Hamburg to move the goalposts.
Hamburg to move the goalposts
From correspondents in Hamburg, Germany
February 07, 2007
SV Hamburg is sitting rock bottom of Germany's Bundesliga and sacked coach Thomas Doll last week. Now it may have found the problem - the goals in their stadium are too small.
The Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper reported today (AEDT) that the goals in the Hamburg Arena were 2.39 metres high, five centimetres lower than the regulation height.
"We will obviously be measuring that again," club spokesman Joern Wolf told the SID sports news agency.
"Fortunately no-one hit the crossbar in the match against Energie Cottbus last week," he added, referring to the 1-1 draw which proved to be Doll's final match in charge.
Hamburg has taken just 15 points from 20 games this season.
The club has given Dutch coach Huub Stevens the job of dragging it out of the relegation zone.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...-23215,00.html
From correspondents in Hamburg, Germany
February 07, 2007
SV Hamburg is sitting rock bottom of Germany's Bundesliga and sacked coach Thomas Doll last week. Now it may have found the problem - the goals in their stadium are too small.
The Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper reported today (AEDT) that the goals in the Hamburg Arena were 2.39 metres high, five centimetres lower than the regulation height.
"We will obviously be measuring that again," club spokesman Joern Wolf told the SID sports news agency.
"Fortunately no-one hit the crossbar in the match against Energie Cottbus last week," he added, referring to the 1-1 draw which proved to be Doll's final match in charge.
Hamburg has taken just 15 points from 20 games this season.
The club has given Dutch coach Huub Stevens the job of dragging it out of the relegation zone.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...-23215,00.html