Rainbow

True. Cologne narrowly missed out on the promotion playoffs this year and are one of my promotion favourites. They have a young, promising squad and averaged about 30,000 in the stands. I'm not sure about the quality of their new manager, Austrian ex-international Peter Stoger, but Roman will certainly be in the mix for the starting line-up!

Wonderful news, now we just need a good backup keeper!

What about "The End of Civilization"?

Thanks Yngwie, misunderstood that. But they want to let the pitch grow in peace, so I think it's likely the home match will be the last one of pre season.

According to ICTFC, there will be maximum one home game on 3rd August, due to pitch and drainage reconstruction works. Let's hope it goes as planned and we'll find good opposition for it.

Not necessarily true, it depends on when their departure is decided. My experience is that editing and printing takes about 6 weeks, but it may be quicker in Scotland.

What about a monthly Q&A / signing hour with one of the players? It could be located in the Social Club but held in the late afternoon and designed especially for youths.

Possibly, but OTOH Roberts was the key to Foran's goal against DU which is included.

Nevertheless I wish him two 40 yard crackers in each match against our shadows.

I think someone finally pointed this out to him. Isn't this part of the new anti-racism rulings?

The left (home?) kit reminds me of the Basel home kit. Need I repeat that I like it?

Worth a try. He loves to cut inside anyway.

I see the German Bundesliga ahead. Bayern Munich's domination might say otherwise, but there was a three horse race for the Champions League qualifying spot on the last match day and even a four horse race for the Europa League. There's also much more financial fair play in the Bundesliga and the debt total is about 10% of the total in La Liga. The worst league in relation to the population number must be the Austrian. 8 million people and a standard even below the SPL. Champions Salzburg were eliminated from the CL qualifiers by the champions of Luxemburg!!

What career Rival? He has the same problem as most young Austrian players which is that they overestimate themselves. Before he came to ICT he wasn't good enough for a side that got relegated from the Austrian Bundesliga which has no better standard than the SPL and teams with average crowds of 1600. This number is only because of the 6,000 away fans when one of the Vienna teams visits, in other matches they have 1100 or so. Those Austrian players who make the breakthrough move to a German club at the age of 14 (Alaba) or are born in Germany with an Austrian father (Harnik).

Missed out the last 3 matches but his club grasped safety on the last match day with a 3-0 away to Sturm Graz. In his last appearance, another 0-6, this time against Red Bull Salzburg, he was substituted after 53 minutes. I don't know whether it was due to injury, however.

According to BBC, Kidderminster midlfielder James Vincent is also bound to join us. Replacement for OTJ?

Munchen is Munich. Monchengladbach is Monchengladbach and situated near Dusseldorf. I only passed Hamburg several times and once arrived there with the ferry from Newcastle, but had no time as it was 12 noon and I still had 500 miles ahead and wanted to be home for supper. I think I managed it around 9 p.m. Jever has one of my dad's favourite beers, is that enough said?

To me it was the first derby which would have been even more memorable had Rosscoe found the net with his first minute header

Well, actually here in Germany the Nuremberg fans have the saying better 5th than 4th, but that's because in their local dialect fourth is pronouced like the word for the supporters of the local rival Greuther Furth

Are you sure ICT can afford two assistants Scarlet?

Paraglide?

And even that will not be enough... PREDICTION: We'll be nervous and scrappy in the first half until we hear of Motherwell's 2-0 lead at Perth. This news will free our minds and we'll cruise to a comfortable 4-0 win making ST J's 3-2 comeback irrelevant

You really believe in 10 red cards for OTB?

Wouldn't be too concerned about Barcelona, OCG. But we're not playing Bayern or Dortmund either

Nah Alex, if you want to go to a real good beerfest with loads of locals instead of millions of Yanks and Japanese tourists you have to go to the Gaubodenfest at Straubing, which is about 100 miles north-east of Munich. It is always around the 15th of August, so you can also do the Oktoberfest later .