China - around in droves, all wearing those red t-shirts with "Go China"; conformity is ingrained. You can tell football is a relatively new "thing" for them cos they all scream like girls when the centre forward chases a pointless long ball he has no hope of ever getting onto.

Iraq - supporters seem segregated, dunno if this is along religious lines.

Iran - numbers, noise, colour and hot chicks - pretty much the stand outs.

Japan - around in decent enough numbers, but oddly quiet in the stands. Do we expect too much of them? Maybe they're lacking some of their usual organisation.

North Korea - RBB and invented active support.

Sth Korea - in good numbers and making some good noise during games, but nothing really noteworthy.

Uzbekistan - good noise from their small numbers, including a funny guy with clown hair. A couple of big Aussie flags being waved, which is a nice/classy touch.

Australia - surprised at the number of current replica shirts (maybe people like pretending we're Brazil). Usual shitty chants when they happen, including a lot of boo-ing which could be taken the wrong way - but nothing is really meant by it, its just the way things are done here. I think we've done a good job of "adopting a team".


All in all, been great, and must surely go down as one of if not the best Asian Cup off the field.