Unan Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 With the German league back today, I need a proper german team. Big city that's never achieved anything, friendly people with an ever present sense of dread yet an incredibly laid back attitude, progressive club with the right morals, etc. What club is this in Germany? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, Seneca the Younger said: With the German league back today, I need a proper german team. Big city that's never achieved anything, friendly people with an ever present sense of dread yet an incredibly laid back attitude, progressive club with the right morals, etc. What club is this in Germany? FC Koln are going to be mine. Mainly for two reasons, it`s one of the most beautiful cities I`ve ever visited and I used to love watching Pierre Littbarski back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 I'd struggle to imagine there are any clubs like us from a big city and done nothing ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magunn Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 How about Hannover 96. Currently in German 2nd Division not won anything for best part of 70 years. Similar population to Bristol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 Saw them play Southampton in a pre season friendly. Missed lots of chances surprised they a currently 10th. I think the City could have given them a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 34 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: FC Koln are going to be mine. Mainly for two reasons, it`s one of the most beautiful cities I`ve ever visited and I used to love watching Pierre Littbarski back in the day. I have a few Koln shirts. They're my choice for a German team. Plus they play in red and white and have their mascot, Hennes the goat on their badge which also incorporates Cologne Cathedral. Rather like our old robin badge with the Suspension Bridge. Hennes attends every home game and stays on the touchline. He's currently Hennes VIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 Bremen is a lovely place. Went there on my school exchange (many years ago!) Only got to go past the ground, rather than in it, but always kept an eye for them since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 24 minutes ago, handsofclay said: I have a few Koln shirts. They're my choice for a German team. Plus they play in red and white and have their mascot, Hennes the goat on their badge which also incorporates Cologne Cathedral. Rather like our old robin badge with the Suspension Bridge. Hennes attends every home game and stays on the touchline. He's currently Hennes VIII. Whats the goat doing??... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said: FC Koln are going to be mine. Mainly for two reasons, it`s one of the most beautiful cities I`ve ever visited and I used to love watching Pierre Littbarski back in the day. I was going to say Cologne. They've had a mostly poor last twenty years stuck in Div 2 with occasional short-lived forays into the top division. Plus they had Tony Woodcock who was one of the first, or maybe even the first, regular England picks that was playing for a foreign team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Moonwalker Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 Don’t think they’ll be a Bundesliga team that are quite our size.. maybe Paderborn .. 1.FC Köln have won the league and been in Europe all the time and have some of the best fans in the world in my opinion (live in Cologne). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Dazzler Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 hour ago, magunn said: How about Hannover 96. Currently in German 2nd Division not won anything for best part of 70 years. Similar population to Bristol Good pick as Bristol is twinned with Hannover. I was going to go for Dynamo Dresden, as it is the only German city I have visited. The good news is that they were due to play each other tomorrow, the bad news is that the game has been postponed as 2 of the Dresden team have tested positive for Covid 19! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Moonwalker Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 minute ago, New Dazzler said: Good pick as Bristol is twinned with Hannover. I was going to go for Dynamo Dresden, as it is the only German city I have visited. The good news is that they were due to play each other tomorrow, the bad news is that the game has been postponed as 2 of the Dresden team have tested positive for Covid 19! Dresden has a bit of a naughty vibe to it though being ex DDR, they’re more along the Millwall side of things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 27 minutes ago, Eastside Moonwalker said: Dresden has a bit of a naughty vibe to it though being ex DDR, they’re more along the Millwall side of things Worked there a few times, still not too fond of the Brits. The church that was left standing is a sight to behold though and they've got some wicked micro breweries there. Spent a few lovely evenings in a restaurant with its' own brewery, on the banks of the Elbe. Isn't the church pretty much the only building we didn't level during the war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 50 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: Plus they had Tony Woodcock who was one of the first, or maybe even the first, regular England picks that was playing for a foreign team. Gerry Hitchins, surely ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 minute ago, slartibartfast said: Gerry Hitchins, surely ? Kevin Keegan must have before Woodcock as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poland_exile Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 1860 Munich for their Agostino connection! Was gutted when he went there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 A German Bristol City is an oxymoron, surely? A disorganised, poorly administered, inefficiently run German football club? (I'm talking historically, calm yourselves). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 40 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: Gerry Hitchins, surely ? I take your word for it; as I've not heard the name before he has to pre-date Woodcock. As of course would Keegan at Hamburg per the other post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: I take your word for it; as I've not heard the name before he has to pre-date Woodcock. As of course would Keegan at Hamburg per the other post. He played for Villa late 50's early 60's, went to Inter around the same time as Greaves and Law went seeking fortune abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: He played for Villa late 50's early 60's, went to Inter around the same time as Greaves and Law went seeking fortune abroad. There isn't much history in football beyond living memory. A Derby fan struggled to disbelieve that I was winding him up when I said I hadn't heard of Kevin Hector. He was a Derby striker who won two England caps in 1973 and was this chap's childhood hero. He wasn't that much older than me, maybe six or eight years, but that was enough for me to genuinely not know who he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Bar BS3 said: Bremen is a lovely place. Went there on my school exchange (many years ago!) Only got to go past the ground, rather than in it, but always kept an eye for them since then. I Love Bremen, lived there on and off for a few years. Lots of similarities to Bristol too, inland port, it was bombed the heck out of in 2nd World War because of its industry (planes and U boats) and if you walk through the city by the riverside it is so looks so very similar to Bristol with its mixture and style of architecture, I felt at home the first day I was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider hoss rules Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 I was wondering if there was a city in Germany that had 2 teams, one being average the other being a car crash of a club to make some sort of comparison. I was going to google it, but couldn't be arsed in the end....... sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Moonwalker Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, cider hoss rules said: I was wondering if there was a city in Germany that had 2 teams, one being average the other being a car crash of a club to make some sort of comparison. I was going to google it, but couldn't be arsed in the end....... sorry. Berlin is a good example of teams that haven’t really proved they can win loads, surprising really given the city, I guess dividing the city in 2 halves didn’t really help but Hertha are permanent underachievers and Union aren’t too bad but are more the people’s club. Both have still achieved more than Rovers ever will though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 hour ago, slartibartfast said: He played for Villa late 50's early 60's, went to Inter around the same time as Greaves and Law went seeking fortune abroad. Before Hitchens there was a Stoke defender called Neil Franklin, I think, who played in the Columbian League for more dosh in the early fifties. He was also an Englan international and was subsequently banned iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, handsofclay said: Before Hitchens there was a Stoke defender called Neil Franklin, I think, who played in the Columbian League for more dosh in the early fifties. He was also an Englan international and was subsequently banned iirc. I could be wrong here, but didn't he once manage Colchester ? And of course John Charles sort of started the footballing "brain-drain ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Ska Junkie said: Worked there a few times, still not too fond of the Brits. The church that was left standing is a sight to behold though and they've got some wicked micro breweries there. Spent a few lovely evenings in a restaurant with its' own brewery, on the banks of the Elbe. Isn't the church pretty much the only building we didn't level during the war? I believe I may have dined in the same restaurant sjust a few years ago - upstairs on the first floor with wonderful views of the soon, i.e. hours, to be flooded Elbe! Fortunately, the Opera House was also saved (from bombing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 Thanks @PHILINFRANCE, what a gorgeous building that is. There certainly wasn't much left after the RAF visited, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollydog Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 4 hours ago, handsofclay said: I have a few Koln shirts. They're my choice for a German team. Plus they play in red and white and have their mascot, Hennes the goat on their badge which also incorporates Cologne Cathedral. Rather like our old robin badge with the Suspension Bridge. Hennes attends every home game and stays on the touchline. He's currently Hennes VIII. I would go for Koln. Watched them a few years back. Superb stadium and atmosphere and very friendly supporters. We have cider and they have kolsch the local brew. A few of those before the game sets you up nicely! They have a more illustrious history than City but also a feeling of generally never fulfilling their potential which sounds familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gifford Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 Schalke’s post Christmas form seems familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 hour ago, hollydog said: I would go for Koln. Watched them a few years back. Superb stadium and atmosphere and very friendly supporters. We have cider and they have kolsch the local brew. A few of those before the game sets you up nicely! They have a more illustrious history than City but also a feeling of generally never fulfilling their potential which sounds familiar. Spooky, that was almost the same seat I had for a Rolling Stones concert in Cologne circa 98/99. Really enjoyed Dortmund vs Schalke this afternoon.....some cracking goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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