Weirdos & Wackos

I don't make Dortmund's game against Frankfurt. I am ill. I have what is known in the medical profession as "shit on the lungs". I've been coughing up slimy crap for the past couple of days and don't want to jeopardise my recovery by an afternoon's forcefeeding of beer on a wet April afternoon. I …

We Mustn’t Let Them Win

Does anybody know the French for "déja vu"? Here we are again. Same stadium, same opponents, the same tired looking visitors from France. Borussia Dortmund vs AS Monaco: The sequel. The French fans look tired for a reason. One of them tells me of how seven of them spent the night in a German fan's …

Regiment

It's a common feature of dramatic events that they are preceded by moments of great irony. The night before the Titanic sank the passengers and crew sang "For Those In Peril On The Sea" during the church service. Abraham Lincoln dreamed that he was at his own funeral just days before his assassination. And so …