Pogon Szczecin have something of a friendship with BFC Dynamo and have a lot of fans in Berlin, giving them a big presence in the Germany. These fans are pretty active. Check out our visit to Szczecin for a full report on Football across the Polish border. Spoiler alert: No Pyro No Party.
This time last year 1. FC Union Berlin hosted SV Austria Salzburg in a ‘charity match’ friendly with proceeds going to everyone’s favourite fan-owned club in the Mozart-Stadt. We were there for the game in the away end with the Salzbürger for what was a momentous occasion and a rowdy atmosphere during the customary January Bundesliga hiatus that makes every German Football loon twitchy. Some, so fed up of the lack Continue reading
The Football fan who prefers to go down the pub with his freshly washed Spurs shirt and chat all friendly with peers wearing Arsenal, Man City and Villa merch will maybe not know Union Berlin. The Football fan who is more invested in the politics of the sport and knows which fans suck and which fans are boss will definitely know Union. Berlin’s 2nd club playing at the infamous Stadion an der alten Försterei, a stadium partially built by the fans when the club needed to upgrade the facility but couldn’t afford to, 1. FC Union Berlin have a lot of sympathy from fans worldwide. Read up on our visit of a friendly when SV Austria Salzburg came to town.
In this guest post, Chris Lee, founder of Football travel and culture blog Outside Write, describes how he first fell for German Football and how the Bundesliga experience has probably helped change attitudes toward Germany among English Football fans.
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It’s the evening of 13 July 2014. I am sat in a packed bar in Balham, South London, enduring yet another turgid World Cup final. I can’t remember a good one since 1986, when the opponents were (almost) the same: then it was West Germany and Argentina. Continue reading
Ref blows for kick-off; still queuing. Become aware of the Liverpudlian accent in front of me. The lad finishes his phone conversation, so I ask the obvious Merseyside question;
“Red or Blue?”
Evertonians are in town for the following day’s Continue reading
This post is a part 2 to Club Comparison, England and Germany; an entry that was very popular. In that post, we tried to match DFB and FA clubs based loosely on their characters and identities. In this post, we take a look at some of the German clubs that simply stand out too much to be coupled with an English equivalent. Enjoy.
In 1904, a group of employees Continue reading
It’s still amazing to think that I was in the capital city of the victorious country watching the World Cup final. As Germany will not be in the final this year, let’s look back at their last major Football achievement. This is the story and these are the images of that magical evening, July the 13th 2014. Continue reading
Non-league day at FBTG with a visit to the Mommsenstadion to check out Tennis Borussia Berlin. Outside of the UK “non-league” is a term not really used as many smaller clubs in regional divisions pay their players and have structures identical to the most Premier of Premier League teams. Tennis Borussia Berlin or “TeBe” fall into this category, but have that “go for the entertainment, beer and less-serious-atmosphere” vibe that I think defines what people see as “non-league”.
TeBe have become something of a cult team. Antifa, rainbow and “refugees-welcome” stickers and banners around the ground evoke the left-rebel feeling Continue reading
From Boothferry To Germany 