24.11.2011

Hard is the word, and looking back on the way we were looking forward to the winter break it was going to be a long, cold, hard and trainerless winter as a crowd of 1200 came to enjoy the prospect of...

24.11.2011

Sounds like we mustered something like 500 fans for the journey to the capital city of Tyrol. Hard to believe the official crowd figure of 1500 as Innsbruck has a digital, electronic ticketing...

29.10.2011

The short version is... Dornbirn came to our place and beat us 1-0 in front of a crowd of around 1000 – because they were more efficient.

24.10.2011

Who’d’ve thought it. Last spring we couldn’t even beat a Neumarkt team that had been decimated by refereeing extravagances to a total of eight players. So this time round, in view of Neumarkt’s...

17.10.2011

A sunny mid-October afternoon; warm in the sun – cold in the shade. An official gate of 1400 fans came to Maxglan to support an Austria Salzburg team that is blowing hot and cold at the moment....

10.10.2011

After four defeats on the trot the name of the game on Saturday was to come home without losing. A well-cared-for pitch, good – if somewhat expensive – catering, and a roofed stand were definite plus...

02.10.2011

Actually, there were no rain clouds over Hamburg at the weekend. We couldn’t have picked a better weekend to visit Hamburg than the one that ended yesterday. Sunny, warm and not at all windy. In fact...

26.09.2011

On paper a sunny autumn afternoon trip out to Saalfelden in a spectacularly beautiful part of the county of Salzburg could be seen as a gift rather than a duty, but as Forrest Gump’s mum said: ‘Life...

19.09.2011

After not having lost a league game at home for a year this sunny mid-September Saturday afternoon should have provided a picturesque backdrop for 1000 fans to roar Austria Salzburg on to another...

12.09.2011

Right. Last year we got stuffed in Bregenz at the end of the Austrian pan handle: 5-1. This year we were going to do it differently. Of course, I had a 40th birthday party to attend, so I managed to...

03.09.2011

Just over 1000 fans came to Maxglan on a gloriously sunny afternoon to watch the ritual sacrifice of the lambs of Seekirchen, my no.2 candidates for the drop this year – after Hall. However, anyone...

30.08.2011

On Friday evening I told anybody who was prepared to listen to me at Tchibo’s 40th birthday party in Abtenau that I would be driving out to St. Johann the following day. That’s my...

23.08.2011

A hot and muggy late Saturday afternoon in Maxglan. An official gate of 1010 came to see an Austria Salzburg team changed in a number of positions give Union Innsbruck a laboured but well-deserved thr

22.08.2011

As usual, I’m well behind on reporting on the games played so far this season. Be assured, I have a rock solid excuse for missing every one of the games listed below:

31.07.2011

First day of the new season at home to Wacker Innsbruck Amateurs, and after beating Anif in the cup with just ten men the previous week, we were looking forward to shedloads of goals, stunning...

30.05.2011

Nice weather in Maxglan and an official crowd of 1350 Austria fans and 0.000 Innsbruck fans. After a bad day at the office (3-1 away defeat) in Innsbruck earlier in the season it was always going to...

14.05.2011

Despite the chilly weather, the rain in the morning and the meaninglessness of the game in terms of targets already reached weeks ago, an ‘official’ crowd of 1200 came to see the home game against...

09.05.2011

One of the oddest games of the year at one of the oddest venues. A crowd of 1200 people, fine weather and a synthetic pitch. Without being overly aggressive, this game finished with just 18 players...

09.05.2011

A cool Tuesday evening in Seekirchen and an official crowd of 800 fans saw a hard-fought but ultimately scrappy 1-1 draw.

09.05.2011

Because I have shitloads of work to do at the moment the next few match reports won’t be much more than this: An official gate of 1300 fans came to Maxglan to see Anif’s main rivals for promotion...