J.R. Skye Sport-Community: playing #football against #international #teams #companies and #clubs from different leagues in #GER

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I run a Sport-Community in the metropolitan area of Frankfurt since 1996: I offer 2 Soccer Teams, Mountain Biking, Hiking and Jogging around Frankfurt/Gelnhausen/Fulda.

 

In addition to 800 Libraries and much more museums, I visited the biggest & smallest stadiums (>1,000) in 161 countries: #Africa #Asia #Australia #Europe #NorthAmerica #SouthAmerica #Groundhopping

 

Starting with my passion for sporting activities - especially football, I have been playing since my 5th year - I opened my own team as a teen. In 1996, I founded my Company (KNT-International), wrote a book about the European Football Clubs and started to enlarge my football team to a company sports club - with the mentioned sections. My Sporting-Community is open to everyone (except both football teams*), I´ve no profit Intentions.

* = In both football teams, prominent football players appear from time to time

 Camp Nou/Nou Camp, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (41° 22′ 51″ N, 2° 7′ 21″ E)...
Camp Nou/Nou Camp, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (41° 22′ 51″ N, 2° 7′ 21″ E)...
 “Football is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.” - Johan Cruyff. Dress of my football A-team. My B-Team has the same colors, but the dress differ in details...
“Football is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.” - Johan Cruyff. Dress of my football A-team. My B-Team has the same colors, but the dress differ in details...

"In medias res." In or into the middle of events or a narrative; germ.: Mitten in die Dinge (hinein). - Horaz (65-8 v.Chr.)

J.R. Skye Sport-Community (1996-2023): #Frankfurt #Rhein-Main  #Belgium #Denmark #England #France #Austria #Switzerland #Italy #Netherlands #CzechRepublic #Poland #Luxemburg

"Finis coronat opus". I have arranged a match against #Bankers & #Globetrotters from #Frankfurt in Gelnhausen-Haitz (35 km east of Frankfurt, B-Team) - a fair draw (2:2) with 4 goals in the last 20 minutes...
"Finis coronat opus". I have arranged a match against #Bankers & #Globetrotters from #Frankfurt in Gelnhausen-Haitz (35 km east of Frankfurt, B-Team) - a fair draw (2:2) with 4 goals in the last 20 minutes...

“Soccer is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize.” 

Germaine Greer

Below: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti,Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 7597, C1428 CABA, Argentina

Madison Square Garden, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001, USA

La Bombonera, Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Brandsen 805, C1161 CABA, Argentina

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentinien (o.) & Madison Square Garden, New York City & Estadio Alberto J. Armando, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentinien (u.)...
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentinien (o.) & Madison Square Garden, New York City & Estadio Alberto J. Armando, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentinien (u.)...
"I organized a little football match against a club from the "Bezirksliga Unterfranken“, about 50 km south of Frankfurt (my football B-Team, 1:1). The very strong A-Team won against the B-Team of a “Kreisliga” Club, 60 km east of Frankfurt 12:2!
"I organized a little football match against a club from the "Bezirksliga Unterfranken“, about 50 km south of Frankfurt (my football B-Team, 1:1). The very strong A-Team won against the B-Team of a “Kreisliga” Club, 60 km east of Frankfurt 12:2!
Inside Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (40° 27′ 10.99″ N, 3° 41′ 18.05″ W): "Tour Bernabéu. Explore Real Madrid!"
Inside Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (40° 27′ 10.99″ N, 3° 41′ 18.05″ W): "Tour Bernabéu. Explore Real Madrid!"
J.R. Skye Sport-Community: playing #football against #international #teams #companies and #clubs from different #leagues in #germany (A- and B-Team) #biking #jogging #Frankfurt #RheinMain

…meine in Spanien besuchte Stadien: Camp Nou, FC Barcelona - Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid - San Mamés (alt/neu), Athletic Bilbao - Estadio Vicente Calderón (alt)/Wanda Metropolitano (neu), Atlético Madrid – Mestalla, FC Valencia - RCDE Stadium, Espanyol Barcelona - Olympia Stadion Barcelona, Barcelona - Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, FC Sevilla - Estadio La Romareda, Real Saragossa - Estadio de Gran Canaria, UD Las Palmas - Estadio José Rico Perez, CF Alicante - La Rosaleda Stadium, FC Malaga - Nuevo Estadio Ramón de Carranza, FC Cadiz - Visit Mallorca Estadi, RCD Mallorca - Estadio Balear, Atletico Baleares (Mallorca) - Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez de Lopéz, CD Teneriffa - Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, FC Granada - Nuevo Arcángel, FC Cordoba - Juan Rojas, UD Almería - Ciudad Deportivo de Lanzarote, UD Lanzarote - Los Pozos, UD Fuerteventura - Estadio Municipal de Chapín, Deportivo Xerez - Estadio Municipal Gerardo Salvador – Paterna CF - Estadio Municipal de la Línea de la Concepción - Real Balompédica Linense - Camp Municipal del Germans Gonzalvo, CF Mollet UE - Estadio San Juan Bosco, CD Utrera - Francisco Muñoz Pérez, Unión Estepona

With one of my sportscars from Frankfurt/Germany to Liege/Belgium: Maurice-Dufrasne-Stadium (Stade de Sclessin), Standard de Liege (Standard Lüttich, 50° 36′ 35.67″ N, 5° 32′ 36.04″ E)...
With one of my sportscars from Frankfurt/Germany to Liege/Belgium: Maurice-Dufrasne-Stadium (Stade de Sclessin), Standard de Liege (Standard Lüttich, 50° 36′ 35.67″ N, 5° 32′ 36.04″ E)...

"Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of Socialism without the Politics."

Bill Shankly

 …meine weiteren, in Belgien besuchte Stadien: Jan-Breydel-Stadion, FC Brügge, Lotto Park, RSC Anderlecht - Cegeka Arena, KRC Genk - Ghelamco Arena, KAA Gent, De Bosuil, FC Antwerpen - Herman Vanderpoorten, SK Lierse - Stade Edmond Machtens, FC Brüssel - Stade du País de Charleroi, RSC/Sporting Charleroi - Stade du Tivoli, RAA Louviéroise, Freethiel, KSK Beveren, AFAS Stadion, KV Mechelen - Jules Ottenstadion, KAA Gent, Stayen, Sint-Truiden VV.

ARTwork - a nostalgic look back on a friendly match against "Schusterjunge-Suhrkamp". Organized 5 games against the sympathic football team of that german publishing house, here in Gelnhausen, 35km east of Frankfurt. Thanks Jill for this unique collage
ARTwork - a nostalgic look back on a friendly match against "Schusterjunge-Suhrkamp". Organized 5 games against the sympathic football team of that german publishing house, here in Gelnhausen, 35km east of Frankfurt. Thanks Jill for this unique collage

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"Half the population don't go to football matches but that doesn't make football any less important.”

John Sutherland

I´ve organized a match against the Danish football club ISS Skjold Skævinge

I´ve organized a match against the Danish football club ISS Skjold Skævinge (Idrætsforeningen Skjold Skævinge), which has held a training camp at the Hessian Football Association in Grünberg. The city of Steinau provided me the sports field - thanks to the former Major and to Skjold, which traveled almost 1,000 km from Copenhagen (Roskilde/Hillerød commune) to Grünberg - and 120 km from Grünberg to Steinau! 

www.skjoldskaevinge.dk

www.hillerod.dk

Dänischer Fußball danish football Steinau
A match against danish football club "ISS Skjold Skævinge" (Idrætsforeningen Skjold Skævinge) in Steinau (70 km east of Frankfurt)...

…meine in Dänemark besuchten Stadien: Parken, FC Kopenhagen -Brøndby Stadion, Brøndby IF (Kopenhagen) – MCH-Arena, FC Midtjylland (Herning), Nature Energy Park, Odense BK - Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg fB - Ny Vejle Stadion, Vejle BK - NRGi Park/Ceres Park, Århus GF -Silkeborg Stadion, Silkeborg IF - Farum Park, FC Nordsjælland (Farum, Furesø Kommune, Kopenhagen) - Lyngby Stadion, Lyngby BK - Viborg Stadion, iborg FF, Hjørring Stadion, Hjørring IF - CASA Arena Horsens, AC Horsens - Holstebro Idrætspark, Holstebro BK -Randers Stadion, Randers -Gentofte Stadion, Hellerup IK - -Næstved Idrætspark, Næstved BK -Nordjyske Arena, , Vejle Idrætsforening - Hvidovre Stadion, Hvidovre IF

  

Ronaldinho in Frankfurt/Germany

I visited the largest and smallest football stadiums (more than 1,000) in the world and watched the biggest stars: Ronaldinho in Frankfurt/Germany (stadium of my Home Club Eintracht Frankfurt):

Besuch der größten und kleinsten Fussballstadien (bisher über 1.000 Exemplare) in 161 Ländern sowie inspizieren der Trickkisten der größten Statisten: Ronaldinho in Frankfurt (Commerzbank Arena, Stadion meines Herzensvereins Eintracht Frankfurt)...
Besuch der größten und kleinsten Fussballstadien (bisher über 1.000 Exemplare) in 161 Ländern sowie inspizieren der Trickkisten der größten Statisten: Ronaldinho in Frankfurt (Commerzbank Arena, Stadion meines Herzensvereins Eintracht Frankfurt)...

Außerhalb meines von mir organisierten Sportbetriebes

Neben den größten und kleinsten Bibliotheken (800 Einrichtungen) und noch mehr Museen beinahe sämtlicher Ländereien dieser Welt statte ich gelegentlich auch den größten Fussballstadien sowie einigen kleineren Fussballspielen (wie Real Madrid gegen den FC Barcelona, Shanghai SIPG gegen Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao oder Boca Juniors gegen River Plate) einen Besuch ab. Zu meinen Stippvisiten lade ich zuweilen auch Freunde und Bekannte in meinen Backpack - und lasse eine mittlere Gelnhäuser* Zuschauerlawine in die Stadien strömen (wie zu Ronaldinhos Besuch in der Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt anläßlich meines Geburtstags am 17.11.). Alternativ zu einem von mir an anderer Stelle beschriebenen Ereignis, zu dem ich für den Zeitraum einer beinahe endlosen Woche die Strandbungalows einer halben dänischen Nordseeinsel angemietet habe...

Festzuhalten bleibt: während meiner Reisen starte ich nach wie vor den Versuch, in jedem Land nach Grenzübertritt wenigstens einer Erst- oder Zweitligapartie beizuwohnen; was mir zu Beginn meiner Reiseaktivitäten in wenigstens 50% der Fälle gelang. Seit 2010 checke ich, auch aufgrund des Betreibens dieses zweitaufwändigen Blogs, lediglich zu 25% genannte Spiele ab...         

* sowie u.a. Gäste aus Frankfurt a.M./Hanau/Fulda und - warum nicht - Offenbach   

Watching football in the middle of the Atlantic ocean...

CD Santa Clara (Azores, Primeira-Liga Portugal), my #visitation before 2019-match against Benfica (0:2). Watching football in the middle of the Atlantic ocean...
CD Santa Clara (Azores, Primeira-Liga Portugal), my #visitation before 2019-match against Benfica (0:2). Watching football in the middle of the Atlantic ocean...
Estádio de São Miguel, Azores
Estádio de São Miguel, Azores

…meine in Portugal besuchten Heimstätten des Fußballs: Estádio da Luz, Benfica Lissabon - Estádio das Antas/Estádio do Dragão, beide FC Porto - Estádio José Alvalade, Sporting Lissabon - Estádio Nacional, Lissabon - Estádio do Restelo, Belenenses Lissabon -Estádio do Bessa Século XXI, Boavista Porto, Estádio dos Barreiros, CS Marítimo (Madeira) - Estádio da Madeira, CD Nacional (Madeira) - Campo de Futebol Adelino Rodrigues, C.F. União Madeira - Estádio São Miguel, CD Santa Clara (Azoren) - Estádio Municipal/AXA, Estádio Municipal de Braga- Sporting (SC) Braga - Estádio D. Alfonso Henriques, Vitória SC - Cidade de Coimbra, Académica Coimbra - Estádio Municipal Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, UD Leiria - Estádio do Bonfim, Vitória Setúbal - Estádio dos Arcos, FC Rio Ave - Estádio Mário Duarte, SC Beira-Mar

 

“In the sweep of its appeal, its ability to touch every corner of humanity, football is the only game that needed to be invented.”

Sir Bobby Charlton (The Autobiography: My Manchester United Years)...

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“The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.”

Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

My football teams start into their preparations for the 2019 summer-season! Playing football against international teams, companies and clubs from different leagues in Germany! Celebrating 23 years of COMPANY FOOTBALL, mountain biking & jogging +++2019+++


The full Atlantic-Range: from the Azores to  Madeira (my ticket Maritimo - Beleneses/Lisbon). My Destination: Madison Square  Garden, New York City!
The full Atlantic-Range: from the Azores to Madeira (my ticket Maritimo - Beleneses/Lisbon). My Destination: Madison Square Garden, New York City!

Wenn Atlantik dann die gesamte Bandbreite: von den Azoren nach Madeira (hier mein Ticket Maritimo - Beleneses (Lissabon). Endpunkt: Madison Square Garden, New York City!

 

In the beginning...

“The debate was long and furious but, after a fifth meeting at the Freemason’s Tavern in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London, at 7:00 p.m. on December 8, 1863, carrying the ball by hand was outlawed, and soccer and rugby went their separate ways. The dispute, strangely, was not over the use of the hand but over hacking; that is, whether kicking opponents in the shins should be allowed. F. W. Campbell of Blackheath was very much in favor. “If you do away with [hacking],” he said, “you will do away with all the courage and pluck of the game, and I will be bound to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week’s practice.” Sports, he appears to have believed, were...

"Approaching London Heathrow: from Wall Street, New York City to the City of London, GB." Watching Tottenham, Arsenal & the Blues right from the sky(e)!
"Approaching London Heathrow: from Wall Street, New York City to the City of London, GB." Watching Tottenham, Arsenal & the Blues right from the sky(e)!
Wembley Stadium, London
Wembley Stadium, London

...about pain, brutality, and manliness; without that, if it actually came down to skill, any old foreigner might be able to win. A joke it may have been, but that his words were part of a serious debate is indicative of the general ethos, even if Blackheath did end up resigning from the association when hacking was eventually outlawed.”

Jonathan Wilson, Inverting The Pyramid: The History of Soccer Tactics

 

…meine in England heimgesuchten Stadien: Wembley Stadium (neu/alt), London - Stamford Bridge, FC Chelsea (London) - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur (London) - London Stadium, White Hart Lane, Tottenham Hotspur (London) - Upton Park/Olympiastadion, West Ham United (London) – Highbury (alt)/Emirates Stadium (neu), Arsenal London - Craven Cottage, FC Fulham (London) - Anfield, FC Liverpool - Old Trafford Manchester United - St. James‘ Park, Newcastle United - Villa Park, Aston Villa (Birmingham) - St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium, Birmingham City - Elland Road, Leeds United – Falmer Stadium, Brighton & Hove Albion - Twerton Park, Bath City - Perry's Crabble Stadium, Dover Athletic - Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff City (Wales) - Liberty Stadium, Swansea City (Wales).

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Jörg Kaminski
Cross the border: from Glasgow (Celtic) - Inverness (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) - Aberdeen (Aberdeen FC, Scotland) to Newcastle (Newcastle United, England)!

...meine in Schottland besuchten Stadien: Celtic Park, Celtic Glasgow - Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Rangers - Pittodrie Stadium, FC Aberdeen - Rugby Park, Victoria Park, Ross County - FC Kilmarnock - Tynecastle Stadium, Heart of Midlothian - Tannadice Park, Dundee United - Firhill Stadium, Partick Thistle - East End Park, AFC Dunfermline - McDiarmid Park, FC St. Johnstone - Somerset Park, Ayr United - Almondvale Stadium, FC Livingston - Broadwood Stadium, FC Clyde - Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Caledonian Thistle -Palmerston Park, FC Queen of the South (Dumfries) - Falkirk Stadium, FC Falkirk - Forth Bank Stadium, Stirling Albion - Raydale Park, FC Gretna - The Bet Butler Stadium. FC Dumbarton - Fir Park, FC Motherwell

Stade Robert Diochon (Rouen, France), Celtic Park & Caledonian Stadium (Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, Scotland - took these pics from the moving car during one of my trips through Scotland) & Estádio da Luz (Benfica/Lisbon, Portugal)...
Stade Robert Diochon (Rouen, France), Celtic Park & Caledonian Stadium (Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, Scotland - took these pics from the moving car during one of my trips through Scotland) & Estádio da Luz (Benfica/Lisbon, Portugal)...
Stamford Bridge/London (Chelsea FC), Old Trafford/Manchester (Manchester United) & Emirates Stadium/London (Arsenal FC)...
Stamford Bridge/London (Chelsea FC), Old Trafford/Manchester (Manchester United) & Emirates Stadium/London (Arsenal FC)...
One of five: one of five matches against "Main-Kinzig-Gas GmbH", Haingründau/Gründau (against my B-Team)...
One of five: one of five matches against "Main-Kinzig-Gas GmbH", Haingründau/Gründau (against my B-Team)...

“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”

Mike Singletary

Jörg Kaminski Gelnhausen Frankfurt Stadion Stadium Esbjerg EfB Blue Water Arena Dänemark Denmark Football
In addition to 800 libraries and much more museums, I visited the biggest & smallest stadiums (>1,000) in 161 countries: Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg, Denmark (55° 28′ 55.05″ N, 8° 26′ 21.99″ E)!

My excursions to Denmark read more>>>

 

“In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.”

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre

Odense BK Stadium Stadion Jörg Kaminski J.R. Skye Dänemark Danmark Estadio Nature Energy Park Fünen Fyn OB Fußball Football
Nature Energy Park (EWII Park), Stadium of Odense BK, Odense, Denmark (55° 23′ 51.75″ N, 10° 21′ 59.77″ E)...
Charleroi Stade du Pays Belgien Fußball Fussball Stadium Mercedes Benz Jörg Kaminski Gelnhausen J.R. Skye  R.C.S.C. Jupiler League Belgische Liga
Stade du Pays de Charleroi (Sporting/RSC Charleroi), Charleroi, Belgium (50° 24′ 52.59″ N, 4° 27′ 13.63″ E)...
Haibike MTB Mountain Bike Indoor Cycling Inn-Bike Fahrrad Fahrradfahren Cube E-Bike Mountainbike Vier Fichten
One of my bikes. You would like to take part in a day tour? You don´t own a bike? Try that! It´s free!

"One of my bikes. You would like to take part in a day tour? You don´t own a bike? Try that! It´s free! +Playing football against int. teams, companies and clubs from different leagues in Germany! Celebrating 22 years of COMPANY FOOTBALL, mountain #biking & #jogging +2018+#business."

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“You don’t inspire your teammates by showing them how amazing you are. You inspire them by showing them how amazing they are.”

Robyn Benincasa

 

"Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.”

Oscar Wilde

 


EAG EN Avant Guingamp Bretagne Brittany Jörg Rainer Kaminski Gelnhausen EA Bus
I'm a guest to EA Guingamp (Département Côtes d’Armor, Brittany, France - 48° 33′ 57.81″ N, 3° 9′ 52.17″ W)...
I visited Trolltunga, Kjerag & Preikestolen in Norway...and SK Brann Bergen (Sportsklubben Brann)!
I visited Trolltunga, Kjerag & Preikestolen in Norway...and SK Brann Bergen (Sportsklubben Brann)!
Stade du Heinaut Valenciennes Frankreich France Stade Stadium Stadion
Juventus Stadium, Turin/Torino, Italy & Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes Football Club, France (50° 20′ 53″ N, 3° 31′ 59″ E)...

...meine in Frankreich besuchten Stadien: Stade de France (Paris) - Parc des Princes -Paris Saint-Germain - Orange Velodrome Olympique Marseille - Groupama Stadium, Olympique Lyon - Stade Municipal du Roudourou, EA (En Avant) Guingamp - Stade Yves Allainmat Le Moustoir, FC Lorient - Stade Pierre Mauroy, OSC Lille -Stade Chaban-Delmas/Matmut Atlantique, Girondins Bordeaux - Stade Louis-Fonteneau, FC Nantes - Stade de la Meinau - RC Strasbourg - Parc des Sports, FC Haguenau - Stade de la Route de Lorient, Stade Rennes - Stade Saint Symphorien, FC Metz – MMArena, FC Le Mans - Stade du Hainaut, FC Valenciennes - Stade Louis Dugauguez, CS Sedan Ardennes - Auguste Delaune, Stade Reims - Stade Marcel Picot, AS Nancy - Stade Michel-Amand, Stade Poitiers (Stade Poitevin FC) - Stade de la Licorne, SC Amiens - Robert-Diochon, FC Rouen - Stade de la Rabine, OC Vannes - Stade de la Source, US Orléans

 

"To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink."

J.B. Priestley, The Good Companions, 1928

“Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.” Dennis Bergkamp
“Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.” Dennis Bergkamp

“Soccer is the most difficult business that we’re in, because one day you’re on top, and the next day you’re very low.”

Emilio Azcarraga Jean

Jörg Kaminski Gelnhausen KNT-International Sport Gemeinschaft JR J.R. Skye
A football-match against "Eintracht Wetzlar" (in Wetzlar, 9x9). "Further football-innovations followed in the early decades of the 20th century, such as the establishment of the forward pass and the current point system and field dimensions."

Thanks to Sascha Wunram (Eintracht Wetzlar), who organized this 9x9 ("five-a-side football pitch") soccer-game in Wetzlar-Dalheim in an marvelous, splendid way! My B-Team is looking forward to the return-match in October 2018!

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"The missing of chances is one of the mysteries of life."

Sir Alf Ramsey

 

“Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.” 

Bill Shankly

 

“Football is the ballet of the masses.” 

Dmitri Shostakovich


An older photo (2001): with the former chairman of the Foreigner´s Council/Gelnhausen, I organized a match against an international Football-Team ("FC Union") - on this photo, you can see 8 nations! A great football afternoon with my A-Team!
An older photo (2001): with the former chairman of the Foreigner´s Council/Gelnhausen, I organized a match against an international Football-Team ("FC Union") - on this photo, you can see 8 nations! A great football afternoon with my A-Team!
Beijing National Stadium, 1 Guojiatiyuchang S Rd, Chaoyang, China, 100101
Beijing National Stadium, 1 Guojiatiyuchang S Rd, Chaoyang, China, 100101

...read more about my Beijing/China-Trip read more>>>

"From Dongcheng to Chaoyang, from Chongwen to Xuanwu and from Fengtai to Shijingshan. From Xicheng to Haidian, from Fangshan to Changping and from The Great Wall of China (Mutianyu, 40° 26′ 16.86″ N, 116° 33′ 42.84″ E) to Shanghai."

 

“Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football.” 
Albert Camus

 

Olympique Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain, Girondins Bordeaux & Co.

In France, I visited the stadiums of all first and second division clubs since 1932 (Division 1/ Première Division /since 2002 Ligue 1). More about my excursions - not only - into French football read more>>>

The Celtic Football Club. Not Glasgow - but Lorient, Brittany, France
The Celtic Football Club. Not Glasgow - but Lorient, Brittany, France
I organized a dynamic football match in Birstein, 75km northeast of Frankfurt, in the core of largest contiguous volcanic region in Central Europe:  playing football in Vogelsberg/Bird Mountain! I´m the guy in the second row (sitting), second from right!
I organized a dynamic football match in Birstein, 75km northeast of Frankfurt, in the core of largest contiguous volcanic region in Central Europe: playing football in Vogelsberg/Bird Mountain! I´m the guy in the second row (sitting), second from right!

” If you never concede a goal, you’re going to win more games than you lose.”
Bobby Moore

HSV Volksparkstadion Hamburger SV BMW Z4 E85 Hamburg A7
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg (Hamburger SV, 53° 35′ 13″ N, 9° 53′ 55″ E) & Olympiastadion Berlin (52° 30′ 52.66″ N, 13° 14′ 22.64″ E) - Sylvesterallee 7, 22525 Hamburg & Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin
Gelnhausen Roth Melitia Kinzig Sportplatz
A match against "SV Viktoria Preußen Frankfurt" in Gelnhausen-Roth - thanks to "Melitia Roth" for a perfect football pitch on that special Thursday afternoon beside Highway A66 & River Kinzig!
Waldensberg Waldenser Sportplatz Wächtersbach
I organized a match against Kreisliga Club "SG Waldensberg" in the Evening Sun of October. A remarkable football afternoon with plenty of goals (the most in my football history) on both sides: SG Waldensberg - FC KNT 8:14 (2:5)!
SG Haitz Sportgemeinschaft Waldsportplatz Erich Tiede
“The ball laughs, radiant, in the air. He brings her down, puts her to sleep, showers her with compliments, dances with her, and seeing such things never before seen his admirers pity their unborn grandchildren who will never see them.” Eduardo Galeano

Win-win! Meiner Lebensphilosophie (größtmögliche Unabhängigkeit) widersprechend, ging ich hier eine mehrjährige Fusion ein: mein Heimat-Fussballverein (für den ich bis zu meinem 12. Lebensjahr bereits 150 Spiele absolvierte, zeitweise sogar 2 Spiele pro Tag*) stand wegen Spielermangels vor dem Rückzug aus dem regulären Spielbetrieb (Erste Mannschaft). Mit Hilfe meines geringfügigen Eingriffs (Dank an einen Teils meines Spielerkaders!) bzw. meiner Intervention konnte dem Hessischen Fussballverband vermeldet werden: Rückzug abgeblasen.

Der damalige Geschäftsführer vermerkte in der Vereins-Chronik: Die Spiele gehen weiter!

* zuweilen E- und D-Jundenspiele bzw. D- und C-Jugendspiele etc.!

 

"Der personell arg gebeutelte Gelnhäuser Fußball-B-Ligist SG Haitz bekommt Schützenhilfe von einer Betriebsmannschaft. Die Firmenfußballer des Gelnhäuser Logistik-Unternehmens KNT International wurden in die SG Haitz eingegliedert. Die 100 Spieler der Betriebself sind neuerdings alle Mitglieder der SG Haitz.

Club im Club

Der neue "Club im Club" will dazu beitragen, dass in Haitz weiter Fußball gespielt werden kann, wird aber auch weiterhin als eigenständige Mannschaft auftreten und im Hobbyfußball sein Zuhause haben. Wenn es allerdings einen Spieler-Engpass bei der SG Haitz sollte, wollen die Firmenfußballer personell aushelfen. Einen echten Spielertausch soll es allerdings nur bei besagtem Spielermangel des B-Ligisten geben, dies erklärte Firmenchef Jörg Rainer Kaminski in einem Schreiben an die GNZ." 

Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung (GNZ) 

Stade Brest Stadion Stadium Francis Le Ble Quimper Rennes
I´ve crossed the french border and visited the League 1 Match Stade Brest - Stade Rennes: Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest, France (48° 24′ 10″ N, 4° 27′ 41″ W) - 26 Rue de Quimper, 29200 Brest, France
Europaturm Ginnheimer Spargel Bockenheim Frankfurt KNT Gelnhausen
"In Frankfurt-Bockenheim: in the background you can see the “Europaturm”, the 2nd highest telecommunications-tower in Germany/337,5 m. I´m in the scecond row (sitting), third from right. Thank you Simon S. for the pic! #globetrotters #bank #Frankfurt."

I organized a football-match in Frankfurt-Bockenheim against www.blaugelb-frankfurt.de (founded 1926). In the background you can see the “Europaturm”, the 2nd highest telecommunications-tower in Germany/337,5 m. My B team was also prepared with #globetrotters #backpackers & bank employees from all over the world!

 "Der Post-Sportverein Blau-Gelb Frankfurt (PSV) wurde am 1. Juni 1926 in Frankfurt am Main von Postbediensteten gegründet. Damals hieß der offizielle Name des Vereins: Post-Sportverein Frankfurt am Main. Nach Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges...

Marshall Józef Piłsudski's Municipal Stadium of Legia Warsaw & Stadionu im. Ireny Szewińskiej, Polskich Olimpijczyków 1, 58-540 Karpacz (Poland)
Marshall Józef Piłsudski's Municipal Stadium of Legia Warsaw & Stadionu im. Ireny Szewińskiej, Polskich Olimpijczyków 1, 58-540 Karpacz (Poland)

Tragedy & Mystery

...to miss the opportunity (oben): Grab eines Anhängers des schottischen (Beispiel eines meiner Schottland-Schnell-Trips hier) Fußball-Klubs Ross County F.C. (Dingwall, links) - überraschender Gewinner des schottischen League-Cups 2016 (einziger Titel des Fußball-Klubs). Dieser - mit 93 Jahren zu Grabe getragene - Sympathisant verpasste dieses einmalige Ereignis um wenige Tage. Fodderty Cemetery, 1939 A834, Strathpeffer IV14 9AD/UK (Ross-shire, Scottish council area of Highland).

...außerdem oben: Cape Town Stadium (Cape Town City FC) in the evening sun, Cape Town, South Africa - 33° 54′ 12.38″ S, 18° 24′ 40.12″ E & Hamden Park, Glasgow G42 9BA/UK - 55° 49′ 33.14″ N, 4° 15′ 7″ W.

 

...und der nachfolgenden Krisenjahre bis 1924 wollten die Postler einen Ausgleich zu ihrer beruflichen Tätigkeit schaffen, indem sie sich in einer Betriebssportgruppe organisierten. So entstanden flächendeckend sukzessive über das Reichsgebiet mehrere Hundert Postsportvereine in Deutschland. Heute existieren nur noch rd. 250 dieser Sportorganisationen. Die Rückläufigkeit der Anzahl resultiert aus der Streichung sämtlicher Zuschüsse der drei ehemaligen Postunternehmen (Post AG, Telekom AG und Postbank)."

Quelle/Zitat: Homepage "blaugelb-Frankfurt.de"!

 

“Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the community's fabric, a repository of traditions.”   

Franklin Foer, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

 

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FC Barcelona Nou Camp Fotbol Football Soccer Spanien Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Primera Division
I´m the only visitor in Camp Nou/Nou Camp, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (41° 22′ 51″ N, 2° 7′ 21″ E). Thanks to Joan Gaspart Solves, FC Barcelona!
"FC Barcelona, my first visit (with Sonja)." Links: hier stehe ich vor dem Pokal der Pokale (CL, rechts) und Sonja mit kritischem Blick vor der La Liga/Primera División-Partie gegen  Athletic Bilbao (rechts)...
"FC Barcelona, my first visit (with Sonja)." Links: hier stehe ich vor dem Pokal der Pokale (CL, rechts) und Sonja mit kritischem Blick vor der La Liga/Primera División-Partie gegen Athletic Bilbao (rechts)...

In german: Ein älteres Foto, das eines unserer zahlreichen Spiele gegen "Schusterjunge Suhrkamp" (Suhrkamp-Verlag, links unten) dokumentiert...als dieses Verlagshaus noch in Frankfurt ansässig war. Dieses Foto entstand in Gelnhausen-Haitz (über Jahre hinweg der Haupt-Rasenplatz meiner beiden Fussball-Teams, neben der Hallennutzung im gleichen Ort ein besonderes Arrangement, siehe Artikel oben); der Bericht (weit) unten gibt eines unserer Partien (A-Team) in Frankfurt (direkt vor den Toren des Hessischen Rundfunks) wieder, ein besonderer Dank gilt Matthias Merk, Neffe des Bundesliga-, UEFA- und FIFA-Schiedsrichters Dr. Markus Merk. Erstklassige Schiedsrichterleistung!

Gegen den Suhrkamp Verlag in Gelnhausen-Haitz (links) und Abschluss der Vorbereitungen für dieses Spiel in Gelnhausen-Stadt (rechts)...
Gegen den Suhrkamp Verlag in Gelnhausen-Haitz (links) und Abschluss der Vorbereitungen für dieses Spiel in Gelnhausen-Stadt (rechts)...

Rechts nach unserer Vorbereitung auf ein weiteres Spiel gegen Suhrkamp, diesmal auf dem Sportgelände in Gelnhausen-Stadt. Ein besonderer Dank gilt diesmal der Stadt Gelnhausen, die mir auch für dieses Aufeinandertreffen das entsprechende Stadiongelände zur Verfügung gestellt hat (ehemaliger Kulturamtsleiter Herr Appl)! 

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“Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.”

Pope John Paul II

Winter-Season,  a football game at -10 degrees in Gelnhausen-Haitz against SG Haitz (founded 1908).
Winter-Season, a football game at -10 degrees in Gelnhausen-Haitz against SG Haitz (founded 1908).

www.sghaitz.de

“Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse.” 

Jonathan Wilson (Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics)...

The most exotic football pitch in Europe: "Playing football at Rubjerg Knude #Northern #Coast of #Denmark."
The most exotic football pitch in Europe: "Playing football at Rubjerg Knude #Northern #Coast of #Denmark."
“You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself. No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me, I just want to go out and play football.” Maurice Jones-Drew
“You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself. No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me, I just want to go out and play football.” Maurice Jones-Drew

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"Homines sumus, non dei!" (after a tough loss): My B-Team is playing in Offenbach near Frankfurt, I´m the guy sitting on the left, yellow shoes!
"Homines sumus, non dei!" (after a tough loss): My B-Team is playing in Offenbach near Frankfurt, I´m the guy sitting on the left, yellow shoes!

"Losing is part of the game. If you never lose, you are never truly tested, and never forced to grow." 

David Sirlin

 

"Losing is only temporary and not all encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it." 

John Wooden

"My special one next to Eintracht Frankfurt: Athletic! #Athletic #AthleticClub #Bilbao."
"My special one next to Eintracht Frankfurt: Athletic! #Athletic #AthleticClub #Bilbao."
My A-Team played in the deepest winter against SV Brachttal, 60 km east of Frankfurt. I´m sitting, 3th from right. "Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last." Ronaldinho
My A-Team played in the deepest winter against SV Brachttal, 60 km east of Frankfurt. I´m sitting, 3th from right. "Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last." Ronaldinho

"Snow? Our football match takes place today." Thanks www.sv-brachttal.de for a game on your pitch - buried under a mass of snow - against your A-Team in Brachttal-Schlierbach!

 

“I’m attracted to soccer’s capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.” 

Eduardo Galeano

Just before one of our matches against VfB Oberndorf (in Oberndorf)...
Just before one of our matches against VfB Oberndorf (in Oberndorf)...

“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” 
Lou Holtz

My A-Team beat a Team from the "Kreisliga" 12:2 (4:1) near Frankfurt. I´m sitting, 3th from the left...
My A-Team beat a Team from the "Kreisliga" 12:2 (4:1) near Frankfurt. I´m sitting, 3th from the left...

“Football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”   

Vince Lombardi Jr.

ARTwork - danke Andrea für dieses Motiv. Mein A-Team, zusammen mit der sympathischen Truppe von "Dynamo Rodenbach", ein Fussball-Hobbyteam aus Hanau/Rodenbach/Langenselbold (insgesamt 6 Spiele)!
ARTwork - danke Andrea für dieses Motiv. Mein A-Team, zusammen mit der sympathischen Truppe von "Dynamo Rodenbach", ein Fussball-Hobbyteam aus Hanau/Rodenbach/Langenselbold (insgesamt 6 Spiele)!

"It's like everything in football - and life. You need to look, you need to think, you need to move, you need to find space, you need to help others. It's very simple in the end."

Johan Cruyff

In german: Artikel aus der Suhrkamp-Interna ("Schusterjunge-Suhrkamp"). Dank an Stefan Stoidtner und Wolfgang Schneider (letztgenannter ehemaliger Betriebsratsvorsitzender des Verlagshauses) sowie den zahlreichen Lektoren, die sich zu unseren Spielen nicht nur freundschaftlich eingefunden, sondern auch spielerisch beteiligt haben!

My mountainbike tours around Frankfurt also take place in small groups (here - 2018 - only 7 persons, including the youngest)...
My mountainbike tours around Frankfurt also take place in small groups (here - 2018 - only 7 persons, including the youngest)...

"I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender."

Usain Bolt

Spessart Fußball Jossgrund VfB Oberndorf Burgjoß Jörg Kaminski Gelnhausen
Playing football at 40 degrees in Spessart, 100 km southeast of Frankfurt...

“Good soccer players need not be titans sculpted by Michelangelo. In soccer, ability is much more important than shape, and in many cases, skill is the art of turning limitations into virtues.”
Eduardo Galeano

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"I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind."

Martin Winterkorn

"In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball."   Nelson Falcão Rodrigues
"In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball." Nelson Falcão Rodrigues
“Good soccer players need not be titans sculpted by Michelangelo. In soccer, ability is much more important than shape, and in many cases, skill is the art of turning limitations into virtues.” Eduardo Galeano
“Good soccer players need not be titans sculpted by Michelangelo. In soccer, ability is much more important than shape, and in many cases, skill is the art of turning limitations into virtues.” Eduardo Galeano

"How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?"

Desmond Tutu 

“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.” Bill Shankly
“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.” Bill Shankly

"Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer, but not make dinner, you have done them a disservice."

Alton Brown 

I play football all over the world, here in Hawaii among locals (21° 18′ 41″ N, 157° 47′ 47″ W)...
I play football all over the world, here in Hawaii among locals (21° 18′ 41″ N, 157° 47′ 47″ W)...
Jörg Kaminski Gelnhausen Frankfurt Beach Soccer Strand Fußball Strandfussball Baan Krud Hua Hin Cha Am Thailand Tricks Übersteiger Körpertäuschung
A body feint to the left, two Japanese opponents (Sompo Japan Nipponkoa) are - temporarily - out of the game: as the only european male on the beach of Ban Krut, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand...

"The technocracy of professional sport has managed to impose a soccer of lightning speed and brute strength: a soccer that negates joy, kills fantasy and outlaws daring."

Eduardo Galeano

 

"All activities I personally organize, even if I'm traveling."

Jörg Rainer Kaminski

 

Interessante (und hilfreiche) Fussball- und Groundhoppingseiten, Bestandteil meiner eigenen, regelmäßigen Lektüre:

 

http://groundhopping.de/

http://www.groundhopping.se

 

 Für den Inhalt der verlinkten Seiten übernehme ich keine Haftung

...to be continued!

Jörg Kaminski Gelnhausen Frankfurt