http://leverkusen.theoffside.com News from Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga football team Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:21:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/robert-enke-24-august-1977-%e2%80%93-10-november-2009-rip.html The last time we saw Michael Skibbe at BayArena, he was there to clean out his desk- the 07/08 season razed on its final matchday, two-and-half years of service to the Werkself scrubbed away. His final memories were of angry supporters building pitchside bonfires of Leverkusen jerseys and a stolen ... http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/matchday-twelve-tearful-reunion.html 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, ... http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/matchday-eleven-dawn-of-the-debt-ridden.html 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 ... http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/how-i-spent-my-pokal-vacation.html 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 ... http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/matchday-ten-the-swarm.html 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 ... http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/matchday-nine-are-we-there-yet.html I spent a very good year with Bayer and I certainly don't want to spoil anything about that time. ... http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/diary-of-a-madman-fantastical-musings-on-a-lonesome-autumn-eve.html 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, ... http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/end-of-discussion.html 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 ... http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/matchday-eight-razing-christmastown.html A note to the broadcast rights holders: Stop it. You’re not going to win and you’re just upsetting people. People like me, who just want to see their club play and have no other option but to rely on the Internet streams made available by unsung heroes. For the profits ... http://leverkusen.theoffside.com/bayer-leverkusen-team-news/matchday-seven-the-billy-goats-snuffed.html