Currently there is a lot being written about David Beckham and his possible move from Los Angeles back home to England. Two clubs are at loggerheads to get one of the most sought after signature in football these days: Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham Hotspurs. The icon Beckham who has become a journey man in…
On Monday Ghana played Brazil in a friendly game at Craven Cottage, the home ground of Fulham, in London. Accounts of those present reports that the game could have ended in a catastrophe. Chaotic ticket allocation and the rumors that tickets were still available on the door, led to a dangerous crush at the gates.…
This is what Karl-Heinz Rummenigge did in response to FIFA’s apparent corruption. As the chairman of the European Club Association (ECA), which represents the football clubs of Europe and their interests in any dispute with UEFA or FIFA, Rummenigge demanded that FIFA clean up their acts and restore honesty. In his function he stated that…
What happens once football players decide it’s time to call it a day? There seem to be a number of options they can choose from. George Best opened a boutique while German World Cup winner of 1954 Horst Eckel returned to his trained job as a teacher and even as a pensioner is working with…
Public Enemy certainly have nothing on their minds with football but it is a fitting headline for the next big tournament due to start in a few days time: The Women’s Football World Cup in Germany. While the media attention has been rising over the last weeks, where there was some neat product placement on…
This headline might evoke thoughts about FIFA and their dubious British model where the owners consider clubs as assets for their own benefit and thus certainly are not interested in having anyone without their “business background” interfere while they are making money. Because of that clubs change owners every once in a while or three…
In an interview with German weekly paper Die Zeit the project manager Stefan Klos (not the former German goalkeeper!!!) and an architect Joachim Schares involved with the World Cup bid for Qatar 2022 answered a few questions regarding the bid and the decision making process. Of course they sound very convinced about their work and…
Two recent visits to Parc des Princes brought up the question about the pricing of tickets and the direct result of that as well as the causes for this. Certainly €40 for a Europa League match does sound okay if it doesn’t mean to be seated in the upper stands but in the better seats…
A short biographical post on Donny Davies, the name sake of this blog and a revered sports writer Read more →
After starting a blog for anything related to Germany and England, this is now my second blog which i will use for match reports of all the matches i occasionally go to. It won’t be many, no worries! Mostly they will be in Paris as i’m currently living there. However, these won’t be regular posts,…