Pitch Invasion

When MLS and Bundesliga tied up a partnership last season, most people saw it as a good thing. MLS would learn from the Bundesliga and every forward thinking international football fan recognised MLS had picked perhaps the most supporter-friendly league in Europe to partner with. But now it looks like the transatlantic influence will push the other way, as Los Angeles-based Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) push for a change that could transform the Bundesliga, and probably for the worse from a supporters’ perspective.

Continuing this week’s oddball theme of fans’ celebrations in cars, we stay with World Cup 2006, as Germany celebrates their run to the semi-finals.

Photo credit: miss L on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.

Photo credit: TEDizen on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
Since the World Cup preliminary draw took place yesterday, let’s remember last year’s tournament in this week’s photo series. We can start with perhaps the most memorable sight, as it seemed every last human in Germany was outside watching at the vast Fanfests.

Photo credit: amaedel on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.

Photo credit: redia_09 on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.

The Bundesliga as idyllic soccer fan heaven is probably an over-covered angle by now: cheap stands, big crowds, good beer, etc. etc. But it’s worth wondering if Germany isn’t a bad model for MLS: inexpensive and wild enough to please the fans, well-attended and orderly enough (maybe too much for a lot of current […]

One aim of pitchinvasion.net is to focus attention on the lesser known clubs of the world (those not privileged to dine at the high table of the G-14) and their supporters. The efforts of FC St. Pauli from Hamburg, Germany, deserve such attention: the below video shows one of the best arrays of supporters’ flags […]