Video: Nurnberg fan set on fire at match

Rob Parker | March 3, 2010

Don’t fan the flames flame the fans

If you’ve ever watched flares being lit at football matches on the continent and wondered how nobody ever got burnt, it turns out they do. This Nurnberg fan is forced to make a slightly slower than you might expect move for the exit after finding himself on fire.
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Video: Louis Van Gaal celebration FAIL!

Rob Parker | January 25, 2010

Bayern boss takes a tumble

Arjen Robben’s winner for Bayern Munich against Werder Bremen was so good that coach Louis Van Gaal felt the need to run headfirst into the ground. Luckily they didn’t add a fourth and the Dutchman didn’t get the opportunity to inflict further self-harm.
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Video: Arjen Robben’s training ground scuffle with Philipp Lahm

Rob Parker | January 20, 2010

Clash of the slight ‘uns

Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben had a spot of handbags with team-mate Philipp Lahm after the Germany international tried to return him to his natural habitat of the treatment room. Lahm’s crunching tackle did not best please the delicate Dutchman, who dished out a couple of brutal pushes and a shrug [...]

Most of Germany’s World Cup hopefuls are already practicing with the official matchball

Rob Parker | December 10, 2009

Germans get World Cup advantage

Fabio Capello is rumoured to be far from pleased after probable members of Germany’s World Cup squad got their hands (and feet) on the official matchball last weekend. Several players in Germany’s Bundesliga, where teams are allowed to choose who supplies their matchball, have already played with the Adidas Jabulani months [...]

Video: Mad Jens Lehmann takes a pee behind his goal

Rob Parker | December 10, 2009

Ageing German keeper can’t control his bladder

Stuttgart keeper Jens Lehmann added another chapter in his catalogue of bizarre behaviour by going to the toilet behind his goal while the ball was still in play. OTP is not convinced that was quite the type of exposure the advertisers were hoping for when they paid for that [...]

Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke dies in reported suicide

Rob Parker | November 10, 2009

Hannover goalie dead after being hit by train

Germany keeper Robert Enke has died after he was hit by a train at a level crossing near to Hannover. The 32-year-old’s death is being treated as suicide by police.
The German football federation (DFB) said in a statement: “The German team has learned of the death of Robert [...]

Video: Jens Lehmann gets owned by a ballboy

Rob Parker | October 27, 2009

It’s gone over his head

Stuttgart keeper Jens Lehmann is desperate to get play re-started quickly as his side chase Hannover’s 1-0 lead. That is why he greets the ballboy at the advertising hoardings like a slobbering Alsatian expectantly awaiting the arrival of the postman.
But the little so-and-so has his own ideas about protecting Hannover’s lead…
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