I have been trying to compare and rank the players of Germany's four World Cup winning teams by position. This required a bit of tweaking around...
Inspired by this blog https://dixiedeanhotel.co.uk/blog/greatest-footballers-number-9/ I wonder which players spring to mind if done for all...
Updated old thread of mine! This shows which league did best in sending its teams to the European Cup quarterfinals. All 3 major competitions...
Some of you may have seen this comparison back in 2007, the majority I guess not. [MEDIA] I haven't watched it myself yet except for the first...
Alfred Körner Austrian international forward (47 caps, 14 goals) who played for Rapid and Admira between 1942 and 1961 is 91 (92 on Feb. 14 this...
Willi Schulz is a player that you won't find many tributes on the web. As I recently watched a 1962 friendly between Germany vs Uruguay I found...
The following series was published by 'Kicker' between July and September 1941. It was compiled by former Reichstrainer Otto Nerz, who had been a...
In 2006, I came up with a ranking of the best Bundesliga players (1963-2006) by position. Now, 11 years later, I have decided to update that...
The following rankings were compiled by Comme. These rankings are – of course – purely subjective and do not claim to be definitive. Eligible are...
From 1955 to July 1971, "Kicker" did not comment on individual players in separate sections but only reserved one or two sentences for the...
Season England Italy Spain Avg./season 1946 0.00 2.54 3.36 2.95 1947 3.27 2.75 3.87 3.30 1948 2.91 2.86 3.82 3.20 1949 2.82 2.92 4.05 3.26 Avg....
The following is a look at the grades given by "sportmagazin" (August 1963 to November 1968) and since then by "kicker-sportmagazin". The lowest...
The following is a translation of an article by Dr. Friedebert Becker (1907-1984) on the best players of the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. To be found...
In late 1974 "Kicker Sportmagazin" asked its readers to vote for the "Kicker of the Year" (Kicker des Jahres). Readers were asked to vote the best...
The following is a comparison between the Top 3 highest-rated Bundesliga players of "Sportmagazin" respectively "kicker-sportmagazin" (the two...
The Yugoslavian goalkeeper Petar Radenkovic hardly ever enters any discussion about all-time great goalkeepers, although he's considered a legend...
This information is taken from issue 58 of "Kicker sportmagazin" dated 15 July 1974. "Kicker" held a survey among 67 sports journalists about the...
I have uploaded the (mostly statistical) history of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) from 1935 to 1988 on my website. It is taken from the book...
An analysis of individual player records since 1955 can be found on my website: In English...
Introduction 'Kicker' magazine, Germany's most famous sports paper, was first published in 1920. In January 1956, 'Kicker' first published the...
Dear BigSoccer Supermods, I am paying member of this site due to being able to edit my posts anytime I want to. If there's a post from 3 years...
The following are Dr. Friedebert Becker's notes on the players that impressed him the most during the 1962 World Cup as issued in "Kicker". This...
The following is the complete IFFHS Nr. 33 from 2001 dealing with the Mitropa Cup 1927 to 1935. This thread is complementary to Tom Stevens'...
I came up with the following "Best of Eleven" for various Bundesliga epochs based more or less on my gut feeling (criteria for inclusion: a...