Interview with 'Bulle' Roth to mark his 80th birthday
Interview with 'Bulle' Roth to mark his 80th birthday Franz 'Bulle' Roth scored crucial goals in three of FC Bayern's European finals. Without him, the record champions' history would look very different today. On 27 April, the man for the important goals turns 80.
In our interview, he talks about his friendship with Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller , his admiration for Harry Kane and Vincent Kompany - and the secret of his success: a slice of strawberry cream cake before a game. Interview with Franz ‘Bulle’ Roth Herr Roth, a few weeks before your 80th birthday, you attended an FC Bayern reserves match at your old stomping ground, the Grünwalder Stadion. What was that like?
”It’s almost unbelievable: it was my first time there since our team moved to the Olympiastadion in 1972. A lot has changed; our changing rooms have been completely refurbished – back then, there was no such thing as comfort: the bags would just be dumped in there – with shirts, shorts and boots – and everyone had to sort through everything themselves. I still remember how, once in the depths of winter, we wanted to wear tights because the pitch was frozen.
Our manager Robert Schwan just said: ‘No way. ’ End of discussion ( laughs ). ” What else came to mind?
"The atmosphere was incredible. Our grandstand was standing room only – a fantastic atmosphere. Back then, a ticket cost two or three marks.
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