No fans at Ghent due to safety concerns. They were playing Maccabi from Israel and there were concerns about protests and tension at the ground and in the city.
West Ham and Frankfurt will have travelled to Seville with big numbers, and wherever Frankfurt travel their fans always seem to cause trouble. Seville police coped, as will Lisbon police in their city. We are travelling to places well used to dealing with away Euro fans, some of whom are pretty...
If you’ve already decided to see BM v Union on that weekend irrespective of confirmed date then tickets are on sale on their website. Set up an account for yourself (not sure how many tickets you can buy, you might be limited to 4 per person) and there’s a block behind one goal with a batch of...
Monchengladbach - Your match ticket includes free train travel on the regional network. The bus shuttle journey to town from the stadium is a ball ache.
Found German football fans to be very welcoming.
Watched some of the game on the train on the way home. Leverkusen were really good. Alonso has done a terrific job considering how bad they were doing when he took over last year.
Clubs in the top 2 divisions narrowly voted a motion proposed by their FA to sell a percentage of their broadcast rights to private equity firms.
Fans are opposed to this. There is an innate hatred of ‘modern’ football and its monetarisation. The majority of German clubs are firmly rooted in...
All games seem to be being held up as fans protest against the football federation’s plan to sell off a stake of media rights to investors.
This game had a goal net tired up with bike chains at h:time and tennis balls thrown on the pitch.
It was a great game too, finishing 4 3 to Hannover and...