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Football before 1992?

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…

1966 – Sixty Years On

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…

black, red, yellow

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…

60 years and a little bit wiser

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…

Chelsea – History Makers

It is not often, hardly ever in fact, that Chelsea FC get a whole post for them dedicated. But honour where honour is due.
The club from the Fulham Road have made history. This alone justified some words written about them.

By winning the Europa Conference League final against Real Betis 4-1, the Bluds have become the first club to have won all European cup competitions. This contains the old Cup Winners Cup as well as the Europa League.

Moreover, they have won these European Competitions twice, except the Conference League.

It is also important to note that Chelsea declined the offer to participate in the European Cup in 1955. Back then, the Football Association of England did not think much of those fancy Europeans and influenced Chelsea in a way they had no other option than to withdraw from the competition. Who knows, their history might have been different.

DFB 125

The German Football Association looks back at 125 years of existence. It is a rich history with many highs and lows, triumphs and tragedies. Many observers would rather the past quarter of a century to be deleted. Anniversaries like the 125th of the DFB are often overseen or overshadowed by more important dates. In this…

Sign of our time

The current societal climate is dire, racists are becoming ever more confident that they have nothing to fear from the majority because this majority is simply too quiet; it has been too quiet for too long.

Jean-Marie le Pen has been a figurehead of the right in France for a long time. His passing in January led to celebrations in some quarters. However, some hooligan groups of Paris Saint-Germain and Reims FC went as far as to honour le Pen.

The second term of the 47th president of the United States has begun and as if to indicate in which direction politics are heading, the head of a tech giant has raised his right arm in a salute to a crowd that not only resembled the salute of the national socialists in Germany but was easily identified as such by observers.

In an attempt of hurried obedience, the sports apparels manufacturer Nike have issued the new shirt for the Madrid team Atlético. The design leaves little room for speculation.

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It is 2025, 80 years after the end of the Second World War and we appear to have not learnt a single lesson from history. The eye witnesses are getting fewer and soon we have to rely on secondary sources for memorial work in schools and elsewhere.

Berne, July 4, 1954 – Notes on a perceived Miracle

‘Rahn should shoot from the background. Rahn shoots! Goal! Goal! Goal!’ These words spoken by radio commentator Herbert Zimmermann in the heat of the moment when Helmut Rahn had scored Germany’s third goal during the World Cup final 1954 in Berne are familiar to many Germans and have become cultural icons like Kenneth Wolstenholme’s words…

Franz Beckenbauer 1945 – 2024

The story of German could have come quite differently, had not one incident decided the fate of the two Munich clubs, 1860 and Bayern, respectively. As a youngster, Franz Beckenbauer played for a small Munich club in his neighbourhood, Giesing. It was his intention to move to TSV 1860 Munich at some point in his…

Gianni Infantino’s moral compass

There is a new president of FIFA and it is the same as the old: Gianni Infantino. The vote was more or less a proclamation of a new king or emperor, less a democratic process. Though, whoever thinks FIFA acts democratically may think twice. Afterwards, the president gave insights into his motivation to stand for…