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Bundesletter Podcast #6 — Stefan Bienkowski
On the German football media, Bayern's dominance in English-speaking coverage and transfer speculation
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We'll always have Berlin
Arminia Bielefeld... What a season. We asked diehard Arminia fan Misha Verollet-Dahncke from Unmodern Football to write about his experience at the…
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Defying Gravity - Kaiserslautern’s Two-Year Climb to the Bundesliga Summit
Sam White from Maldini’s Chain tells the scarcely believable story of ‘Die Roten Teufel’s’ title victory in 1997/98
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Sam White
Fortuna Düsseldorf [A]
Free football, altbier and glorious sunshine on the Rhine. What more could you want?
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Die 56 — The first two months of the season
How will we cover the opening weeks of the 25/26 Bundesliga season
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Fußball 101: Saying goodbye
Anfield’s treatment of Trent Alexander-Arnold has got tongues wagging; in Germany, things are done very differently
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Tom Ritchie
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Announcing 'Die 56'
Seeing Germany, one football club at a time
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Tom Ritchie
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Bundesletter Klassiker: Unsere Liebe
20th August 2022. It’s a hot sticky evening in Köpenick, and the Stadion An der Alten Försterei is unusually quiet.
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Tom Ritchie
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Bundesletter Podcast #5 — Archie Rhind-Tutt
We speak to the ESPN reporter and Guardian Football Weekly regular about Dortmund's heartbreak, German fandom and interviewing managers
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Bundesletter Book Club #4
The media I consumed in February/March to further my understanding of the German game
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Tom Ritchie
Inside the German Football Museum: 4 pieces of history
Coffee cups, dented trophies and lost pennants
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Tom Ritchie
Stadium for Sale: The fans investing in their club’s ground
Schalke, Union Berlin and St. Pauli have all launched schemes to secure their future through fan investment in their stadiums. We hear from the fans…
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Borussia Dortmund (A)
A dispatch from the Yellow Wall
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