The editor of Turnstiles Magazine has kindly answered some questions. Please note that this Q&A has been conductred via email and direct messages on twitter. 1. What was the decisive factor that turned you into an editor? I always wanted to do my own magazine for years. I always dreamt of holding something in my…
Nowadays new football magazines come along just like the turnstiles kept ticking over once people were still allowed inside football grounds, in a time before the pandemic. Fittingly, the magazine reviewed is called Turnstiles and its first number is looked at here. In contrast to many other magazines, Turnstiles comes with a strong Lancastrian and…
FC Magdeburg continue their good run against teams from or around Munich, beating Bayern’s reserves at the Bayern campus. They are now three games unbeaten and look good. Bayern vs. Magdeburg: some history There was a time when the fixture FC Bayern München against 1. FC Magdeburg had the connoisseurs of European click their tongues…
Magdeburg have to convert to beach soccer in order to secure their league status as the pitch resembles more a beach than a football pitch. A Churchillian twist to their already tough situation. It is certainly no secret and no wizardry is needed to establish the fact that in order to play football a pitch…
Playing and losing in the Europa League is part of football these days. You play and you win. You play and you lose. That is football, always has been. Some however, have not understood. Despite the ongoing Corona pandemic football is going ahead as if nothing happened, losing some of its image and credibility along…
We all have been there: somehow we have managed to get through defense and are free on goal only to miss THE opportunity to score a goal, maybe the decisive goal.
Der #FrankMilldesTages: pic.twitter.com/b2JSpKDu7n
— Klaas (@Sportkultur) February 28, 2021
Him team mates have to console him as the guy knows what a chance he has missed there.
Another match day and another defeat. This time after being the better team. Zero points are the cruel reality for Magdeburg. This season is rapidly approaching the period when matches can be counted on two hands – there are fourteen matches left – and when those who may go up have established a gap of…
A football ground is so much more than just a football ground for football fans. It is home, it is a sacred space, a place where people meet friends and family. Its names are just as sacred as the places. Red Star FC’s fans will feel elated these days. For years if not decades, the…
The search for a new coach has lasted a mere three days – given the urgency precious time – but the result is a bang and immediately raises the level of hope among supprters. Habemus Exercitorus[efn_note]This of course is Latin and means ‘we have a new coach!’, see: http://www.latin-dictionary.net/definition/19738/exercitor-exercitoris [/efn_note]! Magdeburg have found a new…
The head coach of FC Magdeburg,Thomas Hoßmang, has resigned, raising more questions and emphasizing that need at all levels at the club is necessary. Now more than ever. Thomas Hoßmang, the coach of FC Magdeburg as resigned on Tuesday (February 9, 2021), leaving his assistants to step in and the club with the task of…