Foreword
A few theses about football
The Goals
Part 1: The rules
1) The offside
2) The penalty kick
3) What is a penalty?
4) Fair Play
5) Free kicks
6) The backpass rule
7) Striker’s foul
8) Goalkeeper protection
9) The advantage rule
10) Time Play
11) The Three-Point Rule
Part 2: Coverage
12) Preliminary considerations
13) The Poll Results
14) The true prophets
15) Being smart is everything
16) Platitudes
17) Tainted tension
18) The tone of voice
19) The interviews
20) The foreign comparison
21) The post-commentary
22) Ideas for improvement
a. Two reporters
b. Repetitions
c. Preview and review
d. Introduce football and betting
Part 3: Football and betting
23) Preliminary considerations
24) Thinking in terms of probabilities
25) The predictability of football
26) The football programme
27) How do odds come into being?
28) What is a “good bet”?
29) The Betting Market: Past – Present
a. The betting market
b. The traditional bookmaker
c. Asian bookmakers / Asian handicap
d. Betting exchanges
e. Live Betting
f. Spread betting
30) Integration of betting into everyday football life
Part 4: The History of the German National Football Team
31) The 2010 World Cup in South Africa
32) Germany at major tournaments – a special kind of review