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"Bere Ferrers station on the Tamar Valley Line is situated near the village of Bere Ferrers in Devon, England. The station is on the former Southern main line between Exeter and via . It is currently operated by Great Western Railway (GWR). History Bere Ferrers in 1964 The Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway opened the station on 2 June 1890 with its main line from to Devonport, which gave the London and South Western Railway a route into Plymouth that was independent of the Great Western Railway. The station was originally called Beer Ferris after the local Beer family who owned several nearby villages. However, in 1897, the railway authorities of the time decided that this name promoted an unrefined image of the village due to the association with beer, and therefore changed the name to Bere Ferrers. The original spelling can still be seen on the sign on the signal box in the heritage centre. The station was host to a Southern Railway camping coach from 1936 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1959, and two coaches from 1960 to 1964. Through services from Lydford were withdrawn on 6 May 1968 and the line reduced to a single track on 7 September 1970. = 1917 accident = The station was the scene of a fatal railway accident on 24 September 1917. Ten soldiers from New Zealand were being transported from Plymouth to Salisbury following their arrival in Britain. At Bere Ferrers station they alighted from their troop train for a brief rest (on the wrong side of the train, between the tracks) and, being unaccustomed to British railways, were struck and killed by an oncoming express. The men are buried in a Plymouth war cemetery, and a plaque was unveiled in 2001 in their memory in the village centre. Services Bere Ferrers is served by GWR trains on the Tamar Valley Line from to . Connections with main line services can be made at Plymouth, although a small number of Tamar Valley services continue beyond Plymouth. Heritage Centre The sidings alongside the station form the Tamar Belle Heritage Centre. This includes some old carriages which are used as a restaurant and as camping coaches. The LSWR signal box was erected here in 1989/90 but was formerly at Pinhoe railway station on the outskirts of Exeter. Community railway The railway from Plymouth to Gunnislake is designated as a community railway and is supported by marketing provided by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. The line is promoted under the "Tamar Valley Line" name. The Olde Plough Inn takes part in the Tamar Valley Line rail ale trail, which is designed to promote the use of the line. The line is also part of the Dartmoor Sunday Rover network of integrated bus and rail routes. See also *Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR ReferencesBibliography * Further reading Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership (2006), Tamar Valley Line Rail Ale Trail External links * The Tamar Belle, a visitor centre based in the old station building. * BBC News: "Memorial unveiled for Kiwi soldiers" dead link Category:Railway stations in Devon Category:Former Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway stations Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1890 Category:Railway stations served by Great Western Railway Category:Railway museums in England Category:Museums in Devon Category:Bere Ferrers "
"Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionalliga West was accomplished in 2012, but the club continued to struggle while going back and forth between fourth and fifth league play. In 2017, the club had to file for insolvency for a second time. The club’s home ground is the Leimbachstadion, an arena that can host up to 18,500 people. History The early years = The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of a gymnastics club called Turnverein Jahn von 1879 Siegen, being one of the first clubs in Western Germany to offer organized football to its members. In 1923, it merged with Sportverein 07 Siegen to become an independent football club called Sportfreunde Siegen von 1899. The 1920s also marked the club's first ascension to the national level, competing in the Western German championship after claiming the crown in the district league four times in a row. Despite these results, the team did not qualify for the first division when German football was re-organized in the Third Reich. After World War II, the club initially could not match its pre-war successes until it won the German amateur championship in 1955 with a stunning 5–0 win over 05 Bad Homburg. Two years later, Sportfreunde captain Herbert Schäfer was called up by national coach Sepp Herberger to play for the German national team. In 1954, Schäfer had been the last player being cut from the team which went on to win the World Cup. To this day, Herbert Schäfer still ranks as one of the best players to ever wear a Sportfreunde jersey. Six years after winning the German amateur championship, Sportfreunde Siegen made the jump to professional football in 1961. When the Bundesliga was introduced in 1963, the club settled in the Regionalliga, which was the second highest division at the time. League games against renowned clubs such as Bayer Leverkusen, Fortuna Düsseldorf or Borussia Mönchengladbach were common during these days. After some years of struggle, Sportfreunde Siegen fought its way back to professional football in 1972, claiming the West German amateur championship and promoting to the second-tier Regionalliga once again. Siegen remained on the professional stage for two more years before the introduction of the 2. Bundesliga forced the club to withdraw from this level in 1974. For the following twelve years, Sportfreunde Siegen continuously played in Germany's third division. After several ups and downs in the late 1980s and early '90s, the club made it back to third-tier Regionalliga in 1997, narrowly missing out on the promotion to the 2. Bundesliga by one game in 1999. In the same year, the team advanced to the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal, the German cup, before losing to Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg in a highly contested match. = Recent history = Club logo until 2015 The first decade of the new millennium turned out to be the most eventful in the club's rich history. After a last-minute victory on the last match day of the 2004–05 campaign, the club was finally promoted to 2. Bundesliga. Local hero and future German international Patrick Helmes led the team with 21 goals. The following season saw the refurbishment of Leimbachstadion, the club's home ground since 1957, to its current capacity of 18,700 and quite decent results in the first half of the 2005–06 campaign in the 2. Bundesliga. German football heavyweight VfL Bochum was beaten 3–0, as was SC Freiburg. However, after a lacklustre performance in the second half of the season, the team was not able to avoid relegation. Two years later, Sportfreunde Siegen had to file for insolvency after failing to qualify for the newly established 3. Liga. The club managed to resume operations in fifth-division NRW-Liga. It returned to the Regionalliga West with the 2012–13 campaign and came in fifth in its first season back in semi-professional football, repeating this result in the following season. The team finished second-last in the Regionalliga in 2015 and was relegated from the league but bounced back immediately by winning the Oberliga Westfalen championship. Following another relegation they have been again playing in the Oberliga since 2017. Management The club is chaired by Roland Schöler. Dominik Dapprich serves as head coach. Honours The club's honours: * German amateur championship ** Winners: 1955 * Oberliga Westfalen ** Champions: 1997, 2016 * Westphalia Cup ** Runners-up: 2003, 2004, 2014 Former managers * Gerd vom Bruch (1986–1987) * Ingo Peter (1994–2003) * Michael Feichtenbeiner (2003–2004) * Gerhard Noll (2004) * Ralf Loose (2004–2005) * Jan Kocian (2005–2006) * Uwe Helmes (2006) * Hannes Bongartz (2006) * Ladislav Biro (2006) * Ralf Loose (2006–2007) * Marc Fascher (2007–2008) * Peter Nemeth (2008–2009) * Rob Delahaye (Oct 2009-10)Rob Delahaije trainer Sportfreunde Siegen - Limburgse Courant * Andrzej Rudy (Jun 2010–2011)"Kein Verein für Wunschkonzerte“ - Der Westen * Michael Boris (2011–2013) * Matthias Hagner (since 2013) Women's football In 1996 the women's department of TSV Siegen moved to the Sportfreunde. At that time the team had been the most successful team in the Bundesliga. Since the team was denied a license for the 2001–02 Bundesliga season they have not returned to the Bundesliga, moving between second and third league. In the 2008–09 season they have played in the Regionalliga (III), were relegated to the fourth tier Verbandsliga Westfalen in 2009–10 but managed direct promotion to the Regionalliga West for the 2010–11 season. = Honours = All the honours were gained when the women's department was still a part of TSV Siegen. * German women's champions: 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996 * Women's German Cup champions: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993 References External links * * Abseits Guide to German Soccer Category:Football clubs in Germany Category:Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Association football clubs established in 1899 Category:1899 establishments in Germany "
"Giovanni Marradi, 1888 Giovanni Marradi (1852–1922) was an Italian poet born at Livorno and educated at Pisa and Florence. At the latter place he started with others a short-lived review, the Nuovi Goliardi, which made a literary sensation. He became a teacher at various colleges, and eventually an educational inspector in Massa Carrara. He was much influenced by Carducci, and became known not only as a critic but as a charming descriptive poet, his principal volumes of verse being Canzone moderne (1870), Fantasie marnie (1881), Canzoni e fantasie (1853), Ricordi lirici (1884), Poesie (1887), Nuovi canti (1891) and Ballati moderne (1895). He is the great-grandfather of the expressionist musician Giovanni Marradi. References * Category:1852 births Category:1922 deaths Category:People from Livorno Category:Italian poets Category:Italian male poets "