By Chris Wright

Germany have finally gotten around to launching their new change strip for Euro 2012 and, as we stated when it was originally leaked ages and ages ago, it's a work of true retro kunst harking back to their beautiful green strip from 1972 and marking the 40th anniversary of their first European Championship win.

Throughout history the number 13 has been associated with misfortune, not only were there thirteen people present at the last supper there were also thirteen contestants in the first series of UK Big Brother. The connection between the number and bad luck has found its way into football in the past.

November 3, 1945 Gerd Muller was born.

Of all the football careers you could dream of having as a kid, they don't come much more complete than Gerd Muller's.

He won the World Cup and European Championships with Germany scoring in the final of both tournaments - as well as lifting the European Cup on three consecutive occasions with Bayern Munich.

The haters of Miami as a soccer town were out in full force last week as it was announced that fewer than 6800 tickets had been sold for the USA vs Honduras game to be played at Sun Life Stadium. The game hadn't even been played yet and already they were bashing.
In the end over 21,000 showed up on a wet night to watch the United states defeat Honduras 1-0 thanks to a wonderful goal by Clint Dempsey.

The U.S. team has been based in Ft. Lauderdale this week and has had a chance to catch up on the latest incarnation of the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers. Coached by former Fire assistant Daryl Shore, the Strikers are currently in the semifinals of the NASL playoffs.
That got us thinking about the good ole' days, and we reached to former U-20 head coach Thomas Rongen, who played here from 1981-83 alongside former legends like Gerd Muller, the German international who scored the second most goals in World Cup history, and Peruvian star Teofilo Cubillas.

21.09.2011 - Jean-Marie Pfaff (04.12.1953) está casado con Carmen Seth (24.03.1956) y tiene 3 hijas: Debby Edilbert Gerdina, Kelly Yvonne Danny y Lyndseyi Linda Marc. Fue Kelly (la del medio) la que, invitada a un programa cómico de la televisión belga, terminó arrastrando a su padre.

20.07.2011 - Máximo goleador histórico de la Bundesliga (365) y de la selección alemana (68), más 66 goles en Copas Internacionales, Botín de Oro europeo (1970 - 38 goles y 1972 - 40 goles), Botín de Oro del Mundial 1970 (10 goles), Balón de Oro al mejor jugador europeo (1970), máximo goleador de la Eurocopa (1972 – 4 goles), 7 veces goleador de la Bundesliga y 4 veces goleador de la Copa de Europa: es Gerd Muller (66) quien fue encontrado anoche perdido (y confundido) en las calles de Trento (Italia) 15 horas después de que la delegación del Bayern Munich denunciase su desaparición.

20.07.2011 - Máximo goleador histórico de la Bundesliga (365) y de la selección alemana (68), más 66 goles en Copas Internacionales, Botín de Oro europeo (1970 - 38 goles y 1972 - 40 goles), Botín de Oro del Mundial 1970 (10 goles), Balón de Oro al mejor jugador europeo (1970), máximo goleador de la Eurocopa (1972 – 4 goles), 7 veces goleador de la Bundesliga y 4 veces goleador de la Copa de Europa: es Gerd Muller (66) quien fue encontrado anoche perdido (y confundido) en las calles de Trento (Italia) 15 horas después de que la delegación del Bayern Munich denunciase su desaparición.

By Chris Wright

For your eyes only we have come into possession of a few leaked snaps of the two kits that Germany will apparently be sporting come the Euro 2012 finals next summer and, speaking as someone who utterly adored the retro simplicity of the previous Germany strip (i.

By Chris Wright

Because everything looks better in black and white...

A young Martin O'Neil sits at the back of the bus as Nottingham Forest parade the European Cup trophy along the Trent Embankment after beating Malmo in the 1979 final

Peter Shilton, Trevor Francis, Larry Lloyd, Ian Bowyer et al celebrate Nottingham Forest's 1979 European Cup win a feat they also repeated the following year

King Kenny wakes up with the European Cup in his bed after scoring the winning goal against Club Brugge in the previous night's final, 1978

Bayern Munich's Georg Schwarzenbeck tackles St Etienne's Herve Revelli (r) from behind as Munich goalkeeper Sepp Maier looks on, 1976

St Etienne's Gerard Janvion (r) blocks a shot from Bayern Munich's Uli Hoeness, 1976

St Etienne goalkeeper Ivan Curkovic saves at the feet of Bayern Munich's Gerd Muller, 1976

Leeds scrappers Joe Jordan and Billy Bremner pick a fight with Bayern Munich's Gerd Muller, 1975

Gerd Muller celebrates Bayern Munich's 2-0 victory over Leeds United in the 1975 final

After thrashing Atletico Madrid 4-0 in the 1974 final replay, Bayern Munich pair Johnny Hansen and Gerd Muller watch the reaction of the fans as Der Kaiser lifts the trophy

Bayern Munich's Paul Breitner is foiled by Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Reina, 1974

Ajax (Johan Cruyff first row, second from right) line up prior to the 1971 European Cup Final against Panathinaikos at Wembley

Liz Samain, grandmother of Chelsea legend Ron 'Chopper' Harris, stands proudly with the European Cup.

Jump in the car at Celtic Park and arrive two weeks later at Wembley. Along the way visit 20 cities and 21 football clubs in 10 different countries.
And, inspired by a seven year old boy, try and raise £100,000 for charity.
21 football clubs? The 21 winners of the European Cup.

Photo by americanistadechiapas

The art of being a striker is, of course, largely about scoring goals or at least, setting them up for someone else.

However, that is achieved in many different ways. Some strikers are battering rams, some are more creative types but Javier Hernandez must currently rank as one of the best when it comes to spacial awareness and movement

It's rare that a player can entertain as much off the ball as on it but if you watch the little Mexican when a team-mate is in possession it is quite a remarkable sight and massively entertaining.

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This week's main report continues with our series of profiling football super stars. Earlier this week we saw the retirement of one of the greatest strikers of this generation, O Fenômeno, Ronaldo.

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This week's main report continues with our series of profiling football super stars. Earlier this week we saw the retirement of one of the greatest strikers of this generation, O Fenômeno, Ronaldo.

One of the most recognizable U.S. soccer institution names worldwide returned from extinction Thursday when Traffic Sports announced that the Fort Lauderdale Strikers are back. The Strikers will kick off their first game April 9th against Edmonton in their NASL home opener at Lockhart Stadium.

Por Gastón del Torto
El lunes 14 de febrero de 2011 quedará en la historia del fútbol mundial porque Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, mejor conocido como Ronaldo, se despidió del deporte en el que se destacó, en el que brilló. Y se fue, entre otras cosas, habiendo superado a Gerd Muller en la puja por ser el máximo goleador en la historia de los Mundiales, con 15 goles.