Archive for November, 2007
1 win down, 11 to go
First things first: Magdeburg won against Wuppertal, the sixth win of the season. The first half was the best football the team has played so far.Then, another event shed a new light on the board’s decision not to sack Heyne on Monday last week. Heyne’s father died on Friday, apparently after a prolonged illness. That [...]
In: FCM, U23 · Tagged with: 2007-08, Wuppertal
Crisis – and no consequences?
On Monday evening, the FC Magdeburg held an emergency meeting. After defeat in Essen the distance to the magical 10th position had grown to 6 points and the club have now been now waiting for a win for 5 league games. Many had expected manager Dirk Heyne to be sacked yesterday, but despite speculation as [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2007-08, Defeat, Idiocy
An early goal! – Oh crud
Two good things can be said about FC Magdeburg’s match against Union Berlin. First, there is Florian Müller’s goal and his overall great performance. Second, there’s the choice for sponsor of the day: Against “Eisern Union” (Iron Union, a common nickname for the club from Berlin-Köpenick) a company which specializes in recycling and scrap iron [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2007-08, Idiocy, Union Berlin
Ok, so that was not all…
After the most disappointing defeat against Babelsberg , Magdeburg had the misfortune to travel to Rot-Weiß Erfurt, one of this season’s top teams. Erfurt had the possibility of climbing to the second spot in the table, they only had to win the match. And that shouldn’t be a problem, judging by the results of both [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2007-08, Defeat, Erfurt, Idiocy
What the…? That’s all you can do?
I’m lagging a bit in updating, anywy, here goes. On Saturday, FC Magdeburg played SV Babelsberg 03. Freshly promotoed, Babelsberg had been struggling since the start of the season and have now changed their manager, new at the helm is Dietmar Demuth. He once asked his players (when at FC St. Pauli) to wear down [...]
In: FCM, U23 · Tagged with: 2007-08, Babelsberg 03, Cup games, Defeat, Germania Halberstadt