Linz return home to host the country's oldest team, and look to nab points in their chase to return
to the Austrian Bundesliga.
After missing out on promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga by just one point last year, SCR Altach
have added American midfielder Seth Moses to revamp their team for the 2011/12 season.
It's been a long hard season in the top domestic leagues across Europe and Stoppage Time
International Football Blog looks across the continent to review another exciting year for
European league football. In the first of three parts we look at the winners and losers from
Albania to France.
Well, hello there Dominic. Congratulations on winning the Austrian Bundesliga with your team
Sturm Graz.
As you've probably guessed, we at Kickette have never heard of you, as we don't usually pay a
great deal of attention to the ‘smaller' European leagues. We're very busy and important types,
y'see, who have a tendency to evade proper work and just pick up the easy stuff, but we know our
readers are suckers for pretty, ripped boys with blond hair and you will certainly set a few hearts
a racing in these environs.
The last time the Austrian Bundesliga was of true mainstream relevance...
...Googling...
...still don't know. It's isn't the creme, that's for sure, and the smaller leagues are often
made more inconspicuous when there is a dominant power, even if that dominant powder can be found
in your local grocer's.
The big leagues are nice and all, and the 40% that is the winter transfer market will somewhat
suffice, but sometimes we just need our Bundesliga (German or Austrian), the Norwegian Tippeligaen
or the many Super Leagues which, let's be honest, aren't really all that super.
Some have already launched (England, Spain, Italy, Scotland, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Israel,
etc.
