Bayern May Be Getting More Italian

Big changes were afoot in Germany last summer after their dismal and downright unacceptable campaign last year, at least by Bayern's "record champion" standards. Well ...

Classic Moment: Georg 'Katsche' Schwarzenbeck's late Equaliser against Atlético Madrid

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. ...

Weekly Dose 6.2.08

They are making jokes about Bielefeld's (ex-)coach of the century (Power) Ernst Middendorp down in South Africa. (allAfrica.com) A puff-piece about Jogi Löw. (uefa.com) An article about ...

Prodded by the Press, Beckenbauer Hits on Mourinho

In the wake of Ottmar Hitzfeld's resignation as Bayern Munich gaffer (effective at the end of the season), Franz Beckenbauer is now officially on the ...

Blue Steel: Franz Beckenbauer vs Zoolander

Weekly Dose 22.09.07

The German national team is the fourth best football team in the world according to this month's FIFA World Ranking. (FIFA.com) The Bundesliga is the fourth ...

Franz Beckenbauer's NASL Farewell Match

Some users on YouTube have remarkable collections of vintage football videos, and I hope that their accounts aren't as much in danger of being shut ...

King Ribéry and Kaiser Franck

Bavaria has a king again. That's the slogan greeting pedestrians passing by Munich's Theatiner Church. The church is currently undergoing some restoration work and the ...

Truisms

Uli Hoeness - General Manager of Bayern Munich and one of only two Germans to ever miss a penalty (doesn't that fact make him all ...

A Name to Remember: Mario Gomez

Fans of the German Bundesliga are already very familiar with the name Mario Gomez. The 21-year-old VfB Stuttgart forward is currently tied for the ...

The Call for Restrictions on Foreigners in Club Football Grows

The one and only Franz Beckenbauer has joined the list of people who think that proposals to force club teams to field at least six ...

Franz Beckenbauer Continues to be Everywhere

We're not sure if the guy in the blue shirt next to Bill Clinton at last night's New York Mets baseball game is really Franz ...