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The Money League 2010

by Double Pivot on March 2, 2010 · 5 comments

The new Deloitte Money League is out and the Bun­desliga is stronger than ever.

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The Uefa Coefficient Breakdown

by Double Pivot on February 26, 2010 · 5 comments

Is this the year where the Bun­desliga gains a fourth spot? It could well be. Below is a table of the cur­rent UEFA Coef­fi­cient com­pared to how it stands if the sea­son were to end today. At the end of the sea­son, 2004–2005 will be removed from the books. In that sea­son, Italy had 2.5 […]

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Bundesliga Attendance Figures Dominate Europe

by Double Pivot on June 16, 2009 · 22 comments

RheinEn­ergi­eS­ta­dion I used the stats fea­ture at ESPN Soc­cer­net to cal­clu­ate the clubs with the best atten­dances. Out of the top 20 atten­dances in Europe, Ger­many had 9 clubs. This post is to equip you with a tool to help pro­mote our great league. Because, while we are in a slump in the Cham­pi­ons League […]

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HSV Prove Why the UEFA Cup is Better to Watch than UCL">Bremen and HSV Prove Why the UEFA Cup is Better to Watch than UCL

by Double Pivot on May 7, 2009 · 2 comments

While yesterday’s antics by Chelsea and the drama in dying min­utes get all the cov­er­age, today’s semi-final matchup between Werder Bre­men and Ham­burg pro­vided sig­nif­i­cantly more bang for the buck, and a real game to boot. And while there were a few ques­tion­able calls, the only Ger­man to cover him­self in shame, this week, was […]

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In Retrospect, Bayern’s Performance Wasn’t as Embarassing as Chelsea’s

by Double Pivot on April 30, 2009 · 10 comments

Yes, the first half of Bayern’s match against Barcelona at the Camp Nou was embar­rass­ing for the Bavar­i­ans. Sure it could have been worse had Barca not taken their foot off the gas in the sec­ond half of that game. And no, we can’t know what the out­come would have been back at the Allianz […]

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