This photograph is problematic. As is the description underneath. [caption id="attachment_19133" align="aligncenter" width="1170"] [/caption] It says that Sir Alex Ferguson has won his first Premier League title with Manchester United in the 1992/93 season. It seems to ignore the fact that Ferguson had already been at Manchester United since autumn 1986 and moreover, that football…
30 July 1966, Wembley Stadium – for many fans of football, football historians and anyone with an interest in football history, the date will ring a bell. It marks the date of England’s triumph in the World Cup Final against West Germany. It is a game that for years, if not decades, has overshadowed English…
Anniversaries come in intervals and make us look back and reminisce about events past, either long past or not so long. The World Cup of 2006 is such an event to look back and remember the summer that shaped an entire generation of football fans. The so-called summer fairy tale of 2006, by not we…
Lovers of football will surely look forward to the World Cup kicking off on June 11, however. They may also be bewildered, enraged even, about the scenes which have played out on their screens and have been shared multiple times over. The Senegalese national team were almost strip searched upon arrival, the African referee of…
Hear The SirensPearl Jam, „Sirens“ (2013) There were sirens galore in Paris during the Champions League final. Here’s an attempt to explain why. The football stadium is a double tragedy, writes the French anthropologist Éric Wittersheim in a study about the supporters of Paris Saint-Germain, PSG. Firstly, it is a social tragedy as people who…
It’s May 8 and Magdeburg celebrate their biggest triumph: winning the Cup Winners’ Cup against AC Milan in 1974 in Rotterdam.
It’s late March, almost April and the football season enters its decisive phase; it is now that the routes to silverware, promotion, a safe mid-table finish or relegation are paved. Those clubs at the top will look forward to claim the title, while those at the bottom will work hard to avoid the drop at…
A few weeks ago I was on the Parisian underground when I saw a guy walking towards me with a scarf of my home town club, FC Magdeburg. I stopped him and asked if he was a supporter. He said no, he wasn’t but added that a friend of his gave him the scarf as…
With the 60th anniversary of the 1966 World Cup mere months away, it is time to remind readers that England had played West Germany twice in 1966: once in February and the other match was the World Cup final in July 1966. The 1960s: decade of renewal In 1966 everything had the air of being…
Compared to the development of football since the late 1870s, 60 years is not a long time, let alone would it be seen as old age. However, considering the twists and turns of history, 60 years can be a long time. Taking into account that within the first decade of its existence, Magdeburg had won…