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Matchday Eleven; Dawn of the Debt-ridden
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Any good ghost story begins with a likeable hero, brave, well-intentioned, pure of heart. Usually the scene is set with the hero journeying away from home and at the start of what he expects is some grand leap forward: The completion of research, the acquisition of a rich relative’s estate, taking three points and a [...]
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How I Spent My Pokal Vacation
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Dear Diary;
Well, all the other kids went off to play in the Pokal this mid-week, but we didn’t get to go since Kaiserslautern took us by surprise and knocked us out at the last round. The other teams were very excited to get to the pitch with the hopes of ending the [...]
Category: Bayer Leverkusen Team NewsMatchday Ten: The Swarm.
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Earlier this week, when Jupp Heynckes said that it was time to start showing the other side of Leverkusen, it never once occurred to me this is what he’d meant. Jupp hinted at showing us the offensive side. The side that takes the ball forward and keeps the goal counter clicking ever upwards. That free-flowing, [...]
Category: Bayer Leverkusen Team NewsMatchday Nine: Are we there yet?
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About two hours into the second half of today’s top-of-the-table clash between the Werkself and Hamburg, I found myself wondering what to have for dinner. My mind doesn’t often wander to such jejune considerations while the ball is moving, so I was a bit surprised. Not as surprised, though, as I was to realise that [...]
Category: Bayer Leverkusen Team NewsDiary of a Madman: Fantastical musings on a lonesome Autumn eve
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I spent a very good year with Bayer and I certainly don’t want to spoil anything about that time.
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Category: Bayer Leverkusen Team NewsEnd of discussion
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Yes, Germany’s keeper is amazing. His name is Rene Adler. He plays for Leverkusen.
The city I’m living in is a mosaic of nationalities, ex-pats and those whose hearts reside in the land of their forebears. On a day like today, when key qualifying matches were being played around the world, it’s easy to find a [...]
Category: Bayer Leverkusen Team NewsMatchday Eight: Razing Christmastown
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It’s hard to dislike Nürnberg. A picturesque city whose architecture acts as a living tour through Western history and culture, its Christmas markets are what all tales of Holiday magic spring from. Culturally, the city played a major role in the German Renaissance, and today, culture not being what it used to be, Nürnberg [...]
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