Tag: 60 years Bundesliga
“Devastating natural disaster”: When BVB drank champagne at half-time against Schalke
The 1964/65 season is only the second season of the Bundesliga – and a very strange one. In Berlin they have raised themselves financially and are even hiding tickets in…
“The Beatles don’t play with me!”: When a drummer caused a sensation at Werder
60 years Bundesliga: The young Franz Beckenbauer showed the spectators in Hanover in the 1968/69 season a derogatory gesture that was not very gentlemanly – and got a fat penalty.…
Assauer’s controversial return: when “beautiful Rudi” was afraid of his own fans
The resurrection of FC Schalke 04 under its manager Rudi Assauer almost never happened. Because a year and a half after joining the Royal Blues, Assauer was fired. But Schalke…
“Pair of glasses of Fernet Branca”: When the Bundesliga did shady business in the brothel
Season 1983/84: In terms of sport, the season is extremely exciting, which a look at the final table reveals. But things are also happening off the green lawn. A player’s…
Once gone without a trace: Hermann Gerland’s crazy search for Thorsten Legat
Hermann “Tiger” Gerland has become one of the most popular people in football Germany in recent years. In his new book, the man from Bochum-Weitmar talks about his endless love…
“Shit in the brain”: The world coach who called his players “coconuts”.
The Austrian coach Ernst Happel was a real world coach and a pronounced grumbler. His fierce face made history, as did his achievements as a player and coach. Thirty years…
“Wilhelm, your wife is cheating on us”: The funniest player in Bundesliga history
Season 1978/79: What wonderful stories the Bundesliga writes! In Bielefeld a keeper intentionally lets in a goal and at VfL Bochum they have to get a player from the morning…
“A million Nutella rolls”: Max Kruse’s undignified dismantling
Max Kruse’s expulsion via live interview is still causing a stir among football fans. Wolfsburg’s coach Niko Kovac is also criticized. Above all, the way is reminiscent of a public…
Union Berlin vs. Bayern: The amazing fear of the top game
At the weekend, the entire Bundesliga looks to Berlin. Should FC Bayern Munich actually stumble at Union Berlin, there would be hope for the title fight again. Otherwise it will…
Waiting for Delay Sports: FC Bayern Munich is destroying the Bundesliga
The constant victories and opponent humiliations of FC Bayern Munich are slowly becoming no longer fun for even the most die-hard fans of the Bundesliga. Something will probably have to…