Ex-trainer Gerd vom Bruch is 80

Ex-trainer celebrates 80th birthday
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Gerd vom Bruch was Borussia’s first savior

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Thumbs up: Gerd vom Bruch prevented Borussia’s relegation in the 1989/90 season.
Photo: imago sportfotodienst

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Mönchengladbach The winning country Gerd vom Bruch replaced Wolf Werner as coach in November 1989, it was the first dismissal in Gladbach. The break, which will be 80 on Thursday, was in demand as a savior. Today he is still attached to Borussia.

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Gerd vom Bruch has a sonorous trademark: the rolling “R”. Just as it should be for a “gnarled Siegerlander”, as some people call him. What Gerd vom Bruch, 80 years old since Thursday, is still: Borussia Mönchengladbach’s first rescuer. When he took over the club, it was bottom of the league table in the Bundesliga after the first half of the 1989/90 season and therefore went as the first relegation candidate from the turning point in 1989.

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Vom Bruch, who came from Sportfreunde Siegen in 1987, was previously the assistant coach of Wolf Werner (†). He was the first Borussia coach to be released early. Seen in this way, vom Bruch was also the first firefighter Gladbach had. Ten years earlier, in 1979, Borussia was also in danger of relegation, but the return of Berti Vogts, the long-injured captain, brought the turning point early on. In addition, Gladbach won the Uefa Cup.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach: Possible line-up at Bayer 04 Leverkusen — 13 pictures This is what Borussia’s starting XI could look like in Leverkusen
*Photo: Dirk P ?? ffgen / Dirk Paeffgen (dirk)*

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The Bruchs Borussia was far from such high flights. It was all about survival. Gladbach spent the first five game days of the Bruch era on a direct relegation zone, then it went up. In the end it was 15th place, on the last matchday a predictable 0-0 at Bayer Uerdingen brought the one point that Borussia was better than VfL Bochum, which had to go into relegation. The Gladbach game in Krefeld was taken from the betting slip as a precaution in view of the constellation.

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Fifteenth place was Gladbach’s weakest position in the Bundesliga until then, but vom Bruch fulfilled his mission, Borussia remained first class and saved the steel bath relegation. In his second season, the break with his Gladbachers stayed in the single digits, but only got the spin upwards in the last third of the season. In the 1991/92 season, the break was over after ten match days. In total, he was the coach of Borussia for 627 days during a difficult sporting period. The Bruch team scored 1.38 points on average.

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*Photo: dpa / Arne Dedert*

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This was followed by coaching stations in Wuppertal, Aachen and Oberhausen, before vom Bruch started working as a player’s advisor in 2000. Borussen, including Marcell Jansen and Marc-André ter Stegen, have always been among his clients. In the meantime, his agency “Coaches & More” has merged with “Roof”.

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“My son is right in the middle of it all now. He’s working there as a player’s agent, and I’ve been taking things a little easier since April of this year, but honestly? I can’t quite separate myself yet, I’ve been around too long for that. For me, it’s more of a hobby than a business now. I’m also happy that my opinion is still being asked, ”said von Bruch to the“ foal echo ”.

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His rolling “R” has remained, but the Siegerland has long since become a Lower Rhine native and has therefore always stayed in Gladbach. “I thought a little longer about an offer from Berlin, but my priority is family life, which would have suffered as a result. My wife and I also like the flair of Mönchengladbach. Here we are at home. And admittedly: We are not only attached to the region, but also to Borussia, ”said vom Bruch.

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