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The Bundesliga Money League
By: Jan |I never heard of Goldman Morgenstern & Partners Financial Intelligence Service before, but they published a press release which lists the turnover of each Bundesliga club for the 2007/2008 season. The data seems to come from an article in the print edition of Kicker magazine. Said article supposedly dealt with the official Bundesliga report for [...]
Weekly Dose 11.03.09
By: Jan |The way they play one-touch football in the 2. Bundesliga. (101 Great Goals)
The way a 3. Liga keeper made himself immortal. (YouTube)
The way SoccerLens wraps up the weekend’s Bundesliga action. (SoccerLens)
The way Goal.com wraps up the weekend’s Bundesliga action. (Goal.com)
They way the Bundesbag wraps up the weekend’s Bundesliga action. (Some People are on the Pitch)
The [...]
Stat of the Day: Hertha Explained
By: Jan |Statistics haven’t been too kind to Hertha this season. Wether you look at possession, shots on target or one-on-one situations – all the bragging rights relevant numbers usually favored Hertha’s opposition once the match was over. Numbers which reinforced the believe that this team was riding it’s luck and robbing others of their well deserved [...]
Photo: Heavy Metal
By: Jan |So now we finally know what Andriy Voronin needs that ponytail for and what happens with it, once he takes the hair tie off \m/. With that mystery solved we can now start deciphering what his “East European Trance DJ from 1997” outfits are all about.
Quote of the Day: Landon Donovan’s Farewell Present
By: Jan |“Maybe a three year contract?”
Landon Donovan to a journalist after being asked whether he would receive a farewell present after playing his last match for Bayern Munich. It wasn’t quite a new contract. Uli Hoeness held a short speech for him and the farewell present was a watch.
It was probably the right coach at [...]
Running Commentary: Bundesliga Matchday 23
By: Jan |A running commentary of the weekend’s Bundesliga action. Feel free to share your thoughts via the comments. This weekend all times will be Pacific Standard Time (PST, CET -9h) to help Landon Donovan get used to life in Los Angeles again.
Weekly Dose 05.03.09
By: Jan |Last week’s look at the family affairs behind adidas and Puma was just to warm you up. This week we learn how the two brothers briefly build a three stripes Nazi bazooka, ironically almost got blown to pieces by an Allied tank and then supplied the US army with basketball and baseball shoes. (Spiegel Online)
Ultras [...]
DFB-Pokal Quarter-Final Round-Up
By: Jan |Eight teams went in, four went out and on the surface the romance of the cup is alive and well. On the inside, those teams “surprisingly” eliminated are in a deep crisis.
Mainz 05 1-0 Schalke 04
Is there anyone still keeping track of the number of setbacks Schalke has to endure this season? They are [...]






