http://rock.madcynic.com A blog about football. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:55:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last sunday, 1. FC Magdeburg had its first home game of the season. Hopes were high that a win would be possible for the first time since March. These hopes couldn't be dampened by thefact that the opposition was none other than former German champion (1912) Holstein Kiel, a team ... http://rock.madcynic.com/2008/08/28/the-pain-goes-on/ Last Saturday, the waiting period was finally over. More than two months after missing out on qualifying for the new 3rd Liga, 1. FC Magdeburg had their first competitive game. The mission for this season couldn't be simpler: Come in first and win promotion. In order to achieve that, Paul ... http://rock.madcynic.com/2008/08/18/aaaand-were-off/ On Saturday, Magdeburg suffered a 2-4 defeat at the hands of what can be called an A2-Team of Hertha BSC. Overall, it was an even match, only at the end did Magdeburg not pay enough attention in defense, and thus Hertha scored 2 goals in the last 5 minutes of ... http://rock.madcynic.com/2008/07/28/meaningless-friendly%e2%84%a2/ May 31, 3:15 pm: 1. FC Magdeburg are relegated from tier III. Or do not qualify for the new 3rd Liga, whichever you prefer. This means that with the exception of Reimann, all players' contracts will run out on June 30, as they are not valid for tier IV. The ... http://rock.madcynic.com/2008/06/10/rebuilding/ Not only is the season at its end, but also the time 1. FC Magdeburg spends in tier III of German football. Thanks to yet another league reform the 11th place is not enough to stay up, and Magdeburg will have to play in the then-tier IV Regionalliga Nord come ... http://rock.madcynic.com/2008/06/01/its-over/