Thursday 25 February 2010, 14:53
I have sadly had to leave Berlin behind, but before I returned to dear old Blighty, I dug in in front of the telly for a marathon weekend of iconic German football programmes. It was like A Clockwork Orange...
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Saturday 26 December 2009, 10:00
It is entirely possible that even if you know nothing about German football, you have heard of the Hamburg club St Pauli. 'Heard' might not be the right word – you've almost certainly seen...
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Tuesday 08 December 2009, 15:00
What is the true measure of a footballer’s greatness? Is it the number of medals he wins? Is it how loud the crowd roars when his name booms over the tannoy? Or is it whether he can kick a ball through...
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Monday 30 November 2009, 16:00
In amongst the frantically waved flags and billowing banners at Bundesliga games, there's a particularly unmissable one raised by fans of all clubs. “50 + 1 muss bleiben” – “50 +1 must stay” – is a...
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Friday 27 November 2009, 23:30
It doesn’t matter what country you’re in, Monday mornings after the Sunday before are never fun affairs. Especially when that Sunday entailed a euphoric introduction to German football at Hertha Berlin...
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Tuesday 24 November 2009, 13:30
Three days in and the snow has already started. Berlin in the winter seems a formidable place, but the excitement and vitality coursing through the city is unlikely to diminish, whatever the elements....
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