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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Here's the J1 table after eight games. Everyone has now experienced a loss. Only Tokyo Verdy are yet to taste victory.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 15/09/2026

Here's the J1 table with seven matches played.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 08/09/2026

Here's the table as it stands after six matchdays.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 04/09/2026

Here's the J1 table five games in. We go again tomorrow.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 01/09/2026

Here's the early-season J1 table.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 25/08/2026

Fagiano Okayama and Tokyo Verdy totalled three shots on target between them in Chūgoku and all of them went the way of Fagi, to no avail. 0-0. Here's the J1 League table after MD3.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 16/08/2026

League tables don't count after two weeks but here's the J1 League anyway.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 10/08/2026

Kawasaki Frontale needed a 96th-minute equaliser in the form of a Lazar Romanić scuffer to rescue the weekend's only draw against Tokyo Verdy. For what it's worth (nothing), here's the league table.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 24/07/2026

The social media industry has held these wallopers up as a success story for decades, by the way. People have this as a job.

Screenshot of Ryanair tweet reading 'unannounce it' and quoting Aston Villa's Alejandro Garnacho announcement. Sells plane tickets somehow, I'm sure.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 20/07/2026

I spoke to the family of John Marshall for a @mundialmag.bsky.social article about CRY last year. His sister, Hayley, told me a lovely story about Kevin Keegan.

Hayley Crosbie keeps a charming story about Kevin Keegan in her back pocket.

When she was nine years old, Hayley and her family were visiting Anfield. Keegan wanted to sign her brother, John Marshall, for Newcastle United. He was willing to throw in a Rover car to sweeten the deal and asked Hayley if she wanted anything.

Keegan swiftly agreed to her ambitious request for a limousine, and the entire conversation took place in the office of Roy Evans, who, as Liverpool manager, was also pursuing John. Manchester United and Everton were interested too, as were Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa. Everybody was.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 19/06/2026

Definitely copping this beauty!

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 26/05/2026

This is how the East division table ends. J1 champions Kashima are miles clear at the top and now know who they'll face in the play-off round to determine the 100 Year Vision League title.

J1 100 Year Vision League East division table

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 26/05/2026

With all 18 matches played, the West division table is topped by Vissel Kobe ahead of Cerezo Osaka. Avispa Fukuoka end a disappointing campaign in last place.

J1 100 Year Vision League West division table

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 21/05/2026

Fair play to Blues by the way.

BBC News headline: Birmingham to celebrate Aston Villa's Europa League win

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 19/05/2026

This is how the West division table looks after 17 matches. Not a single place is locked in but Vissel Kobe look favourites to face Kashima Antlers in the final and Kyoto Sanga have work to do to avoid the dreaded 19th-20th play-off.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 19/05/2026

Here's the East division table with one round of matches to go. Everyone but the teams in first and last can move up, down or neither in the last weekend.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 11/05/2026

The points were shared between Shimizu S-Pulse and Avispa Fukuoka after a 1-1 draw. Shimizu claimed the second point by winning on penalties despite Matheus Bueno's miss. Here's the West division table.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 11/05/2026

Kashiwa Reysol climbed off the bottom thanks to substitute Mao Hosoya's header on the line in a 1-0 victory over Kawasaki Frontale. The East division table looks like this after 16 rounds.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 07/05/2026

Nagoya Grampus now lead the division thanks to a 2-1 win against Gamba Osaka. Sho Inagaki and Yudai Kimura scored the goals in the first half before a late consolation from Rin Mito. Here's the table.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 07/05/2026

The East division looks like this after 15 rounds. Kashima could lock off first place as soon as this weekend.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 05/05/2026

Yuta Arai scored a sneaky one through the goalkeeper with time running out to give Tokyo Verdy a 1-0 victory over Kashiwa Reysol. Here's the East table. Champions Kashima are two points clear at the top with 14 games played.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 05/05/2026

Cerezo Osaka picked up a bonus point by beating Avispa Fukuoka on penalties after a 1-1 draw, so the West division table now looks like this.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 30/04/2026

Vissel Kobe are four points clear in the West division with a game in hand on Nagoya Grampus and two on Gamba. V-Varen Nagasaki's 16 points would see them in mid-table in the East. In the West, they're bottom. See?

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 30/04/2026

There were away wins with three goals each for FC Tokyo against Kashiwa Reysol and Yokohama F. Marinos against JEF United Chiba, which means the East division table now looks like this.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 26/04/2026

Yokohama F. Marinos came out on top in a thriller against Urawa Red Diamonds, winning 3-2 away from home to go level on points with the Reds in the East division table It looks like this before a busy midweek programme.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 26/04/2026

Fagiano Okayama went past Avispa Fukuoka by beating them 2-0. Kosuke Shirai and Towa Yamane scored with Fagi's two shots on target. Here's the West division table after 12 rounds.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 21/04/2026

People having a lovely time. What it's all about.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 12/04/2026

Here's the West division table after Week 10.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 12/04/2026

Tokyo Verdy rode the penalty train to two points against Urawa Red Diamonds. Itsuki Someno equalised from the spot in normal time before Verdy won a shoot-out littered with misses. Here's the East division table as it stands.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 05/04/2026

Yu Hashimoto's early diving header was enough to give Avispa Fukuoka an away win over Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who have now lost four in a row. Here's the West division table at the halfway mark.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 05/04/2026

Machida Zelvia took two points by beating FC Tokyo on penalties after a goalless draw and gain a point on them and the leaders as a result. Here's the East division table.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 25/03/2026

With everyone but Vissel Kobe and Sanfrecce Hiroshima now eight games into the special season, Kyoto Sanga are top of the West division on goal difference. Avispa Fukuoka are the only team in either region without a win in 90 minutes.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 25/03/2026

It was a comfortable weekend for Kashiwa Reysol, who beat Mito HollyHock 3-0 to go past them in the East division thanks in part to Nobuteru Nakagawa's Puskas Award-worthy opener. The table looks like this after eight rounds.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 21/03/2026

Terrific advert for the Ballbag League.

Two Rushden & Diamonds players sent off for fighting each other

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 19/03/2026

Gamba Osaka edged a point clear of Vissel Kobe at the top, with Kyoto Sango and Nagoya Grampus breathing down their necks. Here's the table after round seven.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 19/03/2026

Kashima are four points clear at the top of the East division, with FC Tokyo their chasers-in-chief. Here's the East division table.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 16/03/2026

Vissel Kobe, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Gamba Osaka all have eleven points, though Gamba have played a game more. Fukuoka are six points adrift. Here's the West division table.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 16/03/2026

Six weeks in, Kashima Antlers top the East division table. Machida Zelvia are four points behind with a game in hand, and Kashiwa Reysol are bringing up the rear. Here's the table.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 09/03/2026

With both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Vissel Kobe playing in the AFC Champions League Elite this week, both now have a game in hand. Here's the West division table after Week 5.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 09/03/2026

No game for Machida Zelvia and Kawasaki Frontale this weekend with Zelvia in continental action tomorrow. Kashima lead the way in an East division table that looks like this.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 01/03/2026

Last but not least, Fagiano Okayama picked up their first win on penalties after a 1-1 draw at home against Nagoya Grampus, which means the West division table looks like this.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 01/03/2026

Here's the East division table. Kashima and Machida are the only teams yet to lose in 90 minutes. The two promoted teams have six points between them, all from draws and subsequent shoot-outs.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 23/02/2026

Here's the West division table, topped by Sanfrecce Hiroshima and, er, bottomed by Avispa Fukuoka. First and second will meet in an ocean of purple on Friday.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 23/02/2026

Here's the East table as it stands after Week 3 of the J1 100 Year Vision League. Tokyo Verdy are out in front by dint of a successful penalty shoot-out. Kashiwa and YFM are pointless.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 15/02/2026

Here's how it's looking in the East division two games in. Tokyo Verdy are on maximum points. Kawasaki and Machida have each won once in 90 minutes and once on penalties. F. Marinos and Kashiwa are yet to win a point.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 15/02/2026

Here's the West division table after two matches. There's already no team with a 100% record in 90 minutes. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Vissel Kobe and Nagoya Grampus lead the way with five points. Newcomers Nagasaki are the only team yet to get off the mark.

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 08/02/2026

And here's the East division looking quite magnificent with with the mighty Kawasaki Frontale at the top.

J1 100 Year Vision League Regional Round - East Division table

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Chris Nee @chrisnee.co.uk · 08/02/2026

There were wins for Machida Zelvia in the East division and for Nagoya Grampus and Avispa Fukuoka (on penalties, after a scorching equaliser from Kokoro Maeda) in the West, which looks like this after one match.

J1 100 Year Vision League Regional Round - West Division table

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