Founded: 1993
Home: Hongkou Stadium; Capacity: 35,000
Manager: Osvaldo Gimenez
Honours: Jia A champions, 1995, 2003; Chinese FA Cup winners, 1998; Chinese Super Cup winners, 1996, 1999, 2002; A3 Champions Cup winners, 2007.
Biggest name: Hamilton Ricard. The Colombian striker has had a chequered career since leaving Middlesbrough in 2002. He was sentenced to three years in jail in January for killing a man in a car accident in Zarzal nearly five years ago; his lawyers are appealing against the decision.
CHONBURI FC
Founded: 2002
Home: Chonburi Municipality Stadium; Capacity: 5,000
Manager: Annop Singtotong
Honours: Thailand Provincial League champions, 2005
Biggest name: Kiatprawut Saiwaeo. The 21-year-old defender trained with City over the summer, and is a regular in the Thailand squad.
PERTH GLORY
Founded: 1996
Home: Members Equity Stadium; Capacity: 17,288
Manager: David Mitchell
Honours: Australian National Soccer League champions, 2003, 2004
Biggest name: Simon Colosimo. Australian central midfielder and Perth captain played for City under Kevin Keegan during the 2001/2002 First Division title season.
GRASSHOPPERS ZURICH
Formed: 1886
Home: Letzigrund Capacity: 17,666
Manager: Hanspeter Latour
Honours: Swiss Championships, 18 Swiss Cups, 2 Swiss League Cups, 1 Swiss Super Cup
Biggest name: Ricardo Cabanas. Experienced former FC Koln midfielder who played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
FC MOSCOW
Founded: 1997
Home: Torpedo Stadium; Capacity: 14,724
Manager: Leonid Slutsky
Biggest name: Radu Rebeja. Veteran Moldova international defender who captains FC Moscow. He also had a cameo role in comedian Tony Hawks' book `Playing The Moldovans At Tennis'. Rebeja played Hawks in a single tie-break format and lost 11-0.
THANDA ROYAL ZULU
Founded: 2007 (formerly Benoni Premier United)
Home: King's Park, Durban; Capacity: 52,000
Manager: Roger Palmgren
Biggest name: Bennett Mnguni. Midfielder was a part of South Africa's 2002 World Cup squad, and also played for Lokomotiv Moscow in the Champions League.
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"Simon Colosimo. Australian central midfielder and Perth captain played for City under Kevin Keegan during the 2001/2002 First Division title season."
Did he?!? I must have blinked when he came on then... honestly cant remember him on a City shirt.
that would be because colosimo only played 6 times for us, so if you did blink you missed him
Just googled it - and indeed he made 6 appearances for us! I must be getting old, cant remember him at all...
I remember him and I'm only 22.
Thais go man city mad = Frankies supporters win Decembers election = frozen money is thawed = more dosh for City.
Marvellous!
was nearly crippled by Andy Cole a couple of years before he signed so was all set to be a legend until it turned out he was bobbins
I want to support a football club in Manchester, Shinawatra's making City look less British than the rags, that's quite an achievement. I'd rather City were where Leeds are now than have all this pushed at us, would we really have signed those three players if they were from Manchester? The club's being prostituted, that's all, nothing to worry about.
Simon Colosimo was awful, even KK admitted as much. What made it worse I seem to remember is that he was given the number eight shirt, odd as I think he only ever played right back for us.
He played left back and he was bobbins indeed
Not impressed.
Biggest club - Zulu's - 52,000 capacity. 3 teams capacity under 20,000.
Bet big 4 are quaking in their boots.
According to Swedish press City will miss Alfonso because of brittish law. He's not goining to get a working permit due to that he's not regular enough in his national side.
It's tought to be a Brazilian, isn't it? They are too many that cope with the samba style of football.
Okay, forget Alfonso and get Ronaldinho instead. Quick before Frankies wallet is Thin like Lizzy.
Lynott for ever.
Oh dear dear.As one who has to watch Thailand play on the box here..The family have
the last say..I must warn all
you Won Nowts that they are
really poor..So dont take any
notice of the signing of those players..Its just a wee
ploy to sell some shirts ect
ect!! If they ever play for
you lot? you will be in say the Third Div..Thats how poor
Thailand are.And like you won
nowts,they never have.SO YOU
HAVE BEEN WARNED?by a expert.
Old Sven is grasping at straws, i have never seen one
of your shirts here in 16
YEARS...Red is the colour!and will always be that way.
United Red. Global Partners
how long..And Pigs Can.....
ThaiArt..Korat..Thailand...
Bellerophon,
We have been where Leeds are now. It wasn't much fun.
Wrong Dawkins.
Red WAS the colour. Prepare for a new colour dawk!
I saw Simon Colosimo's debut in a pre season game against Halifax in 2001 which was coincidentally Kevin Keegan's first game in charge. I remember Paul Hince writing the match report in MEN and stating Colosimo is the new Alan Hansen!
Dawkins. You are obviously concerned enough to post on a blue board. That moon is obviously rising........
Dawkins, you expert.
The deal has already been done to loan them out.
Visions is what City needs, but this is something there have not been at this club since 1978. Now it is back.
I saw what visions did to my local club Brøndby.
Starting outside the league in lower ranks, one mans visions gave us 4 promotions in 11 years mede us 1 division and 3 years later won the danish championship. Now we are second largest club in Denmark with crowd capacity 32000. In 1972 the crowd was average 600 now it is 14.000.
I followed Brøndy for 33 years and saw a lot happen. PLEASE ALLOW THE SAME HAPPEN TO CITY, PLEASE ALLOW VISIONARY FRANK TO HAVE VISIONS AND AMBISIONS.