
In the end, over 10,000 spectators fill the stands of the stadium. Both teams enter the pitch at 3 pm to thunderous applause. A free-kick by future international Erich Juskowiak causes the first commotion in the Leverkusen penalty area, but then the Bayer team are in the game. First left-winger Paul Wiorek hits the post, then Theo Kirchberg storms down the right in the tenth minute. A Wuppertal defender can only deflect his cross into the path of Paul Wiorek, who dinks the ball high into the Wuppertal net. The Bayer 04 fans go wild and the Werkself are now in their element. Once again, Paul Wiorek hits the post with a long-range shot. In the 29th minute, Hans Flohr made it 2-0 after splendid build-up play by Karl Heinz Spikofski. After half-time, there was plenty of action in the Werkself penalty area. The crossbar was hit once and Bayer 04 defender Jakob Kaiser once again made the clearance for his already beaten keeper Helmut Rennen. The visitors finally pulled a goal back on 74 minutes and the Bayer 04 fans could no longer contain their excitement. When the final whistle sounded, players and spectators were in each other's arms. Because after the third attempt, reaching the First Oberliga West should now only be a matter of weeks away.
14 days later, the Werkself welcome their neighbours from Union Ohligs. The enthusiasm in the city of Leverkusen for their team is great and over 5,000 Bayer 04 fans once again turn up at the Stadtpark. Richard Job converted a penalty after just two minutes to give his side the lead. In the 19th minute, Hans Flohr also increased the lead to 2-0 with a penalty, before the Ohligsers replied shortly afterwards with a goal. When Paul Wiorek restored the two-goal lead with a header in the 32nd minute, everyone at the stadium believed in another win. Union Ohligs opened up the game in the second half, but in the last ten minutes the Werkself really came back into the game and scored the decisive goal at 4-1 through Emil Becks.
On Good Friday, 23 March 1951, the Werkself played a friendly match against the Oberliga Süd club Wormatia Worms. When Bayer 04 finished this match, the fixture list has not yet been finalised and so the match on Easter Sunday is actually very inconvenient. But as the team are in top form and the table situation allows it, the Bayer 04 match committee does not cancel the friendly. However, the Thursday training session has been cancelled to minimise the additional workload on the players.



The Werkself will be travelling to Düsseldorf's Feuerbachstraße on Easter Sunday to play their league match against Turu Düsseldorf. Fans travelling to the game can take a special bus from the Grein travel agency from 1.45 p.m. for three Deutschmarks or travel by train for two Deutschmarks. In the first half, the 3,000 spectators witnessed only a few highlights. In the 23rd minute, Richard Job gave Bayer 04 a 1-0 lead with a free-kick that was perfectly curled over the wall, but the Düsseldorf team missed a great chance to equalise when Peter Röger's penalty hit the post. The radio broadcast starts in the second half. Reporter Kurt Brumme commentates the next 45 minutes live from the stadium on Feuerbachstraße and gives the Bayer 04 fans who have stayed in Leverkusen reason to cheer when he announces the second goal scored by Theo Kirchberg on 55 minutes. Now everything seemed to be sorted, but five minutes later Turu reduced the deficit. From this point on, Bayer's victory was hanging by a thread. But with a lot of luck, the Werkself managed to hold on to the lead.
The Werkself now only needed two points from the remaining four games to secure the title and promotion to the First Oberliga West. And these points are to be gained in April.

Francoaldo Sena de Souza, known as Franca, was born on 2 March 1976 in Codó in north-eastern Brazil and is one of the best-known Brazilian football players of the late 1990s and early 2000s. His exceptional talent became apparent early on. He began his career at smaller Brazilian clubs before moving to the tradition-steeped São Paulo FC in 1996. There, Franca quickly developed into one of the most dangerous strikers in the league. His technique, goal-scoring instinct and agility delighted fans and pundits alike, and he scored numerous goals for the club over the years.
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Lars Bender was born on 27 April 1989 in Rosenheim and grew up with his twin brother Sven in a football-loving family. They began playing football in Brannenburg, a small community near Rosenheim. The twins joined Unterhaching to play for the U11 side, followed by a move to the U14s at 1860 Munich. There, Lars and Sven became German champions with the U17s, skipped the Lion's U19s and were directly part of the 1860 Munich first and second team squads.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in Bayer 04 history from the month of March . It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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Bayer 04 had their backs to the wall after a 3-1 defeat in a rearranged match at FC Kaiserslautern on 17 March 1981. After a throw-in, which the linesman clearly indicated in favour of the Werkself, but which the Lauter team quickly took and the weak referee did not intervene, a dubious penalty was awarded. Lauter took advantage of this to make it 2-1 in the 84th minute. Finally, a shot by the home side, which did not cross the line, made it 3-1 and Bayer 04 had to go home from Betzenberg without any points.
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It was 4 March 1951 and Bayer 04 were five points ahead going into the decisive home game against second-placed SSV Wuppertal, who would merge with TSG Vohwinkel 80 to form Wuppertaler SV three years later. Bayer 04 press officer Heinz Nelles predicted a big matchday at the sports ground at the Stadtpark and recommends Bayer 04 fans to buy their tickets in advance from the usual ticket outlets, especially from Peter Haas at the Trinkhalle Rathaus. After a four-week injury lay-off, centre-forward Emil ‘Bubi’ Becks will be back for the first time. And when the gates to the Stadtpark are opened on Sunday, the spectators stream into the stadium. The windows of the houses on the neighbouring Walter-Nernst-Straße are also packed.
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