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3. Liga Week 26 Review
After last week’s 10 victories, only 4 teams managed to take all three points in Week 26 of the German third tier. Unsurprisingly, two of those were the top two, 1. FC Heidenheim and RasenBall Sport...
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3. Liga Week 27 Review
It was a week of high expectations in the 27th matchday of the 3. Liga, as attractive matches, for one reason or the other, flooded the fixture list. Preußen Münster took on VfL Osnabrück in the...
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3. Liga Week 28 Review
With only ten matches left in the season, things are finally starting to take shape more seriously in the 3. Liga. Promotion and relegation candidates are narrowing in numbers as every week goes by and...
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3. Liga Week 29 Review
With only a handful of matches to go, a result one way or the other can keep your dreams alive or condemn you to wait for another season; in the worst of cases, leave you with the long shadow of...
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3. Liga Weeks 30 & 31 Review
It’s two for one this week as the 3. Liga and the rest of the German leagues enjoyed two games in the space of just a few days. Week 30 saw two top of the league vs bottom of the league matches, as...
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3. Liga Week 32 Review
After the Englische Woche in midweek, it was three matches in the space of seven days for most of the teams in the league and this seemed to affect those at the bottom of the table. The biggest result...
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3. Liga Season Review 2013/2014
And so, the 3. Liga has come to a close but not with its fair share of controversy and drama, with the last relegation spot being decided on the last day as were the champions. In the end, 1. FC...
View ArticleAufstieg Podcast Episode 12 – 3. Liga preview
Nik Wildhagen and Aleix Gwilliam are finally back with an all new episode of Aufstieg. The boys were too busy to record the pod over the last few months, but they have kept up to date on all the news...
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3. Liga Season 2014/2015 Preview
The 3. Liga is back this weekend and it’s the first of the German professional leagues to kick off the 2014/2015 campaign. Last season saw 1. FC Heidenheim and RB Leipzig earn promotion with the top...
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3. Liga Review Week 1
And it’s back! Germany’s third tier kick-started professional German club football for the 2014/2015 season and it did not disappoint. Big teams like Dynamo Dresden and Energie Cottbus have come down...
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3. Liga Review Weeks 2 & 3
The Englische Woche was upon us already in the 3. Liga with matches not only on the weekend but also on Tuesday and Wednesday. Chemnitz, Dynamo Dresden and Wehen Wiesbaden continued their unbeaten run...
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3. Liga Review Weeks 5 & 6
Two “English Weeks˝ within the first six matchdays of the new 3. Liga season and we already have every team with at least one victory and one defeat. Stuttgarter Kickers moved to the top of the table...
View ArticleAmini’s Dortmund adventure starting to catch fire
This piece first appeared on The Roar, Australia’s leading sports opinion website where you can read vibrant takes on football, Aussie Rules football, cricket, rugby, and other sports. Borussia...
View ArticleStefan Böger – Victim of His Own Short-Lived Success
It’s become a familiar story at Dynamo Dresden in recent years. Following a third consecutive defeat after the Winterpause, Stefan Böger lost his job as head coach of die SG this week, the fifth man in...
View ArticleA Journey off the Beaten Track to Unterhaching
Having booked my trip to Munich to see FC Bayern take on Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Allianz Arena, I started to consider my schedule for the weekend. With Bayern playing on the Sunday evening and...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of SC Paderborn
Many Bundesliga fans will have fond memories of SC Paderborn’s lone season in the Bundesliga. The small club was a breath of fresh air, especially in the opening months of the season. Few would have [...]
View ArticleGermany’s 3. Liga: a Quality League
In one of the many recent reports on the promotion/relegation playoff between SSV Jahn Regensburg and TSV 1860 München in kicker, I noticed the summary comment that the 3. Liga was “a quality league” –...
View ArticleWe Went There: 3.Liga Matchday 5, — Chemnitzer FC 0-0 VfL Osnabrück
If you had to name the town with the most (European) Communist name, which would you choose? Leningrad? Stalingrad? What about Karl-Marx-Stadt? Like the first two (now Saint Petersburg and Volgograd...
View ArticleWe Went There: 3.Liga Matchday 10 — SV Wehen Wiesbaden 5-0 SG Sonnenhof...
Football teams in Germany are not like the franchise style system one sees in sporting teams in the United States, where an American football team like the Rams can move from Cleveland to Los Angeles...
View ArticleWe Went There: 3.Liga Matchday 11, Derby Day 2 — SC Preußen Münster 4-1 VfL...
When the first season of the Bundesliga took place, in 1963/64, modern football fans might have been surprised by some of the names that were chosen to take part. While many of the big names [...]
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