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Madness.  Absolute madness.  That is the only way to describe the final matchday of the 2012/13 Bundesliga season.  Hoffenheim pulled off one of the great comebacks in Bundesliga history by beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1 to reach the promotion/relegation playoff and extend their chances of staying in the league next season.  Meanwhile, Augsburg beat Greuther Fürth [...]

From the heart of Matthias BollyWood, things got a little FootKroose on Friday afternoon as people’s #BundesligaMovies hit Twitter. Now some were conceivable… Ori Cooper@CoopSport Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Hummels #bundesligamovies @archiert1 @Pundesliga @dan_bu Fri, May 17 2013 08:16:59 ReplyRetweetFavorite Some didn’t quite stick to the brief… Tom Kluger@tomkluger25 #bundesligamovies An Inconvenient Huth Fri, [...]

So it’s here, the moment we’ve all been dreading since the first whistle blew back in August. The final matchday of the Bundesliga is upon us with some interesting things still to be sorted out. Many teams know where they’re heading next season and are playing for nothing on Saturday. Borussia Mönchengladbach, looking to finish in [...]

As his Schalke side prepare to meet Freiburg on the final matchday of the season, where a single point should be enough to secure fourth place in the table and the valuable Champions League qualification spot, Jermaine Jones stands at a crossroads in his career.  In a recent article in Bild Jones hinted at a [...]

2011/12 was a trying campaign for Lukas Podolski: his much-loved FC Köln side were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga amidst some awful scenes in the club’s finale. Despite scoring 18 goals for the club, Podolski – once again – was forced to make a move from his first club, this time abroad to the EPL [...]

A few personal observations about Thomas Schaaf’s incredible time at Werder Bremen. I’ve been a fan of Werder Bremen ever since I saw them on the television for the first time in the beginning of the 90s. A great team marshalled by the master tactician Otto Rehhagel, a team consisting of greats like Rune Bratseth, [...]

This week Christoph Metzelder officially called an end to his career in a press conference.  Plagued by recurring injuries over the last couple of years, the 32-year-old defender who is still under contract with Schalke until the end of the season has decided to hang up his boots after 14 years of professional football. Although [...]

829 goals have been scored in the Bundesliga so far this season.  That is an average of almost three goals a game in another season of high octane attacking football and goals galore.  Last year was a prolific season for many of the league’s top strikers and it is no different this time around.  356 [...]

Running an ad campaign for a condom company wasn’t in line with the head of the DFB’s league committee sense of decorum. FC 08 Homburg is these days fighting against relegation in their current Regionalliga Südwest campaign. The team from the Saarland has featured in three Bundesliga seasons during their greatest time towards the end [...]

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig visit city rivals RB Leipzig in the Regionalliga Nordost on Wednesday, where tradition meets commerce in as head-on a confrontation as football can offer. As the Red Bull project continues to gather pace, Lok. Leipzig’s fight for its future continues in the shadow of the drinks can. This article is a [...]