Snapshot: Footballers who look like Hitler

By: Jan | 5 Comments

Here are Borussia Mönchengladbach wunderkind Marko Marin and Canadian striker Rob Friend sporting fake moustaches, in honour of their Dutch coach Jos Luhukay, who likes to wear his facial hair this way and who guided Gladbach back to the Bundesliga.

Category: Snapshots, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 2. Bundesliga

Tags: 2. Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Snapshots, Marko Marin, Rob Friend, Tag Index

Weekly Dose 23.04.08

By: Jan | 1 Comment

Addendum to last week’s Weekly Dose: yet another Luca Toni puff piece. (International Herald Tribune)
Those could be Werder’s new kits. (1 2 3)
Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach will come to the US. (NY Times)
In case anyone missed it: the official Bundesliga Report 2008 is out and you can learn some fascinating things; i.e. […]

Category: Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, 2. Bundesliga, 1. Bundesliga

Tags: Luca Toni, Jens Lehmann, Oliver Kahn, 1. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Tag Index

Weekly Dose 30.1.08

By: Jan | 3 Comments

Now that the Bundesliga is back, it’s time to revive the popular Weekly Dose feature; with “now that the Bundesliga is back” being a weak excuse and with “Weekly” in “Weekly Dose” being more of a guideline than a rule anyway.

Why Germany will win Euro 2008. (ESPN)
Why England will win Euro 2008. (BBC)
In 1982 the […]

Category: Miscellaneous, International, 1. FC Cologne, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Werder Bremen, 2. Bundesliga, National Team, 1. Bundesliga

Tags: Diego, 1. Bundesliga, National Team, Werder Bremen, Miscellaneous, International, 2. Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1. FC Cologne, Tag Index

Not Bad: 2. Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A average Attendance

By: Jan | 4 Comments

This year’s second division (2. Bundesliga) has often been dubbed as the best ever. Part of it has been marketing by the TV stations, who hold the broadcasting rights, the other bit is true. There is an undoubtedly high number of former Bundesliga mainstays trying to make it back to the top flight.
To spice […]

Category: 1. FC Cologne, TSV 1860 Munich, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1899 Hoffenheim, FC St. Pauli, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Facts and Figures, 2. Bundesliga

Tags: 2. Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC St. Pauli, 1899 Hoffenheim, FC Cologne, 1860 Munich, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC Cologne, TSV 1860 Munich, Facts and Figures, Tag Index

Uli Hoeneß: Moods in Progress

By: Jan | 2 Comments

Chronicled during the pre-season friendly between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich. First serious, as in second Bundesliga, opposition and Bayern promptly lost the match 2-1. Although Bayern played without Luca Toni and Franck Ribery (and Philipp Lahm and Lukas Podolski and…), who were either injured or not fully fit, so you could probably expect a […]

Category: Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern Munich, 2. Bundesliga, 1. Bundesliga

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sascha Rösler, Eugen Polanski, Luca Toni, Franck Ribery, Uli Hoeneß, Highlight Videos, Tag Index

CONCACAF GOLD CUP: Hamburg beats Stuttgart to Title

By: Jan | 6 Comments

It’s the off-season and I have to spread out my more relevant posts wisely so that I can bridge the time gap until the Bundesliga starts rolling again. That’s why this post is slightly off-topic but I found a way to bend it like it has anything to do with the Bundesliga. Those who know […]

Category: Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburger SV, VfB Stuttgart, 1. Bundesliga

Tags: Bundesliga, Benny Feilhaber, Pavel Pardo, Ricardo Osorio, Kasey Keller, Gold Cup, USA, Mexico, VfB Stuttgart, Hamburger SV, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1. Bundesliga, Tag Index