Category Archives: Ger – Bayern 73/74
Winterpause 73/74 : Torstensson To The Rescue
==================================== Defending champion BAYERN MUNICH had finished the first half of the 1973/74 season on top of the Bundesliga table via goal-differential but trainer UDO LATTEK was still not satisfied. Although West Germany international star striker GERD “der Bomber” MUELLER … Continue reading
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Bayern Und Borussia In Den Winterpause
======================================================= West Germany international striker JUPP HEYNCKES (left) had scored 14 goals in 16 domestic matches for Borussia Moenchengladbach entering the exciting, winner-take-all clash with defending Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich and West Germany international goalkeeper SEPP MAIER (1) in the … Continue reading
December ’73 – Bayern Munich v Borussia Moenchengladbach
============================================ West Germany international midfielder ULI HOENESS, the 1972 Olympian who finished number two with 17 Bundesliga goals for domestic champion BAYERN MUNICH during the 1972/73 campaign, again stood second on the Bavarian club with eight goals in the West … Continue reading
Herbst ’73 : East Meets West In European Cup (second leg)
================================================================ With the official match ball in hand, French referee ROBERT WURTZ leads the two sides out onto the pitch before the capacity crowd at the Dynamo Stadion for the return leg of the historic European Cup meeting between host … Continue reading
Ins And Outs Of Cold War Football
====================================== West Germany star midfielder ULI HOENESS (14), who netted a skillful goal for the Federal Republic’s side in the 3-2 loss to the German Democratic Republic at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games hosted by Munich, would play a pivotal … Continue reading
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European Cup Historical Perspectives
================================================================ With some of the empty seats easily recognizable in the background, youthful West Germany international star midfielder ULI HOENESS of Bayern Munich seeks to dribble away from his Dynamo Dresden shadow EDUARD GEYER (4), the 29-year-old veteran who was … Continue reading
Fall ’73 : East Meets West In European Cup (first leg)
================================================================ Denmark international fullback JOHNNY HANSEN of Bayern Munich (right) and Dynamo Dresden winger RAINER SACHSE, who would later in his career be capped twice by the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, both eye the ball during the opening leg of the … Continue reading
Herbst ’73 : Historic Team Sheet – Bayern Munich v Dynamo Dresden
================================================================ In reality, there was no looking back for West Germany international goalkeeper and 1972 Europameisterschaft titlist SEPP MAIER (1) as Bayern Munich club captain FRANZ “der Kaiser” BECKENBAUER (5) and Dynamo Dresden Spielfuehrer FRANK GANZERA (2) lead their respective … Continue reading
Fall ’73 : Media Circus Comes To Munich
======================================================== It was, as later observed by the well-known publication Der Spiegel, a “feast for the West German media”. Of course, the people in the Propaganda Ministry had their share of fun railing against the capitalist class enemy on the … Continue reading
Herbst ’73 : “Wunder Vom Betzenberg”
================================================================ Bayern Munich winger BERND GERSDORFF, the off-season signing from relegated Eintracht Braunschweig who recorded two goals but also later received his marching orders in the well-remembered “Miracle of the Betzenberg”, lost this particular battle for the ball to 1.FC … Continue reading
