Gansu Tianma

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Gansu Tianma (Simplified Chinese: 甘肃天马) is a football team who played in the Chinese Football Association Jia League.

Founded in 18 December, 1999^[1], the club did not get promotion from the Chinese Football Association Yi League. In 2001, however, the club bought a position in the Jia League from Tianjin Lifei.

Paul Gascoigne played four games for them in 2003, scoring two goals, before returning to England and later player-coaching Boston United, then going to Kettering Town where ultimately he was dismissed.

Gansu Tianma changed their name to Ningbo Yaoma (Simplified Chinese: 宁波耀马) in 2003.^[2]

Gansu Tianma ware relegated to the Yi League in 2004 and sold to Dongguan Dongcheng, who moved the club to Hong Kong First Division League.

Contents 1 Name Changes 2 Famous Players 3 See also 4 Footnotes

[edit] Name Changes

• 1999-2001: Gansu Tianma 甘肃天马
• 2001: Lanzhou Huanghe 兰州黄河
• 2002: Gansu Nongken甘肃农垦
• 2003: Ningbo Yaoma 宁波耀马
• After 2004: see Lanwa FC

[edit] Famous Players

• Paul Gascoigne (2003)

[edit] See also

• Lanwa FC

[edit] Footnotes