For more than ten years I am writing about the beautiful game of soccer, either in my native tongue, German, or my favourite writing language, English. I focus on history and culture and how these intersect and influence each other. However, football may occupy an important part of my daily life, I do ponder about many other things, too. About running for instance. What it means for me. How I feel when I'm out and about. My races and laces, i.e. shoes. I do think about how I write, when, how and where. Also, about the why. This is me: football, writing and running. Music is missing and beer. Add in some history and you'll get an idea what you may find here.