Posts mit dem Label ENG werden angezeigt. Alle Posts anzeigen
Posts mit dem Label ENG werden angezeigt. Alle Posts anzeigen

Sonntag, 6. September 2009

WE162II: Von Fußbällen im Maisfeld und einem preußischen General als Namensgeber

VfB Dehlitz II 0:1 Rot-Weiß Weißenfels II
Samstag, 5. September 2009 - Anstoßzeit 12.00
Reservepokal Burgenland (2. Kreisklasse, 12. Liga gegen Kreisliga, 10. Liga)
Ergebnis: 0:1 nach 90 Min. (45/45) - Halbzeit 0:0
Tor: 0-1 75. Nr. 8.
Verwarnungen: Nr. 11 und Nr. 10 von Dehlitz
Platzverweise: keine
Spielort: Sportplatz Dehlitz-Lösau (Kap. 500)
Zuschauer: 15 (3 Gästefans)
Spielqualität: 2,5/10 (Spiel schwach, Drumherum cool!)

VfB Scharnhorst Großgörschen 1:5 SV Burgwerben
Samstag, 5. September 2009 - Anstoßzeit 15.00
Burgenlandpokal (1. Kreisklasse, 11. Liga gegen Kreisoberliga, 9. Liga)
Ergebnis: 0:1 nach 90 Min. (45/45) - Halbzeit 1:3
Tore: 0-1 15. Nr. 8 SVB, 1-1 27. O. Piller, 1-2 30. Nr. 13 SVB, 1-3 34. Nr. 9 SVB, 1-4 51. Nr. 9 SVB, 1-5 88. Nr. 3 SVB.
Verwarnungen: D. Arndtz, W. Stange, Sebastian (alle Großgörschen)
Platzverweise: keine
Spielort: Sportanlage VfB Scharnhorst Großgörschen (Kap. 1.000)
Zuschauer: 30 (15 Gästefans)
Spielqualität: 6,5/10 (Ordentliches Spiel)

The English version can be found through the following link: [Photos]. From now on, I prefer to use the photo account for reports in English language and this blog for reports in my mother tongue!

An einem windigen Pokalsamstag klappte es dann endlich mal mit dem Besuch in Dehlitz an der Saale, einem schön im Rippachtal gelegenen 550-Einwohner-Dorf. Erst stand natürlich eine kurze Besichtigung des nicht uninteressanten Ortes auf dem Programm. Eine kleine Kirche und ein ausgedehntes Rittergut gibt es. Im Innenhof des Gutes stapelt sich zwar tonnenweise Schrott und Altmetall, aber das Haupthaus mit dem Turm ist ebenso schön, wie das gegenüberliegende, als Restaurant benutzte Gebäude. Interessant ist auch die Kirche der Wüstung Treben. Mehr ist nicht übrig geblieben von dem Ort. Die Kirche wurde aber erhalten. Die Grabsteine direkt davor sind übrigens slawisch.

Hauptziel war natürlich der Fußballverein. Die zweite Mannschaft spielte im Reservepokal gegen Rot-Weiß Weißenfels II und war dabei als klar unterlegen eingeschätzt worden. Auch vom 3er, mit dem wir schnell ins Gespräch kam, wurde eine hohe Niederlage erwartet. Zum Schiedsrichter meinte er, wenn es 0:9 stehe, solle er doch alle weiteren Tore wegen Abseits aberkennen. So weit kam es jedoch nicht. Bis zur 75. Minute lieferte Weißenfels eine derart peinliche Leitung ab, dass sie es nicht fertig brachten, den Ball im Tor unterzubringen. Wenn man sich auch nur fünf Chancen erspielt, ist das auch nicht so einfach. Dehlitz hielt gegen, war aber völlig unfähig, selbst ein Tor zu erzielen. Stark waren die Klärungsaktionen, die die Bälle im Maisfeld, dass das Spielfeld zur Hälfte begrenzt, landen ließen. Nach der einzigen guten Aktion der Gäste stand es 0:1, wobei es bei dem Spielstand auch bleiben sollte. Dehlitz versemmelte fünf Minuten vor Abpfiff seine größte Tormöglichkeit. Spielerisch war das Spiel auch für diese Klasse nicht gut, doch die Atmosphäre war das Kommen wert. Wir bekamen von der Mannschaftsbetreuerin nach Spielschluss sogar noch eine Bilder- und Video-CD zum 90jährigen Bestehen des Vereins geschenkt. Auch mit einem früher bei Chemie Böhlen und vor allem Chemie Leuna aktiven Dehlitzer kamen wir schnell ins Gespräch. Auch diese Kontakte zwischen Leuna und Dehlitz, die bis in die 80er Jahre hinein noch Spielgemeinschaften bildeten, haben uns gefreut. So freundliche Gastgeber wie in Dehlitz hat man wirklich selten, meist wird man in Deutschland und seinen Nachbarländern nicht einmal gegrüßt und als Fremder auf einem Dorf nur wortlos angeglotzt. Beim VfB Dehlitz werden wir auf jeden Fall mal wieder vorbei gucken.
Nach ein paar Kilometern Fahrradfahren waren wir in Großgörschen angelangt. Dort gibt es viele Denkmale, vor allem das von Gerhard Scharnhorst, einem im Kampf gegen Napoleons Truppen 1813 in Großgörschen tödlich verletzten preußischen General. Um ihn wird einiger Personenkult in dem 800-Einwohner-Dorf getrieben, denn auch der Fußballverein – für Deutschland extrem ungewöhnlich, aber diese Namensgebung finde ich richtig gut! – heißt nach ihm. Im Vereinsheim hängt ein Porträt Scharnhorsts, daneben auch eins von Napoleon, und selbst die Satellitenschüssel trägt ein preußisches Kreuz. Das Vereinswappen zeigt das Denkmal für Scharnhorst. Fehlt nur noch eine Wandmalerei oder Tafel für ihn, wie das in arabischen Staaten gerne mit derzeitigen und damaligen Machthabern gemacht wird – da heißen ja Clubs und Stadien auch nach Kalifendynastien wie den Umayyaden oder Abassiden, historischen Schlachtorten wie Qadisiyya oder Hittin oder Persönlichkeiten wie Saladin.

Das Spiel im Burgenlandpokal, der nur für die ersten Mannschaften ist, was ich nur als sehr sinnvoll bezeichnen kann, wenn auch gleizeitig, wie hier im Burgenlandkreis, ein Pokal für die Reserveteams ausgetragen wird, war deutlich besser, als das in Dehlitz, denn vor allem die ersten 35 Minuten, die mit vollem Einsatz, gesunder Härte, vielen Chancen und auch vier Toren, davon drei für die Gäste, deren Anhang die Hälfte der Zuschauer stellte, ausgespielt wurden, waren herrlich. Nach der Pause machte Burgwerben die Entscheidung: 1-4. Danach schlief das Spiel etwas ein und die Gäste brauchten fast 40 Minuten bis zum nächsten Tor.

Nach Abpfiff gingen wir noch Bockwürste essen, was den Betreibern der Sportler-„Gaststätte“ echte Umstände machte, denn bei Spielen von ihnen lohnt es sich mittlerweile gar nicht mehr, irgendwelche Kleinigkeiten zu Essen anzubieten. Maximal Bier wird konsumiert. Beste Vorurteile bedienend.

Der Rückweg verlief schneller als der Hinweg, was mit der Windrichtung zu tun hatte. Alles in Allem mal wieder ein gelungener Ausflug mit zwei neuen Grounds, ein paar interessanten kleinen Sehenswürdigkeiten und angenehmen Fußballspielen.
Statistik:
Ground Nr. 348 (zwei neue Grounds; diese Saison: 17 neue)
Sportveranstaltung Nr. 879 (diese Saison: 20)
Tageskilometer: 60 (Fahrrad)
Saisonkilometer: 7.240 (6.680 Auto, 560 Fahrrad, 0 Bahn, 0 Flugzeug)
Anzahl der Fußballspiele seit dem letzten 0-0: 6
Anzahl der Wochen, seit der letzten Woche ohne eine einzige Sportveranstaltung (31.7.-6.8. 2006): 162

Fotos unter:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090905%20BURGENLANDPOKAL%20DEHLITZ%20UND%20GROSSGOERSCHEN/

Samstag, 22. August 2009

WE160I: The start in the Bezirksliga Leipzig

SSV Stötteritz 0:1 1. FC Lok Leipzig II
Friday, 21st August 2009 - kick-off time 18.30
Bezirksliga Leipzig (7th level, 2nd amateur level*)
Result: 0:1 after 92 min. (45/47) - Halftime 0:0
Goal: 0-1 55th Ronny Mende
Bookings: Erdmenger, Diener, Langheld (SSV), Mende, Froese (Lok)
Sent-offs: none
Stadium: Südost-Stadion (cap. 4,260; 260 seated)
Attendance: 240 (60 away fans)
Match quality: 3.5/10 (Below Average)

* N.B.: From this season on, I will use the following classification: 1. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, 3. Bundesliga = professional divisions; Regionalliga and Oberliga (the two leagues are divided into several groups according to the geographical situation) = semi-professional divisions; and all the leagues beneath are amateur divisions. This classification is unofficial, but the German Football Mafia… excuse me: I meant German Football Federation, calls all the three leagues bearing the name “Bundesliga” officially “professional football leagues”. Those leagues from 6th level downward are called “amateur leagues” by the regional football associations of which there are 21 (some of the 16 German federal states are organised in more than one regional association) in Germany. But there are some obscurities concerning the status of the 4th and 5th level. And as if this wasn’t enough, there are still obscurities about some of the amateur divisions, because even some players of 6th or 7th level clubs are that well remunerated, that they have to pay tax on it. So even that division of which the match I will describe in the following was announced opening match, may contain of semi-professional players.

The skills that the players showed weren’t semi-pro though. After 10 minutes rain delay, an average amateur match went underway. Both teams were even and until the whistle for halftime, neither Stötteritz nor Lok were able to score. Nonetheless, SSV und 1. FC had some effort on the goal.

After the break, Lok became the better and dominant team. After only 10 minutes were played, Lok’s Ronny Mende scored the golden goal of that day. The final 10 minutes were the best of the entire match, with a lot of wasted chances, saves by the two goalkeepers and some emotions. Even in these 10 minutes, Lok had more scoring chances and actions taken than Stötteritz. That’s why we can say, that this victory by Lok Leipzig II – actually their under-23 team – was deserved.

Concerning the surroundings, I must say, that there were some funny fans. About six persons supported Stötteritz almost the whole game; one young adult – probably a wannabe-Ultra – another young adult, obviously mentally handicapped, and four small childen (perhaps of SSV’s under-10 team). The two older ones were the more active ones with a megaphone and a mobile which they used for playing football related music. The young kids screamed shrilly “SSV – Stötteritz” and tried to provoke players of Lok with remarks like: “Brush your tooth you Lok supporter!”
Statistics:
Ground No. 341 (one new ground; this season: 10 new grounds)
Sporting event No. 869 (this season: 11)
Kilometres that day: 80 (bike)
Km this season: 6,010 (5,790 car, 220 bike, 0 public transport, 0 aeroplane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 4
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 160

For more photos see:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090821%20SSV%20Stoetteritz%200-1%20Lok%20Leipzig%20II/

Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2009

WE157II: Pre-season, Kickers Markkleeberg - VfB Zwenkau

Kickers 94 Markkleeberg 5:0 VfB Zwenkau
Wednesday, 29th July 2009 - kick-off time 19.00
Pre-season match (Sachsenliga, 6th level (2nd amateur division) vs Bezirksliga, 7th level)
Result: 5:0 after 90 min. (45/45) - Half-time 4:0
Goals: 1-0 14th Stefan Mann, 2-0 20th Ronny Delitzsch, 3-0 27th Ronny Delitzsch, 4-0 38th Stefan Hofmann, 5-0 82nd Nico Breitkopf
Bookings: Nico Breitkopf (Kickers), Hitschke (Zwenkau)
Sent-offs: none
Stadium: Sportpark Camillo Ugi (cap. 6,000; among them 800 covered seats)
Attendance: 80 (5 away fans)
Match quality: 4.0/10 (Below Average)

Bordering Leipzig to the south, Markkleeberg is a small city in Saxony (about 24,000 inhabitants). There are no places of interest - but as in almost every city, there are few old or spectacular houses; here it’s the town hall and an estate - so we directly went to the stadium. There are two stadia, so naturally we arrived at the wrong one first, were no match was played. We asked the club’s restaurant’s hostess for the way to the stadium of the other club and she described the 2km ride to Sportpark Camillo Ugi, named after an Italian-German footballer of the early 20th century.

The admission fee was sauce: don’t know why that club at Leipzig’s arse end needs to demand the league tickets prices in a pre-season match. But that’s a typical Central-European way of rip-off. Strange enough, some of the drinks at the foodstall were dirt-cheap. Until half-time, the match was almost worth 4.50€ (3.50€ reduced ticket for students and some others), because Kickers Markkleeberg played a good style of football. Zwenkau shot on the goal twice and was inferior in all the other aspects of the match. In regular intervals, Markkleeberg scored with nice shots: among them a 20m hammer right beside the post.

In the second half, Zwenkau had one big effort on the goal, but the striker headed the ball over the near post. Markkleeberg’s greatest highlights in the second half were all work of Nico Breitkopf, former player of Sachsen Leipzig and Hallescher FC (useless and unsuccessful in both the clubs). Firstly, he scored a lovely goal by a wide-range shot into the corner; secondly he felt over Zwenkau’s Hitschke in the visiting team’s box and accused him of serious foul play. That - and Hitschkes reply - were the reasons, why that clean match saw two yellow cards, finally.

Full-time and Markkleeberg’s five goals to Zwenkau’s zero clearly showed the difference in the playing skills, not just depending on the different level.

Statistics:
Ground No. 333 (new ground; this season: 2)
Sporting event No. 860 (this season: 2)
Kilometres that day: 80 (bike)
Km this season: 130 (130 bike, 0 car, 0 public transport, 0 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 49
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 157

For more photos see:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090729%20Kickers%20Markkleeberg%205-0%20VfB%20Zwenkau/

Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2009

WE156I: A pre-season match in Leipzig; SSV Stötteritz is out of Chemie Leipzig’s league

BSG Chemie Leipzig 1:8 SSV Stötteritz
Tuesday, 21st July 2009 - kick-off time 19.00
Pre-Season (2. Stadtklasse Leipzig (11th level, 6th amateur level) vs Bezirksliga Leipzig (7th level, 2nd amateur level))
Result: 1:8 after 90 min. (45/45) - Halftime 0:5
Goals: 0:1 15th, 0:2 22nd, 0:3 24th (own goal), 0:4 36th, 0:5 41st, 0:6 58th, 0:7 63rd, 0:8 73rd, 1:8 80. Kevin Kieb
Bookings: one yellow cards BSG
Sent-offs: none
Stadium: Willi-Kühn-Sportplatz 2 (cap. 1,000)
Attendance: 150 (10 away fans)
Match quality: 6.0/10 (Above the pre-season average)

The team we watched today has a very interesting background. BSG Chemie Leipzig - the former name, used in the GDR, of what is nowadays FC Sachsen Leipzig - is not a re-foundation of a renamed club, but a new foundation relating to the old club, Lok Leipzig’s all times rival.
The founders are outlawed and frustrated organised supporters of FC Sachsen Leipzig that want to fight for their ideas and ideals in that way. Maybe it is really the best way to show your dissatisfaction for commercialised professional football by founding an amateur team.
The project worked well in the past season: BSG Chemie dominated the 3. Stadtklasse Leipzig, the 12th and lowest level, by winning almost every match. Consequently, they gained promotion to level 11 (2. Stadtklasse).
Today, they had to play against a superior opponent who is well established in the 2nd amateur division. Nonetheless, Chemie was the better team in the first quarter of an hour. The first good scene of Stötteritz was used for scoring the very first goal. Two stupid mistakes in the defence later and Stötteritz added two more goals to their tally. Until half time, SSV scored twice again, so 0:5 was the far too high result after 45 minutes.
In the second half, Stötteritz scored three goals within 15 minutes. Chemie did not even have a single scoring chance during that time when Stötteritz showed why they are in the Bezirksliga. Deservedly, Chemie used their only chance between the 40th and 80th minute: Kevin Kieb scored the consolation goal.
1:8 was the final result. 150 fans watched that nice match - in regular season matches, Chemie is supported by up to 500 fans (an extraordinary high number in that division): Ultra style support of course! This time, the admission fee of 2€ was quite high, but nonetheless neither too high (their neighbouring club SpVgg 1899 are real hustlers), nor unjustified.

Statistics:
Ground No. 329 (new ground; this season: 100)
Sporting event No. 851 (this season: 208)
Kilometres that day: 70 (bike)
Km this season: 26,870 (12,810 car/ 5,570 public transport/ 5,530 bike/ 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 41
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 156

For more photos see:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090721%20BSG%20Chemie%20Leipzig%201-8%20SSV%20Stoetteritz/

Sonntag, 5. Juli 2009

WE153I: Winterthur dominates the World Cup tournament in Magdeburg - Post SV increased towards the end

Cycle Ball World Cup - Tournament in Magdeburg
Saturday, 4th July 2009 - begin 11.30
Tournament of the Cycle Ball World Cup Season 2009
Goals: 198 in 27 matches (average: 7.3 per match)
Bookings: none
Sent-offs: none
Sports hall: Hermann-Gieseler-Halle (cap. 1,500 seated)
Attendance: 30-100 (1st round), 150 (final round)
Day-out entertainment: 7.0/10 (fine at all)
On a hot Saturday morning, we went by train to Magdeburg where a tournament of the cycle ball world cup was scheduled in the Hermann-Gieseler-Halle, that is usually used for handball and basketball matches. The under-aged teams of SC Magdeburg - the famous handball club - usually play their matches in that old market hall. It is one of Germany’s oldest and most beautiful sports halls.
In the following I will come to every match of the tournament that started without any show in front of 30 fans at 11.30. If not indicated in another way, all the teams are from Germany.
I can anticipate the fact that in the next hours, the number of visitors rose to up to 150.
Stahlroß Obernfeld 10:1 Post Magdeburg
The hosts were absolutely nervous, so they were devastated in a one-sided match by one of Germany’s best teams. Obernfeld dominated in every department, so that that drivelling idiot in our row - a former cycle ball player, who did not get any of the changes in that sport in the recent 40 years - shut up complaining about the fact that Obernfeld was substitution for another team only.

Blau-Gelb Ehrenberg 8:5 SC Kolárovo (SVK)
One of the best matches in that tournament, not only because it saw a lot of goals, but because of the technical skills of Ehrenberg and the fighting spirit of Kolárovo - it was their best match in the tournament - as well.

MO Svitávka (CZ) 3:4 SNA Gent (BEL)
Gent - usually they finish 9th or 10th in such a tournament - was surprisingly good. The Belgian champion defeated one of Czechs mediocre teams by one goal in a partially boring match.

SC Svitávka (CZ) 4:3 RC Höchst 2 (AUT)
MO’s town rivals SC did it better against one of Austria’s top teams by defeating them with the same result in a better match.

VMC Oftringen (SUI) 4:3 Post Magdeburg
After an absolutely embarrassing performance of Magdeburg, the weak Swiss team from Oftringen won 4:3. Twice a minute, Magdeburg’s Gollos fall off the bike. In that match, it seemed as they could not play cycle ball. They made mistakes, that only absolute beginners make and complained and fouled totally unprofessional. What a poor performance!

RV Winterthur (SUI) 8:1 SC Kolárovo (SVK)
The Swiss top team was dominating the whole match: Winterthur played very impressive cycle ball, while Kolárovo was as weak as expected.

Stahlroß Obernfeld 3:2 SNR Gent (BEL)
In an average match, Obernfeld defeated the Belgian champion by one goal only.

Blau-Gelb Ehrenberg 4:1 RC Höchst 2 (AUT)
Another average match, another three goals difference victory of Ehrenberg near Altenburg, Thuringia. The second half was not half as good as the first one.

MO Svitávka (CZ) 3:3 VMC Oftringen (SUI)
Not a good performance by neither Svitávka nor Oftringen. Finally a deserved draw.

SC Svitávka (CZ) 5:5 RV Winterthur (SUI)
Once again SC played far better than MO. This match was the best of the entire tournament! Five times the Czechs went in front by one goal, but the Swiss always equalised immediately: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, half time, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5. Another deserved draw.

SNA Gent (BEL) 7:4 Post Magdeburg
The third match in which Gent showed quite good skills, and the first one in which Magdeburg did that. Unfortunately their lack of concentration and power in the last three minutes made them loss.

RC Höchst 2 (AUT) 6:4 SC Kolárovo (SVK)
Average match, but many goals.

VMC Oftringen (SUI) 1:3 Stahlroß Obernfeld
That was the weakest match of the tournament.

Blau-Gelb Ehrenberg 1-4 RV Winterthur (SUI)
Winterthur easily defeated Ehrenberg in a match that was better in the first half.

MO Svitávka (CZ) 3:4 Post Magdeburg
Magdeburg’s first victory, consequently against one of the weakest teams in the world cup. A deserved win all in all.

SC Svitávka (CZ) 5:2 SC Kolárovo (SVK)
A boring match after a good performance of a young lady showing artistic biking.

VMC Oftringen (SUI) 2:2 SNA Gent (BEL)
A draw without highlights.

RC Höchst 2 (AUT) 2:4 RV Winterthur (SUI)
Winterthur played an excellent style in the first eight minutes, then they waited for counter strikes. The dark-haired guy from Höchst disturbed everybody with his stupid way of complaining about nonsense. Nice scene, when a Winterthur played put his bike in that guy’s way when he run with his bike off the ground for reparation work, so that the Höchst player felt over his bike.

Stahlroß Obernfeld 7:3 MO Svitávka (CZ)
A lot of goals in a one-sided game.

Blau-Gelb Ehrenberg 7:1 SC Svitávka (CZ)
An embarrassing performance of the world champion Svitávka. They were devastated by Ehrenberg - a team that is impotent to play good in every tournament, so they have a wide range of results - with 7:1. Especially in the second half, Svitáka behaved aggressive and unfair towards Ehrenberg players.

That was the last match of the first round. The tables were as follows:

Group A:
1. Stahlroß Obernfeld 23:7 goals, 12 points
2. SNA Gent (BEL) 15:12, 7
3. VMC Oftringen (SUI) 10:11, 5
4. Post Magdeburg 12:24, 3
5. MO Svitávka (CZ) 12:18, 1

Group B:
1. RV Winterthur (SUI) 21:9, 10
2. Blau-Gelb Ehrenberg 13:10, 9
3. SC Svitávka (CZ) 14:10, 7
4. RC Höchst 2 (AUT) 12:16, 3
5. SC Kolárovo 12:27, 0

Then the placement matches were played.

Place 9/10: MO Svitávka 4:4/ 6:5p SC Kolárovo
In a good and thrilling match, MO avoided the last spot in a long penalty shoot-out after the match finished even.

Semi-final 1: Stahlroß Obernfeld 1:2 Blau-Gelb Ehrenberg
Three goals in one match was the lowest goal rate, 7.3 being average. But despite that, it was an entertaining match of good quality.

Semi-final 2: SNA Gent (BEL) 3:5 RV Winterthur (SUI)
Far more goals but not as good as the other semi-final. Winterthur went in front by four goals in the first half, immediately scored after the change of sides and then did not do anything, so Gent was able to score three times.

Place 7/8: Post Magdeburg 2:2/ 3:1p RC Höchst 2 (AUT)
A goalless draw at half-time, then two goals on each side and finally Gollos on a height in the penalty shoot-out. That guy really increased his performance from match to match within that tournament.

Place 5/6: SC Svitávka (CZ) 5:4 VMC Oftringen (SUI)
After a second artistic cycling performance by a young lady, the world champions fought for the fifth place. Not satisfying for them, but better than place six. In an even match, Svitávka won - despite a 4:3 deficit two minutes before the end - 5:4.

Place 3/4: Stahlroß Obernfeld 3:1 SNA Gent (BEL)
In a close match, Obernfeld obtained the third place with a deserved victory. Gent can be satisfied with that fourth place, usually they finish ninth or tenth.

Final: RV Winterthur (SUI) 7:3 Blau-Gelb Ehrenberg
There can’t be any discussions: Winterthur was the best team in that tournament and the most dominating team I ever saw in a cycle ball world cup event. Despite Ehrenberg was up twice to the beginning of the final match, Winterthur kept cool and countered. 6:2 at half time. 7:3 was the final result in a one-sided final match.

Winterthur is one of the favourites for gaining the title that is offered next year in March in a last tournament in Chemnitz.
Statistics:
Ground No. 328 (not a new ground; this season: 98)
Sporting event No. 835 (this season: 202)
Kilometres that day: 210 (200 train, 10 bike)
Km this season: 26,490 (12,810 car; 5,570 public transport; 5,150 bike; 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 35
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 153

For more photos see:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090704%20RADBALL-WORLD-CUP-TURNIER%20IN%20MAGDEBURG/

Freitag, 19. Juni 2009

WE151II: This time, Leuna hadn’t to wait long for the first goal

TSV Leuna 1919 AH 7:0 SV Wallendorf AH
Friday, 19th June 2009 - kick-off time 18.00
Friendly match old boys’
Result: 7:0 after 65 min. (33/32) - Halftime 4:0
Goals: 1-0 1st Mario Melchior, 2-0 11th Frank Fulde, 3-0 13th No. 6, 4-0 25th No. 6, 5-0 38th Hölzlein, 6-0 44th No. 6, 7-0 58th Mario Melchior
Bookings: none
Sent-offs: none
Grounds: Sportstätte der Jugend (cap. 1,000; 10 seated)
Attendance: 8 (4 away fans)
Match quality: 7.0/10 (fine)

As usual on Fridays, we watched an old boys’ match (over-35), this time TSV Leuna took on SV Wallendorf. Actually I expected the match to be played in the Stadium of Peace (Stadion des Friedens), but it was played at the Sports Ground of the Youth (Sportstätte der Jugend). No problem though, we arrived right to the kick-off, but Leuna did not hang about: we could not even take a seat under the roof before Leuna scored their first goal. In the last match of them we watched, Leuna needed an hour to score. In the next 15 minutes, Leuna showed really good playing skills - especially compared to other seniors’ teams - and scored twice, while Wallendorf did their best and wasted some chances. Leuna scored a fourth goal before the break.
After the break, Leuna had great chances for setting the scoreboard to a two-digit-result, but wasted most of them, so that they “only” added three further goals to their tally. Wallendorf was not very bad or so, but failed all the time in front of the penalty area. Even when they entered the penalty area, they were not able to force the ball over the line. Not even a ridiculous penalty helped them: they missed it by a shot to the left post.
The final result of that nice match was a 7-0.
Statistics:
Ground No. 326 (not a new one; this season: 96 new grounds)
Sporting event No. 828 (this season: 195)
Kilometres that day: 10 (bike)
Km this season: 26,080 (12,810 car/ 5,370 public transport/ 4,940 bike/ 2,960 plane)!
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 33
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 151

For more photos see:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090619%20TSV%20Leuna%201919%20AH%207-0%20SV%20Wallendorf%20AH/

Samstag, 30. Mai 2009

WE148III: Lack of players and loads of goals in Halle

Kanenaer SV II --:-- TSG Wörmlitz-Böllberg III
Called-off due to withdrawal Kanenaer SV II

TSG Kröllwitz 2:4 Turbine Halle II
Saturday, 30th May 2009 - kick-off time 15.00
Stadtliga (10th level, 6th amateur level)
Result: 2:4 after 92 min. (45/47) - Halftime 1:2
Goals: 0-1 6th, 0-2 19th, 1-2 37th, 1-3 47th, 1-4 53nd, 2-4 57th
Bookings: 2x Turbine
Sent-offs: none
Sports ground: Sportplatz Donnersberg (cap. 250)
Attendance: 15 (5 away fans)
Match quality: 6.0/10 (O.K.)

As last Saturday, we made our way to Halle. Before we entered any football ground, I had to buy a new camera due to the mechanical damage that occurred without any visible reason the day before. I purchased a Fujifilm Finepix S2000 for 259€. Good price, hopefully good quality. I couldn’t test that camera right after the bargain due to lack of loaded batteries. But my old camera was still able to take pictures, unless I didn’t choose 2.5x or 3.5x zoom.
In Kanena I did not take any picture at all, because the match was called-off due to lack of players. Because of that problem, Kanenaer SV withdrew their team few days before that Saturday. Unfortunately, I did not read the news.
Originally, we wanted to watch a match of Post- und Telekom SV, but their ground beside a frequented and dirty street in an eastern borough of Halle was still closed 90 minutes before the game, so we decided to bike to the other end of Halle, to Kröllwitz in the green and beautiful north of the city, instead of hanging around in front of the office of the German postal service besides which that club PTSV (Post and Telecommunication Sports Club) plays.
The ground in Kröllwitz is beautifully packed between houses, trees and a rocky hill called Donnersberg. That hill is the highest spot of Halle, from which you can overlook the city.
After we ate an excellent Bratwurst, the match of the Stadtliga - TSG Kröllwitz faced Turbine Halle II - started. After six minutes were played, Turbine scored their first goal with a beautiful volley. The second one followed a quarter of an hour later. Then Kröllwitz put up pressure upon Turbine. Consequently, Kröllwitz scored their first goal before the break.
Within fife minutes in the second half, the visiting team added two more goals to their tally, so that the winner of the match seemed to be clear. Kröllwitz scored once more, but two goals and loads of wasted chances were not enough. Furthermore, it was not enough to shoot an opponent’s shoulder and shouting therefore “hand play!” for causing a penalty against Turbine. But it is disturbing to act like that!
Most of the time, the match was fast paced, so watching was interesting. In the table, Kröllwitz remained 10th, Turbine II 6th. It is uncertain, how many of the 16 teams will be relegated to 1. Stadtklasse or promoted to Stadtoberliga.
Statistics:
Ground No. 316 (new ground; this season: 86)
Sporting event No. 814 (this season: 181)
Kilometres that day: 60 (bike)
Km this season: 24,830 (12,810 car; 4,580 public transport; 4,480 bike; 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 21
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 148

For more photos see:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090530%20TSG%20Kroellwitz%202-4%20Turbine%20Halle%20II/

Samstag, 23. Mai 2009

WE147III: 10 yellow cards but just 1 goal scored

SV 48 Bruckdorf 0:1 Hallesche Transport Betriebe
Saturday, 23rd May 2009 - kick-off time 15.00
Stadtliga Halle (10th level, 5th amateur level)
Result: 0:1 after 95 min. (47/48) - Halftime 0:1
Goal: 42nd Minute
Bookings: Bruckdorf 6, HTB 4
Sent-offs: none
Ground: Sportplatz Bruckdorf (cap. 800)
Attendance: 45 (10 away fans)
Match quality: 5.0/10 (average)

The first thing we did when we arrived in Halle, was buying the overpriced tickets for the cup final of Saxony-Anhalt (Landespokal Sachsen-Anhalt). 18€ for good seats. 18€ for comfortable seats in a covered, modern stadium? O.K.! But 18€ for semi-professional footballers? Rip-off! And those shit heads from Magdeburg did not sell reduced tickets to the shop in Halle.
We went on to a suburb called Bruckdorf for watching football on a boring, featureless ground surrounded by a Bundesstrasse and some allotment gardens.
The match started slowly, but after 15 minutes, we had seen some shots on the goal by the visiting team SG HTB. The hauliers - Transport Betriebe refers to a hauliers company - were the better team all over the first half. From 15th to 30th minute the match was lame, but leastwise a Bruckdorf player committed a foul in the penalty area. He accused his opponent of a dive, and disturbingly, that referee did not award a penalty to HTB. However, they came back with great scoring chances once again. After 42 minutes, Bruckdorf deservedly scored the first and only goal of the match. Mainly due to ill-discipline of the hosts. Two Bruckdorf players tackled one attacker in the penalty-box, but he was able to pass the ball across and while four Bruckdorf players verbally attacked the abovementioned HTB player, another one passed across again so that finally a third one tapped in.
The problem concerning Bruckdorf’s discipline continued in the second half. 9 out of 10 referee decisions were right, but Bruckdorf players, fans and officials complained about all the 10 referee decisions. All the time, they were provoking and complaining. It must be difficult as a referee, to cope with a team, were many players shout “hand play!” when they shot against an opponent’s shoulder, or “foul!” when an opponent cleanly took the ball from a Bruckdorf player. Sometimes they even called opponents “wanker” or used other vulgar words unheard by the referee. One of the linesmen was threatened after the match, because he revoked the supposed equaliser due to an offside position 10 minutes before the final whistle.
Although Bruckdorf played better than HTB in the second half, I granted HTB the victory and couldn’t help laughing at those unfriendly hosts.
Statistics
Ground No. 314 (new ground; this season: 84)
Sporting event No. 809 (this season: 176)
Kilometres that day: 40km by bike
Km this season: 24.415 (12,810 car/ 4,335 bike/ 4,310 public transport/ 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 17
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 147

For more photos see:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090523%20Bruckdorf%200-1%20Hallesche%20Transport%20Betriebe/

WE147II: Castles and Handball

SC Magdeburg 35:16 Stralsunder HV
Friday, 22nd May 2009 - begin 19.30
1. Handball Bundesliga
Result: 35:16 after 60 min. - Halftime 17:7
Goals SCM: van Olphen 6, Sprenger 6, Grafenhorst 4, Wiegert 4, Cossbau 4, Theuerkauf 4, Stiebler 2, Grohmann 2, Jurecki 2, Böhm 1
Goals SHV: Brandt 6, Schwerin 5, Hinz 2, Hoffmann 2, Libergs 1
Time penalties: 4 minutes against each team
Sent-offs: none
Sports hall: Bördelandhalle (cap. 8,000; 7,200 seated)
Attendance: 4,500 (50 away fans)
Match quality: 3.0/10 (boring)
Day-out entertainment: 7,0/10 (nice)

This time we travelled more kilometres by train than by bike, but the bike route wasn’t too short. After we arrived at Schönebeck, a town several kilometres south of Magdeburg, we jumped off the train and made our way by bike. First, we had a look at the few sights of that town that doesn’t deserve its name meaning probably “beautiful stream/ creek” - that stream is a big river (Elbe) and that town isn’t beautiful nor is the river in particular. Among the sights are some architectural details at some private homes and a church that changed its outfit so often, that you have a mixture of several architectural styles now.
Then, we rode 6km by bike to Plötzky, a village near Schönebeck on the other shore of the river Elbe. Plötzky has a beautiful Romanesque church. So has neighbouring village Pretzien. While we could have a look inside the church in Plötzky, the - concerning the exterior - more beautiful church in Pretzien was closed.
Several kilometres on, we arrived at Dornburg, a small village in the middle of the nature, relatively far away from the next city, which has a spectacular baroque castle. It needs renovation, which partially started so far. That’s the reason, why you are not allowed to enter the castle. Nonetheless you may enter the church, although it is under renovation, too. You can even ascend the pulpit and walk on the third gallery. Flanking the church lays a small restaurant, were we ate a Schnitzel.
Then we went on to Leitzkau, were a far more spectacular castle is situated. That one does not need restoration work, but it is not regularly open to public though. The castle was built right beside a monastery. There are still people living in the farm buildings of the castle, but at least the buildings look very shady. If that castle would be situated in Eastern Europe, I would bet there were Romany living.
Next stop: Lindau. Lindau is a well known town situated on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) - and a small village east of Magdeburg. There is a round castle - not very well preserved due to wars in the 17th century and earlier, but under restoration - on a small hill.
Our last stop was Loburg, were we simply took a photo of the fortification tower, an industrial building, the town hall and finally the castle - which was closed - and then hurried to catch the train to Magdeburg. The next time we will visit Loburg - probably next season, when there is another handball match or an easy to access football match (the next football match in Magdeburg we want to watch will be played next week and we will not have time for sightseeing then) - we will have a look at the modern church and the ruined church, that we saw from distance only.
After our arrival in Magdeburg, we ate something in our favourite Turkish restaurant, and then rode to the sports hall “Bördelandhalle” were SC Magdeburg faced Stralsunder HV. SC Magdeburg struggles for the international positions, while Stralsund is already relegated. And so did they play. Stralsund was so weak, that there is no need to describe the match with many words. That team is a caricature of a professional handball team. A laugher! They should be relegated to Kreisliga!
SC Magdeburg just played how an average German professional team has to play and easily gained a clean victory by 35:16 goals. 19 goals difference! Unfortunately, I can’t appreciate the match high, because Magdeburg played all right and Stralsund ridiculous.

Statistics
Ground No. 313 (not a new ground; this season: 83)
Sporting event No. 808 (this season: 175)
Kilometres that day: 290 (70 bike, 220 train)
Km this season: 23.985 (12,810 car/ 4,310 public transport/ 4,295 bike/ 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 16
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 147

Photos:
Architecture and landscape:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090522aStrasse%20der%20Romanik%20-Schoenebeck%20bis%20Loburg/
The handball match:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090522b%20SC%20Magdeburg%2035-16%20Stralsunder%20HV/

Samstag, 16. Mai 2009

WE146III: Two amateur matches in Halle, two new grounds

SG Hallesche Transport Betriebe II 3:2 TSG Wörmlitz-Böllberg III
Saturday, 16th May 2009 - kick-off time 13.00
1. Stadtklasse Halle (11th level, 7th amateur level)
Result: 3:2 after 96 min. (49/47) - Halftime 1:1
Goals: 0-1 13th, 1-1 15th, 1-2 72nd, 2-2 79th, 2-3 83rd
Bookings: 2 yellow cards TSG III
Sent-offs: none
Ground: Sportplatz am Goldberg - HTB (cap. 1,000)
Attendance: 16 (7 away supporters)
Match quality: 5.5/10 (slightly above average)

Reideburger SV 1:1 SV Blau-Weiß Dölau
Saturday, 16th May 2009 - kick-off time 15.00
Stadtoberliga Halle (9th level, 5th amateur level)
Result: 1:1 after 94 min. (46/48) - Halftime 1:1
Goals: 1-0 3rd, 1-1 11th
Bookings: RSV 2, BWD 4
Sent-offs: none
Stadium: Reidburger Sportanlage (cap. 1,000; 20 seated)
Attendance: 50 (15 away fans)
Match quality: 4.5/10 (slightly below average)

We made our way trough the congested traffic of Halle - that’s the only thing, why Halle can be called a big city: that fucking traffic! - to the northeast of the city. In that part of the city, Halle is very rural. Unpaved roads, trees, meadows and between small houses and allotment gardens, there is an unspectacular football ground. You will miss the entrance if you don’t know it, because it looks like an entrance to one of the gardens.
The hosting team is called SG HTB - Sport Gemeinschaft Hallesche Transport Betriebe - and that day its B-Team played a match against the C-Team of Wörmlitz-Böllberg. The visiting team took the lead with a nice goal through a shot from inside the penalty area after a short while. But only two minutes later, SG HTB equalised with another nice goal. The match remained on a high level until half time.
After the break, the match’s quality decreased. Luckily, from the 65th minute on, the match became better once more. In minute 72nd, the technically and tactically superior team - Wörmlitz-Böllberg - took the lead. Seven minutes later, HTB equalised once again, this time by a wonderful banana shot from a 30m distance into the angle of the goal. After Transport Betriebe scored a third time, which should be the final goal, in minute 83, the match saw its best and most thrilling phase. Two times HTB hit the post and there were three shots on the goal that only a defender standing on the goal line could stop.
3:2 was the final result and we immediately made our way south-east towards Reideburg’s ground, which is not too easy, because there is a closed road close to the ground of HTB. Crossing a four lane Bundesstrasse by bike is not that easy… I do not know why that shitty hicktown Halle can’t build a bridge or some traffic lights there.
We almost came too late in Reideburg, but we saw the first goal, and after the second one, we ordered some Bockwursts. However, it was a fast-paced and entertaining match on an interesting ground. You can even call it a stadium, because of the tiny tribune.
The middle of the first half wasn’t good anymore, but few minutes before the break, the match became better. In the second half some players were cautioned due to foul play or unsportsmanlike conduct. It was funny from time to time, how often players complained about the referee, although that guy and his two assistants were really confident.
Due to the weak exploitation of scoring chances, the match ended 1-1. Luckily we were in time: it must have been annoying, when you came 12 minutes too late to the match…
Statistics
Ground No. 311 (two new grounds; this season: 81)
Sporting event No. 806 (this season: 173)
Kilometres that day: 50 (bike)
Km this season: 23,800 (12,810 car; 4,120 bike; 4,010 public transport; 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 14
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 146

For more photos see:
1st match
2nd match

Samstag, 2. Mai 2009

WE144III: SG 05 beat the police

Polizeisportverein Halle 0:3 SG Halle 05
Saturday, 2nd May 2009 - kick-off time 15.00
Stadtliga Halle (10th level, 6th amateur division)
Result: 0:3 after 92 min. (45/47) - Halftime 0:3
Goals: 0-1 4th, 0-2 21st, 0-3 30th
Bookings: two yellow cards for each team
Sent-offs: No. 8 SG 05 (repeatedly arguing with the referee)
Stadium: Stadion am Galgenberg (cap. 1,800)
Attendance: 25 (3 away fans)
Match quality: 3.0/10 (not so good)

After a long and great trip to Stendal the day before, my dad and I wanted to see another ground in Halle. This time: the last stadium in Halle, that we did not visit before. Now there are only some grounds without any stands on the list. The Galgenberg-Stadion is an unspectacular one with a six-row stand on one long side, shaded by some trees. Behind that stand there is another football pitch and the mountain which gave the stadium its name: Galgenberg - hang men’s mountain. Interestingly, the team of the Police Club plays in the shadow of that mountain.
We had an expensive but excellent meal in the club’s restaurant before the kick-off and four minutes after the match started in front of a few emotionless fans, SG Halle 05 scored the first goal.
A quarter of an hour later, Halle set the scoreboard to 0:2 and another few minutes later, they even scored a third time. That SG 05 is just ranked 11th, while Polizei SV is ranked 9th, was not visible. The visiting team was superior in every department but in discipline: I do not know, what that shithead with the number 8 thought, but the right thing after that useless arguing with the referee was that sent-off.
In the second half, the mediocre level of the match went down to weak entertainment. There wasn’t any goal scored anymore.

Statistics
Ground No. 305 (new ground; this season: 75)
Sporting event No. 797 (this season: 164)
Kilometres that day: 50 (bike)
Km this season: 23,530 (12,810 car/ 3,990 public transport/ 3,870 bike/ 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 6
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 144

Click here for photos!

Sonntag, 26. April 2009

WE143III: Some women’s football to the end of the weekend

SG Motor Halle 1:4 Hellas Oranienbaum
Sunday, 26th April 2008 - kick-off time 14.00
Unionsliga (6th level in women’s football)
Result: 1:4 after 62 min. (31/31) - Halftime 1:2
Goals: 0-1 2nd, 0-2 8th, 1-2 17th, 1-3 38th, 1-4 48th
Bookings: none
Sent-offs: none
Ground: Sportplatz Motor (cap. 1,000)
Attendance: 15 (1 away fan)
Match quality: 4.0/10 (not as bad as expected)

My dad went on a business trip early that morning - right after our aforementioned tour to the Czech Republic - so the new ground in Halle was to be done alone.
I decided, due to lack of Sunday matches and time, to watch a match of a lower women’s division. Luckily it was played on a 60x40m pitch with 8 players a side, so the ladies had not too big problems to run from one end of the pitch to the other one within less than 30 seconds. All in all, most of the players were not as weak as expected before.
Due to a goalkeeper’s mistake it was ensured after not even two minutes, that this match won’t end goalless. After 10 minutes, Halle had their first good opportunity and from then on, they were slightly better than Oranienburg until halftime. But Motor wasted too many chances, so 1:2 was the result after 30 minutes.
In the next half of an hour, Oranienburg used about half of their opportunities and Halle continued wasting chances. Even a penalty went begging. 1:4 was the final result.
After arriving back home, I watched Esperance Tunis vs ES Setif on live-streaming web-TV. Taraji won 2:0 in a - once again - great match, so my favourite Tunisian team will face Wydad Casablanca in the final match of the Arabian Championsleague.
Statistics:
Ground No. 302 (new ground; this season: 72)
Sporting event No. 794 (this season: 161)
Kilometres that day: 30 (bike)
Km this season: 23,080 (12,810 car/ 3,710 bike/ 3,670 public transport/ 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 3
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 143

For more photos see:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090426%20Motor%20Halle%201-4%20Hellas%20Oranienbaum%20-%20Frauen/

Freitag, 17. April 2009

WE142III: A lot of goals this Friday evening

VfB IMO Merseburg (Alte Herren - VfB) 8:2 (3:1) ESV Merseburg Old Stars/ PNVG
Friday, 17th April 2008 - kick-off time 18.00
Old boys friendly match (non-league)
Result: 8:2 after 71 min. (36/35) - Halftime 3:1
Goals: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2, 8-2.
Bookings: none
Sent-offs: none
Stadium: Stadion am Ottoweg (cap. 5,000; 100 seated)
Attendance: 10 (2 away fans)
Match quality: 6.0/10 (O.K.)

In an entertaining Friday evening old boys’ match, the hosts - VfB IMO Merseburg - were obviously the more skilled team in comparison to ESV/ PNVG Merseburg. After six minutes they scored the first goal, and after ESV had their first scene in front of their opponents’ goal, they scored by their second attack in minute 13. After that, ESV did not attack IMO’s goal until half time anymore, while IMO scored two goals.
In the second half they added two more goals to their tally, but the fifth one was dubious. It was not obvious whether the ball passed the line or not, but hosting teams supporting referees are quite normal in VfB IMO club. Another goal scored by IMO was annulled due to off-side position, while ESV scored their second goal by a long distance shot that bounced over the goalkeeper into the net. IMO - most of their players played for Stahl Merseburg 15-30 years ago, but Stahl merged with VfB to VfB IMO - then added three further goals to their tally and therefore finished that match with a clean 8:2 victory.

You may wonder about the abbreviations in the clubs’ names:
VfB: Verein für Ballsport (club for ball games)
IMO: Industriemontagen (industry installations)
ESV: Eisenbahnersportverein (railwaymen sports club)
PNVG: Personennahverkehrsgesellschaft (public transport company)
And about the combination of the second club's name:
ESV Merseburg Old Stars and PNVG Merseburg-Querfurt obviously merged before this season to ESV Merseburg Old Stars/ PNVG. Surely due to lack of players, especially PNVG had problems concerning the starting 11. Both clubs were under the rule of ESV Merseburg e.V. already.

Statistics:
Ground No. 296 (not a new ground; new grounds this season: 66)
Sporting event No. 787 (this season: 154)
Kilometres that day: 5 (bike)
Km this season: 22,145 (12,020 car/ 3,650 public transport/ 3,615 bike/ 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 7
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (31.7.-6.8. 2006): 142

Photos:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090417%20VfB%20IMO%20Merseburg%20AH%208-2%20ESV-PNVG%20Old%20Stars/

Sonntag, 12. April 2009

WE141III: Quedlinburger SV 2-2 Eintracht Elster

Quedlinburger SV 2:2 Eintracht Elster
Saturday, 11th April 2008 - kick-off time 14.00
Landesliga West (7th level, 3rd amateur level)
Result: 2:2 after 92 min. (45/47) - Halftime 2:0
Goals: 1-0 25th Grimmer, 2-0 31st Gottowik, 2-1 50th O. Hinkelmann, 2-2 62nd Puhlmann.
Bookings: Jäschke, Glahmann, Bendzko, Kittke (QSV) - S. Hinkelmann, Zwade (EE)
Sent-offs: none
Stadium: GutsMuths-Stadion (cap. 3,000; 180 seated)
Attendance: 80 (15 away fans)
Match quality: 6.5/10 (quite good)
Day-out entertainment: 7.0/10 (nice)

Early in the morning we took the train from Halle to Merseburg at first, then ate a bite in the “Backwerk” and caught an overcrowded train from Halle to Hannover. We jumped off that bleeder in Halberstadt and made our way by bike and on foot through the old town. Halberstadt was almost totally destroyed in 1945 and neglected until 2003 or so, but today the old, frame-work houses and three main churches are real highlights. The surrounding modern buildings are not.
We took an almost empty but really dirty train - dirty because of the Hertha supporters, who showed that they are real German fans: no support without being stoned - to Quedlinburg. Being probably Germany’s most beautiful city, Quedlinburg is always worth a visit. But the near castle of Gersdorf isn’t because such a shithead of a peasant is maintaining the castle and therefore no one is allowed to see the keep from inside.
But Quedlinburg does have a far more attractive and spectacular castle in the wonderful city centre.
Due to that area is already familiar to us, we did not spent much time there and made our way to the stadium of Quedlinburger SV. The GutsMuths-Stadion is named after the German gymnastics pioneer (1759-1839) who was born in Quedlinburg.
3€ entrance and some good stuff on the grill. The stadium is also very nice, but not spectacular due to very small and plane stands.
The match between Quedlinburg and Elster started fast paced, but the hosts did not score a goal during their best phase. After 15 minutes, the visiting team tightened the pressure, but after 25 minutes Quedlinburg scored the first goal of the match. The second one was scored six minutes later.

In the second half, Elster played even better and profited from a mistake of the QSV goalkeeper: a nice sliced header from 20m over the goalkeeper. The equaliser was deservedly scored after 62 minutes. It was the final result in a quite good match without any brutal fouls but some hard scenes. The referee was quite cool and lax, so few scenes were stopped by him.
Our way back was quite nice, although the first train (Quedlinburg - Halberstadt) was packed with people. The second one was quite empty and in the third, even more empty one, we met a Russian woman who originally wanted to go directly to Weimar, but decided to jump off in Merseburg because of the castle we recommended her, and this time the train guard or ticket collector was very friendly, because he saw the rugby logo on my shirt. He was a former Rugby player for the teams from Halle and Leipzig and appreciated the fact that we had been in Heidelberg and Hannover for watching Rugby.
Later in the evening I watched another match: ES Setif vs Taraji Tunis on ART3 (internet live stream). The supporters, especially the Tunisian visitors, were really sick: as on New Year’s Eve, firework non-stop. Finally, Taraji (or Espérance = Hope), scored the golden goal of that Arab Championsleague match in the 75th minute by a great chip over the Algerian goalkeeper. There were some fights between the players, by the way. And the match would have been suspended in Germany after 20 or 30 minutes because of the fanatic support with fireworks and the hard way of playing by both teams. Yet - or: as a result of that chaos - a fantastic match, as almost always when Taraji plays!
Statistics
Ground No. 295 (new ground; this season: 65)
Sporting event No. 784 (this season: 151)
Kilometres that day: 240 (210 train, 30 bike)
Km this season: 21,860 (12,000 car/ 3,560 bike/ 3,340 public transport/ 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 4
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 141

For more photos see:
Halberstadt

Freitag, 10. April 2009

WE141II: Not a good match but good weather at Good Friday

SV Eintracht Camburg 3:1 Grün-Weiß Stadtroda II
Friday, 10th April 2008 - kick-off time 15.00
Kreisliga Jenaer Land (9th level, 5th amateur level)
Result: 3:1 after 90 min. (45/45) - Halftime 1:0
Goals: 1-0 20th Hohmann, 2-0 52nd Lütz, 3-0 64th Krauße, 3-1 88th Ulrich
Bookings: Zöllner, Hüttich, Lütz - Beyer
Sent-offs: none
Ground: Sportplatz Camburg (cap. 1,200; 50 seated)
Attendance: 75 (5 away fans)
Match quality: 3.5/10 (far below average)
Day-out entertainment: 7.5/10 (very nice!)

We caught the train from Halle to Erfurt in Merseburg and jumped off the overcrowded railway compartment for bicycles and prams in Bad Kösen. After just 1km we had the first steep hill upwards. Our first sightseeing spot was called Himmelreich (kingdom of heaven). From a spectacular mountain you overlook the valley of the river Saale and you will see two castles very close on the other mountain towards.
The next spot was - after riding steep hills with a gradient of up to 14% up and down - Bergsulza. There is a small, even unspectacular palace and a church.
We took a dirt road to Lachstedt, were I took some photos of a church and some private buildings. Passing by the windmill of Schmiedehausen, we raced downhill to Camburg. The football ground is close to the train station, put in a wonderful landscape with a great view towards the castle of Camburg, the river Saale and the surrounding hills.
There was one match today: Eintracht Camburg vs Grün-Weiß Stadtroda II.
This lower amateur class match was played on a very low level at first and became better in the second half. The first goal of the match was scored when I had just ordered two of the excellent Bratwursts.
After the break, Camburg added two more goals to their tally and Stadtroda scored their only goal by the last one of the three good attacks on Camburg’s goal.
There were not many foul plays committed, although several yellow cards were shown. The referee was a bit fussy.
We jumped on the train in Großheringen and came back to Merseburg without having problems, although it should be mentioned, that the train was even more crowded by bikers than the first one. It is just typical: the weather was marvellous, so every lame - arse - good weather - cyclist came out…
Statistics
Ground No. 294 (new ground; this season: 64)
Sporting event No. 783 (this season: 150)
Kilometres that day: 120 (80 train, 40 bike)
Km this season: 21,620 (12,000 car/ 3,530 bike/ 3,130 public transport/ 2,960 plane)
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 3
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 141

For more photos see
Sights and

Match.

Mittwoch, 25. März 2009

WE139I: Tuesday Night Match; VC BDS vs SCC

VC Bad Dürrenberg/ Spergau 0:3 SC Charlottenburg
Tuesday, 24th March 2009 - 20.15
1st Volleyball Bundesliga
Result: 0:3 after 65 min.
Sets: 13-25, 17-25, 15-25 (45-75)
Sports hall: Jahrhunderthalle Spergau (cap. 1,200 seated)
Attendance: 900 (20 away fans)
Match quality: 4.5/10 (some nice scenes but extremely one-sided)
The 23rd match day of the 1st Volleyball Bundesliga, that match and another one remaining: VC Bad Dürrenberg/ Spergau had to mess with SC Charlottenburg from Berlin. VC BDS is ranked 8th, while SCC is ranked 2nd. Although Bad Dürrenberg rocked Friedrichshafen and Haching that season, I expected a loss. When I took my seat in the hall which was well-stocked, I saw an excellent playing SCC and an inferior VC BDS. After 5 minutes were played, SCC lead by 1:8 points. 3:10, 4:13…
The defeat was just a matter of time.
0:3.
65 minutes.
Clean and fair.
But the most important thing is: VC BDS managed to make their way to the play-offs, despite that defeat. In two weeks they will play their home match - and I’m curious on how the importance of that match will be reflected in the number and the support of the visitors.
Statistics:
Ground No. 288 (not a new ground; this season: 58 new ones)
Sporting event No. 774 (this season: 141)
Kilometres that day: 20 (bike)
Km this season: 18,660 (9,270 car/ 3,400 bike/ 3,030 public transport/ 2,960 plane)
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 139

For more photos see:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/BITTE%20HIER%20WEITER%20-%20FOTOS%20AB%2022-03-2009/090324%20Volley%20BDS%200-3%20SC%20Charlottenburg/

Sonntag, 15. März 2009

WE137II: A Phantom Football Match, Roller Hockey and Artistic Roller Skating

SV Allstedt II 3:5 Haldenslebener SC
Saturday, 14th March 2009 - kick-off time 14.30
Friendly match
Result: 3:5 after 40 min. - Halftime 2:0
Goals: don’t know
Bookings: none
Sent-offs: none
Stadium: Eberhardt-Kannegießer-Stadion (cap. 400; 100 seated)
Attendance: 40 (10 away fans)
Match quality: 5.5/10 (O.K.)

SV Allstedt 11:1 RC de Lichtstad (Eindhoven)
Saturday, 14th March 2009 - kick-off time 15.30
2nd Bundesliga (2nd level)
Result: 11:1 after 50 min. - Halftime 6:0
Goals: 1:0 4th Hunger, 2:0 9th J. Schlanstedt, 3:0 14th Willi, 4:0 19th Willi, 5:0 21st Willi, 6:0 25th J. Schlanstedt, 6:1 26th van Buiten, 7:1 31st Hunger, 8:1 32nd J. Schlanstedt, 9:1 34th J. Schlanstedt, 10:1 39th Hunger, 11:1 50th U. Schlanstedt
Bookings: two yellow cards de Lichtstad
Sent-offs: none
Stadium: Eberhardt-Kannegießer-Stadion (cap. 400; 100 seated)
Attendance: 110 (no away fans)
Match quality: 6.5/10 (First half good, second one less good)
Half past ten in the morning, we took the train from Merseburg to Querfurt, saving a lot of money because of using the so-called “Hopper-Ticket.” Actually, it does not have to do with groundhopping, but sometimes it is helpful on groundhopping tours. The best about that ticket is, that you can ride up to 50km in one direction within your Bundesland - return included - for 6€ per Person. Merseburg - Querfurt - Merseburg costs one more than 9€, usually.

We bought something to eat in Querfurt and went on by bike. Via Farnstädt, Rothenschirmbach, Osterhausen and Bornstedt, we arrived at Holdenstedt. Actually we planned watching a football match there, but the teams were not on the ground at the fixed kick-off time (12:30), so we thought, the match must have been called off although the pitch was in a good condition. Looking up the result in the internet, we found the strange assertion at fussball.de that the match was allegedly played at Holdenstedt and Holdenstedt/ Beyernaumburg II won - allegedly - 12:2. Very strange, but once again an example of the bad organisation in that area.
After I took some photos of the church in Holdenstedt - also called Hodenstedt - we rode five kilometres to Beyernaumburg, a village with a nice church and a beautiful castle. The older, medieval part of the castle is in bad conditions, but the neo-gothic part is impressive.
Few kilometres on to Allstedt there is another castle (pictured above that line), but we already visited it when we watched SV Allstedt for the first time last year. That’s why we immediately entered the roller hockey and tennis stadium.

We expected much time for hanging around, but luckily there was a match before the Bundesliga match scheduled. SV Allstedt II played a friendly against a non-league team, Haldenslebener SC. SV Allstedt II is a mixed team, fife men and three women - mostly boys and girls, not grown-ups - are in the team. Nonetheless, the mixed team went in front with two goals within the first half (20 minutes each half). The first goal at all was scored by a young lady - the only one of the three female players who played at the same level of the male players. In the second half Allstedt even scored another time, but step by step Haldensleben scored a goal after another. After 32 minutes they equalised, after 35 they scored the 3:4 and in the last second - not just last minute but last second - they scored their fifth goal. The match was quite good in the first half but contained of many mistakes, and in the second half the mistakes were more disturbing. But all in all, that match was better than expected and you have to pay respect to the players. The best skilled one was the guy with the number 9 playing for Haldensleben.
The second match was faster, saw better technical skills and more goals, but you can expect such a performance: that is 2nd Bundesliga. Allstedt even played in the first level last year.
You may wonder about that, but the visiting team was not German but Dutch. There are some Dutch teams taking part in German competitions. One of them is RC de Lichtstad from Eindhoven. Unfortunately they couldn’t send all the players that day. The coaches did not come neither.
With a furious start, Allstedt cleared the match. After the first half (25 minutes) was over, they lead by six goals to none.
In the second half the match was weaker, partially even boring. Nonetheless we saw six further goals: five for Allstedt, one for Eindhoven.
The surroundings are not worth much words. The stadium is great of course, catering was O.K. but the supporters were just watching and not supporting.

During the break of the second match and after that match, we saw a show event of a kind of sport we did not watch before. It has almost died out, but Haldensleben has a team that competes in that sport: artistic roller skating. All in all the sports value was anything but great, but it was quite interesting to watch. The closest related kind of sports to artistic roller skating is figure skating.
The way back was partially really hard, because the street from Allstedt to Allstedt airport - a shut-down Soviet military airbase - is exhausting due to the steep hill upwards for 4.5 km. But then it is not a long and hard way to Querfurt anymore. From Querfurt we took the train back to Merseburg.

Statistics:
Ground No. 284 (not a new ground; this season: 56)
Sporting event No. 766-767 (the artistic roller skating did not count in that statistic due to lack of referees - this season: 136)
Kilometres that day: 130 (70 train, 60 bike)
Km this season: 18,380; i.e. 9,270 car/ 3,190 bike/ 2,960 plain/ 2,960 train
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 137

For more photos see:
Castle Beyernaumburg etc. -
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/090314a%20Beyernaumburg%20-%20Holdenstedt%20-%20Allstedt/
Roller hockey and skating -
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/090314b%20Rollhockey%20und%20Rollkunstlauf%20in%20Allstedt/

WE137I: Groundhopping and Castlehopping on Friday 13th

SV 24 Gölzau 2:5 Askania Bernburg II
Friday, 13th March 2009 - kick-off time 19.00
Landesklasse Staffel 5 (8th level, 4th amateur level)
Result: 2:5 after 92 min. (45/47) - Halftime 1:1
Goals: 1:0 4th Töpfer, 1:1 42nd Vattauer, 1:2 52nd Vattauer, 1:3 66th Pöllmann, 2:3 71st Bergk (penalty), 2:4 83rd Guntsch, 2:5 87th Hölemann
Bookings: Kohler (Gölzau), Förster (Askania)
Sent-offs: none
Ground: Sportanlage an den Ellern (cap. 1,000)
Attendance: 197 (about 10 away fans)
Match quality: 6.5/10 (far above average)

Although the train that took us from Merseburg to Halle had an enormous delay, we arrived in time at our first sightseeing spot, a village north from Halle: Schrenz. That tiny village is part of Zörbig community and you do not need more than an hour by bike from Halle main train station to Schrenz. The only sight there is the church which is in ruins. The interior is closed due to danger of collapse. We met an old man there in front of the church who complained about the fact that the church building falls to pieces due to lack of money - if he wins some million Euros in a lottery, he would spent it on renovating the church - so did he told us.

Next stop: Zörbig. That small town that is municipal seat for 16 other communities - among them as said before: Schrenz - has also an interesting church - but not in ruins - and moreover a small castle. That one is not so spectacular, only the tower that rises up like a needle made of stone, is worth the visit. The museum is closed due to restoration work. Very close to the castle, by the way, are two interesting streets that are named after Egypt and the Red Sea, respectively, and furthermore the football ground of Zörbiger FC. We have been there already, several years ago when Leuna played against them.

After riding on interesting bicycle paths - a former Bundesstraße through woods and meadows parallel to a larger road - we came to Saxony-Anhalt’s smallest town concerning the area. There is not much to see, the church is not too spectacular, the old houses do not have great facades and many houses are neglected. All in all you must find it strange that this is a town and not a village.

But our main destination that day, Weißandt-Gölzau, is not much bigger and even uglier. Lot of industry and the main sight is an average church - only the height is quite impressing - beside the remnants of a castle. Only one building is restored in great parts. Where several other buildings comparable to that unspectacular baroque one stood is fallow land today and at the other side of the fallow land are overgrown walls and a ruined tower. The whole site is closed to the public but just Wayne is interested in it, when someone jumps over the fence and takes a look inside…


Then we went to the football ground which is not really spectacular. OK, that ground is simply boring and the match wasn’t a crazy, riot promising derby full of hatred, but due to the availability of floodlights, there are sometimes matches on Friday evenings in Gölzau. So we took the chance to see that ground one time and 3€, for me even just 2€ (students reduction), were worth the visit.
The match started furiously. Within in the first 15 minutes, Gölzau had five great chances, Bernburg three and Gölzau scored once. After four minutes they scored with a nice shot after a corner kick. Before that, Gölzau had hammered two balls just few centimetres besides the goal and Bernburg even shot a ball at the bar. Several hits at the post and the bar later, Bernburg equalised.
In the second half, Bernburg was the better team right from the beginning. Just seven minutes after the restart, Askania scored for the first time. The third goal for them seemed to be the decision 34 minutes before the end, but a doubted penalty for Gölzau five minutes after the third goal by Askania II made the match more thrilling. Then, after 83 minutes, the final decision was made when Bernburg scored for the fourth time. But that shouldn’t be the last goal, they even scored fifth.
The result was a bit too clean - but due to the second half, that victory of Askania Bernburg II is deserved. Before that match, Gölzau was ranked 4th while Bernburg was 5th, after it it’s the other way around.
There are few things to say about the other things. The referee did not make many dubious decisions, I just have to make a remark on one of the linesmen, well: he just looked like a girl - or like Bill Kaulitz (Tokio Hotel) with shorter hair. The supporters were boring: they did not say a word, maybe because some of them were neither from Gölzau nor from Bernburg, but neutral visitors. Not only from Merseburg, as we two, but beside me there stood five men from Aken (see Friday two weeks ago). The best thing despite the match and the sightseeing was the catering: there was just one kind of food, Bratwurst, but them tasted really great.

After the match we made our way back home. We arrived in Halle after one hour and 15 minutes and after eating a Turkish pizza at my favourite kebab house, we took the train to Merseburg, this time in time.


Statistics:
Ground No. 284 (new ground; this season: 54)
Sporting event No. 765 (this season: 132)
Kilometres that day: 100 (70 bike, 30 train)
Km this season: 18,250; i.e. 9,270 car/ 3,130 bike/ 2,960 plain/ 2,890 train
Number of football matches since the last goalless draw: 4
Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 137

Links:
History Weißandt castle
My photos of the castles and churches
And the photos of the match

Samstag, 7. März 2009

WE136I: A thrilling draw in Großkorbetha

Originally we planned to watch two football matches in Burgwerben and Reichardtswerben, respectively, but - although the pitches were proper playable - the matches were called-off. A bit of mud and slight rain is enough for those German sissies to postpone a match. TSV Großkorbetha II 19:25 Friesen Frankleben III Saturday, 7th March 2009 - kick-off time 15.00 1. Kreisklasse (8th level, lowest amateur level) Result: 19:25 after 60 min. - Halftime 9:14 Goals: no idea Time penalties: 4-6 minutes Sent-offs: none Sports hall: Werner-Giersch-Halle (cap. 250; 220 seated) Attendance: 25 (no away fans) Match quality: 3.0/10 (lame) TSV Großkorbetha I 20:20 MSV Buna Schkopau II Saturday, 7th March 2009 - kick-off time 17.00 Kreisliga (7th level, 2nd lowest amateur level) Result: 20:20 after 60 min. - Halftime 10:10 Goals: no idea Bookings: 6-8 minutes Sent-offs: Block (Buna Schkopau, 44:57 min.) due to harsh foul play Sports hall: Werner-Giersch-Halle (cap. 250; 220 seated) Attendance: 85 (no away fans) Match quality: 7.0/10 (very entertaining)

We had so much time due to those unjustifiable match postponements that we could stop for a bite to eat in a quite good Chinese restaurant that offers nice dishes to reasonable prices, in Weißenfels. It was one of the very few facilities in Weißenfels which had open doors on 1 p.m. on that Saturday. That dirty town really is a village! Then we went to the sports hall in Großkorbetha, a small village between Weißenfels and Leuna, for watching handball. The first one of the two handball matches - TSV Großkorbetha II vs Friesen Frankleben III - was a match of the lowest division. But even compared to other matches of the Kreisklasse, it was really weak. So many mistakes and so lame, that even the referee had no problems in following the match. Luckily, the players threw some nice goals from time to time. Further description is not needed here. That team at the bottom of the table that lost 13 matches in a row, lost a 14th match and that team ranked 3rd asserted its rank. Frankleben won 25:19. The second match - TSV Großkorbetha vs Merseburger SV Buna Schkopau II - was just one level higher on paper, but three or four levels higher in view. It was fast paced and hard played right from the beginning, and although the players did not score so often, it was a great match. After 18 minutes, the result was just 4:3. But after Großkorbetha scored two more goals until minute 20, there were far more goals per minute scored, than before. 10:10 at half-time. In the second half, the match was even better. Really, it was a thrilling match and of good quality. Großkorbetha used some shortcomings of Schkopau for scoring three goals. 15:12. After Schkopau almost equalised (15:14), the only player familiar to me - Ronny Block, an old school mate of mine, playing for Schkopau - was sent off due to harsh foul play. He was almost every minute in the match and did good work at the throwing circle, but one mistake - pulling an opponent down who was broken through the circle, directly in front of the goalkeeper - and he had the red card in front of his face. The only ridiculous decision made by the referees: the first referee, that one who had been quite close to the scene, sent Ronny off with a two-minute time penalty (that was absolutely justified!) but the second one ran to the scene from 25m behind and showed him the red card just after several fans of the hosting team shouted: “Sent him off! Show him the red card!” A handball-typical arbitrary decision. But even the next lead of three goals was not enough for Großkorbetha. Schkopau equalised after they caught three goals in a row that led to a 20:17 lead for TSV 1893. The 20:20 equaliser was scored about 30 seconds before the end, and in a heated final phase, Schkopau maintained the draw. Nonetheless, by the way, respect to the referees, that did not make more than one dubious decision. Especially the last minutes were difficult to manage. I just had liked if they had sent-off that provocateur from Großkorbetha with the number 6. If they show Ronny the red card for the shit he did, that guy had deserved his third two-minute time-penalty (that is also a sent-off for the rest of the match) after 48 minutes. All in all, he even deserved five time-penalties due to playing foul, bitching and provoking other players. Other people who should be mentioned, are the fans. Well, two of them: the guy with the drum and that one with the horn. They were always supporting. It has been another nice handball match and a deserved draw. Statistics Ground No. 283 (new ground; this season: 53) Sporting event No. 762/ 763 (this season: 130) Kilometres that day: 50 (bike) Km this season: 18,120; i.e. 9,270 car/ 3,030 bike/ 2,960 plane/ 2,860 train Number of weeks since the last week without any sporting event (Aug 1st-6th 2006): 136 For more photos see: http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x68/fchmksfkcb/090307%20Handball%20Grosskorbetha%20-%20Friesen3%20und%20MSV2/