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Derek Rae

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International โšฝ๏ธ commentator: ESPN, Bundesliga world feed, #EAFC26 video game (since FIFA19 days) & many others worldwide. Originally from Aberdeen in ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Happiest working in Kรถln. Posts in English & German. Contact: Nicola@belmontsport.com

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A new member of Julian Nagelsmannโ€˜s Germany staff has been announced & it goes back to the Hoffenheim connection.
Dutchman Alfred Schreuder, former assistant & head coach at TSG, added to the team. Nagelsmann says it will help Mads Buttgereit concentrate on set plays.

10.03.2026 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Leider bin ich schon im Flieger :(

10.03.2026 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Michael Wimmer has left his post as head coach of Jahn Regensburg to join Tim Walterโ€˜s coaching staff at Holstein Kiel.
Scottish fans will remember him from his time at Motherwell last season.
Has worked at big clubs previously including as interim head coach at Stuttgart.

10.03.2026 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Michael Wimmer has left his post as head coach of Jahn Regensburg to join Tim Walterโ€˜s coaching staff at Holstein Kiel.
Scottish fans will remember him from his time at Motherwell last season.
Has worked at big clubs previously including as interim head coach at Stuttgart.

10.03.2026 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Kicker headline is โ€œOne last dream.โ€
โ€œIn the summer theyโ€™ll go their separate ways at Bayern. Friends Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich have plans until then.โ€

09.03.2026 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The DFB-Pokal semi finals will be Wednesday & Thursday matches due to calendar pressure & European participation.
Leverkusen-Bayern, Wed 22 April
Stuttgart-Freiburg, Thurs 23 April
Both kick off at 20:45.

09.03.2026 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brutal im #dopa bezรผglich #Wolfsburg (Telefonaufnahme) und warum er absteigt.
โ€žMan kann aus einem Esel kein Rennpferd machen.โ€œ

08.03.2026 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kicker reporting Wolfsburg have reacted to their results crisis by letting go coach Daniel Bauer and sporting chief Peter Christiansen.
Charged with stopping the clubโ€™s first ever demotion from the Bundesliga will be former coach Dieter Hecking.

08.03.2026 08:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have to say when we got the first look of Coutoโ€˜s arm position in Kรถln last night, fully expected Daniel Siebert to go to the review area. Does anyone disagree?
#Effzeh

08.03.2026 06:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone is going to get a very good player without having to pay a transfer free.
Still, understandable that Julian Brandt whoโ€™ll be 30 by the start of next season is not who Dortmund want to plan with for the longer term. #BVB

08.03.2026 05:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Kรถln might have lost the game but not a bad performance with 10 men for more than a half. Dortmund did enough.
2 huge games tomorrow involving the relegation fight.
As ever grateful to everyone who watched the world feed from Kรถln tonight.

07.03.2026 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If youโ€™re watching the Goal Arena-Bundesliga Konferenz around the world, getting fabulous late drama today!

07.03.2026 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ebenso! Bin im รผblichen Veedel :) Mach et jot.

07.03.2026 09:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Morning from Kรถln!
Big day here today with the home game against Dortmund & an ever more anxious situation in the lower reaches of the table. On comm duties for Kรถln-BVB world feedโ€ฆ
(then quickly to a monitor to watch the end of Dunfermline-Aberdeen.)
Happy โšฝ๏ธ Saturday!

07.03.2026 07:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Fraser Hornby's German renaissance might be making Scotland think again After 'Big Dunc' comparisons, under-21 heroics and Aberdeen misery, Fraser Hornby is enjoying a renaissance in Germany. Could he win a Scotlandโ€ฆ

Nice piece here by Graeme McGarry on Scottish attacker Fraser Hornby who is having the season of his career with Darmstadt.
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/259139...

06.03.2026 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If youโ€™re in the UK, just found out another way to watch Bayern-Gladbach tonight (19:20) is on the Bundesliga App in addition to other rights holding outlets.

06.03.2026 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lost a very good one today. A special person Iโ€™ve known for 34 years. He had a great life but itโ€™s going to feel strange without him around. Raising a glass to him tonight.
Hug & cherish the people you hold dear.

05.03.2026 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DFL setzt Spieltage 28ย bisย 30 der Bundesliga und 2. Bundesliga zeitgenau an | DFL Deutsche FuรŸball Liga Dieย DFL Deutsche FuรŸball Ligaย hat die zeitgenauen Ansetzungen fรผr die Begegnungen der Spieltage 28 bis 30 der Bundesliga und 2. Bundesliga vorgenommen.

Fixtures update.
www.dfl.de/de/fans/dfl-...

05.03.2026 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kicker headline is โ€œFriends & Opponents.โ€
โ€œWho is the best number 10 at Bayern as well as in the national team?
Jamal Musiala, Serge Gnabry - or is it already Lennart Karl?โ€

05.03.2026 09:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nein keine Zusammenarbeit aber natรผrlich kennen sie sich schon und Spielideen sind รคhnlich.

04.03.2026 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sandro Schwarz ist heute zu Gast beim FC Aberdeen und wird das Abendspiel gegen Celtic mit dem Vereinsvorstand anschauen.
Aus meiner Sicht ein guter Trainer-Kandidat fรผr einen groรŸen Traditionsklub im schottischen Sinne und er wรผrde der gewรผnschten Spielweise passen.
Was meint ihr?

04.03.2026 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kรถln-Dortmund live ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ this Saturday with Owo alongside for expert analysis.
World feed: ESPN+, Sky UK & the usual ๐ŸŒŽ channels.
Always nice to be in the Domstadt all week ahead of the Topspiel.

03.03.2026 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Do you agree with Thomas Muller? ๐Ÿค”

"Itโ€™s not spoken about in the office on a Monday morning," he said of North American football fandom to Kicker (translation via Derek Rae). "But the football bubble is not in fact so small. ... The people are interested in the game."

02.03.2026 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good question especially for a freelancer. Different channels/companies book us at different times, sometimes several weeks or even months before. Others leave it quite late so itโ€™s a lot of juggling prep & assignments.

02.03.2026 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Never because I make sure to plan well ahead often staying the night before in the city of the game :)

02.03.2026 19:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

War noch nie bei einer Partie am Aachener-Tivoli aber glรผcklicherweise gibtโ€˜s am Mittwoch ein Heimspiel gegen Schlusslicht Schweinfurt und so habe ich ein Ticket abgeholt. Ein neues Stadionerlebnis lohnt sich.

02.03.2026 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You too Jรถrg! ๐Ÿ™Œ

02.03.2026 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mรผller: โ€œHowever: in the playoffs our stadium was packed with 50,000 spectators.โ€

02.03.2026 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mรผller: โ€œThey grew up with ice hockey, basketball & (American) football. The ranking of football is perhaps comparable to handball in Germany. Due to the topography in Canada, there are significantly fewer football pitches than ice hockey rinks.โ€

02.03.2026 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mรผller: โ€œBut the football bubble is not in fact so small. In the stadia thereโ€™s euphoric atmosphere. The people are interested in the game. The rest of the population doesnโ€™t know the football bubble at all. They have other topics & sports.โ€

02.03.2026 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0