Bundesliga… Premier League football German-style 9 Aug 2018 It's 5pm on a beautiful Wednesday evening in early August and the FC Kaiserslautern team bus is slowly maneuvering itself down a lane not really wide enough of a Smart…
Bundesliga… Kampf der Titanen 1 Mar 20132 Mar 2013 Real Madrid v Barcelona? Old skool. PSG v OM? Past its best even with the added "pzzazz of Monsieur Beckham. Celtic v Rangers? Had its day. Lewes v Eastbourne Borough?…
Bundesliga… DangeReus 18 Feb 201319 Feb 2013 Despite having the biggest average home league attendance in the world, Borussia Dortmund surprisingly only generate around £25 million from matchday income each season out of a total of £189…
Bundesliga… Herman the German Munster 18 Feb 201319 Feb 2013 I love Germany. After all I am of that age where good value football, good value beer and accessibility to good value hardcor...ah ok, sorry Mum....good value nocturnal entertainment is…
Bundesliga… On the ninth day of TBIR Christmas – The best new ground visited 3 Jan 2013 In 2012 we went to 45 new grounds (not new builds, but new to us) on our trek around the European leagues. Some were good, some were bad (see the…
Bundesliga… Gladbach it’s all over 4 Nov 20125 Nov 2012 Brian Parish, the man being the Daggers Diary swaps the FA Cup 1st Round potential pain with a trip to the home of proper football - Germany. I recently completed…
Bundesliga… The happy world of Haribo 25 Aug 201226 Aug 2012 It doesn't matter what the country is, the cup is full of stories of wonder, awe and inspiration. David beating Goliath, George slaying The Dragon and *that* goal by Ronnie…
Bundesliga… The Hangover part 3 24 Aug 201226 Aug 2012 Today was a day for sunglasses. Not that I would say it was a late (late, late) night in the fleshpots of downtown Düsseldorf, nor the fact that temperatures were…
European Football… Velbert underground 24 Aug 201226 Aug 2012 Things have been a bit hectic here at TBIR Towers recently. Real work (gasp!) has sort of intruded on the mirth and mayhem that goes with reporting from around the…
Bundesliga… All’s square in love, war and Leverkusen 16 Apr 2012 Aldershot or Leverkusen? Hampshire or NordRhein Westfalon? The Recreation Ground or the BayerArena? Questions we all ask ourselves. But how many of us who choose the latter answers? Hands up…
European Football… One night in Munich and the world’s your oyster 15 Mar 201217 Mar 2012 "One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster. The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free. You'll find a god in every golden cloister, and if you're lucky…
Bundesliga… Over the Berlin Wall 7 Oct 20119 Oct 2011 A big welcome to these pages for Michael Miles who recent traveled to Berlin to see Hertha beat FC Köln. This was my first visit to the Olympiastadion to see…
Barclaycard Premier League… My name is Stuart and I am an addict 17 Jun 201123 Jun 2011 I didn't realise I had a problem until I was confronted with it. The problem was storage. I had run out of room for my football socks. Come on admit…
Bundesliga… Funnier than Rocky Baptiste’s miss? You decide 16 Dec 2009 Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen......He who laughs last... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96j711uSIM&feature=player_embedded
Bundesliga… Another Bundesliga Double 2 Dec 2009 Our regular German traveller Kevin Morris was off again a few weeks ago to watch games in Dusseldorf and Frankfurt. Here's his latest tale. "It was back to Germany again…
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