The first season in professional football for FC Magdeburg has so far been nothing but a fairy tale. The team surprised everyone with their form and are closer to promotion than relegation. Off the pitch, the club have also made progress. Read more →
PSG Ladies – ASJ Soyaux Match Report
Just before Christmas, there is a first in this blog: a match report from a women’s game: PSG Ladies hosted ASJ Soyaux at Stade Charléty. Read more →
Rearview Mirror 2015
The year 2015 is almost over; time to look back and reflect on another 365 days of football and football writing. A review. Read more →
Fussball Über Alles – Too Much Football?
Earlier this week, the German football journalist Ronald Reng has asked a question that concerns all football fans and supporters. Could it be that there is too much football? Could it be that other sports are pushed away by soccer? Read more →
Soccerama Magazine Review
A new magazine enlightens our football horizon: Soccerama, a magazine for football culture. It entered the scene with aplomb, selling out the first print run in just 3 weeks. Read more →
That Kind of Rivalry
Last week the fans of Dynamo Dresden were the talk of the town called football culture with their huge banner that covered the whole ground. All credit went to them as a lot of work and time was dedicated to it. Read more →
The Paris Derby re-loaded
Just over six months ago Paris FC travelled to the northern Peripherique of Paris to play Red Star FC at the beloveth Stade Bauer in St. Ouen. Back then it looked unlikely that PFC would go up. Well, they did as did Red Star. Here’s to another Paris derby, though a smaller one but a level higher than in February. Read more →
Choreo or not Choreo
What is a choreography? What is not? Dynamo Dresden have set the bar high for other clubs to show their support. Read more →
Destroying the Summer Tale 2006
When Sepp Blatter announced the winner to host the World Cup 2006 in the summer of 2000, German football went through its darkest phase. At EURO 2000 Germany finished at the bottom of their group behind Portugal, Romania and England. No one could have foreseen that this tournament in 2006 would kick start the change of image of Germany in foreign media. What is now alleged could shatter that carefully created image thoroughly. Read more →
The Manchester Derby
The name sake of the blog, Don Davies, also known as Old International was a Manchester United supporter. He was also a fine football writer, combining literary skills with football knowledge thus providing his readers a highlight to read on their Sunday or Monday mornings. Read more →