

FC Bayern Munich
Matchday 12: Captain Future
By: Jan |The clubs at the top of the table keep crawling along. The clubs at the bottom keep sinking. Referees had a forgettable weekend and in between a player and a coach dropped bombshells.
Philipp Lahm. Bayern’s disappointing draw at home against Schalke. Robben’s moment of madness for which he should have seen a red card. Luca [...]
What it Took to be a Bundesliga Fan in East Germany
By: Jan |20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell. Depending on who you ask it was either because of David Hasselhof, an accident or a peaceful revolution of the East German people.
One football fan was particularly looking forward to this event, after cheering on the “wrong” football teams for over two decades. Helmut Klopfleisch from then-East Berlin [...]
Goals Galore: Gerd Müller’s Bundesliga and Champions Cup Goals 1973/1974
By: Jan |With Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni locked at 0 Bundesliga goals this season, some Bayern fans will probably welcome this opportunity to escape into nostalgia for a short while.
In 1974 Gerd Müller succeeded where Michael Ballack had failed in 2002 and won the Bundesliga, Champions Cup (Champions League) and the World Cup. On his way [...]
Video: Bayern use Water Cannon against their own Fans
By: Jan |Bayern Munich fans are certainly not in a particularly good mood at the moment. The situation in the Bundesliga is far from hopeless but still disappointing, while Bayern will need a miracle of sorts to progress in the Champions League. Thus, some fans may be in disbelieve, some may question the coach or the players, [...]
Champions/Europa League Matchday 4: Hertha FCB
By: Jan |3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that five out of six have it all in their own hands to progress to the next round. The odd club out is of course Hertha B… no wait.
Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux. Bayern wanted a football teacher [...]
Weekly Dose 04.11.09
By: Jan |An English intern at German footie magazine 11Freunde talks about German and English football. (11Freunde)
Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger writes about footballers who suffer/ed from depression. (ESPN Soccernet)
Bayern have an “on” switch and they have a far more popular “off” switch as well. (Ballspiel on – off)
My personal theory about who may be in charge of that switch. [...]
Matchday 11: A Day at the Snail Races
By: Jan |The top of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hoffenheim to close the gap but not much more. The bottom of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hertha to keep dreaming about Bundesliga survival but not much more.
Rookie Coach of the Year. Also known as the Markus Babbel Trophy. Mainz 05’s coach Thomas Tuchel had [...]
The Numbers Game: Matchday 11
By: Jan |We keep it strictly binary this week.
0. The combined number of goals Bayern’s strike duo Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni scored so far this season.
1. The number of goals former Bayern striker Lukas Podolski scored so far this season. Lukas Podolski joined Cologne in the summer, after Klose and Toni were continuously given the nod [...]
Weekly Dose 30.10.09
By: Jan |I pulled a Jupp Heynckes this week and thus the following links will have to make do for the moment.
Louis van Gaal is not a god. He’s a jazz singer. (YouTube)
Football’s winning formula revealed: give the ball to the other team and lose all your challenges. (Ballspiel)
Mainz 05 are starting to build a global fanbase. [...]
Champions/Europa League Matchday 3: It Takes Two
By: Jan |2 Blackouts. Stuttgart continued to show signs of life in their game against Sevilla and they continued to produce stupid defensive lapses, which continually cost them the games. Two such mistakes, coupled with the referee missing an offside position helped Sevilla to a comfortable 3-1 victory.
2 Own Goals. When Bordeaux’s Ciani picked up where Freiburg’s [...]






