Hannover sack Thomas Schaaf
When the 96’ers hired the former Werder and Eintracht coach the club was looking to turn their dire situation around with a “shot of idealism and conviction”. 11 matches in to his tenure Schaaf can […]
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The Best and Worst of Bundesliga Fandom on Display
Events from match day 26 put things into perspective for many a Bundesliga fan. During Sunday night’s fixture between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FSV Mainz 05, two fans in separate incidents suffered heart attacks. A 79-year-old pensioner […]
Thomas Schaaf’s ringing in the changes at Hannover 96
The winter break may only have lasted for a month, but what a hectic four weeks it turned out to be for Hannover 96. The club brought in one of the Bundesliga’s longest-ever serving managers […]
Hannover 96 – Where they were, where they are, where they will be
Where they were: Hannover survived the 2014/15 season by the skin of their teeth, largely due to a comical own goal by Pavel Krmas in the final game against Freiburg. The whole Rückrunde had been […]
Back In The Saddle- Thomas Schaaf And The Hannover Rescue Mission
Hannover 96 have today appointed veteran coach Thomas Schaaf as successor to the recently resigned Michael Frontzeck. The former Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt trainer has quite the task on his hands. A rather dismal […]
Hannover Add Iver Fossum and Hotaru Yamaguchi for 2016
Hannover 96 have announced the signings of Norwegian midfielder Iver Fossum and Japanese international Hotaru Yamaguchi to help the struggling club during the 2nd half of the season and beyond. Hannover will start the Ruckrunde […]
Crisis At Hannover As Michael Frontzeck Resigns
As if things couldn’t get any worse for Hannover 96 as they go into the Winterpause. In the bottom two, with six league defeats in their last eight Bundesliga games, they now find themselves without […]
Bayern Sign Off With Win over Hannover
Bayern Munich made hard work of overcoming Hannover, but a first-half penalty from Thomas Müller was enough to see them win their final match before the winter break. Pep Guardiola’s depleted side dominated for large […]
‘Just’ a Karneval Club: 1. FC Köln Embraces Identity & Has Some Laughs
When you hear that the 1. FC Köln is “just a Karneval club,” you have to know who is saying it in order to know what is intended by it. Outside the effzeh community, the phrase […]
Thoughts on Bundesliga MatchDay 11
Football, particularly in Germany, is an unpredictable game, and MatchDay 11 surely proved that. It was inevitable that Bayern Munich would drop points, as they did Friday, but not in a scoreless draw that featured […]
Bundesliga MatchDay 9: Gute Woche/Schlechte Woche
An international break can cause strange things to happen, and the Bundesliga certainly witnessed strange occurrences on its return this weekend. First of all there was Robert Lewandowski’s failure to score (can we label it […]
Hannover 96: Still in the Starting Blocks
It is as if the starting pistol went off, but the Hannover sprinter didn’t hear it and is still hunched over in the starting blocks preparing to pump those thighs down the track. Or put […]
