Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
Never heard that about a penalty in Germany. I can remember a book of photographs from the 1978 World Cup where West German captain Bertie Vogts was wearing a captain’s armband with the word “Spieilfuhrer” (sorry if I’ve got the spelling wrong) on it.
Bertie Vogts played in the first ever Bundesliga game I saw: Gladbach v Bayern and around 1978.. Also playing were Netzer, Gerd Müller, Beckenbauer, Stielike, Hoeness, Alan Simonsen, Sepp Maier and a host of world-class players.

As for the word 'Führer' it simply means leader and is used in many contexts that don't involve invading Poland

By the way, Münich in Spanish = Monaco.

The names Mönchen (as in Gladbach), München, Monaco are cognate with the English words 'monk(s) / monasteries'