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DFB-Pokal First Round Draw
By: Jan |It’s time to brush up on your knowledge of provincial Germany and long forgotten club name prefixes. The draw for the first round of next season’s DFB-Pokal took place today.
Personal Picks of the Round:
Kickers Offenbach – Eintracht Frankfurt (Fierce Derby, Arch Rivals = Fun and Violence – not that the two should go together and [...]
Successful, Athletic, Wealthy Lone Wolf Seeks Educated, Intelligent, Fun Loving Blogger for Long Term Relationship
By: Jan |In other words: our Wolfsburg Offside is looking for someone to take over and join our lively Bundesliga family here at The Offside.
Please send your fake takeover applications to admin@nufc.co.uk and the real ones to daryl[at]theoffside[dot]com.
Update: Just as I write this post the Borussia Dortmund Offside goes up for auction as well. If you are [...]
Özil and Marin Give Bremen Fans a Taste of What’s to Come
By: Jan |On the left: Werder Bremen’s youngster and designated Diego replacement Mesut Özil.
On the right: Mönchengladbach’s youngster and designated new Werder Bremen signing Marko Marin.
In the middle: a ball, put there for a free kick to Germany’s U21 at the Euros in Sweden.
Three ingredients to make something special happen are in place…
…and something special happened.
Photo: The Last Supper
By: Jan |From left to right: Mesut Özil, Per Mertesacker, Claudio Pizarro, Tim Wiese, Torsten Frings et al celebrate their DFB-Pokal victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday (1-0).
Photo: Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images






