Football in Belgium: how, never heard of Saint-Gilles? – Sports
The empty Stade Joseph Marien looks like a fairytale football castle when you approach it from the adjacent Duden Park. Through the bushes and trees you can see the red-brick club building that supports the grandstand with the blue roof. You can see flashes of yellow and blue seat shells embedded in earthen walls. And […]
Werder under Ole Werner: Bremen is back in the light – sport
The sporting rubble had not yet been completely cleared away and the injured souls had not yet recovered when a report of apocalyptic proportions reached the Bremen office last November. It was: People don’t like Open detailed view Brought some unrest to Bremen: coach Markus Anfang, now blocked by the DFB because of his vaccination […]
GDR legend Hans-Jürgen “Dixie” Dörner (✝70) is dead
Great sadness in the football world. GDR legend Hans-Jürgen “Dixie” Dörner is dead. This was announced by his lawyer. He was five times East German champion and four times cup winner. For many he was the “Franz Beckenbauer of the East”, a real football legend – now Hans-Jürgen “Dixie” Dörner has died. His lawyer announced […]