Welcome to Volume Two of my blog which covers all clubs and stadiums outside the English League System along with the wonderful people responsible for keeping them going and their maintenance.

Since I was a little lad I've been fascinated in football and more so where games are played. With my love of travel and curiosity of the game I wanted to visit as many grounds and see games wherever possible.

I was fortunate that my Dad also loved the game and spent so much of his spare time taking me to matches. As I got older the boundaries widened owing to my location and increased wages to Europe and indeed the world. The sight of a stand or a floodlight pylon in the distance immediately heightens my senses and eagerness for a closer look.

I hope this site gives you the chance to share in my pleasure and experiences and maybe one day set you on the road to adventure. If you get half as much out of the hobby as I've done, I can guarantee some great memories, good friends and stories to pass on to future generations.

Give your local club a try today. They'll be delighted to see you!

Everlasting thanks primarily to my late and very much missed and dearly loved parents; my Dad Bob Bernard and my Mum; Ann, who put up with endless years of football chat and my brothers Nick and Paul who gave me the chance and encouragement to do what I have. Thanks to all my friends who offer encouragement and Sally and Stan who inspire and give me great pride. Stan is showing a keen interest in my hobby as he grows into a young man!

Please feel free to post any comments (please use sensible language - I want everyone to be able to enjoy reading) or ask any questions relating to visiting grounds or events. If you want to see any ground reviewed please let me know. It will take quite some time for everywhere to appear, but make sure you keep having a look as the site is continually updated.

If you click on a lot of the pictures you will get a larger version on your screen.

I have also added links to video clips on YouTube where appropriate for those of you who are bored of reading or are filling in time at work. I haven't always gone for the most obvious choices, but items that will be in some cases unusual but always historically interesting.

Click here to see volume one of HAOTW for everything in the English League System.

Rob Bernard

London

May 2020

Friday 15 September 2017

SV München 1880 (Germany)


SV München 1880 is a sports club from the Bavarian city of Munich which was formed in 1880 as Turnklub II Munich. The club has departments for ballet, boxing, fitness, gymnastics, handball, karate, ninepins, mountain biking, skiing, tennis and volleyball as well as football.

The club was renamed München-West in 1897, with the football department being inaugurated in 1905. A further change of title to Turnverein München von 1880 e.V. followed in 1910.

In 1921 München 1880 moved into their own sports venue on Tübinger Straße. The club was renamed Turn-und Sportverein München von 1880 e.V a year later.



Yet another adjustment of title followed in 1924 as the club became Turn-Verein München von 1880 e.V. The club grew as 1,700 members enrolled. Forty nine members lost their lives during World War Two.

The clubhouse was destroyed by Allied attacks in 1943 before the club was retitled Turn-Verein München von 1880 e.V. two years later. In 1951 it was altered to Sport-Verein München von 1880 e.V.

In 1952 work began on a new gymnasium, club building and sports centre at the club base. The Emil-Nüssler-Stadion was inaugurated in 1957. Further constructions were added to the facilities over the ensuing years, with the stadium gaining a grandstand in 1980.



On July 2nd 2005 the football club hosted an FC Bayern München team to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the football department, with the famous visitors winning the game 11-0.

The football teams play in local amateur football and have sections for women and junior sides as they look to serve the community of the Schwanthalerhöhe in the west end district of the city. Of late they’ve competed in A-Klasse; the tenth level of German football.


A disastrous 2017-18 campaign saw the team finish rock bottom and drop down to B-Klasse 4 where they only just averted another relegation. The truncated 2019-20 season saw an improvement to eighth place in their eleventh tier division.

SV München 1880 will play in B-Klasse 4 Oberbayern in the 2020-21 season.


My visit

Thursday 15th December 2017

I was visiting Munich for a few days on a pre Christmas break. I considered it to be very remiss of me if I hadn’t taken in some football clubs at the lower end of the pyramid. I’d been at Dacau in the morning for a tour of the Concentration Camp. I needed some light relief.

After visiting the basic home of SV München Laim, I took the U Bahn one stop from Laimer Platz to Westendstraße, from where it was just a short walk along Tübinger Straße to the Emil-Nüssler-Stadion.



The gates were open into the complex, although the clubhouse and bar by the entrance appeared closed. The arena had a disused running track around the football pitch. The small covered stand was across on the far side.

Overgrown banking encircled the track. One could imagine warm summer days with large crowds enjoying the competitive action. Perhaps it still happened and calling in December caught the place in hibernation?

Dusk was drawing in. I headed to catch a train from München Heimeranplatz. I had planned to take a look at another ground by Laim station, but getting on a wrong train and finding a large wall made it a wild goose chase.



Common sense prevailed. I headed back to my LetoMotel München Moosach room for a brief siesta before heading into town to enjoy some food from the Christmas Market before washing it down on several occasions with local beers.

Dacau had taken a profound effect on me. I was going to enjoy every moment that I could.






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