In front of 20,000 spectators at the Glückauf Kampfbahn, the Royal Blues bombard the goal minded brilliantly by Fredy Mutz. From the kick-off, it is a closely fought encounter with chances for both sides. With 28 minutes on the clock, centre forward Fritz Tiede beats two Schalke defenders and calmly slots the ball into the far corner of the net to make it 1-0. That is the scoreline at half-time.
The Royal Blues grow stronger after the restart but goalkeeper Fredy Mutz excels himself. And if it looks like he's beaten then a Leverkusen defender comes to the rescue.
Referee Halfes from Rheydt awards a penalty to the hosts on 58 minutes for a handball by a Bayer Leverkusen player in the penalty area. The Schalke centre back Paul Matzkowski steps up and hammers the ball at the goal. Mutz goes the right way and makes the save. And he also keeps out a follow-up shot on the rebound. The ensuing minutes see urgent attacks by Schalke alongside clever counter-attacks by the Werkself but there are no more goals.
The eleven Leverkusen players raise their arms in celebration at the end of the game. A great defensive performance by the players from the paints town see them take both points from the Glückauf Kampfbahn providing help for the Goats from Cologne who go top of the Oberliga West on their own after a home win against Meidericher SV.
Harry Gniech was born on 14 October 1951 in Leverkusen-Schlebusch. At the age of six, he joined SV Bayer 04, initially in the athletics section. The boy actually wanted to play football, but was only allowed to switch to the football team when he turned nine. Harry quickly established himself as a playmaker in midfield. Despite his talent, the path from the youth team to the first-team squad was a long one back then. In the 1973–74 season, his former U19 coach, Friedhelm Renno – who was by then in charge of Bayer 04’s first team – selected him for his first match with the professional squad.
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Henrique Adriano Buss, known as Henrique, was born on 14 October 1986 in Marechal Cândido Rondon, a town in the Brazilian state of Paraná. At the age of 13, he joined Coritiba FC and made the step up to the first team in 2006. Henrique helped the team gain promotion to the Brazilian top flight and then moved on to Palmeiras FC. After just five matches for his new club, the 1.85-metre-tall centre-back was signed by Barcelona in 2008 for ten million euros and loaned to Bayer 04 for one year for a fee of €400,000.
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Constant Djakpa was born on 17 October 1986 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He started playing football at the age of five. He took his first steps in professional football at Stella Club d’Adjamé, before moving on to Sogndal IL in Norway. His path eventually led him to Germany via the Romanian club Pandurii Târgu Jiu.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 from the month of October. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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In the first week of October 1966, professional footballers decided to take an unusual step – they went on strike. They felt compelled to resort to this action, which was relatively uncommon until then, to give greater weight to their demands for fair pay. They reasoned that, with three draws, they were entitled to a bonus; at the very least, a points bonus of 75 Deutschmarks that was agreed before the start of the season.
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