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The Colour Pink
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Football in Germany has long been savoured as one of the last male refuges. As such anything pink has so far been exclusively reserved for Tim Wiese and his skin tight goalkeeper jerseys. But the times are changing and through the years more and more girls started to wrap their minds around the passive offside […]
Classic Moment: Georg ‘Katsche’ Schwarzenbeck’s late Equaliser against Atlético Madrid
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It was the European Champions Cup (as in: Champions League) final in Brussel back in 1974. Bayern had reached the final for the first time. The match ended in a scoreless draw after 90 minutes and was forced into extra time. Then, current Spain coach Luis Aragones converted a free kick to give Madrid the […]
Classic Snapshot: Otto Rehagel and Rudi Völler
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Here are Werder Bremen’s Otto Rehagel and Rudi Völler during a match against Nuremberg back in 1983. Rudi Völler was the man in the shadows and Shazback got it right with the very first comment. It was probably a bit misleading, given that Rudi Völler ended his playing career years ago, but calling the post […]
This Day in Football History
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March 11th, 2007. It was a Saturday and Bayern played at home against Werder Bremen. In the sixth minute Lukas Podolski opened the scoring with a simple tap-in from a Mark van Bommel cross. Markus Rosenberg equalised for Bremen in the 66th minute. It was the last time Lukas Podolski scored a goal in the […]
This Day in Football History
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March 4th, 1988. Exactly 20 years ago the DFB forbid then Bundesliga side FC Homburg to print the word London on their jerseys. It had nothing to do with any anti-English sentiments though. It wasn’t the London of Arsenal and Spurs, but the London of uh - the condom company. It was way below the […]
Weekly Dose 13.2.08
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Lothar Matthäus starring in a Gatorade commercial. (YouTube)
The Athos, Portos and Aramis of the Bundesliga. Who’ll be D’Artagnan then? (Reuters Soccer Blog)
Once upon a time a couple of people got together in an internet discussion to squash some stereotypes about German football. (BigSoccer.com)
Who needs the Premier League playing a 39th game, if you can get […]
Category: Miscellaneous, International, Backstory, Eintracht Frankfurt, National Team, 1. BundesligaFC St. Pauli: Non-established since 1910
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Today, second Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli announced a sponsoring deal with Orion, a mail order shop selling an assortment of erotic products. Orion will get some advertising space in St. Pauli’s Millerntor stadium and supply the club’s fan shop with 20000 St. Pauli branded condoms.
If you ask yourself what type of club attracts and […]
50+1: The Club Ownership Issue in the Bundesliga
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All Bundesliga clubs are organised as eingetragener Verein (eV), which Wikipedia tells me would be similar to a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) in Britain or a Non-Profit Corporation (NPC) in the US - to give you some orientation.
They often aren’t pure football clubs either, but can cover a variety of sports. So, if you ever fancied […]
Classic Snapshot: Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler
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A follow up to the Johan Cruijff post, as I thought I could just as well turn this day into Dutch-German football rivalry day at the Bundesliga Offside. Credit goes to Inara from the Lyon Offside for digging this one up.
Frank Rijkaard spits at Rudi Völler’s curly mullet during the second round match of the […]
Johan Cruijff’s Farewell Match: Ajax Amsterdam 0-8 Bayern Munich
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Barcelona will host Stuttgart tonight in their last Champions League group match. Both teams have nothing to play for. Both manager’s decided to shuffle their squads. And Barcelona’s assistant manager Johann Nesken’s is now facing the difficult task to motivate his players for the game. He figured a painful memory with one particular German team […]
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