Kenny Legg is a different type of guest for us here at the Bundesletter Podcast. His day job involves supporting British businesses find partnerships and success in the German market, but he's as fervent a football fan as our other guests.
His writing has appeared in publications like Mundial and Halb Vier. Interested in the culture of German football of all levels, he is a proud football nerd with a particular penchant for collecting memorabilia found at Germany's many weekend fleamarkets. A Fortuna Dusseldorf fan with an affinity for Tennis Borussia Berlin, his observations in this podcast speak to a fan with an eye for the Bundesliga and beyond.
Here's what we covered:
Kenny's role with the UK Government's Department for Business and Trade (1:30)
The differences and similarities in English and German football fandom (5:30)
His football writing career (9:15)
His support of Fortuna Dusseldorf (13:30)
Dusseldorf as a football city (19:00)
The success, and possible problems with, Fortuna fur Alle, the club's scheme to provide free access to football (26:00)
The unique charm of Tennis Borussia Berlin and their low-tech scoreboard (32:00)
Kenny's football memorabilia addiction and the role of the fleamarket in German culture (37:45)
His rarest football shirt finds (42:00)
The gossip flying around the Bayern Munich changing room in 1996/7, as told in Lothar Matthaus' diary (45:00)
His recommendation for readers wanting to learn more about football in East Germany (48:30)
Kenny's viral tweet from Euro 2024: https://x.com/legg_kenny/status/1803495961538302315
Kenny's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legg_kenny/
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