Archive for December, 2007
Indoor champions
Last Saturday, the NOFV held its annual Indoor Championship at Riesa in Saxony. This is indoor footy, not futsal, of course. All Regionalliga teams from the NOFV territory were “invited” to participate (there’s not really a way not to take part…) and so six teams competed in two groups of three: Cottbus II, Rot-Weiß-Erfurt and [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2007-08, Friendly, Indoor football, Preview, Schalke 04, Transfer news
Little updating
Moved my blog to WordPress, hope there aren’t any issues or anything wrong. Blogging shall resume shortly.
In: Miscellaneous · Tagged with: 2007-08, Intermission
Look at that, FA!
Within 48 hours of Dirk Heyne’s dismissal, FC Magdeburg have presented his successor as manager: Paul Linz. Linz is a former forward and has played 33 Bundesliga matches and 233 matches in Bundesliga 2. Among others, he played for Werder Bremen and Waldhof Mannheim, scoring 115 career goals. After his playing days were over, he [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2007-08, Kit, New manager, Paul Linz
Finally…
Yes, finally the Magdeburg board hhave taken the step many had expected three weeks ago: Following the 1-2 defeat at the hands of Cottbus’ reserves, manager Dirk Heyne was relieved of his post. The board were quick to declare that they would like Heyne to take on another task at the club, owing to his [...]
In: FCM, Gladbach · Tagged with: 2007-08, Defeat, Dismissal, Youth team
I came here for this?!
Magdeburg played Bremen’s reserves last Saturday, and it was a step backwards, compared to the match against Wuppertal the weekend before. The referee wasn’t exactly helpful, as he called a number of fouls that would have been considered regular challenges by most other people. As Bremen were the superior side, technique-wise, Magdeburg was hurt more [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2007-08, Friendly, Idiocy, Schalke 04