Bundesliga Matchday 12 Favorite

My Bundesliga display of the weekend goes to FC Koln's away support at Werder Bremen.

Something about that worn look

Banners looking old, maybe torn, frayed on the edges. The paint on a logo or text is chipped, cracked, maybe even chunks are missing. To some this may look tired, and the banner appears  ready to be tossed, replaced, or maybe the need to paint over the cracks and chips. Sometimes this is the case, but often times, this distressed look can  be unique to the supporters area and railings because they have worn the test of years. Although these distressed banners are inanimate objects, if one looks at them, they show years of joy and pain, winning and losing. They have been through the elements of all four weather seasons, have been pulled, folded, balled up like twine. Sometimes beer or even stadium food might appear on the banner. At the end of the day and night, these banners remain a vital part of supporter culture.  Like the worn look, supporters of the team go through the good and bad, but still remain true to the colors of the team.

Bundesliga Best: Round 13 from BL 2.

My Bundesliga pick of the weekend goes to BL.2 supporters from FC Union Berlin. Not that elaborate in terms of display, but scarves up was the theme for their match vs. St. Pauli. Club and/or city anthem playing, people singing along, SCARVES UP!

2011 Two-stick flags

So for the 2011 season, I made some two-sticks but not as many as I had wanted. 





Also during the season, some other supporters picked up on the addiction. (photos courtesy of Massive Report
 
  
 

Visually speaking...............

So after some thinking, I have the itch once again to get into designing scarves for the Nordecke and well, fellow Columbus supporters overall. The ultimate goal is to provide a way for supporters to obtain affordable scarves to display in visual support for Columbus, while also showing pride at home, away, work or school, and any other place in the world. This project will take time, money and dedicated efforts but with true faith, anything is possible.

Bundesliga Best on Matchday 10

This past weekend in the Bundesliga was status quo in terms of  excitement thanks to full stadia and supporter culture both home and away.  My pick, and maybe it is the angle of the photo, but I liked the action from VfB Stuttgart (and no this isn't just because I follow them in the Bundesliga!). The away support at Nurnberg depicts everything one could ever want in a match. Good show for the support of the team!

German Pick of the Weekend

As I have mentioned earlier in this blog, The German Bundesliga has been an inspiration to me in terms of numbers of home and away supporters. Also, the vocal and visual support is something to behold in person, I can imagine. Each week I go to various web sites (mainly stadionwelt-fans.de) and choose a personal favorite visual from any of the German leagues. This past weekend, my pick from the weekend action in Germany goes to VfL Bochum's supporters Bundesliga 2 week 11. Big overhead banner celebrating 100 years of the club playing at the same place, Castroper Strasse.