

Articles tagged with "schalke-04"
Matchday 2: Schalke 04 vs. Borussia Dortmund
By Steven | August 17th, 2007There is no need for an introduction to this one. It may be early in the season, but it's still the derby. Schalke will be ...
Injuries stacking up for Dortmund
By Steven | August 16th, 2007Just as it appeared as if he was blazing the comeback trail, Alex Frei has been hit with a torn calf muscle that is expected ...
Revier Derby Buildup: Collage
By Steven | August 15th, 2007TOP (L-R): Zorc gives Dortmund the lead, an introduction, Asamoah sends Dede airborne. MID (L-R): Jens Lehmann dribbling through the defense, Smolarek denies Schalke the title, ...
Matchday 1: Promises
By Jan | August 14th, 2007Some belated thoughts on what was on offer this weekend. Drawing any conclusions from just one matchday worth of Bundesliga football is a bit difficult, but ...
Matchday 1: Top 3 Happy Coaches
By Jan | August 12th, 2007Yet another feature for the new season: random top 3's. Select your favourite coach for this matchday from my unbiased pre-selection. Marcel Koller (VfL Bochum) The classic. ...
League Cup Final: Schalke 0 - 1 Bayern Munich
By Jan | July 30th, 2007The final was anti-climactic, boring and amassed a record number of bad passes. This sums it up for me. Bayern Munich are excused as they were ...
Video: Schalke 04 1 - 0 Karlsruher SC
By Jan | July 23rd, 2007Penalty save by Manuel Neuer (6th min.) 1-0 Halil Altintop (35th min.)
League Cup: Uli in Red
By Jan | July 23rd, 2007There are three things to learn from this weekends quarterfinals of the League Cup: Bayern Munich plays attractive football, Bastian Schweinsteiger should play in their ...
Schalke 04's Transfer Troubles
By Jan | July 20th, 2007Schalke 04 has been operating on the edge financially in recent years, and pulled off some stunts to ensure liquidity and obtain a license from ...
Buli News Roundup: More Frings and Klose, more Transfer Stories
By Jan | July 11th, 2007Miroslav Klose has done a good job keeping us entertained during the off-season so far. Some of the praise has to go to Torsten Frings ...
Buli News Roundup: Kahn's future in Asia and a few exciting Transfer Stories
By Jan | July 3rd, 2007Lactate Testing is currently all the buzz since Jürgen Klinsmann sharpened the media's attention for the importance of an athletes' fitness levels. A footballer that gets ...
Season opener vs. Duisburg; Schalke on deck
By Steven | June 28th, 2007The Bundesliga fixture list was released today, and Borussia Dortmund will open their 2007/2008 campaign at home against newly-promoted MSV Duisburg. Matchday 2 brings the ...
Like a Bottle empty
By Jan | June 25th, 2007The most famous press conference in Bundesliga history. The club: Bayern Munich. The season: 1997/1998. The occasion: Bayern Munich had lost against Schalke 04 two ...
Everybody loves Werder Bremen
By Jan | June 22nd, 2007At least according to the sports marketing company Sportfive. Sportfive conducted a little survey and asked 2000 people in Germany how they felt about football ...
Transfer Bubbles - June 20, 2007
By Jan | June 20th, 2007It's time again to meet up with the usual 'sources close to the club' to tell us a bit about their dreams, their delusions and ...
Newsbits: Bayern on YouTube, Carlos Alberto on Loan to Bremen and Lincoln on the Verge of leaving Schalke
By Jan | June 15th, 2007With Uli Honess on vacation there is little relevant transfer talk coming from Bayern, unless you consider the whole Klose soap opera to be relevant ...
What is Bayern's Competition doing now?
By Jan | June 12th, 2007They are apparently doing not much and then why should they? Their teams are intact and they are not yet trembling in fear of the ...
Alou Diarra to Bremen, Lincoln to Istanbul, Kahn urged to lighten up
By Jan | June 6th, 2007Werder Bremen's sporting director Klaus Allofs is keen to sign French international midfielder Alou Diarra from Olympique Lyon. Allofs is quoted in Bild: "I have ...
Schalke 04 miss out on German title. Again.
By Daryl | May 19th, 2007Poor Schalke 04 fans. In 2001 they were all celebrating, thinking they'd won the German title, only for Bayern Munich to score a title-winning goal ...
Bundesliga Season Finale: Full-Time
By Jan | May 19th, 2007Schalke 04 had to pay tribute to the high tempo of their game in the first half. They tried everything but couldn't add any more ...
Bundesliga Season Finale: Half-Time
By Jan | May 19th, 2007Things are still in the balance although VfB Stuttgart still has an advantage. Schalke plays a fantastic match against Bielefeld and leads 2:0. Cottbus even ...
Schalke 04's Trauma
By Jan | May 17th, 2007In light of the dramatic finish to this year's season I thought that it might be a good idea to go back in time a ...
Daily Dose 05.13.07
By Daryl | May 13th, 2007Read these while drink-driving to celebrate passing your test* Window shopping in Portugal (Portugal Offside) Photographic evidence of Toronto FC's first win (including Winston Churchill) (Chicago Fire ...
Schalke stumble, Bremen blunder, Stuttgart stay focused
By Daryl | May 12th, 2007Seems weird looking at the Bundesliga title race and not seeing Bayern Munich up there, but that's what's happening in Gemany. VFB Stuttgart are now ...
Russian Politician wants Beer Pipeline Built to Zenit Stadium
By Bob | January 26th, 2007Proving that the best laid plans in life are usually hatched after knocking back a few beers, St. Petersburg Deputy Governor Alexander Vakhmistrov has proposed ...
Racism Rears its Ugly Head in Germany
By Bob | September 18th, 2006There's some depressing news out of Germany where a couple of instances of fan racism are a cause for concern. In an amateur reserve ...





