Weihnachten hier, Weihnachten da. Man kommt den vielen Weihnachtsgrüßen, egal ob über Facebook, Twitter, Youtube oder über ganz normale Internetseiten derzeit nicht mehr aus. Irgendwie gehört das diese Tage auch dazu. Spieler und Vereine haben nichts zu tun und daher können sie sich ganz normal auf diese weihnachtliche Art der Promotion (ja was anderes ist [.

Always known for being a bit different (in a fun way), FC St. Pauli has released a video depicting its players killing Santa Claus with a stray soccer ball during a training accident. Relegated from the German Bundesliga at the end of last season, St. Pauli is currently in fourth position in the 2. Bundesliga [.

It's my party... FC St. Pauli v FSV Frankfurt (23:10:11) As it was a very special occasion, we'll let birthday boy and EFW regular Nick Davidson wax lyrical about a trip to see his beloved FC St. Pauli once more.... I realise there's only a finite number of reports I can file on my visits to the Millerntor that the folks at EFW can accommodate with their usual good grace and, having written about

Das Video haben wir schon einmal gezeigt, das macht aber gar nichts. Walter Frosch kann man nämlich immer zeigen. Der ambitionierte Raucher stand beim Abschiedsspiel von Klaus Thomforde ganz überraschend auf dem Platz. Das war so überraschend, dass er es nicht mehr geschafft hat, seine Zigaretten wegzulegen.

There's no place like home... FC St. Pauli 3-1 Alemannia Aachen (05:08:11) Nick Davidson makes his annual pilgrimage to see 'The Rebel's Choice', FC St. Pauli... I like August. And not just because it signals the start of another football season. It's also the time of year when I have enough holiday to combine a game of football with an unfeasibly long train trip.

After their one year run in the German Bundesliga was ended a few weeks ago by an 8-1 defeat at the hands of visiting Bayern Munich, FC St. Pauli will return to the 2. Bundesliga for the 2011/12 season. As the liberal Hamburg club now prepares for its fourth German second tier campaign in the last [.

This is Mike (AEK Baltimore). I haven't posted since our 2010/11 Europa League campaign came to an end. But summer's here and its time for some summer reading suggestions for the thinking footballer!

Jonathan Wilson, genius football historian and analyst and author of the brilliant Inverting the Pyramid (yes, I'm a fan), is the editor of a new football journal named The Blizzard.

Das letzte Heimspiel am Millerntor in Liga 1 sollte nochmal zu einem Fussballfest werden es wurde auch eins, aber für St.Pauli wurde es eine heftige Tracht Prügel. Auch für Holger Stanislawski sollte nochmal richtig Gas gegeben werden, um ihm einen würdigen Abschied zu bereiten. Gas wurde auch gegeben, aber nur vom FC Bayern.

Bayern Munich slaughtered now relegated St. Pauli 8-1 in German Bundesliga action in Hamburg on Sunday. The win seals a spot for FC Bayern in next season's UEFA Champions League qualifiers. The right combination of results next weekend could see Bayern finish in second in the 2010/11 Bundesliga and obtain an berth in the group stage [.

English speaking BVB fans are on cloud nine. Their German speaking counterparts are on cloud seven. But maybe there's a way to bring the two together for the big party on May 14th. Roman Weidenfeller will volunteer as a translator. A 2-0 victory over Nuremberg clinched Dortmund's seventh German championship and the first title after nine years, thanks to Leverkusen doing, what Leverkusen does best.

Dortmund need to postpone their lap of honor through the Bundesliga. Manuel Neuer may have made the "next big step" in his career from one Europa League bound club to another. A wild winning spree at the bottom of the table leaves Cologne and St. Pauli as this weekend's biggest losers.

Leverkusen 2-1 Hoffenheim.

• St. Pauli has some soul searching to do. (Twohundredpercent)
• Bundesliga Rewind looks back at one of the most famous 1970's clashes between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich. (Bundesliga Fanatic)
• Nobody cares about Rot-Weiss Oberhausen, except for Patrick. (ESPN Soccernet)
• The former #1 of Lower Saxony finally returns to the 2.

Bayern Munich, freshly freed from Louis can Gaal's dictatorship, do a Schalke and put five past a sorry opponent. Leverkusen, being that opponent, suffered a severe case of title race deja-vu. Dortmund seized the opportunity to put one hand on the Bundesliga shield. Elsewhere teams struggled to achieve that one decisive victory to escape all their relegation woes.

Wearing denim jeans and a black T-shirt emblazoned with the Jolly Roger skull and crossbones so closely associated with the Kult Club's supporters, FC St. Pauli's manager Holger Stanislawski appears in stark contrast to his Bundesliga contemporaries who patrol their sidelines instead wearing slacks and ties, or minimally collared buttoned shirts with sponsor-approved club apparel.

• The Independent proves prophetic qualities in its' pre-CL profile of attack minded Schalke coach Ralf Rangnick. (The Independent)
• Leander Schaerlaeckens is less prophetic but all the more impressed by Ralf Rangnick's attack minded Schalke. (ESPN)
• Zonal Marking is not too impressed by all the ludicrous defending going on between Inter and Schalke.

You'll Never Walk Alone Borussia Dortmund 2-0 St Pauli (19:02:11) Stepping up to the Readers' Lives plate today is Nick Davidson, author of Modern Football is Rubbish, to regale us with a story of his European Football Weekend in Germany... Borussia Dortmund v St Pauli at the Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park, if you must) was the first game I looked for when the Bundesliga fixtures were

Burger That For a Laugh HSV 0-1 FC St Pauli (16:02:11) FC St Pauli won away at their not-so-friendly city rivals Hamburg on Wednesday night, but that doesn't tell half the story writes Teddy Barrett... The Hamburg Derby was supposed to take place on the 6th February. As a St Pauli fan, I was looking forward to it, not least, because we were in good form and HSV weren't .

Begabte Theaterspieler gibt es viele in der Bundesliga, aber begabte und ehrliche Theaterspieler haben wir noch nicht so häufig gesehen. Matthias Lehmann vom FC St. Pauli ist aber so einer und er zeigt uns einen interessanten Einblick in die Welt der Schauspieler, der Bundesliga und des Abstiegkampfes.