“I distributed 20,000 francs in bonuses”

It takes many coincidences that Kurt Grünig, who was born in the Bernese Oberland – 1964 in his first international double-goal scorer in a 3-2 draw against Norway – ended up in the second highest division of the National League B club St. Gallen in 1968. “I didn’t even know where St. Gallen was,” says Grünig this week, “there wasn’t a motorway back then either.”

Center forward Grünig plays for YB. During the contract negotiations, he sits across from six club representatives: “They said I could come back when I had 25 games. They made me a head smaller. “