Club Comparison, England and Germany

From Boothferry to Germany

With Germany welcoming England tomorrow in the Olympiastadion for the pre-Euro 2016 friendly, I decided to have a bit of fun. There are less of them overall, but the German Football clubs occupy the same positions and fill the same niches in the structure of national Football in the eyes of the fans as the English clubs do. This post is a bit of a tongue in cheek explanation of where German and English clubs sit in the reality of Football. Enjoy.

Bayern München are Manchester United

Eternally strong and successful, almost eclipsing the legacy of the industrial stage from which the team came. Similarly the core of really diehard ultras are nowadays eclipsed by armchair fans buying their merch from supermarkets Continue reading