Eupen, 31st March 2018 In the evening we are invited to a game of the KAS Eupen. Before the game – a header by the team captains! Next round of our media presence – the local TV, radio, press, and our film team are there. Our first live radioshow Benni Linse is quite nervous. He […]
Aachen, 31st March 2018 A Colourful Bouquet of Encounters Lunchtime! The Ball is hungry! At the cashier’s they look for the barcode in vain. And Benni, the trickster, laughs up his sleeve! A street named after me! I walk down the Franzstraße, doing headers, and the positive energy of The Ball transmits itself to me […]
KAS Eupen has been playing in the top Belgian league, the “Jupiler Pro League” since the 2016/17 season. Before the game Claude Makélélé’s team welcomed The Ball during the play-off game against the KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk – an exciting game in the Kehrweg Stadium, in which Captain Luis García scored to make it 2:2 in […]
We hardly slept and yet are wide awake – because on Friday morning over 100 students are waiting for the arrival of The Ball. The FairPlay-Team of Spirit of Football spent a whole day at the Königlichen Athenäum Eupen and learned a few interesting things about the German minority in this Belgian town in the […]
3 Countries – Belgium, Netherlands, Germany all come together at Vaalserberg 31st March 2018 The main sponsor of the Ball Journey is the Robert Bosch Foundation, which actively engages in international understanding within Europe and with its neighbours. One of the main themes of this fifth edition of the Journey is the strengthening of Europe […]
It’s 11 p.m., a delay of 5 hours. Our energy level has reached the zero point. The ferry is overfilled, hardly any seats are left, the noise hardly bearable. Once more The Ball becomes the centre of attention. Young people from England, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany are happy about the change and engage in […]
We are looking forward to the next stage in our journey and the 4-star hotel we booked in Eupen, Belgium. But the Easter weekend is ahead and we hadn’t counted on this! Near London we miss our exit twice and the traffic jams become endless. The mood plummets. Everyone is hungry. Finally a stop! A […]
WELCOME TO STONEHENGE 20 Min for £20 5 Teamers plus camera crew are on their way 5000 years back in time. It’s raining cats and dogs – what else should we have expected in the south of England? Hundreds of people in colourful cagouls crowd in front of the mythical stones with their umbrellas – […]
The weather was very British. But all the same we had fun! Alistair’s (Christian Wach’s son) team welcomed us with open arms. The sun came out in the changing rooms when The Ball gave a small presentation of its past exploits. Then we went outside and played fair play football in the rain. Of course […]
In the afternoon we held a workshop with the Liverpool Foundation and some of their junior players. Through this project we were able to deepen and extend contact and partnership for ensuing projects. First Jersey Exchange The first of 15 Germany shirts was exchanged for a Liverpool shirt. Feature on Liverpool FC TV
