A Beautiful Game

HAMBURG IST BRAUN-WEIß

Alex goes through the weekend football as St. Pauli paint Hamburg brown and white, Gladbach are unfortunate to only draw with Bayern and Atletico get through a feisty game with Celta Vigo in a feisty opening weekend of La Liga. Plus, Brentford are the most entertaining package in the opening weekend of the Premier League, Val-ball takes West Brom to top of the Championship, and Peterborough make the most of 12 minutes of added time in victory against Derby. The thoughts of the A Beautiful Game Podcast are with the family and friends of Gerd Müller after the former Bayern striker passed away at age 75. Rest in Peace.

Six Subs

Alex Woodward and Towells look back at the opening weekend of the Championship as Bournemouth and West Brom draw in the curtain raiser, Swansea make error after error against a Armstrong-less Blackburn, and Hull ease back into Championship life with a 4-1 win away at Preston. They then discuss the DFB Pokal as Werder lose to Osnabrück, Alex nearly gets a heart attack from Magdeburg vs St. Pauli whilst Mannheim and Bablesburg knock out Bundesliga opponents. Also, Wolfsburg use six subs, water bottles are thrown in France and some guy signs for PSG.

Top Cat Cooper

Alex Woodward is back to talk about the 2. Bundesliga, including expressing his annoyance at a Paderborn goal, worrying about Kiel and crediting Sandhausen's keeper despite losing 3-0. Alex Towells joins the pod to talk about Werder's win against Dusseldorf, as well as what he hopes and expects from the season ahead. Plus, Messi leaves Barca, Kane wants to leave Tottenham and why a Preston friendly this week was incredibly strange. All at A Beautiful Game would like to send their thoughts to the family and friends of Terry Cooper, who past away this week aged 77, Rest in Peace Top Cat.

Signed Bumbag Pictures

Alex looks through the first weekend of the 2. Bundesliga as St. Pauli get off to a great start, thanks to a wonder hit from Leart Paqarada, and without the need of the best ever disallowed goal from Daniel-Kofi Kyereh. Hamburg bring Schalke down to Earth with a 3-1 win whilst Werder struggle to get their new system going in a 1-1 draw against Hanover, the most depressed club in the world. Meanwhile, Alex is joined by Josh to go over some transfers, frustrations about the Bundesliga in the UK and Neil Warnock being Neil Warnock in pre-season, featuring his bum bag.  The DW article mentioned can be found using the following link: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-floods-football-ultras-support-aid-efforts/a-58573841

Oh Fiddlesticks

Alex talks about Euro 2020 as Italy beat England in a final marred by what happened before and after the final whistle and Argentina beating Brazil in the Copa America final as Messi finally gets his hand on an international trophy. Meanwhile, away from international football, Florentino Perez is recorded saying stupid things and responds by saying something stupid, Messi looks like he's getting a new contract at Barcelona, and the least qualified man is appointed to the EFL board.