Matthew Taylor at Kickers Offenbach [R]

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  1. DC_Dave

    DC_Dave Member+

    DC United
    United States
    May 16, 2017
    According to Transfermrkt, Matt Taylor has retired (last team Offenbach)
     
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  2. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  3. kruck

    kruck Member+

    Jan 12, 2008
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    SV Werder Bremen
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  4. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The fourth tier of German soccer is interesting because the pyramid expands from one league to five all of a sudden. As a result you have some really small clubs and some clubs whose historical level is higher. Kickers Offenbach is certainly among the latter. Fallen giant is too strong, but they "should" be a D2 or strong D3 club at least.
     
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  5. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Yeah. Really impressive.

    The official capacity is 20k, and even in the relegation zone of the RL (which is where they were for the first half of the season) they can draw about 5-7k for home games. Crowds of over 10k sometimes happen.


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  6. Alex_K

    Alex_K Member+

    Mar 23, 2002
    Braunschweig, Germany
    Club:
    Eintracht Braunschweig
    Nat'l Team:
    Bhutan
    The stadium is also part of the problem - many clubs have stadia they can't actually really afford, but that were built with pro football in mind. In the end, those stadia lead to a lot of debts and the financial collapse of the clubs. Aachen and 1860 are also examples.

    Offenbach have won the German Cup once, and have been German championship runners-up twice - they are only playing in the 4th division for financial reasons, they were denied a 3. Liga license a few years ago due to their financial problems (alos caused by the new stadium, at least in part).
     
  7. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Anyone know what he's doing these days?
     
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  8. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
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