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Bayern Munich's new president ensures the club continues as FC Uli Hoeneß
Bayern Munich's new president ensures the club continues as FC Uli Hoeneß
After being elected to replace Franz Beckenbauer as president Uli Hoeneß will retain the heart and soul of Bayern Munich In March 1979, a Bayern Munich team led by Paul Breitner, Sepp Maier and Uli Hoeneß achieved an unprecedented and to this day still unique feat – they took over their own club. After president Wilhelm Neudecker, one of the Bundesliga's most powerful men, had broken his promise to persist with manager Pal Csernai and announced that the feared disciplinarian Max Morlock would ...
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Pitch Invasion — ... on the rule that is the backbone of this: 50+1. Meanwhile, the Guardian’s weekly Bundesliga round-up has the usual excellent work by Raphael Honigstein, this week focusing on the new president of Bayern Munich and the behemoth he helped build. ...

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du Nord — ... Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian looks at the new Uli Hoeness era at Bayern Munich, and the rest of the Bundesliga from the weekend. ...

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Sanford's Soccer Net — After being elected to replace Franz Beckenbauer as president, Uli Hoeneß will retain the heart and soul of Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich's new president will ensure the club continue as FC Uli Hoeneß. ...

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