Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Episode 105 (Interview with Dutch Football fan and coach at amateur level, Mr. Ronald Jager as we discuss PSV Eindhoven during the Kees Rijvers era (1972-1980))

 This is the 105^th episode of my podcast with Mr. Paul Whittle of https://the1888letter.com/, @1888letter.

 

For this episode, we interview Dutch Football fan Mr. Ronald Jager as we discuss PSV Eindhoven during the Kees Rijvers era (1972-1980).

 

Mr. Jager is a coach at Amateur level.

 

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ronald.jager.5

 

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The Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 76- A video Interview and blog presentation with German Football Fan Mr.Hanno Büchner, discussing Werder Bremen’s Cup Winners Cup adventure in 1991/92 season)

 

For this interview, I look back at Werder Bremen’s Cup Winners Cup adventure in 1991/92 season.

The Interview will be as a video link companion, while the Blog will be a presentation of the events.

The Interviewee is:

German Werder Bremen fan Mr. Hanno Büchner.

 

Mr. Büchner is a Werder Bremen fan from his youth and experienced this 1992 Cup Winners Cup adventure.

 

Mr. Büchner’s contact info:

Facebook: under Hanno Büchner https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006951631665

 

 

My contact information:

on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia.

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Werder Bremen in the Cup Winners Cup 1991/92

 

As the 1991/92 season kicked off, Germans side Werder Bremen were to take part in the Cup Winners Cup. They had qualified by winning the 1991 DfB Pokal.

 

Werder Bremen Manager Otto Rehhagel had been in charge for a decade now and had transformed the club into a force in German Football (winning the Bundesliga title in 1988).

 

The transfer activity in the offseason was rather light. They made a double signing from Bochum, striker Stefan Kohn and midfielder Thorsten Legat. In addition, striker Kay Wenschlag arrived from BSG Rotation Berlin, while midfielder Lars Unger was promoted from the youth side.

The backbone of the team and the regulars included goalkeeper Oliver Reck, Norwegian defender Rune Bratseth, veterans such as Uli Borowka, Jonny Otten, Gunnar Sauer, Thoams Schaaf, Günter Hermann, Mirko Votava, Thoams Wolter, Klaus Allofs, Frank Neubarth and New Zealand striker Wynton Rufer.

The up-and-coming generation as represented by Marco Bode and Dieter Eilts.

 

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 40, May 1992

(Werder Bremen squad 1991/92)

In the first round of this 1991/92 Cup Winners Cup, Bremen faced Romanian side FC Bacau. It was a rather comfortable round, Bremen won (6-0) away from home and followed with a (5-0) win at home.

 

In the Second Round, they faced Hungarian side Ferencvaros. It was a stiffer test as Bremen just squeaked a win at home (3-2) on October 23^rd, 1991, at home.

In the return leg on November 6^th, 1991, Ferencvaros just needed a goal at home to advance but it was Bremen that scored and Marco Bode’s winner was enough to push Bremen into the Quarterfinal round.

 

By midseason, it was clear that Bremen were off the pace in the Bundesliga. It would be a poor season by Bremen’s standards and they would eventually finish in the Ninth position.

It was clear that European victory would be the only way to play in Europe the following season.

 

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 40, May 1992

(Werder Bremen 1991/92)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 40, May 1992

(Werder Bremen 1991/92)

In March, Bremen faced Turkish side Galatasaray in the quarterfinals. In the First leg at home on March 4^th, 1992, they won (2-1) at home.

In the Second Leg on March 18^th, 1988, they earned a scoreless tie at Istanbul to advance to the semifinals.

 

In the semifinals, they faced the strong Belgian side Club Brugge in April.

On April 1^st, 1992, Bremen lost (0-1) away from home at Brugge. On April 15^th, Bremen pulled off the (2-0) necessary scoreline to advance to the Final.

 

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2404, May 5, 1992

(Otto Rehhagel Interview)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2404, May 5, 1992

(Otto Rehhagel Interview)

In the Final, they were to face French side AS Monaco managed by a certain Arsene Wenger. The team included the likes of Liberian striker George Weah and Youri Djorkaeff among others.

Just a day before the Final on May 5^th, 1992, there was a stadium disaster in France in Furiani at Bastia that killed 13 and injured hundreds.

This was clearly in the minds of the French as they faced Bremen in Lisbon on May 6^th, 1992.

Nevertheless, they took the early initiative in the match in the first 15-20 minutes.

It was against the run of play that Bremen scored. 35-year-old Klaus Allofs, who lost the 1979 edition of this Final with Fortuna Dusseldorf against Barcelona, scored Bremen’s opener in the 40^th minute by striking in Rufer’s header across the box.

Monaco tied to get back but Bremen took advantage of a counter attack. In the 54^th minute, Allofs sent a long cross towards Rufer, who went around Jean-Luc Ettori and scored into an empty net.

Allofs had lost his place in the team some weeks before and was not expected to start.

Rehhagel had notified just hours before that he would start. Rehhagel decided to take a chance on him because of his experience. He added that he needed experienced players for such a match and stated, “the result showed I was right.”

Rehhagel had now led Bremen to a European Cup trophy following the Bundesliga title in 1988 and the DfB Pokal in 1991.

This victory gave Werder Bremen a springboard for the winning the Bundesliga Title in the following season (1992/93), the DfB Pokal (1993/94) and coming close to winning the Bundesliga title in (1994/95) in Rehhagel’s final season at Bremen.

 

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 41, June 1992

(May 6, 1992, Cup Winners Cup, Werder Bremen 2-Monaco 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1992

(May 6, 1992, Cup Winners Cup, Werder Bremen 2-Monaco 0)

 

Photo From: Soccer America, Vol. 42, No. 19, Issue 1060, May 25, 1992

(May 6, 1992, Cup Winners Cup, Werder Bremen 2-Monaco 0)

 

Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. (1991/92 season):

 

Goalkeepers:

Oliver Reck (February 27, 1965, Frankfurt) (aged 26-27 years old at the time)

Jürgen Rollmann (October 17, 1966, Gelnhausen) (aged 24-25 years old at the time)

Florian Klugmann (September 9, 1970, Lübeck) (aged 21 years old at the time)

 

Defenders:

Manfred Bockenfeld (July 3, 1960, Südlohn) (aged 31 years old at the time)

Uli Borowka (May 19, 1962, Menden) (aged 29-30 years old at the time)

Rune Bratseth (Norway) (March 19, 1961, Trondheim, Norway) (aged 30-31 years old at the time)

Jonny Otten (January 31, 1961, Hagen im Bremischen) (aged 30-31 years old at the time)

Gunnar Sauer (June 11, 1964, Cuxhaven) (aged 27 years old at the time)

Thomas Schaaf (April 30, 1961, Mannheim) (aged 30-31 years old at the time)

Andree Wiedener (March 14, 1970, Helmstedt) (aged 21-22 years old at the time)

Markus Witossek (March 8, 1972) (aged 19-20 years old at the time)

 

Midfielders:

Marco Bode (July 23, 1969, Osterode am Harz) (aged 22 years old at the time)

Dieter Eilts (December 13, 1964, Upgant-Schott) (aged 26-27 years old at the time)

Uwe Harrtgen (July 6, 1964, Bremen) (aged 27 years old at the time)

Günter Hermann (December 5, 1960, Rehburg) (aged 30-31 years old at the time)

Thorsten Legat (November 7, 1968, Bochum) (aged 22-23 years old at the time)

Lars Unger (September 30, 1972, Eutin) (aged 18-19 years old at the time)

Mirko Votava (April 25, 1956, Prague, Czechsolovakia) (aged 35-36 years old at the time)

Thomas Wolter (October 4, 1963, Hamburg) (aged 27-28 years old at the time)

 

Forwards:

Klaus Allofs (December 5, 1956, Dusseldorf) (aged 34-35 years old at the time)

Marinus Bester (January 16, 1969, Hamburg) (aged 22-23 years old at the time)

Stefan Kohn (October 9, 1965, Ellwangen) (aged 25-26 years old at the time)

Frank Neubarth (July 29, 1962, Hamburg) (aged 29 years old at the time)

Wynton Rufer (New Zealand) (December 29, 1962, Wellington, New Zealand) (aged 28-29 years old at the time)

Arie van Lent (Holland) (August 31, 1970, Opheusden, Holland) (aged 21 years old at the time)

Kay Wenschlag (February 25, 1970, East Berlin, East Germany) (aged 21-22 years old at the time)

 

Coach: Otto Rehhagel (August 9, 1938, Essen) (aged 53 years old at the time)

Team Captain: Mirko Votava

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Shirt Sponsor: Portas

 

 

Transfer Activity:

 

Arrivals:

Stefan Kohn (Bochum)

Thorsten Legat (Bochum)

Kay Wenschlag (BSG Rotation Berlin)

Lars Unger (Promoted from youth side)

 

Departures:

Oliver Freund (Hannover 96)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2404, May 5, 1992

(Werder Bremen squad 1991/92)

Magazine Awards, Part Twenty-Four

 

Link to pages:

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zWgmNmERjUU1P9FsY_46Yl2BuOOWvFr_/view?usp=drive_link

 

 

 

France Football’s Ballon d’Or:

 

Year 1999:

Player of the year: Rivaldo (Brazil and Barcelona)

 

 

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2802, December 21, 1999

(Rivaldo)

Onze’s Onze d’Or:

 

Year 1999:

Player of the year: Rivaldo (Brazil and Barcelona)

 

 

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 131, December 1999

(Rivaldo)

World Soccer’s Player of the Year:

 

Year 2005:

Player of the year: Ronaldinho (Brazil and Barcelona)

Manager of the Year: Jose Mourinho (Portugal Chelsea)

Team of the year: Liverpool

Young Player of the Year: Robinho (Brazil and Santos/Real Madrid)

Referee of the Year: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

 

 

Photo From: World Soccer, January 2006

(Ronaldinho)

France Football’s French Awards:

 

Year 1988:

Player of the year: Stephane Paille (Sochaux)

Club of the year: AS Monaco

Foreign Player of the year: Glenn Hoddle (England and AS Monaco)

 

 

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2230, January 3, 1989

(Sochaux’s Stephane Paille)

 

1999 France Football’s Ballon d’Or / 1999 Onze d’Or / 2005 World Soccer Player of the Year / 1988 France Football’s French Awards 

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zWgmNmERjUU1P9FsY_46Yl2BuOOWvFr_/view?usp=drive_link

In case you missed it at the top of the page

Full Football (Soccer) Magazines, Part Twenty-Two

 

Link to all magazines listed in pdf:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eHPW8La5klFfAK-1cOxePoXJWJh2RbFN?usp=drive_link

 

1- Magazine Name: Onze

Issue: Issue 32, August 1978

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: Onze, Issue 32, August 1978

2- Magazine Name: Onze

Issue: Issue 94, October 1983

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From:  Onze, Issue 94, October 1983

 

3- Magazine Name: Onze-Mondial

Issue: Issue 32, September 1991

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From:  Onze-Mondial, Issue 32, September 1991

4- Magazine Name: World Soccer

Issue:  April 1967

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: World Soccer, April 1967

 

5- Magazine Name: World Soccer

Issue: November 1977

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: World Soccer, November 1977

6- Magazine Name: World Soccer

Issue: March 1985

Language/Nation: English/UK

 

 

Photo From: World Soccer, March 1985

7- Magazine Name: World Soccer

Issue: May 1996

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1996

8- Magazine Name: Mondial

Issue: new series, issue 43, October1983

Language/Nation: French/France

 

Photo From:  Mondial, new series, issue 43, October1983

9- Magazine Name: British Soccer Week

Issue:  Issue 622, March 18, 1998

Language/Nation: English

 

 

Photo From: British Soccer Week, Issue 622, March 18, 1998

10- Magazine Name: Kicker Sportsmagazin

Issue: Issue 93, 46, November 16, 1995

Language/Nation: German / West Germany

 

Photo From: Kicker Sportsmagazin, Issue 93, 46, November 16, 1995

 

11- Magazine Name: Football Italia

Issue: No 38, Volume 4, Issue 10, October 1998

Language/Nation: Italian / Italy

 

 

Photo From: Football Italia, No 38, Volume 4, Issue 10, October 1998

12- Magazine Name: Voetbal International

Issue: 18e Jaargang, Nummer 7, February 14-19, 1983

Language/Nation: Dutch / Holland

 

Photo From: Voetbal International, 18e Jaargang, Nummer 7, February 14-19, 1983

13- Magazine Name: Deporte Total

Issue: No 2919, July 10-16, 1991

Language/Nation: Spanish/Chile

 

Photo From: Deporte Total, No 2919, July 10-16, 1991 

14- Magazine Name: Foot Magazine

Issue:  Issue 76, February 1988

Language/Nation: French/Belgium

Photo From: Foot Magazine, Issue 76, February 1988

 

15- Magazine Name: Four Four Two

Issue: Issue 7, March 1995

Language/Nation: English/UK

 

Photo From: Four Four Two, Issue 7, March 1995

 

16- Magazine Name: Soccer International

Issue: Volume 1, Issue 3, March 1990

Language/Nation: English / USA

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 1, Issue 3, March 1990

 

17- Magazine Name: Guerin Sportivo

Issue: Issue 570 (Number 50), December 11-17, 1985

Language/Nation: Italian / Italy

 

 

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 570 (Number 50), December 11-17, 1985

18- Magazine Name: Soccer America

Issue: Vol. 34, No. 11, Issue 852, March 24, 1988

Language/Nation: English/USA

Photo From: Soccer America, Vol. 34, No. 11, Issue 852, March 24, 1988

 

19- Magazine Name: Soccer America

Issue: Vol. 44, No. 13, Issue 1103, April 12, 1993

Language/Nation: English/USA

 

Photo From: Soccer America, Vol. 44, No. 13, Issue 1103, April 12, 1993

 

20- Magazine Name: Goal

Issue: Issue 14, November 1996

Language/Nation: English/UK

 

Photo From: Goal, Issue 14, November 1996

 

21- Magazine Name: Estadio

Issue:  N 1610, 18-06-1974

Language/Nation: Spanish / Chile

 

22- Magazine Name: Shoot

Issue: February 18, 1995

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: Shoot, February 18, 1995

 

23- Magazine Name: Placar

Issue: Issue 1367, June 2012

Language/Nation: Portuguese / Brazil

 

 

Photo From:  Placar, Issue 1367, June 2012

24- Magazine Name: Solo Futbol

Issue: Issue 255, May 14, 1990

Language/Nation: Spanish / Argentina

Photo From: Solo Futbol, Issue 255, May 14, 1990

 

25- Magazine Name: Goal

Issue: Issue 103, July 25, 1970

Language/Nation: English/UK

 

 

26- Magazine Name: El Grafico

Issue: Issue 3317, 03-05-1983  

Language/Nation: Spanish / Argentina

 

 

27- Magazine Name: Don Balon

Issue: Edicion Chile, Issue 198, April 2-8, 1996

Language/Nation: Spanish / Chile

Photo From: Don Balon, Edicion Chile, Issue 198, April 2-8, 1996

 

28- Magazine Name: France Football

Issue: Issue 1651, November 29, 1977

Language/Nation: French/France

 

Photo From:  France Football, Issue 1651, November 29, 1977

 

29- Magazine Name: France Football

Issue: Issue 1930, April 5, 1983

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1930, April 5, 1983

30-Magazine Name: France Football

Issue: Issue 2429, October 27, 1992

Language/Nation: French/France

 

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2429, October 27, 1992

31- Magazine Name: France Football

Issue: Issue 2891, September 4, 2001

Language/Nation: French/France

 

 

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2891, September 4, 2001

32- Magazine Name: Calcio 2000

Issue: Issue 16, February 1999

Language/Nation: Italian / Italy

 

 

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 16, February 1999

33- Magazine Name: Miroir du Football

Issue: Issue 247, September 11, 1975

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: Miroir du Football, Issue 247, September 11, 1975

 

34- Magazine Name: Match

Issue: May 30, 1992

Language/Nation: English / England

Photo From:  Match, May 30, 1992

 

35- Magazine Name: Sport Magazine-Foot magazine

Issue: Issue 41, October 6, 2004

Language/Nation: French / Belgium

 

Photo From: Sport Magazine-Foot Magazine, Issue 41, October 6, 2004

 

36- Magazine Name: Soccer Stars

Issue: Issue 25, October 1994

Language/Nation: English/UK

 

Photo From:  Soccer Stars, Issue 25, October 1994

 

In case you missed it at the top of the upload page, link to all magazines listed in pdf:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eHPW8La5klFfAK-1cOxePoXJWJh2RbFN?usp=drive_link