Bundesletter — German football culture

Home
Away Days
Features
Fußball 101
Podcasts
Bundesletter Book Club
Archive
About
Fußball 101: Stadium Scran
Don’t give me any of that posh muck. Eine bratwurst bitte.
 • 
Tom Ritchie
Wolfsburg (A)
A trip into the heart of Germany’s automotive industry and its crumbling economy
 • 
Tom Ritchie
3
Fußball 101: Naming a football club
TSV? VfL? Why are there so many numbers? What does Borussia even mean? A brief explainer on naming conventions in German football
 • 
Tom Ritchie
‘Our Stands’ — Inside Unsere Kurve’s advocacy for football fans
Affordable tickets. Sensible pyro policy. Greater data protection for fans. Most matchgoing fans in Germany would agree with these core demands. Who is…
 • 
Tom Ritchie
4
Bundesletter Book Club #3
The best media on German football and society I've consumed in November 2024
 • 
Tom Ritchie
56:38
Bundesletter Podcast #3 — Uli Hesse on amateurism, the German National Team and Borussia Dortmund
We speak to the man once referred to as 'The Gerd Muller of football writing"
 • 
Tom Ritchie
TSV 1860 Munich (A)
1860 are Munich’s oldest club. Now back in their spiritual home, can The Lions overcome years of strife to rebuild their image?
 • 
Tom Ritchie
The Mother of all Fanzines: 'Millerntor Roar!'
How the threat of their stadium closing inspired St. Pauli punks to publish a magazine — and create an enduring image for their club
 • 
Tom Ritchie
Hansa Rostock (A)
Reflections on a trip to the Ostseestadion
 • 
Tom Ritchie
1
Bundesletter Book Club #2
The best media on German football I consumed in September/October ‘24.
 • 
Tom Ritchie
Walking in Berlin: A Football Fan in the Capital
A soggy tour of the Haupstadt’s football history
 • 
Tom Ritchie
1:00:58
Bundesletter Podcast #2 — Kit Holden on the diversity of fan culture in Germany
"Everywhere you go, you ask: 'what makes your region so special?' And they say, 'we've got this great beer, this great sausage, and the people here are…
 • 
Tom Ritchie
Fußball 101: Verbandspokale
A look at the history of Germany’s regional cup competitions
 • 
Tom Ritchie
42:56
Bundesletter Podcast #1 — Jacob Sweetman on the history of football in Berlin
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman start a football magazine...
 • 
Tom Ritchie
Bundesletter — German football culture
Bundesletter — German football culture
A newsletter on German football culture, sent every Friday morning.
Recommendations
The Gegenpressing Newsletter
The Gegenpressing Newsletter
Stefan Bienkowski
A British Lens on Germany
A British Lens on Germany
Matthew Dorkings
Cultured Football
Cultured Football
Paul Grech
The German Football Weekly
The German Football Weekly
Adam Khan

Bundesletter — German football culture

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2024 Tom Ritchie
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture