RSV Göttingen 0 VfL Bückeburg 1

                                                                              


Göttingen! At last. A chance to put a few faces to names. Another place I had no idea about until I returned home and consulted Wikipedia.

Göttingen is a universtity town and one of the traditions for new graduates is to climb up and kiss a statue called Gänseliesel (The Goose Girl). This makes her the most kissed girl in the world. She obviously has never been to Romford on a Friday night.

Bit of an old slapper!

 

 

Göttingen is also twinned with Cheltenham and erm....Hackney! 

As usual, I drove overland, journey taking roughly 3 hours. But taking in lots of quaint villages. 

Upon entering the ground, someone asked if they could look in my rucksack. "Whatever turns you on", I said. Upon the completion of the check, I was waved on my way. "What about the Uzi in my pocket?", I asked. The lady took it with great humour and replied "I'll pretend I haven't seen it". Good start.


The stadium (and it really is) is called Jahnstadion. Another one. How many are in Germany? Still, at least they haven't sold out and named it the Kwik-Fit Autoglass Arena, or some other poxy sponsorship bollocks.

Match day ticket and programme

Had my usual pootle around the ground. With a 17,000 capacity, and an attendance today of 395, it was a bit like peas rattling around in Daniela Katzenberger's head (Google her, kids. A German Jade Goody).


At last I met Onkel Günther, whose excellent blog is linked on here. I also met Hardy, a Bristol Rovers fan, Phillip from The Cider Boyz, Ingo, and a lot of others whose names I ashamedly can not remember. Fantastic set of fans, and already looking forward to next seasons fixture, when I shall put on clean underpants and have a few scoops with the lads.

Main stand

The game gets underway, and the RSV fans have a great array of songs, and surely the only anti basketball song in the world of football.

Not welcome in the Jahnstadion

The game gets underway and sure enough, the Ciderboyz produce cans of Strongbow (other cider brands are available).


Bückeburg are playing well, even carving out a double chance after 15 minutes. Göttingen are wasteful, and to be honest, not much of a threat, despite having the top scorer in the league.


Half time and it was 0-0, I was more than happy.

Large cardboard heart, covered in foil - Tick!

Second half, and after 67 minutes, a red card for a Göttingen player. I honestly did not see the incident. With a man advantage I really fancied we could hold on for a draw. But five minutes from the end, Fritsche passes into the box, and Bastian Könnemann shoots the ball over the line. It trickled into the net and I tried to suppress my celebration.

Not a typing error

So we won. The ref was a wee bit too fussy, and ok, maybe Göttingen had an off day, but the win was deserved. It would be harsh to single out a single player for praise, as all the lads put in a great shift. 


I get home to the news that Raiders beat Bristol 13-2 with three players getting hatricks. Only 3 wins needed for the title.

The rest of my teams lost, Romford, Orient and Hannover. So I shall avoid mentioning it. Oops....too late. 


All in all a pleasant Sunday, made some mates, won away and chatted to a deer I named Denzil.

Denzil

 

 RATINGS
Friendliness:     8/10
Clubhouse:        Not really. A sort of pub type thing, but very sterile
Seats:            Yes, loads
Behind goals:     Terracing behind both
Cover:            Main stand
Floodlights:      No
Barrier:          None, but caging behind goals
Beer:             Göttinger Edel Pils, Warsteiner (Not sampled)
Bratwurst:        €2 - 8/10
Entrance fee:     €6
Programme:        50c
Weather:          6/10
Ground:           4/10
Home fans:        0/10 (Only joking lads)- 10/10