Today, it is "back to the turn of the century, Bavaria" where the German powerhouse, FC Bayern Munich was formed in 1900 at Café Gisela in Munich, by 11 members of the football division of MTV 1879 Munich, led by Berlin native Franz John. They broke away due to disagreements with the club's gymnastics-focused management regarding joining the German Football Association (DFB).
Believe it or not, Germany's most successful football club started life as a Gymnastics Club and they have come a long way since the days of somersaults and dives (no we are not talking about Jurgen Klinsmann's spell at the club) as they boast having a trophy cabinet that contains more than twenty domestic titles and every other trophy available in and out of Germany. Ninety-nine years later, actually on Feb 27th, 1999, AND......
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is the first competitive pay-per-view (PPV) football match to be broadcast on Sky Television. However, there was the birth of a less welcome part of football, as Sky Sports showed their first ever pay-per-view game. For only £7.95, every kick, throw-in and dodgy corner of Oxford United's First Division match with Sunderland was yours. Unfortunately there were no goals for all those punters who "splashed the cash" as the two sides played out a 0-0 draw!!
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