Hannover 96 .... update

[Clarets4me]

Browsing over the papers, just noticed that Hannover 96, our friendly, fun loving, German chums are 2nd bottom of the Bundesliga, with 14 points from 21 games, and 5 points adrift from safety !!

In the immortal words of the recently departed Windsor Davies, " Oh dear, how sad, never mind ! "

[Pimlico_Claret]

Ha, there's me thinking it was the number of their fans banged up by Lancashire police's longest on-going enquiry.

[Longside4evr]

That statement that Lancashire police put out was a smoke screen to cover up the culprits that caused it
They was never going to arrest anyone from the Hannover club they had to justify things by arresting a few of mouthiest lot
They were just glad to see the back of them to much time and effort.

[LeadBelly]

They won this weekend v the other bottom 2 club Nuremberg - so some hope for them as they are only 1 point behind third bottom team (4 behind 4th bottom) and only 2 go down.

Hope they go down, though, it's difficult to find anything to like about them after their "friendly" visit to TM.

[Silkyskills1]

They won this weekend v the other bottom 2 club Nuremberg - so some hope for them as they are only 1 point behind third bottom team (4 behind 4th bottom) and only 2 go down.

Hope they go down, though, it's difficult to find anything to like about them after their "friendly" visit to TM.

A Nuremberg rally. Pretty apt really.

[Quickenthetempo]

Let it go.

Are you really bothered enough to want a club relegated?

[Herts Clarets]

So almost 2 years after the Hannover game and a number of deleted posts for suggesting otherwise, exactly how many Hannover fans were prosecuted for the disorder we saw at the Turf? Was it, as I suggested it would be, none?

[Quickenthetempo]

So almost 2 years after the Hannover game and a number of deleted posts for suggesting otherwise, exactly how many Hannover fans were prosecuted for the disorder we saw at the Turf? Was it, as I suggested it would be, none?

Are you bothered about justice or being right?

[Clarets4me]

They won this weekend v the other bottom 2 club Nuremberg - so some hope for them as they are only 1 point behind third bottom team (4 behind 4th bottom) and only 2 go down. Hope they go down, though, it's difficult to find anything to like about them after their "friendly" visit to TM.

The third bottom Club ( 16th out of 18 ), plays the Club that finishes 3rd in the Bundesliga 2, in a two legged play off, to decide who will play the following season in the top flight .... that was what I meant by 5 points from safety ..

[ClaretTony]

So almost 2 years after the Hannover game and a number of deleted posts for suggesting otherwise, exactly how many Hannover fans were prosecuted for the disorder we saw at the Turf? Was it, as I suggested it would be, none?

It isn’t none but it’s nowhere near what it should have been. Still being investigated believe it or not but I think it’s been a balls up of an investigation.

[LeadBelly]

Clarets4me:
OK- I'd forgotten they did that in the Budesliga, I think that's quite a good system. I have a recollection it was tried briefly in England, I lived up in Co Durham 1983-88 and have a memory of seeing a Sunderland play-off game when they finished 3rd bottom of the 2nd tier (having recently come down from 1st) and lost out to a team placed 3rd/4th (5th?) in the tier below.
I think they were quickly back up to the 2nd tier though- hopefully they'll do the same again.

[Grumps]

It isn’t none but it’s nowhere near what it should have been. Still being investigated believe it or not but I think it’s been a balls up of an investigation.

Based on what?

[Clarets4me]

Clarets4me: OK- I'd forgotten they did that in the Budesliga, I think that's quite a good system. I have a recollection it was tried briefly in England, I lived up in Co Durham 1983-88 and have a memory of seeing a Sunderland play-off game when they finished 3rd bottom of the 2nd tier (having recently come down from 1st) and lost out to a team placed 3rd/4th (5th?) in the tier below.
I think they were quickly back up to the 2nd tier though- hopefully they'll do the same again.

I've just looked it up, and for the first two seasons of the play-offs, ( 1986/87 & 1987/88 ), the side that finished 4th bottom of the top flight were paired with those that finished 4th, 5th, & 6th, over a two legged semi final and a two legged final. In the first season, Charlton stayed up under the arrangement, and in the second, Middlesborough replaced Chelsea, who they beat following a replay, after the two legged final ended up a tie.

This system was used for those two seasons only, as the top flight reduced from 22 teams, down to 21 in 1987/88, and 20 in 1988/89 ....

[claret2018]

Their crimes against fashion were unforgivable and I still yearn for justice, so that my children and my children's children never have to live in a world where sweaty overweight men can wear man-bags and display Stone Island tats

[Grumps]

At a time of funding cuts I would be annoyed if, and its a big if, this was still being investigated.