

Articles tagged with "bayer-leverkusen-team-news"
Matchday Twelve: Tearful Reunion
By Scott | November 7th, 2009The last time we saw Michael Skibbe at BayArena, he was there to clean out his desk- the 07/08 season razed on its final matchday, ...
Matchday Eleven; Dawn of the Debt-ridden
By Scott | October 31st, 2009Any good ghost story begins with a likeable hero, brave, well-intentioned, pure of heart. Usually the scene is set with the hero journeying away from ...
How I Spent My Pokal Vacation
By Scott | October 28th, 2009Dear Diary; Well, all the other kids went off to play in the Pokal this mid-week, but we didn’t get to go since ...
Matchday Ten: The Swarm.
By Scott | October 24th, 2009Earlier this week, when Jupp Heynckes said that it was time to start showing the other side of Leverkusen, it never once occurred to me ...
Matchday Nine: Are we there yet?
By Scott | October 17th, 2009About two hours into the second half of today’s top-of-the-table clash between the Werkself and Hamburg, I found myself wondering what to have for dinner. ...
Diary of a Madman: Fantastical musings on a lonesome Autumn eve
By Scott | October 16th, 2009I spent a very good year with Bayer and I certainly don't want to spoil anything about that time. ...
End of discussion
By Scott | October 10th, 2009Yes, Germany’s keeper is amazing. His name is Rene Adler. He plays for Leverkusen. The city I’m living in is a mosaic of nationalities, ex-pats and ...
Matchday Eight: Razing Christmastown
By Scott | October 3rd, 2009It’s hard to dislike Nürnberg. A picturesque city whose architecture acts as a living tour through Western history and culture, its Christmas markets are ...
Matchday Seven: The Billy-Goats Snuffed
By Scott | September 26th, 2009A note to the broadcast rights holders: Stop it. You’re not going to win and you’re just upsetting people. People like me, who just want ...
Aw, FCK.
By Scott | September 23rd, 2009The Kaiserslautern coat-of-arms might give the appearance of harmlessness, with its friendly little fish mouthing a happy hello, but today the fish were swimming in ...
Matchday Six: Putting your best foot too forward
By Scott | September 20th, 2009Some 30, 000 fans packed BayArena this Sunday afternoon, the greater share of them hoping to see a bit of history. Were they eager for ...
Bobel to Bayer
By Scott | September 13th, 2009Bayer, today, announced that they've signed Tomasz Bobel to a one-year contract to replace Benedikt Fernandez as second 'keeper. After successful training sessions with the squad ...
Matchday Five: Card Tricks
By Scott | September 12th, 2009Pretend, for a moment, that you’re a pretty girl. Maybe some of you actually are. Maybe some of you have been pretending that all weekend, ...
Matchday Four: When winning's not enough
By Scott | August 30th, 2009Earlier this week I read that Jupp Heynckes had told the squad to enjoy their time at the top of the table because it wasn’t ...
Number one? This will not do!
By Scott | August 25th, 2009Complacency and Victory will rarely be seen walking the beach together and those choosing to rest on their laurels soon find themselves driven from their ...
Matchday Three; Lord have mercy
By Scott | August 23rd, 2009In Freiburg, should you ever have occasion to go, you will find a breath-taking example of Gothic architecture. The Freiburger Münster, a cathedral that only ...
Bender bumped up
By Scott | August 18th, 2009Looks like we won’t be waiting until next season to dress Lars Bender in black and red after all. Originally set to transfer to our ...
Matchday Two; Our house is a very fine house.
By Scott | August 15th, 2009There’s a certain pride that comes with moving into a new home. You paint, maybe stain the wood floors, add some wainscoting. Make the place ...
First Matchday: Send in the clowns
By Scott | August 8th, 2009Mainz, says Rudi Völler, has a mosquito problem. That problem, in particular, involves Aristide Bancé. “He’s three-metres tall,” Völler says of the Mainz striker. “Yet ...
Ahead of the Bundesliga start, the Werkself get Mannschafted
By Scott | August 6th, 2009Undoubtedly we’re all giddy as schoolgirls about this weekend’s start to the season, but the longest week supporters have to sit through has also been ...
Derdiyok saves face for the squad
By Scott | August 1st, 2009One of the nice things about the Pokal for those of us beyond a train ride away from the stadium, is getting to see teams ...
The captain's back and headed for Potsdam
By Scott | July 30th, 2009A cruel wiping of my USB drive claimed the original text of this update, so I offer this sad shadow of what may well have ...
Training Camp Ends in Victory
By Scott | July 25th, 2009Two more friendly wins ought to help keep confidence running high before the competitive play begins in earnest next weekend. The Werkself’s first match in ...
Another season. Another coach. Another blogger.
By Scott | July 23rd, 2009With two weeks to go before the Werkself kicks off their push for glory in the 47th Bundesliga season, this space stirs to life. And ...
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By Scott | July 23rd, 2009season comes to an end
By Ulf | May 31st, 2009Werkself’s season came to disappoint end as they lost 1-0 to Bremen in the DFB Pokal final via a second half deflected shot from Mesut ...
bad ending to season
By Ulf | May 26th, 2009Werkself ended the Bundesliga season in a disappointing 3-0 loss to Cottbus which was marred by some extremely sloppy defending by Bruno Labbadia's side. With ...
Düsseldorf jinx ends!
By Ulf | May 16th, 2009If Bruno Labbadia was looking for a reaction from Tuesday's loss to Bayern he got it as Werkself pounded Gladbach into submission 5-0. However far ...
Düsseldorf jinx continues
By Ulf | May 11th, 2009The Düsseldorf jinx continued as Werkself needed a late goal by Patrick Helmes to earn a 2-2 draw against Arminia Bielefeld. While Bayer 04's focus ...





