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26.7.2010 Crocs Eye Kangas
At the start of the year, few punters would have been brave enough to predict the Crocs winning four on the trot in the recombined AFLG competition for 2010. Not when both Munich and Rheinland have dominated previous seasons so convincingly. But an influx of new talent over the course of the season has seen the Crocs move from a traditionally lower ranked team to one of the toughest in the country. The winning streak that commenced against Munich and continued with convincing victories over Stuttgart and Rheinland extended this Saturday thanks to a crushing 147-7 win over Frankfurt. The travelling Redbacks pulled twelve players together for the trip north to Berlin. But after the opening bounce at rain-softened Schiller Park, it soon became clear the visitors had forgotten to bring any real desire to win. Their lack of fight allowed the home team to steamroll out of the centre and score 42 points in the first quarter of the match that quickly showed signs of becoming a very one-sided affair. The Frankfurters took a full half to even post their first and only goal for the match where few Berlin players were able to stand out, such was the overall skill of the Crocs as a team. Berlin dominated all over the park, shutting down the few attacks the Redbacks had to offer with methodical precision, while keeping the goal umpires busy with goal after goal in attack. In fact, the amount of kicks on goal clearly troubled both the flag wavers, who may or may not have erred when giving the all clear after one or two certain contentious shots went over the too-low goal posts. In the end however, these minor ‘possible’ misjudgments had little effect. It was a record winning margin for the Crocs that briefly put Berlin top of the AFLG table and sends another team in the south a warning signal ahead of the final round of the season:

The Crocs are coming…

13.7.2010 Crocs Too Damn Good
Rheinland arrived in Berlin with the temperature pushing 37 degrees. In that kind of heat, the last thing the Kölners wanted was a hard fight against the on-fire Crocs. But that is exactly what the Berliners delivered once the two squads lined up on Schiller Park’s equally unforgiving surface. With a Berlin Wall of a half-back line resisting everything Köln could throw at it, the Crocs opened the match by chalking up three unanswered goals. It took the Kölners until the second quarter to even notch a single point thanks to this rock solid defense put up by the likes of Dee, Burgo, Adrian, Cowboy and Chopper.

Berlin also dominated in the middle, with some tireless running work provided by Declan, Ben and Troy distributing the ball well to the forwards. Mike returned to the Crocs with a strong all-round performance in the centre half line, slotting away three goals. Jerome and Dov both added two as Berlin showed greater resilience and determination in the sun. But for all the team skills, humungous marks and flowing football, Berlin failed time and time again to put the game beyond the Kölners reach thanks to some woeful kicking in front of goal. Berlin had its defense to thank that the home team was not punished for their inaccuracies up the other end, since Köln was unable to really penetrate into the Crocs forward line the entire game.

By the last quarter, the visitors were already looking worse for wear, trailing on the score board by over thirty points and two men down to injuries. Rheinlands lack of reserves and Berlins physical and tactical supremacy meant the home team was able to run away with it in the end, eventually beating the Kölners by a convincing 52 points and once again making it clear that a game in Berlin this year is no longer a walk in the park of the poet, but a bruising encounter with a team that has got its sights firmly set on securing the capitals first AFLG premiership.

The word is out: Schiller Park is one hard ground.

Score: Berlin Crocodiles 9.18(72) Rheinland Lions 3.2(20)

Goals: Michael Frangos 3.1, Jerome Goerke 2.3, Dov Selby 2.0, Declan McCaffrey 1.2, Jirko Kampa 1.1, Ben Owens 0.3, Tom Mullins 0.2, Dee Pabst 0.1, Marvin Bense 0.1, Steffen Risse 0.1, Till Rautenberg 0.1, Rushed 0.2.

Best: Dee, Chopper, Burgo, Brad, Turkish, Declan, Troy

Highlights:
- Jeorome aka Pickles high flying grabs.
- Rheinlands 1 goal in each of the 2nd, 3rd + 4th quarter.

30.6.2010 The Awsome 9-some!

A lean squad of just nine Berlin players made the six-hour trip for Saturday�s critical away encounter against Stuttgart. A surprisingly low turnout considering the Crocs were fresh off a big upset over Munich and needed a win against the Emus to stay in finals contention.

Seeing the Berlin boys were not going to put up much of a challenge without a few extra players, Stuttgart graciously offered four of their own men and suggested a 12-a-side match on their narrow ground in a display of sportmanship not uncommon to the hospitible Emus.

Then with the opening bounce just minutes away, Berlin received yet another boon when a player from Hamburg appeared on the sidelines asking if he could don a Crocs jersey.

After Berlin had only just scraped together enough players to overcome the automatic eight-man forfeit rule, the Croc�s chances of victory were starting to look a lot rosier than they had at the start of the day. The away team now had 14 players to work with, allowing them two much needed substitutions in the 28 degree heat.

With the player deficit partially evened out, acting captain Declan stepped up to win the toss and elected to kick down field on the Stuttgart �pitch�.

Berlin also won the first centre bounce thanks to the efforts of Steffen, the Stuttgart ring-in playing for the Crocs in the ruck. Comeback kid Pickles was using his ��go-go Gadget arms�� to outmark the big backman, while Wogboy showed his talent in his debut up-forward taking a ripper one-on-one grab. And with the coach booting two in successsion, the boys had the confidence they needed..

Good engine room work by Declan and Ben kept the Crocs in front for the remainder of the quarter, with their running work ably assisted by some reasonably solid defence from Croc�s backmen Chopper, Joker and Cowboy. At the first break, Berlin were up by eight points and looking good.

Courageous Coach Troy�s message to the boys was ��Play your guts out till half-time, then we will reassess��...the boys did exactly that with a blistering second quarter
The boys showed accuracy, pace and superior ball skills to up the ante over Stuttgart with Kebab filled Turk was ripping up the centre, while adding a few special goals down forward, Declan was running his guts out all over the ground, Chopper was playing the game of the season defending the massive forwardman and with Disco scooping up the ball and sweetly connecting a Torpedo, the Crocs posted five goals to half time. At the long break it was Berlin 64, Stuttgart 40.

A rejuvinated Stuttgart took the field in the third, taking advantage of a vacant Crocs� centre to post four quick goals and nearly level the scores by the end of the quarter.

A midfield reshuffle and some �we have�t come this far to lose� talk during the final break saw the Berlin boys take the field with one goal in mind, and that was to rediscover the form of the first two quarters and come away with the points.

Ably assisted in the middle by "it�s all about the past players" Jerome and the indefatigable Dec, Ben returned to the centre after spending the third quarter in the forward line recouperating from a cork. The tactical change reversed the trend back in favour of the Crocs, with the Berliners displaying some excellent arial skills, accurate shots on goal from all angles and the fighting spirit for which the Berlin Crocs are renowned.

There was even a poetry in the closing stages when Steffen the Emu ring-in kicked the Croc�s final goal and his second for the match against his own team. If he was sad, we weren�t. The sweet irony simply iced an even sweeter victory.

Final score:

Berlin: 104
Stuttgart: 77

Goal scorers:

Jerome Goerke: 5
Ben Tiny: 3
Troy: 2 Dov Selby: 4
Steffen: 2
Declan: 1

14.6.2010 München muss nach Hause humpeln
Ausgehoppelt. Nach einer astreinen Leistung der Berlin Crocs, muessen die Kangaroos aus Muenchen nach Hause humpeln. Die Crocs schmiessen alle Zutaten in den Topf, um den 12. Juni 2010 zum Tag der besten Leistung in der Vereinsgeschichte zu machen. Jeder Tackle schmerzhaft, jeder Kick zentimetergenau, jeder Zweikampf gewonnen. Die Crocs habes es Zuhause wieder bewiesen: wer sich in den Schiller Park traut, riskiert eine dicke Lippe. Am besten zu erkennen, als im dritten Viertel ein All-In-Brawl abgehalten wurde. Nur Tony weiss was da im Vorfeld genau passiert ist. Gegen die Mannschaft aus Bayern, die vom Nationalkapitaen Tim Horenburg angefuehrt und vom Berliner Micha Foth verstaerkt wurde, ist Chris Brown erstmalig fuer die Crocs und Petros Stathakos erstmalig in Aussie Rules ueberhaupt aufgelaufen. Conny, Troy und Marvin haben eine exzellente Leistung geboten. Decclan, Ben und Mitch haben fuer die großen Punkte gesorgt. Die Kopfschmerzen der Roos wuchsen von Viertel zu Viertel, so dass am Ende Star-Forward Julien Kann ins Mittelfeld geholt wurde. Es nutzte nix. Die Berlin Crocs waren einfach imponierend:
Berlin Crocodiles 9|8|62
München Kangaroos 7|4|46
Zuschauer: 56

14.6.2010 Ex-Croc in the Tagesspiegel
Last weekend's newspaper brought an articel on Ex-Croc Christopher Jones.

1.6.2010 Crocs Sink Dockers
New coach Troy Pedder has notched up his first win. In a telling display, the crocs showed they can convert training track exercises onto gameday. The Crocs supported their fellow teamates with shepards, bumps and tackles. Most impressive was the Crocs clean posession and ground skills.
Dee took to the field for his comeback game, finding himself with the unsual role further up the ground, but didnt look uncomfortable booting 2 through the big sticks. Man of the match, Declan controlled the centre, grabbing and spoiling anything within reach from ground to clouds, he was an absolute Irish-machine.
Big man Mitch held strong and awaited his chances and with one-legged Tony and Troy sweepin the back, the game was never in doubt. Crocs by 7 goals (despite the big sticks still being illusive).

26.4.2010 Lions cruise to victory in Cologne
Round two began with a stirring tribute to the ANZACS and all victims of senseless conflict with the bugle call ‘The Last Post’ and a minute of respectful silence.
As the bugle’s call evaporated in the spring heat, the Lions were first to break the silence roaring to an early 39 point lead. The slick unified and well drilled Rheinlanders had all the answers in a term where Lions were left unmarked all over the paddock.
In the 2nd quarter Berlin learnt to respect their opponent's pace, tightening up their defence in what was to be their best quarter of the game. The Crocs scored their only goal for the match through a centre break and mark from latest addition Tony Witney and slowing Rheinland’s forward march ever so slightly
After the main break the lions turned up the heat with a dazzling display of pace, free flowing footy and aerial superiority. The visitor’s situation looked grim as Crocs didn’t once trouble the scorer with the board displaying 115:10 going into the last break.
Rheinland piled on the goals in the last term intensifying Berlin’s misery. Adding injury to insult courageous Croc’s midfielder Benno Bock was hospitalized by a late charge as he escorted the ball over the boundary line.
A fierce performance from Declan McCaffrey earned respect from friend and foe alike and resolute debutantes: Steffen Risse, Hannes Thormeyer & Eli Fair fought hard exceeding all expectations.

Rheinland Lions 25.15.165 def. Berlin Crocodiles 1.5.11

10.4.2010 Good start to the season
In the first round of this season, the fixture is Berlin Crocodiles vs. Stuttgart Emus. The fourth time these two teams have met. After two enthralling matches last season, both teams awaited this start of season keenly.
The Emus turned up with 15 blokes supported by four Crocs. But already in the first quarter, the Berliners showed the Baden-Württembergers whose home the capital is. Supported by the wind and especially by a strong midfield around Daniel “Ninja“ Karsch and Tom „Irish“ Mullins it was a three goal lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter the Crocs continued to play like in the first but lost their accuracy. During the second 20 minutes the forward-line around Mitch McKenzie, Till Rautenberg and Jirko Kampa managed to score 9 behinds. In the third and fourth quarter these players got their accurancy back so the Crocodiles finished thrashing the Emus by 68 points. In the last Quarter Geoff Rodoreda at least scored the consolation goal for the Emus.
This is definitely the best start of the season the Crocs had for the last couple of years. If the crocs can manage to show an equal performance against the Rheinland Lions in two weeks, they can give the premiers a good contest.

12.3.2010 Partner Club
The Berlin Crocodiles are proud to announce cooperation with the PRAGUE DRAGONS as our official Partner Club.


The Dragons and Crocodiles hope to organise several friendly matches during 2010 and we will be proud to advise any Crocs heading to Prague to get in touch with a Dragon and have a kick.

The Dragons can be found at: .

3.3.2010 Round-Up from Membership & Family Day‏
Thanks to everyone who was able to come last Sunday for the Crocs Membership/Family Day.
It was looking grim early, with the first rains of 2010 trying desperately to spoil the start of our illustrious 2010 training. Yet this didn�t deter a keen Crocs crew immediately getting stuck into our first team task...patching together what is left of our 2009 marquee. It looked as though it had a tough off-season and in dire need of some trusty sticky tape to hold it firm through some early tough winds. With the Scout guidance of Brad McBride, we were able to huddle under and get reacquainted.

With a clear sky in the distance, this was enough to spur the boys to don the boots and get out on the snowless field. Connie clearly excited about the end of his winterschlaf, by wanting to start a mini pre-season game...you can never be too keen! The form looked pretty good from most the boys considering the lack of practise. Key position player/coach, Dee scouted the sidelines to hold the fort on the Crocs social-side, while forward liners Mitchy, Adrian and Disco ensured they kept uninjured for next week.

Captain Marv�s BBQ worked a treat and with no sight of Mr G Will, we could only hope he was holding off his troops at the other end. The Crocs, family members and girlfriends donated kindly to their stomachs, devouring much of the 40 burger patties, 50 sausages and a few crates of beers, all in-order to pump up the Crocs balance sheet.
All-in-all the day was a real treat, with the sun shining for the majority and people paying for their food and drinks based on the trust system, which again worked brilliantly.

To the new faces of Burgo and Henham, we really look forward to get on the track with you guys and thanks for dropping-by. To the boys who weren�t able to come, we hope to see you this Sunday 2pm for a big training session.

We will hand around the new Membership Forms on Sunday for everyone to sign. For those who paid on Sunday, we still need you to fill-out the form and update details.
New guernseys are officially arriving tomorrow morning by 9am, after some typical German bureaucracy tried to hold-up order. We will bring these down on Sunday and create new photos for our player profiles on the website.

14.12.2009 Awards Night at Belushis 2009
What a fantastic night for the Berlin Crocodiles!
An unbelievable crowd indicated the start of a special night for the Berlin Crocs.
The night marked the beginning of a new 5-year sponsorship deal with Belushis, who showed their committment with an extremely tasty and plentiful buffet.
With a crowd of over 40 people, drinks and stories flowed. The night highlights included an emotional farewell speech from our stalward Franky, another top motivational speech from benny and some funny reinactments from our in-glorious award winners.
The light shone on our no.1 man for 2010, Petey, who most rewardingly won the 2009 Steven-Powell-Award (Best-And-Fairest) in the Crocs premiership year. Well Done!
The crocs raised a record amount of money for the club, which will be used towards away games. Everyone who´managed to join deserves a massive pat on the back. GO CROCS!!!

30.9.2009 Grand Final Day Review
Saturday´s Grand Final Day at Belushi´s kicked-off the Crocs 1st fundraising event for the coming 2010 season.
The day was a great success with over ¤100 raised (still be confirmed by Geordie, if he hasn´t gone on holiday). The boys scouted around the crowd throughout the game selling raffle tickets and proudly spreading the word of ´The Crocs´ big GF triumph. Mitchy was hitting up the microphone to announce the winners, with a very kind Ninja handing-back his 3rd round prize for a non-Croc to win.
Special mention goes out to our own ´digger´ Adrian for his shear hard work producing 200 magnificant crispy pies, which were devoured by the fans with a big grin.

This is the 1st of many fundraisers which will be the start to helping our boys get to the away games and hopefully even an end of season trip.
Next event will be the illustrious ´Berlin Crocs Awards Night´. Details to be announced by approx. 05th Oct, so get those shirts ironed and mummy to do up your tie!

Cheers from the Crocs Committee

21.9.2009 The Crocs to Host 2009 AFL Grand Final
For that last Saturday in September 2009 the Berlin Crocodiles AFL football club will be there for the big game between Geelong and St Kilda at our favourite home Belushis.

There will be projectors and large screen live coverage of the game with a half time raffle of assorted goodies, and a good time had by all.

Where: Belushi´s Bar and Hostel
Downstairs on the left in the events room.
Rosa Luxemburg Street, 39 - 41
Berlin
Train: U-Bahn station Rosa Luxembourg Platz.on the U2 line. Take the Volksbühne exit.
When: From 6am, Saturday 26th September 2009

So whether on the way back from a big night out, or straight from bed after a good nights sleep there will be a good time had by all as we watch this years two best AFL teams take each other on.

Don´t hesitate to come over and introduce yourself to the 2009 AFLG Division 2 premiers Crocs players. We are always happy to meet other footie fans.

Bis Samstag!

8.9.2009 BERLIN WINS GRAND FINAL!!!


The AFLG Division B Grand Final was won by the Crocs. The Rheinland reserve grade team were unable to equal the effort of their senior team, going down to the Berlin Crocodiles by seven points. For the Crocs, the win marked their first premiership in any grade. The hard fought last quarter made the match a real thriller. Dee Pabst was best-on-ground. For Frank Donat it was a fine good bye: after over 40 games he will be blowing the whistle instead of kicking wobblers.

24.8.2009 Emus were good Crocs-bait


The 17 Emus on tour had no chance on Berlin turf against a fired-up Crocs side keen to play in the AFLG Div II Final. With 27 members, of whom 22 were playing, the Crocs had a long queue of desperate players on the sideline - interchange was consequently used throughout the game. The leadership-group around coach Dee and AFLQ player Benny kept positioning in order. Pommy guy Guy had his first ever Aussie Rules match and knew how to convince. Mark of the match was from Jerome who caught the ball in Cricket fashion horizontally stretched. Peter kicked a goal from almost behind the goal-line and under pressure: the goal of the match. Crocs veteran Che Chappy Chapman was honored with a last-quarter-appearance and kicked the final goal of the match.

18.8.2009 Game anouncement: Emus in Berlin
This Saturday will see one team make it to minor final in Frankfurt: the Berlin Crocodiles or the Stuttgart Emus. The Hauptstädter have a comfortable position at their last home game since the Emus must win with a very high margin. But it can be expected that the Crocs will go to their very limit.
COME AROUND AND WATCH A GREAT GAME!
Saturday, 2 pm , Schiller Park Oval

28.7.2009 Berlin looses in West Germany
Nothing can stop the Lions from Rheinland not even a strong and determined Crocs side. After a disappointing first quarter the score was 47 to 6. In the end the Lions won by 104 to 29. Luckily the Crocs have an opportunity for revenge: the Grand Final Day in Frankfurt this September.

23.7.2009 Game coming up
The Crocs will travel to Cologne this weekend to play a game against a strong Rheinland Lions second-string side. A great opportunity for our new German players to impress national coach Luke McBride.

19.7.2009 Record thrashing sees Crocs fly high
Berlin wins by a thumping margin against an understrength B team from the Munich Kangaroos . Final score at Schillerpark Oval yesterday was 130 to 23, which made a proud Crocs team stand on the more enjoyable side of a 100-point-thrashing. From 19 goals five went to Jirko Kampa und Disco each; Peter Neumann shrugged off his goal-kicking spell and slotted 4 in including one supergoal from behind the arch. Best Crocs on ground were Caveman and Magic Marvs in midfield, the Tank in the ruck and tagger Micha Foth in defence.

10.7.2009 last training with Ross


GFL player Ross Dillon has returned to Geelong. The Crocs feel grateful to Ross for his commitment as co-coach and player and wish him all the best back in Australia!

30.6.2009 Friendly vs. Amsterdam


Who can make out seven Berlin players?

A young Berlin side took on an experienced Amsterdam Team . The first half went to the guests but the furious Crocs got back on the track in an exciting and entertaining match. But the lead after the third quarter was not enough and the dutchies grabbed the win with four goals in front. Four unfortunate behinds from the Crocs in the final quarter gave away the game. Seven Berlin players pulled on the Blue and Orange and helped making it an even game. One of them, Disco Dove, was even best-on-ground. The Kampa brothers, Simon, Declan, Alex and James had their first game for Berlin.

8.6.2009 Second win gives Crocs a series

Ruck-man Geordie loads off a bomb.

Berlin wins in Stuttgart against the Stuttgart Emus. In an exciting last quarter Crocs mistakes and goals quickly alternated with those of the opponent. In the end, four points made the difference. A real hard-earned victory! Celebrations went on the whole night. Stuttgart is definitely a bonus for the AFLG - on and off the ground! Best players were Mitch and Ross: Mitch kicking another bag of six and unstoppable Ross kicking from all ranges. Ross lost 3 best-and-fairest votes by insulting the umpie as a blind, white maggot.

No-one catches Peter!

25.5.2009 FIRST WIN THIS SEASON
The clubs sponsor Belushis saw a cheerful group of Crocs sing the team song which has almost been forgotten since the last win 2007. Although outnumbered by four, the score was convincing with 16 goals to 9. Clever player-positioning from Coach Dee and pure team-spirit were the ingredients to victory. Our young talents Conny Hoeher, Peter Neumann and Till Rautenberg were again causing some painfull stings to the opponents. Speedy-Petes first game! It was left to troupers Ross Dillon and Mitchell McKenzie to finish off the Roos. Both booted five goals each.



The Crocs Celebrated at our favourite pub - Belushi's in Berlin!

22.5.2009 Crocs in Bavaria
The Crocs are on tour again! This time footy brings us to very deep Bavaria, where the Crocs will be wrestling with the Munich Roos. The match will be held at the new monastery venue in Fuerstenfeldbrueck . Who really deserves to be at the bottom of the AFLG ladder? Our boys keen on a big match and, of course, some true bavarian customs!

11.5.2009 Berlin gains some respect
The Crocs lost their firt league match of the season but showed great potential. After the Crocs dominated the first quarter, the Lions slowly gained momentum and came of with a 23 point lead.

Besides Aussies Ross and Dee, there were a lot of first gamers starring for the Crocs. Congrats to Andreas Schinkel, Eric Lee, Martin Hoeft, Till Rautenberg and Tobias Kaehler for their first footy match. Best Crocs were:

Fabian (Chopper) Lindner
Martin Hoeft
Tom Mullins

Keep it up!

Sadly, the game was interrupted by two injuries on the Rheinland side, which had to be treated in hospital. Fortunately, both could leave soon and were later seen at the Belushis drinking beer and giving ladies piggyback rides...

4.5.2009 Advertisement in the Berliner Fenster
Our advertisement in the subway television Berliner Fenster is now running. The ad is usually shown on Fridays and the weekends.

21.4.2009 Crocs at the AFLG trainings camp
Four Crocs made the trip to the annual AFLG training camp in Fulda this weekend. With the national coach around, the AFLG camp is a good way to get a foothold in the German national team. The Crocs sponsored the trip for best rookie 2008 Conny Hoeher.

5.4.2009 Crocs player in radio interview
Berlin Crocodile Benno Bock will be interviewed in the rural radio station Ems-Vechte-Welle. The interview will be held between 6 and 7 pm tonight.

1.4.2009 training now weekdays
With the end of day-light-saving weekend training ends as well. The Berlin Crocs will be training Tuesdays and Thursdays 6pm from now on.

30.3.2009 Dan Freeman Gig
After years of gigs with his band Rotfront at Kaffee Burger, it is now former Croc Dan Freeman's turn at making magic on that little stage in the corner! Come along and check it out on thursday the 2.4 at 22h. There will be some free EPs flying around too!!
Come along!!!!

Dan Freeman (Tasmanian Indie Rock)
Kaffee Burger
Torstr.60
2.4 22h

23.3.2009 Berlin loses in Amsterdam
After a long trip from Berlin to Amsterdam via Bad Bentheim, the Crocs suffered from daytime drowsiness in the first quarter of the friendly. With the wake-up-call in the first break the Crocs started to fire up and fight against a mainly Aussie Flying Dutchmen team. After a great combination up the field coach Dee scored a beautiful goal from 40 meters. Ruckmen Geordie was best player with his strong performance in the ruck and also in the crumbs. In the evening the team explored Amsterdam in all it's facets.

17.3.2009 Crocs visit Amsterdam
This Saturday, the Crocs will play a friendly against the Flying Dutchmen, the sole footy team in Holland. The game will be delivering the Crocs fitness and crucial information for the preseason preparation. The game will be analysed later that day in the vibrant surrounding of central Amsterdam.

4.3.2009 Training starts again!
Last weekend, 17 driven Crocs met at Schiller Park, keen to have a kick and get the 2009 season started. Until daylight savings, training will be Sundays 2 pm. BE THERE!

22.12.2008 Merry Christmas and a Happy Footy Season 2009 (p.s
The Berlin Crocs wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We hope to see all of you again in season 2009.

This years awards go to:
Steven-Powell-Award (best and fairest): Alexis Cruz
Haroon-Yousufy-Award (leading goalscorer): Haroon Yousufy
Che-Chapman-Award (best rookie): Conny Hoeher
Frank-Donat-Award (most committed): Tobias Bauer

Congratulations!

16.9.2008 Watch the AFL Grand Final Live in Berlin
The Berlin Crocodiles are proud present the AFL Grand Final in Berlin at Belushi´s. Not only is Belushi´s a sports bar / Hostel, they are also our club sponsor and they love Australian Football.

The AFL is hard to get on TV however for the Grand Final there will be a live telecast starting at around 5 - 6am in the morning of the 27th of September. You can do an all nighter or get there earlier as it will probably be full.

Belushi´s in Berlin
Rosa Luxemburg Street, 39 - 41
10178 Berlin

U-Bahn U2
Exit at "Rosa Luxemburgerstr."
The Bar is located in front of your nose when you take the south exit (opposite the big grey Volksbuhne Theater).

10.9.2008 Crocs at Wikipedia (tb)
The Crocs have their own article at wikipedia.de! Have a look and help adding more infos!

2.7.2008 Berlin Crocodiles in the newspaper (tb)
Crocs did it! In the sports blog of the Tagesspiegel, there is a short preliminary report about the match against the Dockers on saturday and a rough summary of our sport. Have a look!

7.5.2008 Filmpremiere on May 31st 2008
Haroon Yousufy is not only a great Footy-Player but a even better Film Producer. On May 31st 2008, 03:00 pm he is showing his shortmovie "Dinner For Four" in the "Hackesche Höfe Film Theater" in Berlin Mitte (Rosenthaler Straße 40-41). Come around and support a Berlin Croc!
For more information click the following link!
Hindukushfilmproduktion- Dinner For Four

4.5.2008 Der neue Spielort der Crocs
Die Crocs haben für diese Saison einen ganz besonders schönen Spielort gewählt.

Hier ein Blick von der großen Tribüne des Glockenturms über das Maifeld auf das Olympiastadion.
Im Vordergrund ist das Center-Square unseres Spielfeldes zu sehen.

Alle, die sich das nicht entgehen lassen wollen, sind herzlich eingeladen am 9. August der Partie gegen die Rheinland Lions beizuwohnen. Der Eingang ist über das Museum im Glockenturm.

29.4.2008 Berlin Game in the news
Ex Crocs star Campell Jefferys is not just a sportsman, but an accomplished writer. When he is not writing another novel he writes for various publications including The Local - read the article about the Hamburg verses Berlin match from last weekend.

29.4.2008 Generous Donations to the Berlin Crocs
The Berlin Crocodiles Football Club would like to recognise the following organisations for their donations:

The Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club, for it´s kind contribution of 5 Footballs

The Ovens & Murray League, for it´s contribution of 4 Burley Footballs

7.4.2008 Berlin Crocs vs. North London Lions

29.1.2008 02.02.,12:00 pm: Berlin Crocs vs. Fighting Irish

17.1.2008 Berlin Crocs vs. Australian Exchange Students

14.1.2008 The 2007 Berlin Crocodiles Awards






Micheal Frangos (here on the left next to Rhyss) did receive the "Leading-Goalkicking-Award 2007" (The Haroon Yousufy Award). Marvin Bense was medalled to be the "Best Player" of the season 2007. The best Rookie, Thomas Michalik, received the "Rising-Star-Award". Neither rain, snow, or damn hot weather scared him. He was more committed to the crocs then anybody else: The Frank-Donat-Award for the "Most Committed" goes to Daniel Karsch.
Congratulations!
Mike and Rhyss left Germany at the end of 2007. We hope that they will be back soon.

Before we forget: Check out the new dates for the 2008 season! We hope you will be at the games to play some footy or at least to cheer!

Turn your life green-yellow!

23.9.2007 AFL Grand Final Live in Berlin
No more Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles this year. Instead Geelong and Port Adelaide will fight for the 2007 Premiership and here in Germany the Australian and all Australian Football fans have the chance to follow the game live.

On Saturday the 29th of September, Belushi´s Pub in the center of Berlin (Mitte) will be screening the AFL Grand Final 2007 with live game telecast starting at 6am. Get there a bit early though as there is usually commentary and other specials usually shown before the game start.

Beluschi´s is really easy to get to , just get off the U-Bahn station on the U2 - "Rosa Luxemburgerstr." (south exit) and Beluschi´s Bar is opposite the exit. More details about the bar and street address is on the left (look left).

For Grand Final viewing locations in other cities around Australia, best idea is to view each club website. Each of the main football cities - Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Cologne will also have viewing locations.

9.7.2007 Australian Football Tri-Nations Serie

Australian Football Tri-Nations Serie:
Deutschland 11.11 (77) Schweden 11.6 (72)

Am Samstag den 7. Juli gelang der Deutschen Australian Football Nationalmannschaft im Berliner Schiller Park der erste Sieg im Tri-Nations Cup mit Schweden und Dänemark. Der knappe aber hochverdiente Sieg gegen die schwedische Auswahl ist außerdem der erste einer ausschließlich aus deutschen Spielern bestehenden Teams in einem internationalen Match.

Das Team von Trainer David Mudge war von Anfang an spielbestimmend und überzeugte mit einer beeindruckenden Mannschaftsleistung, gegen die die Gäste aus Schweden in den ersten zwei Vierteln Chancenlos waren. Erst in der zweiten Hälfte kam Schweden besser ins Spiel und konnte so eine größere Blamage verhindern. Insbesondere im dritten Viertel ware die Gäste das bestimmendere Team, aber dank einer geschlossenen Mannschaftsleistung der Deutschen im letzten Viertel konnte die Führung erfolgreich verteidigt werden.

Herrausragende Spieler waren: Aaron Akrutat (GER), Phil Giessen (GER), Markus Klusemann (GER), Michi Schuart (GER) und Pete Wiens (GER).

Das nächste Spiel der Tri-Nations Serie:
28. Juli in Kopenhagen
Dänemark vs Deutschland

3.7.2007 Germany v. Sweden in Berlin 07.07.07

This is the biggest event of the year in Berlin. The Berlin Crocodiles are hosting this round of the Tri-Nations cup, a threeway event between Germany, Sweden and Denkmark.

On that wonderful day - 07.07.07, the best players from the AFLG will form the German National Team and challenge the visiting Swedish National Team. All players (in each respective team) must be a citizen of the country they are representing. Berlin Crocodiles player with the support of Australians and other expats will support the event

Be there... at our usual playing location for the game start at 2pm... we have a suprise in store and you can be guaranteed that with 18 big German footballers against 18 big Swedish footballers, it is going to be good.

And... the day is not complete without a fantastic after party, we are due at BELUSCHI´s at around 8pm. Here everyone can grab a bite to eat and enjoy a few rounds in good company. Belushi´s is in Mitte opposite the "Volksbuhne" on Rosa-Luxemburgstr. 41 ... just next to the U-Bahn entrance for the U2 Rosa Luxemburgplatz.

See you there

3.7.2007 Crocs win at home
It has been a long time coming, the crocs have finally found strength and won against the Hamburg dockers in round 7 at home. A number of new player such as George, Patrick, Lukas, Alex and Lukas helped the crocs with a strong team for this game with 12 goals, 9 behinds - 81 against Hamburg 6 goals, 11 behinds - 47. Special thanks to Robot (one of the crocs founding members who has return for holidays) for Umpiring.

There will be a full match report and all the gossip from the after party in the Newsletter... if you havn´t already signed up... on the left (under the navigation) you can sign up.

26.6.2007 Saturday 30 June - Homegame
This Saturday sees the Berlin Crocodiles at home again and competing against the Hamburg Dockers.

Game Start is 15:00, Berlin players are asked to be at the ground at 13:00 to assist in preparations, please infom Benno should you be playing but will arrive later.

Spectators / Fans are welcome (no admission fee).

1.6.2007 Home game on Saturday - 2nd June

The Berlin Crocodiles have a home game and will play against Munich.

Friends, supports, ex-players and aussies.... we need your support. Come along and bring your footy boots and score a goal for the Croc´s... this is your chance to be a star.

Game start is 14:00 as usual, location is Schiller Park (there is a map on the left under training info). It is really easy to get there, not far from the major intersection in (suburb) Wedding - See Strasse and Müller Strasse which has U-Bahn (U6) and tram connections.

Players, please come along early (12 noon) to help with the setup.

25.5.2007 2007 Player Cards Updated




The Berlin Crocodiles Player Cards have now been updated to include the players for 2007. Have a look and E-mail us with your photo if you are interesting in dating one of the players!

30.4.2007 First Berlin Home Game - 05.05.2007
This Saturday May 5th, 2007 is the first home game for the Berlin Crocodiles in 2007. The Game starts at 2pm (players are required on location at 12:00 noon). Berlin are playing against the Rheinland Lions.

We welcome spectators, (there is no entrance fee).

18.4.2007 Crocs watch AFL on TV
That´s right, AFL has come to German TV and the Berlin Crocodiles love Australian Football!!

To celebrate and kick-off the coverage, the Crocs will all be down at Belushi´s on Friday 27th of April.... and you are invite to join us.


Friday 27th April
Start at 5 pm

Beluschi’s Bar – Berlin
Rosa-Luxemburgstr. 41
10178 Berlin

Belushi´s website


At 5pm there will be highlights on Eurosport 2 of the previous round of AFL. Not only are we looking forwarded to some good football (getting ready for our first home game on 5.5.2007 here in Berlin), the manager is also offering a deal of 2 beck´s beer´s for 3 Euro until 10pm... plus other deals.

Hope to see you there... infact, stay informed of all of our games and parties by signing up for our newsletter... just click on the link under Newsletter in the navigation. (left)

18.4.2007 AFLG Runde 2 - Results
The Berlin Crocodiles had a bye during Round 2, here are the results of the other matches.

Frankfurt Redbacks 5.11 (41)
Rheinland Lions 10.8 (68)

Munich Kangaroos 9.9 (63)
Hamburg Dockers 2.11 (23)

11.4.2007 AFLG Round 1 - 1.4.2007 Results
1.4.2007 Round 1 - Results
Round 1 - 31 March 2007

Hamburg Dockers 13.14 (92)
Berlin Crocodiles 3.3 (21)

Rheinland Lions 3.6 (24)
Munich Kangaroos 7.10 (52)

Friendly:
Strasbourg Kangaroos 4.6 (30)
Frankfurt Redbacks 4.12 (36)


The Berlin Crocodiles have a bye for the next round (14.04.2007) and in round 3 play against the Rheinland Lions in the first home game on Saturday 05.05.2007

27.2.2007 Practice Match - CROCs vs O´DILES
We had a great afternoon in November a rough game in arctic conditions in January...
Now it´s time again for the third and last winter training match, the clash of

THE CROCS vs THE ´DILES!!!

This weekend Sunday 4th March at our home-stadium in Schiller Park at 12. The game will be a good occasion to answer some questions:

Who will be fit for the Hamburg Match on the 31st March?
How are our rookies doing?
Will the German players survive the after-game Vegemite Sandwiches?

23.2.2007 Berlin Crocodiles 2007
Dear players and supporters, although the winter has been cold the crocs are still training and getting ready for an exciting season in 2007. Here is a short overview of some of the things that are happening:


New Players in 2007
Yes, the crocodiles are on the lookout for new players. This is a great time to start training as the football season starts at the end of March and training will help you to get fit and learn the skills.


AFLG Season 2007
The season plan has been decided upon and the first game is on 31. March, the Berlin Crocodiles travel to Hamburg to play the dockers. There has been a change in the AFLG, the Strasbourg Black Devils are not competing this year. The Grand Final for 2007 (1st September) will be in Cologne. Dates and results for the 2007 season on AFLG.de


International Matches
As in 2007, there will be a Tri Nations tournament with Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Exciting news for Berlin is that our beautiful city will host the first Tri Nations game, Germany against Sweden on the 7th of July. The best football players from Germany against the best from Sweden. The European Cup will be held in Hamburg on 15.09.2007. Further details on AFLG.de


AFLG Training Camp - Fulda
This is a yearly event, all teams are invited to Fulda to train together over one weekend. It is a great experience to learn and perfect skills as well as meet players from other teams. Fulda is also used as an important forum to discuss important issues in the AFLG. Do you want to attend the Fulda Training Camp? Do you want the Fulda Training Play? Please contact Johannes (club president).


Berlin Crocodiles News
In our recent club meeting we discussed some of the tasks and challenges for 2007. Benno has been elected as trainee "Game Day Manager" for home and away games. Currently Andy is the "Game Day Manager" and mid year will be succeeded by Benno. Haroon has been elected as the club treasurer so will make sure club members are fully paid up as well as be able to accept (in addition to Johannes and Christopher) donations to the Club.


Charity Drive - new goal posts
In 2007 the crocs are investing in new goal posts... and we would like your help. We are now taking donations to enable the club to purchase the new and long overdue goal posts. We have already received donations from over 10 players, ex-players and club supporters, all ´patrons´ will have their names shortly displayed on the website.

Can you spare a few Euros or a few aussie dollars? Please contact Johannes, Christopher or Haroon to make a donation (Bank deposits in Germany / Australia are possible).


Newsletter
What to know what is happening when? We have a newsletter for club friends and supporters and announce important events such as games, results and social events. On the left (under the navigation) you can sign up.

23.11.2006 The Crocs verses The Crocs
This coming Sunday 26.11.2006, the Berlin Crocodiles are playing a demonstration match in (link) Schiller Park Wedding at 12:00 Midday.

We welcome spectators and more importantly new players who have never played Australian Football before. This is a great chance to play a real game of Footy with a nice friendly atmostphere. If you don´t know the rules... then fantastic, come and join us and take this great opportunity to learn.

13.11.2006 Wednesday Training - starts at 8pm
Instead of 6pm, our Wednesday Gym Training now begins at 8pm.

30.10.2006 Wednesday Gym Training
It´s now gettimng darker and colder, from now on, our Wednesday training is in the Gym:

Mittwochs at 18.00 Uhr at Siegmunds Hoff Gym.
(Siegmens Hoff, 100m from Tiergarten S Bahnhof... "Bierkeller" is the sign over the entrance)

27.9.2006 AFL Grand Final - Live in Berlin
Just a confirmation, we have two viewing locations in Berlin. Most of the Crocs with probably be down at the Old Emerald Isle, however if Never Never is closer, it´s also a nice cosy place to be at 6am in the Morning.


Old Emerald Isle
Erkelenz Damm
Berlin Kreuzberg
www.old-emerald-isle.de
(Near Kottbusser Tor U-Bahnhof)

Never-Never-Land
Cranach Str.
Berlin Friedenau
www.never-never.de
(near Friedenau S-Bahnhof)

25.9.2006 AFL Grand Final in Berlin, Germany
It´s that time of the year again... seems like dejavu as the Sydney Swans take on the West Coat Eagles at the MCG on September 30, 2006.

What does it mean for passionate football fans in Europe... wake up really early, kickoff is at 6:30 am in the morning (berlin time). The Berlin Crocodiles will be watching in the Old Emerald Isle in Kreuzberg. Here you can grab a great coffee, a great breakfast and good beer during the match.

I recommend getting there a little earlier as it was packed last year with over a hundred people down for the match.

If you are looking for Aussie Rules Grand Final locations in other cities, details will be shortly posted on www.aflg.de. If you need to do a bit more research or convince your local bar owner to open up, the broadcast is on BSKYB (possibly 3) and has a special live telecaste from England.

18.9.2006 Film from Crocodiles Player
Haroon Yousufy is one of our most dedicated and skilled players... and apart from a talent for Australian Football, he is also a film producer and a film he produced (together with his wife Jutta) will been screened on Sunday 24.09.2006 at 12:15 on 3sat. The film is called "Getauschte Blicke" (swapping glances) and is about Theater life in Kabul, Afgahnistan (Haroons homeland).

18.9.2006 Munich Kangaroos win 2006 Premiership
The Munich Kangaroos defended their title in the Grand final match against the Rheinland Lions.

31.8.2006 Berlin Record Spectators
In the final round of the 2006 season, the Berlin Crocodiles (48) were defeated by the Rheinland Lions (74). The crocs had a record number of spectators and had a healthy competition against the Lions.

21.8.2006 Berlin v. Rheinland - 26.08.2006
This coming Saturday, the Berlin Crocodiles compete in Round 7 of the AFLG (the last round) against the Rheinland Lions.

The game starts at 2pm and will be played in Schiller Park, Wedding (see map). It is close to the Seestrasse U6.

Spectators are welcome, entrance is Free.

16.8.2006 Berlin Crocodiles - Sport Show Berlin
This coming weekend, 19 / 20. August, the Berlin Crocodiles have a stand at the Sport Show Berlin, a big sporting exhibition with all of the major sporting teams represented.



If you are interesting in an exciting, dynamic team sport, just come by and say hello. The location is "Arena Berlin" which is in on the Spree in Treptow, an easy walk from Treptow S-Bahn. View the website for travel details and a map.

Link: Sport Show Berlin

16.8.2006 Germany against Denmark
The first match in the Tri-nations tournament with Germany, Denmark and Sweden will be held this coming Saturday, 19. August, 2006 in Bielefeld, Germany.

In the past, International matches in Europe have usually had a strong contingent of Australian players. The Tri-nations Tournament is open only to citizens of the competing countries.

Kick-off is 14:00 sharp in the "Leineweberring" stadium in Bielefeld-Kammerratsheide. Entry via "Straße Am Wellbach". Spectators are welcome, entry is free.

8.8.2006 C´arn you Crocs



Let´s eat burgers at the Docks

19.7.2006 Crocs fighting spirit in Cologne

14.7.2006 Berlin Crocodiles v Rheinland
The Crocs will be led by Dee towards the Rheinland into Cologne on Saturday 15.07.2006 to compete against the current leaders of the AFLG 2006 ladder.

Game begin is 14:00 in Cologne. Go you Crocs!!

14.7.2006 World Cup wrap up
The Australian Socceroos put in a stunning performance and after drawing with Croatia in the last game of the first round, qualified as second (behind Brazil) to advance into the next round.

This was beyond all expectations, Australia scoring their first ever world cup goals and points.. and advancing. The Australian´s were set to continue as they were in the dying seconds of ovetime (94th minute) in the 0:0 match against Italy on 26.06 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.



The Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo awarded Fabio Grosso (Italy) an 11metre penalty kick afte he dived over Australian Lucas Neill. Although the penalty for diving (especially in the goal square) is a yellow card, Francesco Totti converted the 11 metre penalty giving the Italians a 1:0 lead and also an immediate game finish.

The Berlin Crocodiles, who followed each match together, congratulate the socceroos for their excellent spirit despite dubious umpiring decisions.

23.6.2006 World Cup - Australia succeed


For the first time ever, Australia have not only kicked goals in the world cup, but have finished second in Group F in the first round of the World Cup. This means that Australia is up against the winner of Group E, Italy.



The Berlin Crocodiles have been following all of the Australian matches (and more) very closely, in the ZDF arena in Potsdamer Platz, in the Adidas Arena infront of the Reichstag and for the last match with at least a hundred other Aussies in the famous Pfefferberg Beer Garden.

19.6.2006 The Berlin Crocodiles and World Cup



In conjunction with the world cup, Christopher Jones and Marvin Bense from the Crocs gave an interview with Radio Eins in the Kulture Brauerei, Prenzlauer Berg. The other invited guest was none other than the residing Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit.



The interview was live to coincide with the Australia verses Japan match. In the beginning Japan was leading 1 - 0 with a rather dubious goal, during the live telecast, Australia shot 3 goals to win their first ever World Cup Game.

The remaining Berlin Crocodiles players and supporters watched the game in Potsdamer Platz, Sony Centre during the live ZDF telecast. Of course, we are all for the Australian Socceroos.

6.6.2006 The Crocs still in good spirit
With windy wet weather, the crocs lost all form after the first quarter against Hamburg. Although they maintained possesion for most of the third quarter, the lack of conversions meant that Hamburg (7 14 56) took the match from the Crocs (1 3 9). Both teams partied together afterwards in the newly opened Pub in Prenzlauer Berg "The Bird".

1.6.2006 Berlin v. Hamburg - 3 June
In Round 4 of the AFLG, the Berlin Crocodiles have a home game against Hamburg.

The game will be in Schiller Park, Wedding, Berlin at 14:00.

As usual, we love to have spectators and helpers. Special thanks in advance to Cam (ex crocodiles player) who is travelling all the way to Berlin to umpire this game.

14.5.2006 Crocodiles defeated by the Redbacks
The Berlin Crocodiles were beaten by Frankfurt on Saturday. Despite playing the first quarter 20 (berlin) to 25 (frankfurt), the following quarters saw the crocs unable to match the frankfurt goals. Despite the defeat it was a spirited and well challenged match. In the evening both teams met at the famous Prater beer garden to enjoy the good weather and beer together.

Berlin Crocodiles 3.6 (24) def by Frankfurt Redbacks 12.11 (83)

8.5.2006 Berlin v. Frankfurt - Samstag 13. Mai
This coming Saturday, in Round 3 of the AFLG, the Berlin Crocodiles will play a home game against the Frankfurt Redbacks.

The game will be in Schiller Park, Wedding, Berlin at 14:00.

Come down, we love to have supporters and helpers.

1.5.2006 Game Photos
Here are a few stunning photos from the Munich v Berlin Game from Stafan Dick.

View photos

24.4.2006 Crocs defeated in Munich
The Berlin Crocodiles (4 7 31) were defeated on their first away game by the Munich Kangaroos (17 17 119). The Kangaroos are a difficult team to beat on their home-ground.


Photo: Silke Corazza

The next game is a home game against the Frankfurt Redback on Saturday 13th of May in Schiller Park, Wedding (Berlin) at 2pm.

21.4.2006 Round 2, the Crocs in Munich
Munich Kangaroos vs. Berlin Crocodiles,
Munich, Hirschgarten, 2:30 pm

The Berlin Crocodiles play their first away game from 2006 against the Munich Kangaroos, a strong team who won the Grand Final last year. On their home territory the Kangaroos will be in full strength however Berlin won the first game of the season last against Munich.

Go you Crocs !!

2.4.2006 Berlin win first the first round in 2006
In round 1 of the 2006 season for the Australia Football League Germany (AFLG), the Berlin "Crocodiles" 10 . 15 (75) won against the Strasbourg "Black Devils" 5 . 3(33).

As the newest team in the AFLG, Strasbourg Australian Football Club team played their first ever league game against the Berlin Australian Football Club in the Schiller Park (Ballpark) in Wedding on Saturday 1.4.2006

The man of the match was Haroon Yousufy from Berlin who score four goals with Pascal Coquis from Strasbourg the second best player. Both teams are to be commended on their fair-play and spirit for the match.

Round 1 results here

24.3.2006 AFLG 1. Round - Berlin v. Strasbourg
For the first round of the 2006 AFLG season, the Berlin Crocodiles have a home game and will play against the youngest AFLG team, the Strasbourg "Black Devils".

The game begins at 14:00 promptly. Players of course are required on the field at 12:00 latest for pre-game preparation and warm-up. The location is Schiller Park in Wedding. On the homepage there are details about where the park is and how to get there.

We love to see spectators and any one who who would like to assist with other duties such as goal umpire.

For budding players, we have training on Sunday and Wednesday so this is your last chance to come down and get yourself in peak physical condition before the match.

Look forward to seeing you there.

20.2.2006 AFLG Season 2006
The Australian Football League Germany Season 2006 has now been published:

AFLG Season 2006

The Düsseldorf Lions have expanded and now represent, with a new name, the Rheinland.

We are happy to announce the entrance of the Strasbourg Australian Football Team into the 2006 AFLG season.

20.2.2006 Fulda Training Camp 2006
In March, the 2006 season will be preceeded with the Fulda Training Camp in which all of the AFLG teams will attend for a weekend training and workshops together. The camp was a great success in 2005 and the main aim is to foster communication between the AFLG clubs exchange training tips and methods.

The 2006 camp will also feature umpire courses as the foundation of future AFLG umpire organisation.

19.10.2005 AFLG 2005 Grand Final in Frankfurt

13.10.2005 Letztes Saisonspiel am 15.10.
Am kommenden Samstag, findet für die Berlin Crocodiles das letzte Saisonspiel statt. Zu Gast sind die Frankfurt Redbacks.

Im Hinspiel verloren die Crocs in Frankfurt, weshalb sie jetzt unbedingt gewinnen müssen um noch eine Chance auf Platz drei der Tabelle haben zu wollen.

Das Spiel findet wie immer im Schillerpark im Wedding statt. Spielbeginn ist 14.00 Uhr.

Zuschauer sind herzlich willkommen.

24.9.2005 Swans win 2005 AFL Grand Final
The mighty Sydney Swans won their first Grand Final in 75 years by four points (the last Grand Final win was in 1933).

The crocs joined a bunch of 50 Aussie travellers in the Old Emerald Isle Irish Pub early at 6 am and enjoyed a fun and exciting match. Although the Sydney Swans won each quater on points, the difference was no greater than 20 points and in the Final quarter West Coast Eagles took the lead with Sydney only scrapping through to regain the lead by a few points. In the dying minutes, with less that 1 goal difference the ball moved into the West Coast forward line and with a lot of desperation the Swans stopped each goal attempt which would have put the Eagles in front.

With tensions high and the ball barely moving back over the halfway mark, we were counting the seconds once the clock ticked over the 30 minute mark. In the dying seconds Leo Barry from the Swans took an amazing mark inside the West Coast 50 meter area and stole the final chance for West Coast to win.

Congratulations Swans.

22.9.2005 AFL Grand Final live in Berlin
The Berlin Crocodiles will be first in the door at 6am on Saturday 24th to watch the AFL Grand Final live from Australia between the mighty Sydney Swans and the West Coast Eagles.

Location:
Old Emerald Isle (Irish Pub)
Erkelenzdamm 49
10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg

(5 min. von U8 Kottbusser Tor)
http://www.old-emerald-isle.de

The game starts at 2:30 pm at the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) in Australia... which is 6:30 am Berlin time.

12.9.2005 Düsseldorf vs. Berlin Match moved
The Round 8 Match between Düsseldorf and Berlin has been moved to September 17. Venue and start of the match as announced: Cologne, Grüngürtel am Colonius, 2pm

21.6.2005 Berlin plays Düsseldorf
On Saturday 25.06 at 14:00 the Berlin Crocodiles play the Düsseldorf Lions at Schiller Park, Wedding-Berlin. Spectators are most welcome.

Berlin players have to be at the playing field at 12:00.

7.6.2005 New book out from Berlin player ´Cam´
The Bicycle Teacher is a new book from long time Berlin player Campbell Jefferys. Campbell is a writer and has regular travel articles appearing throughout international newspapers and magazines.

The book is a fiction and is about a teacher set during the time of the Berlin wall and the east and west division.

The book can now be ordered from Amazon for EUR 20,90

3.6.2005 Berlin play Hamburg
On Saturday 04.06 the Berlin Crocodiles play against the Hamburg Dockers in Hamburg Stadtpark at 15:00

All ´Last Minute´ players are welcome to come and strengthen the Crocs. Meet at 08:45 at Alexanderplatz on the train platform for Regional trains.

9.5.2005 Mittwochs Training jetzt im Schiller Park
Wednesday Training at 18.00 Uhr is now at Schiller Park (Wedding).


Please be at training 15 Minutes early so that training can begin punctually.

10.4.2005 Berlin win against Munich
In the first game of the AFLG season 2005, the Berlin Crocodiles won against the visiting Munich Kangaroos 9.14(68) zu 5.5(35)

7.4.2005 Round 1 - Berlin verses Munich
Saturday 09.04.2005 at 14:00 in Schiller Park (map), Wedding in Berlin. All Berlin Crocodiles meet at the sportfield at (latest) 12:00 to help prepare the field and for a warmup.

Spectators are welcome.

27.3.2005 7 Crocs run in the Half Marathon
Next Sunday, on the 3rd of April is the 25th Berliner Half Marathon which will take place with SEVEN of the Berlin Crocodiles players.

This short run is part of the teams training plan. For this reason, there is no regular training on this Sunday.

One week later, the Crocs have their first game of the season, a home game against the Munich Kangaroos.

We would love to see you supporting and cheering for us during the Half Marathon as well as at our first game in Schiller Park (Wedding).

20.3.2005 Berlin Crocs - Player Cards

The Berlin Crocodiles 2005 player lineup is now online in Flash playing cards. If you would like to join us, email or call us.

16.3.2005 Trainingsoffensive
Ab dem kommenden Sonntag trainieren die Crocs wieder regelmäßig im Schillerpark ab 12.00 Uhr.

Nach der Umstellung zur Sommerzeit, findet ab dem 30. März auch wieder das Mittwochstraining im Poststadion ab 18.00 Uhr statt.

13.2.2005 Berlin Crocs "Top Link of the week"
Our website was named the Website of the week by www.australien-links.de. Here are links, information and photos from Australia.

2.2.2005 Pre-Season Camp in Fulda
The Australian Football League Germany has organized an open training camp in Fulda from March 11 to 13. It is open to anyone interested playing or getting involved with Australian Football in Germany, whether as player, coach, umpire or fan. There are no age restrictions (underaged need their parents´ written consent) or any knowledge of the game required. The weekend will consist of:

Practical and theoretical football training, individually or in groups

Workshops on Australian Football, running a club, media relations, etc.

Diskussing structural and practical aspects of the AFLG and the season ahead.



Update
The first AFLG Training Camp was a complete success. Steve Barrat and Cam Jeffries lead the training of the 25 participants from all across Germany with special emphasis on skills and teamplay.

As the photo shows, the weather conditions were not typical for Australia, the traditional home of Australian Football. This however only strengthened the enthusiasm and motivation

The AFLG Training Camp 2006 is already being planned.

24.12.2004 Christmas Greetings
The crocs have already had their Christmas Party... we wish everyone a nice Christmas and great New Year. See you in 2005.

13.12.2004 Andrew & Cheap Suits - Last Gig
Andrew was an occasional player for the Crocs and always put in a good word for us. He is now heading back to Australia. Hist Band, The Cheap Suits, have their last gig in the Irish harp in Charlottenburg on the 18th of December. We wish you all the best !!

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16.11.2004 Christmas Party
On Friday the 19th of November at 7pm we are having a party.

The Berlin Crocodiles will be at Never Never Land in Berlin Friednau for our yearly Christmas Party. Would you like to join us? sure.... we will see you there.

12.10.2004 International Cup
On Sunday the 17th and 24th of October the International Rules series will be played. International Rules is a cross between Australian Rules football and Gaelic football, this means the best Australian Football players and Gaelic Football Players will compete against oneanother.
Therefor, training starts deshalb 1 hour earlier at 11:00 am
In Berlin, the International Rules will be telecast here:
Old Emerald Isle
Erkelenzdamm 49
10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg
ab 15.oo Uhr.

(5min from U8 Kottbusser Tor)

29.9.2004 Training now on Sundays
Training is now every Sunday at 12:00 in Schiller Park. Wedding, 5 min from U-Bahnhof Seestr. U6).

The first Sunday Training is on10.10.2004.

Everyone is welcome.

8.7.2004 Danish Sheep Station Cup 25-26 September
We now have confirmation that the popular Danish Sheep Station Cup will be held in Aalborg, Jutland (Denmark) on the 25-26 of September. Download the infoflyer here (PDF 90kb)

In 2003 a combined German team finished 3rd overall in the Sheep Station Cup, held in Kopenhagen. If you play for one of the AFLG teams and are interested in participating, tell you club captain.

4.7.2004 Frankfurt win AFLG 2004 Grand Final
The Frankfurt Redbacks convincingly won the 2004 Australian Football League Germany Grand Final. After they defeated the Düsseldorf Lions in the Preliminary Final (5 goals,7 behinds, 37 points to 1 goal,4 behinds, 10 points), the Frankfurt Redbacks secured a position in the Grand Final game against the Munich Kangaroos.

The Australian Ambassador to Germany, Ms. Pamela Fayle started the game with the coin toss.

Although the Frankfurt Redbacks already had played one game, they won each quarter against Munich with the end score of (7 goals,9 behinds, 51 points to 3 goals,7 behinds, 25 points).

The Grand Final Trophey "The OWE" was presented by its creater, Australian Artist Andreas Tesch, during the evening ceremony.

Julian Kann from Munich won the prize for "most goals" during the 2004 AFLG season. Steve Powell from the Berlin Crocodiles and Craig Robertson were joint winners of the Brownlow Medal for the 2004 AFLG season. The Man of the Match for the Grand Final was Nils Warnecker from Frankfurt.

In the other game of the day, the match for the wooden spoon, the Berlin Crocodiles defeated the Hamburg Dockers (7 goals,7 behinds, 49 points to 3 goal,4 behinds, 22 points) letting the Dockers take home the wooden spoon for 2004.

11.6.2004 Berlin verses Düsseldorf on 19.06
The Berlin Crocodiles travel to Düsseldorf on the 19.06 for round four of the AFLG. The Crocs are ranked fourth and have to win for a chance in the Grand Final. Send us your well-wishes and cross your fingers.

4.6.2004 Berlin verses Frankfurt - 05.06.2004
On Saturday the 6th of July, 2004, at 2pm in Treptower park, the Berlin Crocodiles play against the Frankfurt Redbacks. Spectators are welcome.

Map of the playing field

31.5.2004 Aussie Rules in Germany - AFL.com.au
On AFL.com.au there is a story about Aussie Rules in Germany and the AFLG.

26.5.2004 Footy Abend am 29.05. um 19.00 Uhr
Am kommenden Samstag findet im Retaurant ´The Great Australian Bite´ wieder ein Footy Abend statt. Beginn ist diesmal 19.00 Uhr.
Es werden zusammen mit den Berlin Crocodiles aktuelle AFL Spiele geschaut.
Jeder ist willkommen.
Das ´Great Australian Bite´ befindet sich in Schöneberg, in der Grunewaldstr. 60.

17.5.2004 Crocs to Munich
On Saturday the 22nd of mai at 14:00, the Berlin crocodiles play against the Munich Kangaroos in Hirschgarten, Munich. At the event the Berliners will be the guests of honor an an Australian ball (sold out).

Therefor, no traning on the weekend.

27.4.2004 Photos from Berlin verses Hamburg
There are some new photos online from Round 1, Berlin against Hamburg. Thanks to all of the spectators.

Photos from AFLG Runde 1

On Monday 26.04.04 there was an article in the "Tagesspiegel" about the Crocs.

Link:Tagesspiegel Artikel

26.4.2004 Super Saisonauftakt
Vergangen Samstag besiegten die Berlin Crocodiles zu Hause die Hamburg Dockers in einem spanenden Spiel. Auch wenn das Ergebnis eine deutliche Überlegenheit der Berliner suggeriert, war das Spielgeschehen ausgeglichen. Die Crocodiles waren im zweiten Viertel sehr in Bedrängis, nachdem die Hamburger ihre Taktik in der kurzen Viertelpause umgestellt hatten. Nach der Halbzeit kamen die Berliner jedoch wieder besser ins Spiel und bauten ihren nur noch knappen Vorsprung zu einem respektablen Endergebnis aus.
Berlin
Q1 3.3.21
Q2 4.3.27
Q3 9.9.63
Q4 12.12.84

Hamburg
Q1 0.0.0
Q2 3.5.23
Q3 4.6.30
Q4 6.11.47

In der kommenden Runde haben die Crocodiles spielfrei. Die nächste Begegnung ist in München gegen die Kangaroos erst am 22. Mai.

20.4.2004 Wednesday training has got a new venue
The Crocs now train Wednesdays in Fritz Schloss Park in Moabit !!

Here is a LINK to a map.

The green is next to Seydlitzstreet near to Invalidenstreet. Take the S-Bahn to Lehrter Stadtbahnhof, or U9 to Turmstraße or the Bus 187, 340, 245.

The time doesn't change. Training starts at 6.00 pm.

16.4.2004 Erstes Heimspiel am kommenden Samstag
Am kommenden Samstan, den 24. April empfangen die Berlin Crocodiles zu ihrem ersten Heimspiel in der Saison die Hamburg Dockers. Für die Hamburger, die sich mit 10 Spielern angekündigt haben, wird es das erste Spiel im Jahr, wogegen die Crocs schon eine Woche vorher ihre Primiere hatten.

Spielort ist wie immer der Treptower Park. Den genauen Platz findet man, wenn man sich den Trainingslink auf der linken Seite anschaut.
Anpfiff ist um 14.00 Uhr.

Zuschauer und Unterstützer sind willkommen.

3.4.2004 Preseason Match in Frankfurt
Es ist soweit, in zwei Wochen eröffnet die AFLG mit dem Preseason Match in Frankfurt, offiziell die Saison 2004.
Zu diesem Spiel werden Spieler von allen fünf deutschen Teams erwartet, die dann in einem Spiel "Nicht-Australier" gegen Australier zusammen treffen.

Das Spiel findet am Samstag, den 17. April im Frankfurter Ostpark statt. Anpfiff ist um 14.00 Uhr.

Die Berlin Crocodiles sind natürlcih auch mit dabei. Sie stellen den Schiedsrichter und weitere sechs Spieler.

30.3.2004 Training now on Wedn
The weather is warm, the grass is green and its time again for Summer training.

At 6pm, summer training is held in ´Tiergarten´. It´s fun and afterwards we meet in the ´Giraffe´ pub (which is also fun).

Don´t forget Sunday training is as usual in Treptower park at midday.

25.2.2004 AFLG - New Website
The AFLG has a new website- The Guestbook and a few other bits and pieces are still on the way, though it looks great.


www.aflg.de

31.1.2004 Am Sonntag, den 1.2. kein Training
Wegen der schlechten Boden- und Wetterbedingungen fällt das Training am Sonntag, den 1.2. aus.
Am 8.2. findet wieder reguläres Training statt.

27.1.2004 Australian Evening - Kulturbrauerei
On Wednesday 28.01.2004 at 8pm there is an Australian Evening in the Palais, Kulturbrauerei, (Schönhauser Allee), Prenzlauer Berg. There will be food, courtesy of Billabong Restaurant, Music courtesy of Andrew and his Cheap Suits and probably even something to drink. Entry costs 8 Euro.

27.1.2004 Didgeridoo evening @ Uluru
On Friday 06.02.2004, there is a didgeridoo evening in the Uluru Pub in Prenzlauer Berg (Rykestraße 17).

12.12.2003 Winter Break
In Berlin its getting cold and during the festive period, the Crocs have a training break. In January training starts again.

Happy Christmas and a great New Year.

4.12.2003 Supporting Membership for the BAFC
You can now join the Berlin Australian Football Club with a Supporting Membership.

Learn more here:

25.10.2003 Photos from the 2003 games online


Here are new photos from 2003 games.
 

23.10.2003 The Awards 2003
The Berlin Crocodiles Awards 2003 were presented.
--> Here you can see the Awards.

21.10.2003 End of the 2003 AFLG season
This year there was more Australian football played in Germany then ever before. The Berlin Crocodiles had a succesful season finishing in second place in the AFLG ladder. In addition to regular AFLG season, the Crocodiles participated in other games; in Frankfurt, the North London Lions showed the Crocs how good international football can get. In July the some of the Crocodiles joined the German team entered into the Danish Sheep Station Cup AFL tournament. With ten teams entered into this event, the German team left Copenhagen in third place. Last Saturday, the last game of 2003 took place in Frankfurt. A German team, with a Berlin contingent played the CONVICTS, a mixed bag of Australians who are touring Europe to play Australian Football against all challengers.

The Berlin Crocodiles have earned the right to celebrate. To ensure that the celebration is as good as our on-field performance in 2003, we would like to invite you to join us. The party begins on Wednesday the 22nd of October, 2003 at 7pm in ´Hannibal´. Hannibal is located at Görlitzer Trainstation on the corner of Skalitzer and Wiener Straße.

Bring yourself and your guests and friends.

20.10.2003 Germany vs. the Convicts
On Saturday the 18th of October, the German (Allstars) played against the Australian Convicts. The Allstars had 10 Germans and 4 Australians on the team and played against 14 Australians from the Convicts. Six players were from the Berlin Crocodiles, Johannes, Stefan, Mirko, Cam, Chris and Philipp. A special mention goes out to Philipp who scored our only point. Australia 193 to Germany 1.

17.10.2003 The last game of the season
On Saturday the 18th of October, at 2pm, the german Allstars play against the Australian Convicts (a group of Australians who are travelling Europe to play football). The location is Ostpark in Frankfurt ... easy to find as it is close to the Eissporthalle (Ice skate rink) and near the Autobahn 661. We look forward to seeing you there.

8.10.2003 International Footy
Kevin Sheedy, senior coach of the Essendon Bombers about Australian Football international.
´´So wherever you are in the world helping to expand our game, keep going.´´
Full article here.

1.10.2003 Germany vrs. Aussie Convicts
A team of football enthusiasts from Australia are on an Aussie Rules Europe tours. On the 18th of October they will play the German Allstars team in Frankfurt (Ost Park). Players from teams in the AFLG league will form the Allstars team and play against this Australian team which will be named the 'The Convicts'. Berlin are sending 6 players. Note: there will be no possibilities to join the German Allstars team at the last minute. Each German team can send 5-6 players... who will be registered with Malte (AFLG)....

28.9.2003 Brisbane Lions win Grand Final
In the AFL season in Australia, the Brisbane Lions beat the Collingwood Magpies and secured their third Grand Final victory in a row. The Berlin Crocodiles watched the match in Berlin at the Never Never Land.

23.9.2003 AFL Grand Final - Berlin
The exciting final moments of the AFL season in Australia see Collingwood play against the Brisbane Lions (who unfortunately beat the Sydney Swans on Friday).

Never Never Land will show the AFL Grandfinal starting at about 6:30am (Cranachstr. 55, 12157 Berlin - Schöneberg).

In Frankfurt, Irish Times pub, Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt show the footy from 6.30am.

22.9.2003 AFL Grand Final Coverage
The Grandfinal will start in the MCG in Melbourne Australia at 2:30 PM EST. Details from afl.com.au about where you can see the match are here >>. For international coverage, the AFL have a PDF that you can download here >>. Althoug Germany is not listed with coverage, in the UK, BSkyB and FIVE show coverage. For specific locations around the world checkout realfooty >>.

22.9.2003 Hamburg vs. Aalborg (Denmark)
A little confusion about this date means that the game will be played in Hamburg on the Grandfinal Saturday (27.09.2003) instead of Sunday. Everyone is welcome to come, time and date coming soon (I hope).

22.9.2003 News from October Cup
The Berliner sent less than a handful of players down to the Octoberfest Cup as details regarding accomodation, times and location remained hazy up to the end. In the end an Australian team played a mixed team (including the Berlin players), 12 on 12 and then the important part... beer.

8.9.2003 ROOSTER .. email me
Hey Julian Rooster Clark... none of your email addresses are working, can you email me, I have your jumper still.