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1.FC Wunstorf 3 VfL Bückeburg 0 - Oberliga Niedersachsen - Attendance: 350

 I have decided to add a history section in my blog. In fact, this will be a tinkered entry. If you are not interested in the history of the club, just scroll down to the heading "Match Report" and watch me vent my spleen (albeit in a literay sense).

HISTORY

 

Formed in 1913 as VfB Wunstorf.  Due to the outbreak of WWI the club dissolved.

On the 4^th April 1919, the roots of the modern club were formed as Fußballclubs von 1919 Wunstorf

In 1926 work started on the ground, finally being completed by 1928

1927 an new club, “Schwarz-Weiß Wunstorf von 1927“ was formed

1934 both Wunstorf clubs merge under the name of Spielvereinigung Wunstorf von 1919. Club colours were black and white.

1945. At the end of the war us Brits decreed that only one club was allowed in every borough. Why, god only knows. Once again a name change, this time to TSV Wunstorf von 1862. The 1862 was taken from the formation of the gymnastic club formed on 20^th June 1862

In 1950, would you believe it, a second team in Wunstorf was formed, namely  Fußballclubs Rot-Weiß Wunstorf von 1919 e. V

For the season 1950/51 both teams found themselves in the same league.

On the 1^st October 1950 the footballing section of TSV Wunstorf separated and were once again called Spielvereinigung Wunstorf von 1919. Keeping up?

18^th March 1956, the derby between Schwarz-Weiß and  Rot-Weiß Wunstorf drew a crowd of 1000

1961/62 the two clubs tried to merge, however the Rot Weiß side voted 4/5 against it

1964 the club wins promotion to Verbandsliga Niedersachsen Süd, which at the time was the 2^nd highest league in Niedersachsen.

1967 the club finishes 2^nd in the league.

1972 the two clubs FINALLY merge, the name now being 1. Fußball-Club Wunstorf von 1919 e. V.

30th April 1978, the team reach the play-offs for the Amateuroberliga, losing 0-1 aet to SV/MTV Winsen. The team are relegated the next season to the newly formed Landesliga West“.

1980 to 1994 the team bounces between the Bezirksoberliga and in 1993 is relegated to Bezirksliga Nord

1994 the club celebrates its 75^th anniversary

1995 the club builds its club house, for the grand price of 600,000 DM. This they pay all out of their own pocket.

1996 relegation to the Bezirksliga, the lowest placed league in Wunstorf’s history

1998 the 1^st team are promoted to the Landesliga whilst the reserves into the Kreisliga

1999 and the team finishes 7^th in the Landesliga. In July of the same year, the girls team were formed

2000 another double promotion as the first team are promoted to the Niedersachsenliga and the reserves to the Bezirksliga

2002 the team enters its first womens team into a league.

2007 the ladies team are promoted to the Bezirksliga

2009 and the club celebrates its 90^th anniversary with a friendly against the Cuban national team. Result is not recorded on their website.

The club has 380  members. 

MATCH REPORT

Opening game of the 2013/14 Oberliga Niedersachsen season, and we find ourselves away at newly promoted Wunstorf, a mere 47kms away so billed as a "derby". 

Wunstorf play in the BarneArena. I have a massive problem with clubs using "Arena" or "Stadium" for what is little more than a Step 5 ground. If that is the case my old nans garden in Dagenham must have been the Heathway Stadium.

 

 The game plan for this season is high pressing, and swift counter attacks. All very well in theory. But I don't think we won a single ball. In fact, Wunstorf were using the exact same tactic but it was working for them.

Admittedly the first 10 minutes were ok, we even had a couple of half changes from the head of Bubi Bremer, skippering the side in the absence of icon Niko Werner, out injured.

But that was the highlight of our performance. In the 16th minute, the bald shiny pate of Wunstorf player Sebastian Schirrmacher waltzed through the pathetic attempts of two of our "defenders" to slot past Spilker in the goal.

One of our defenders

 After 36 minutes, a clumsy challange from Nils Rinne in the box, and Leutrim Kabashi strokes the ball home on his debut for 2-0.

Just before the whistle, Wunstorf hit the bar.

And so it stayed going into the halftime break. The ref actually, very sensibly paused the game after 26 minutes so that on the hottest day of the year, the players could take on liquid.

I took advantage of the break in play, and wandered round to the only refreshment stand in the ground, where of course everyone else had the same idea as me. In fact the queue extended outside of the ground. Pity the officials at the Barne"Arena" didn't have the same foresight as the ref.

 53rd minute, a corner from the right and the Wunstorf number 3,
Tobias Alker glances a header into the net, to make it 3-0 to the hosts.

Even the late introductions of Buruk and Tobias Versick could make no difference to Bückeburg, as the players had started playing "pass the ball over the touchline and nowhere near a VfL player". 

With the light fading, the mosquitoes buzzing around, the ref ended my mysery and I trudged off back to the car.

The second song on my iPhone on the way home? Madness - "You're an embarrassment". 

LINE UP

 Spilker, Pascal Könemann, Abram, Städter (72. Buruk), Buchwald (46. Tobias Versick), Bremer, Rinne, Heine, Lennard Versick (72. Hattendorf), Steininger, Schneckener

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Saturday 10th August VfL v VfL Osnabrück II