2: The Final Day

This Sunday promises to be a momentous day in Japan’s second tier. At the top, it is a high stakes game of musical chairs, as three teams try to fit…

J2 – The final straight

Whilst J1 wrapped up last Saturday (well, the regular season wrapped up, the ‘Championship Stage’ is yet to come….), the promotion & relegation races in the Japanese second tier are…

Chasing the J – The race

Apologies for the delay. It’s a bit out of date, but the info is still solid. @GifuRichy takes a look at the race for the J.League…. Chasing the J –…

R-Day…..

As @AgentOrange2009 will soon say, screw the niceties, and let’s dig deep into the relegationistan roulette…. On the surface, week 33 offered no change in terms of the Relegation…

(J)3 is the Magic Number

What’s going in J3 I hear you (well, at least some of you anyway) say? No worries, we’ve got you covered as some of the brightest & most informed minds…