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Erdinger player passport controls and their pitfalls

2023-06-10T11:13:08.414Z

Highlights: On July 1, 2023, an era will come to an end. The Bavarian Football Association is retiring the paper player's passport. It used to take six or seven weeks for a passport application to be processed by the BFV. The coaches helped themselves with replacement documents from more or less similar-looking players. Even BFV legend Alfred Fackler once did this at an AH game. The passport control was always a bit exciting, especially when a player played on the wrong pass.



Sports whispers by Dieter Priglmeir © hep

Have you ever played under a false name? We say goodbye to the paper player passport here.

Dear footballers, now you have to be strong. On July 1, 2023, an era will come to an end. "After more than 70 years, the Bavarian Football Association is retiring the paper player's passport." This was recently reported by the BFV, and we ask ourselves: Will we miss him? Of course, as much as the yodeling meter, the beer warmer, the nylon shirt, the running mesh hoist, the Mett hedgehog and whatever else was invented in the early 1950s.

Gone are the days when you spend ages looking for the old A6 paper in all the cupboards, which proves: Yes, Sepp Wrdlbrmpfd (name slightly changed) is allowed to play at TuS Oberding. He hasn't been in action for six years, but now the good guy is helping out in the second. We hear Franz Humpl and all the other supervisors and passport officers moaning up to this point because of the annoying search and rummaging through ever thicker folders with supposed carrot oaks, which then celebrate a comeback after all. Nowadays, all players are electronically recorded. Search no more. In short, to put it in good Bavarian: "Der is guad weida, der Spielerpass."

But we will miss the good old passport control and their stories behind it. When the referee called out the names, and Huber, Maier, Müller answered with an accurate "Here!". If there was only a tired "Joo" or a casual "I glaab, des bin i", the referee looked at the man scrutinizing and long, because the comrade will probably cause him trouble in the game. But at least he doesn't have his jersey properly in his pants. At least that's how it was in the 1970s.

The control was always a bit exciting, especially when a player played on the wrong pass. You have to know that it used to take six or seven weeks for a passport application to be processed by the BFV. So, in the meantime, the coaches helped themselves with – let's say – replacement documents from more or less similar-looking players. Even BFV legend Alfred Fackler once did this at an AH game. That's what he told himself. We don't remember what name. Let's say on "Huber". In any case, the following scene is said to have occurred when the Shiri made the check. "Maier?" – "Here!" – "Müller?" – "Here!" – "Huber?" "Here!" The Shiri looked up briefly. "Have the honor Fackler!" and then just continue. "Schmid?" "Here!" ....

Well, it's easy to lose track of things, especially since it's not always easy for the referees, as Sebastian Held explains. Before a game in Taufkirchen, the Aspis bosses put a shoebox with passes in the dressing room with the words: "Schiri, just pick out 15 passes from those who are playing today." The face check was also difficult afterwards because the referee had crossed out some passport photos a week earlier.

Sometimes a passport control went into extra time, as Rudi Simbeck, who died much too early, once said. At the time, the Eichenrieder was the match manager of the U19 Bezirksoberliga and had received his player's passport after a red card. "He came with the foil back then. And when I took out the passport, there were three different photos," Simbeck recalled. The conclusion: "The passport has been used by three players." Sounds sustainable, but it's just a scam.

We want to conclude with perhaps the most relaxed passport control of all time, which Andi Heilmaier told us about. At the time, he was an A-youth coach in Altenerding. A player had missed the game after a night of partying. "So we got him out of bed." The young man had arrived almost in time and had also changed when the Shiri came into the cabin. Then there was passport control. His name was called. And? No "here", no "yo", nothing casual. The good guy had simply fallen asleep again during the check. With this in mind, let's let the good old player passport rest in peace!

Source: merkur

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