SpVgg GREUTHER FURTH (Sportpark Ronhof)

2.BUNDESLIGA, SpVgg GREUTHER FURTH 2-0 SV SANDHAUSEN, ATTENDANCE:16,165

After a night on the Bavarian ale (where I'm pretty sure in my beery haze I seen a bearded woman singing on the television) and a top Bavarian breakfast, I set off for a nice Sunday journey up the B300, A9 and A73 to Furth, which is just a few miles north of Nuremburg.

I was off to visit Sportpark Ronhof (or the Trolli Arena as sponsorship now dictates) to see if Greuther Furth could finish their season off with a return to the top flight.

The current incarnation of the club began in 1996 with the merger of Spielvereinigung Furth (who were founded in 1903) and TSV Vestenbergsgreuth (founded in 1974). SpVgg Furth were the more established team winning the German title in 1914, 1926 and 1929.

The fans march to the stadium ahead of the game

The merged club reached the Bundesliga for the first time in 2012 but were promptly relegated after just one season. The club are aiming to bounce back at the first attempt with a victory today. This will either be automatically, if Paderborn fail to win, or, most likely through the play-off.

Ilir Azemi and Zoltan Stieber scored in the second half but Paderborn's 2-1 win over Aalen (there was a massive eruption of noise in the ground when Aalen took the lead) now means Furth will face a two-legged play off against Hamburg for the right to play Bundesliga football next season.