Your favourite Bundesliga team?...

[Gritt23]

Seeing as we have some followers of the Bundasliga here, can anyone throw light on the business with the clubs finances? I heard something a while back that all German teams have to demonstrate they are "in the black" before the season starts or they are not allowed to start the season. Is this right? And by "in the black" does that refer to a healthy cash position, or literally no long-term creditors or loans on their balance sheets at all?

 

[Scotty Mac]

seen them twice, both times have been brilliant. not the best supported team but their fans were really nice, they have schteve in charge and are pretty unfashionable.

koln is a great city and a great place to watch football. quite liked 1860 munchen as well after seeing them, and mainz was a great little stadium. very old school. bit of a shame they are moving for next season really

st pauli was just one massive cliche though and apart from the stadium being unique in its shitness, i didnt think it was anything special at all

 

[PHCgull]

Eintract

 

[Vicar!]

Card carrying member of Schalke. Will glued to the TV tonight as we play the unmentionables. Back over later this month for the Nurnberg game, saves going to FC Franchise. Having a very poor year this year though, I think if they roll over and die tonight Magaths head will be on a pole behind the Hibernia before the weekend is over. MAGATH RAUS!

 

[chops]

Dortmund even since the 1997 Champions League final. Lars Ricken's superb volley with his first touch and Karlheinz Riedle's backwards diving header were unforgettable.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

yep. that pretty much sums it up. my sis lived just round the corner from the hauptmarkt so all that on the doorstep. was there during spargel week once as well - strangely pale asparagus everywhere you looked! and special 'spargel only' menus in restaurants

I went for a weekend in Koln last year and it was spargel week. They're mad for the stuff. Makes a change from pork based products I guess.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

By the way it's the 'derby with no history' tomorrow. Hertha BSC take on Union for only the second time competitively. The first was earlier in the season.

 

[JJ McClure]

Borussia Mönchen Mönchen Mönchen glad to be bach

 

[crodonilson]

Bayern Munich for me, an absolute class act with massive support.

 

[Simster]

Bayern Munich for me, an absolute class act with massive support.

Fucks sake.

 

[house your seagull]

also, i always read raphael honnigstein's guardian column online each week ...

Bundesliga | Football | guardian.co.uk

any european football writing that doesn't have it's dick up barca's arse is always a treat!

 

[Superphil]

It turns out to be a shirt worn by a team set up for a one off match in Bonn, the day before the German Government moved back to Berlin, the match was palyed by amatuers, that's as much as I can find out at the moment.

 

[sully]

Borussia Moenchengladbach for me (and The Grub - see below)

We've been there a couple of times and had a great time.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Koln are worth watching, purely as they have a goat as their mascot and whenever a goal is scored at another side in their league, they play the noise of a goat bleating, before putting the score up on the screen.

Did not think all that much of St Pauli, although I did enjoy hurling abuse at the Wally for 90 minutes.

 

[Buzzer]

Whoever St Pauli are playing.


Edit - oh and I don't care for Bayern Munich either. Completely irrational but they strike me as the Bosch version of Man U ergo I dislike them intensely.

 

[shaun_rc]

Didn't FC Union fans quite literally build their new stadium? Always fancied popping over to see them.

They did indeed, all turned up in their spare time etc. They also rebuilt their stadium with three sides of terracing!

 

[shaun_rc]

Yes they did. They utilised a number of skills and disciplines from within their fanbase to drastically reduce the cost of a rebuild.

I have seen them a couple of times but did not like the very visible White Power supporters amongst their number. The Hauptstadt Mafia are much more fun.

I've seen them three times at the Alte Foersterei but never noticed that. I must be dense. I always thought they were one of the more sympathetic teams from the old GDR. It's certainly the worry I've always had about Dynamo Dresden. I don't know if it's just the appearance of the old Gothic style writing on things, but always looked a bit dodgy.

 

[shaun_rc]

Seeing as we have some followers of the Bundasliga here, can anyone throw light on the business with the clubs finances? I heard something a while back that all German teams have to demonstrate they are "in the black" before the season starts or they are not allowed to start the season. Is this right? And by "in the black" does that refer to a healthy cash position, or literally no long-term creditors or loans on their balance sheets at all?

It is, though not sure of the details. I think they have to have some kind of bond in place to show their solvency. Some clubs have been relegated for not having finance in place for their annual professional licence. Union Berlin messed it up a couple of times when they won the amateurs, meaning they couldn't be promoted.

 

[house your seagull]

anyone been to a hansa rostock match?

das is proper nawty jah?

 

[sams dad]

1.FC Koln for me.
Saw them play a few times when I was living in Cologne.
Also watched Fortuna Koln when they were in the 2nd Division, but they seem to have dropped back into regional football