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Despite an on-going tax evasion investigation, under-fire Uli Hoeness is set to remain as president of the supervisory board of treble-seeking Bayern Munich until at least the end of the season. The Bavarian club’s supervisory board voted unanimously in favour of Hoeness staying on, declining to bow to increasing public pressure for the Bayern supremo to [...]

In typical fashion, the Germans spoiled the party. Come May 25, 2013, the English Football Association was due to celebrate a hundred and fifty years of incompetence, sorry existence, with the crowning glory of the second Champions League final in Wembley in three years. Football was coming home and with an English team defending their [...]

The Bavarian bandwagon shows absolutely no signs of slowing down on the pitch with the seemingly all-conquering record German champions Bayern Munich remaining on course for a potential treble-winning season (German League, German Cup and Champions League). However, perhaps Munich’s momentum will be stalled somewhat by the shock news that President Uli Hoeness is under [...]

Dieter Hoeness has spent most of his time of late in the shadow of his older brother Uli. The public hasn’t seen or heard much from the former Wolfsburg, Hertha and Stuttgart manager after Felix Magath wanted to create his new, improved and successful version of VfL Wolfsburg without Hoeness.  Bild interviewed the former Bundesliga [...]

German football was at its peak in the 1970′s and no two teams epitomized the Bundesliga’s golden era more than Bayern München and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Between 1969 and 1979, Bayern and Gladbach won ten of the eleven league titles and set the standard for the rest of the league. In those  years, both teams played [...]

Europe’s most prestigious club tournaments, the Champions League and it’s little brother the Europa League started up again weeks ago. Great anticipation was evident for the enticing matchups, the world’s greatest players, its drama, its action – and its money. The total pot of earnings stands to be divided by the 32 teams in Europe’s [...]

Some marriages aren’t meant to be. Most German football fans think about the epic feuds between former Werder manager Willi Lemke and Uli Hoeness when they think about the Bayern president’s relationship with Werder Bremen. Lemke and Hoeness are polar opposites in many regards. Lemke is a northerner with a dry sense of humor, and a member [...]

Seldom ever do Bayern Munich go a year without winning a title. Even rarer are two consecutive years without a single trophy. Suffice to say, their two year drought signalled quite a few alarm bells and one of the casualties of this dry spell was sporting director Christian Nerlinger. Replacing him is a man who [...]

England vs West Germany – April 29, 1972 – EURO Quarter Finals – First Leg It wasn’t a semi final or even a final but Germany’s first leg win in Wembley in their qualifying quarter final on that fateful rainy April day is still regarded by many as the greatest performance in German football history. [...]

All it took was a towering header from a Croatian substitute and a nifty finish from a Japanese cult-hero and, just like that, history was created; Borussia Dortmund’s inimitable yellow jersey changed forever. The change will be tiny, almost infinitesimal and the untrained eye might easily slip past it without registering even a flinch. But [...]