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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some great players in that team to be fair. And Felix Magath as coach. Leverkusen actually led most of the season and were unbeaten until March, but fell apart and ended up finishing 4th.

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I knew about 2001 and 2007, but I don't think I knew how close Schalke were to winning the title in 2010. Led the table with six games left then lost at home to a 10-man Bayern. Level on goal difference with two games left, but they lost and then drew their last two games.

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Bundesliga mentioned on today’s Only Connect What links these two clues? (I got it)

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Kaiserslautern’s away fans waving all kinds of FCK shirts as the team walk out, pretty cool

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

How has this myth that the VAR only showed the Balogun foul in slow motion been allowed to persist? We saw the referee watch it in multiple times in full speed during the broadcast

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Watching Finaltag der Amateure, finding out Carl Zeiss Jena have a Fraggle themed fan club

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Realised it’s over six years ago now since my first VfL game, & my first & so far only VfL home game. Good times

Bochum 1-1 Osnabrück
2019/20 Matchday 14

Osnabrück 0-1 Nürnberg
2019/20 Matchday 21

A whole lot of pyro in the Gästeblock in Bochum

A view of the Bremer Brücke pitch from the Ostkurve

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Wolfsburg linked with Dieter Hecking, Thomas Reis & Dino Toppmöller if they sack their coach. If only there were someone available who'd saved Wolfsburg before, looking for one last Bundesliga job...

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Nice to see Juventus pay tribute to 1998/99 Hertha BSC

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

The last month hasn’t been great but 2025 has been a good year for VfL. Wouldn’t have expected this at the end of 2024 #VfL1899

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Just found this picture of Bayer Leverkusen’s basketball team wearing an adidas Ipswich template

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Haven’t been able to watch any Bundesliga this weekend so as far as I’m concerned the biggest talking point of the weekend is Kristijan Jakic’s haircut

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Random Bundesliga player I just remembered about: Tasos Donis. That 4-1 vs Bayern…

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Exciting stuff as Mommuluh's number falls off #DSCS04

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Recently bought a bunch of issues of Elfmeter, a late 80’s/early 90’s fanzine dedicated to German football in English. Some really good stuff in there

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I love when players tell their keeper which way to dive and are just completely wrong

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Still waiting for the official live stream of Schalke-Bochum to start...

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Leverkusen third - Missed this one. Leverkusen like a blue change kit and often have a really nice blue. The cross pattern isn't amazing but does combine two shades of blue well. Only thing I would change is the implementation of an almost entirely turquoise badge. 8/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Nürnberg away - The problem with paying homage to a kit from 2007 is that some of the trends from the 00s were a bit silly, like asymmetric football kit designs. A fairly standard white kit but one of the sleeves is grey, though it's barely noticeable in action. 5/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Gladbach third - The idea of using Gladbach's diamonds to create an all-over pattern could be great. Creating a map of the city it a b it underwhelming - it's nicer than most map kits, but I think it's quite hard for anyone to really recognise this map. It looks like a generic abstract pattern. 6/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Köln third - Another black & gold kit, this one rivals Augsburg's very similar effort with a complicated pattern paying homage to the city. The Effzeh logo looks nice in a single colour and I like the collar too; this is one of the better black & golds. Shame about the Rewe smiley. 8/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Union Berlin away - Really like the idea here, it's not been executed perfectly but still ends up in a pretty nice kit. The shirt looks more black than dark green from the front which does undermine the idea of a forest inspired shirt, but the gold does work and the shorts & socks look good. 7/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Frankfurt third - Not feeling this one. The darker gray digital camo effect just looks messy here, and there's a limit to how exciting a kit in two-tone grey can really be. Would've preferred it without the pattern, even if it would be a bit boring. 3/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Hoffenheim away - Another pretty plain design for Hoffenheim in the same template as the other two kits. This is probably the best looking of the three; certainly the most eye catching with the bright turquoise and a more visible pattern on the front. 7/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Schweinfurt home - Introduced last year as a 120th anniversary shirt, we know now that this is being used as a home shirt this season. The anniversary badge isn't great but otherwise it's a smart design with a good collar, one of the better Capelli efforts. 7/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Stuttgart third - Feels like they're stuck between two ideas that could be amazing, but shouldn't go together. Like on the away I think the horizontal stripe takes away from the pattern. Stuttgart have also had enough all-black kits now that black and gold doesn't have the same impact it could. 6/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Other than Marvin Ducksch/Mitchell Weiser v Hamburg, is there any other examples of a free kick goal being ruled out because there was an attacker too close to the wall? The rule is still in effect, but I've not seen it applied since

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Ingolstadt third - Missed this one; it's another solid design from Errea. Off white and dark red is a good combination. Will look a bit worse now that FCI have secured an actual sponsor unfortunately. 7/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Dortmund home - One of Puma's better recent BVB kits - helped by the black sponsor, I think. It's both quite loud and also quite plain, since there's nothing else to it below the distorted black print on the shoulders & sleeves. Certainly better than what they wore in the summer, anyway. 6/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Augsburg third - After the success of last year's 'Römertrikot' Augsburg have used the same inspiration for this year's third kit; this time in black and gold rather than red. Expect this one to be just as popular. 8/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Of course, they would have stayed up comfortably were it not for 11 game deciding refereeing mistakes, at least if you ask Thorsten Fischer

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Bremen away - Looks moderately OK under green studio lighting. Will look awful anywhere else where the bright green details aren't so clear and the terrible sleeve and collar colour is revealed. Seriously, beige & neon green? Properly bad. 2/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

1860 third - I hate the offset, asymmetrical collar here and for me it spoils what would be a brilliant kit. Good use of the club colours green and yellow in a not too garish way. Think green shorts might be better than the cream shorts on sale. 6/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Bayern third - Again the third/European shirt is the best in Bayern's collection this season. Can you imagine if they did subtle & classy designs like this on a red home shirt? The choice of green trim is a little odd and I would rather see the proper badge, but still a super shirt. 9/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Havelse home - Really suffers from a common problem with customised Nike teamwear. The stripe doesn't look anywhere near as good as it could if it went all the way up to the collar. Would have been quite a nice, PSG-esque design otherwise. 3/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Hertha third - It's hardly the worst kit I've ever seen, but nothing about it is good. Not the best shade of yellow (citrusgelb, apparently) and it looks like somebody's toddler squiggled on the cuffs and side panels. 3/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Thought the new Bundesliga graphics package looked bad enough, now watching Sky's highlights where the match time is blanked out and it looks even weirder

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Union Berlin home - I like a good hoped kit and I think this design suits Union, fits well with the adidas template. I find the two hoops at the bottom of the back irritating, but apparently they're necessary. 6/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Seems like Schalke have leaked that Hertha's third kit is going to be all yellow

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Stuttgart away - Some people will absolutely love this and though I get why, I can't. The red looks great and I like the collar & cuffs. I'm not a huge fan of the big floral pattern and the way the red chest stripe interrupts it spoils it a bit too. 7/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Mainz third - Surprised to see Mainz use the same design for the away and third. Doesn't quite have the same appeal in these colours as it does with the bold and bright away. 5/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Münster away - An abstract representation of the city's Rathaus is the idea behind the strange black and green stripes on this. Having the logos in the middle is probably necessary but does look quite strange here. 4/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Well, exactly. Karlsruhe being another example I remembered (23/24). It seems like completely bizarre bureaucratic nonsense

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Darmstadt third - Darmstadt round off their kit set with the same design being used for all three, this time in orange as per usual. I don't think the pattern looks as nice in orange, and it stands out a little bit too much. 5/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Dresden third - Not sure I've ever seen a 'street-art' inspired kit that really worked. The Goldener Reiter in the bottom right looks quite cool but the is spoiled a bit by some tackier graffiti designs. Grey socks is a weird choice - the shirt, shorts & socks don't go together too well. 4/10

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Louis Ostrowski @ostrl.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Hannover third - Beautiful. Another great use of the club colours from Macron; the green and black hoop is lovely and the collar and cuffs complement it very well. Rounds off what was already the best set of kits in German football for me. 10/10

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