You can stick forks in everybody, because the title race is now over. Homburg, Eintracht Trier and Saarbruecken, they are finished. Crappy results this week almost knock them out of the championship, although they are still in the hunt for the playoff spot. Ahlen's victory comes after the announcement that the "Milionarios" will clean house after this disappointing season. They have already shed vanderVen, and it looks like Bonan, Kieren and Kirsten are also getting the boot. Kaiserslautern's "amateurs" made a major move this week, as they won their postponed game against troubled Essen, and then a tough victory in Paderborn. If the DFB hadn't taken away their win over Oberhausen, they could be challenging for the title. Amazingly, rookie Siegen is now the front runner for the playoff spot, since Kaiserslautern is ineligible for promotion. It is wide open, with a good five clubs in the running. Meanwhile, at the bottom, Essen's loss and Salmrohr's win are huge results. Essen's double loss makes it extremely tough for the Rot-Weissen.
Siegen - Wuppertal 2:0 Aachen - Teveren 5:1 Ahlen - Saarbruecken 2:1 Trier - Bonn 0:0 Paderborn - Kaisersl. Am. 1:2 Erkenschwick - Oberhausen 0:1 Remscheid - Salmrohr 0:1 Essen - Muenster 1:2 Homburg - Verl 0:1 Essen - Kaisersl. Am 0:1 (postponed game, 11 Mar) GP GF:GA Pts. 1. RW Oberhausen 25 44:21 54 2. 1.FC Kaisersl. Am. 24 41:23 45 ------------------------------------------ 3. SpFr Siegen 24 45:27 43 4. FC Homburg 23 47:23 42 5. Eintracht Trier 24 41:24 42 6. 1.FC Saarbruecken 25 43:30 41 7. Preussen Muenster 24 41:36 35 8. Alemannia Aachen 24 44:33 34 9. LR Ahlen 24 42:40 33 10. SC Paderborn 24 38:25 31 11. FC Remscheid 24 35:37 31 12. WUPPERTALER SV 24 33:38 31 13. SC Verl 24 31:32 29 14. FSV Salmrohr 24 21:43 25 15. SpVgg Erkenschwick 24 30:41 24 ------------------------------------------ 16. RW Essen 24 21:52 21 17. Bonner SC 24 22:55 18 18. Germannia Teveren 24 18:57 11 Relegated from 2.Liga: RW Essen Promoted from 4.Liga: Siegen, Kaisersl., Bonn