

Articles tagged with "franz-beckenbauer"
What a difference an N makes
By Luke | November 20th, 2009I've taken a little break for the international week, but events certainly have not, and with the possibility of a full scale revolt on our ...
FC Bayern vs Schalke 04: The Search For a Non-Stereotypical Storyline
By Luke | November 5th, 2009This is a terrific match for a lazy writer. So many storylines fall right into your lap. For this occasion, I could: a) ...
Soundoff: Best Player/Manager In History (Uberman).
By chris | November 4th, 2009Earlier in the week we mentioned Johan Cruijff's return to the sidelines for the Catalonia national team. In the process, a certain sentence spilled across ...
Weekly Dose 16.09.09
By Jan | September 16th, 2009Clean it like the Kaiser. (The Local) Bayer may be only second in the Bundesliga but are top of the York Monday Six-a-side Football Leisure League. ...
Görlitz scores against Görlitz, a goal for the ages remembered & other curiousities
By Luke | August 19th, 2009FC Bayern was victorious in their Testspiel in Saxony against Gelb-Weiss Görlitz by the final count of 10:0. Former Bayern star Jens Jeremies was ...
As the Ribéry turns..
By Luke | August 17th, 2009Cue the soap opera organ strains. It was a 3-ring Ribéry circus at the Säbener Strasse on Monday. Aïe! Of short term concern, Ribéry had ...
Lukas Podolski to come home
By klaus | January 1st, 2009It is by no means a secret but Lukas Podolski is unhappy with his life in München and anxious to return "home." I have stressed ...
Weekly Dose 27.11.08
By Jan | November 27th, 2008"It would have been unthinkable in our day.” - The Kaiser on Ribery's Pink revolution. (BILD) Meet Klinsmann Coleiro from Malta. (American Arena) Mourning the death of ...
Bayer Leverkusen are fairly good
By Porter | November 13th, 2008So maybe that is a "slight" understatement because in-truth Bayer Leverkusen is first in the table for a good reason as no-one has been able ...
Bayern squeezes out tough victory with great defense
By Porter | November 10th, 2008As expected Bayern's visit to Veltins-Arena was a tough match and although Schalke controlled possession of the ball throughout the majority of it, they fell ...
the Bavarian's come to town
By Porter | November 8th, 2008Following Karlsruher's incredible three-goal comeback against Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern's visit of Veltins-Arena takes an even greater importance in the table. After getting off to a ...
send Jürgen back
By j | October 23rd, 2008The words I hope to hear sing out through the media post the match I have been waiting for all season. Heading into Saturday's visit to ...
Weekend Quiz Answers: Who Were Those Legends?
By Laurie | October 5th, 2008First, if you haven't yet done our Weekend Quiz, stop by this post to see if you can identify our players. So who were ...
Weekly Dose 12.09.08
By Jan | September 12th, 2008Germany's worst football team is looking for sponsors. (Spiegel Online) Why take a new photo of Jens Lehmann, when an intern with a pirated copy of ...
Bayern May Be Getting More Italian
By chris | May 13th, 2008Big 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
By Jan | April 3rd, 2008It 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
By Jan | February 6th, 2008They 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
By Martha | January 4th, 2008In 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
By Jan | December 1st, 2007If you always wondered what Franz Beckenbauer was doing on the 15th of September 1982 from 11.45am to 7.40pm...
By Jan | October 30th, 2007...then let me help you out and fill you in with the details. 11.45am Beckenbauer uses the border crossing at Heinrich-Heine street and declares his intentions ...
Weekly Dose 22.09.07
By Jan | September 22nd, 2007The 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
By Jan | September 1st, 2007Some 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
By Jan | August 14th, 2007Bavaria 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
By Jan | June 28th, 2007Uli Hoeness - General Manager of Bayern Munich and one of only two Germans to ever miss a penalty (doesn't that fact make him all ...
Truisms
By Jan | June 28th, 2007Uli 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
By Bob | November 21st, 2006Fans 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
By Bob | November 7th, 2006The 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
By Bob | August 23rd, 2006We'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 ...





