Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London

Thank you for your interest in the BVB London Fan Community Podcast. In each episode, we focus on discovering a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life in the podcast by talking to experts and former participants in the club's life such as players, fans, coaches or even journalists who have influenced this club in its development. Our guests on the podcast today,  a UEFA European Championship 2024 preview, are Nick Rayner, chief football writer of The Yorkshire Post newspaper, and Andreas Gschaider, a Munich-based football entrepreneur.  Stuart Rayner the author and chief football writer of the Yorkshire Post newspaper. Stuart is also a specialised cricket writer and the author of two books 'Five Trophies and a Funeral' and 'War of the Roses'. Andreas Gschaider, is the founder of football training app B42, the app which was created together with the DFB, the German national team, Physio Oliver Schmidtlein. B42 is a specialist training app which allows players to put together training programmes designed to optimise training and recovery, as well as nutritional advice. The app is used by over 1,000 teams including 1. FC Nürnberg, Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart in 21 countries.  The draw for the UEFA European Championship 2024 took place on Saturday and the hosts are in a group A which includes Scotland. Whilst England are in group C with amongst others Denmark.  The tournament takes place across 8 stadia across Germany including Dortmund's Signal-Iduna-Park (Westfalenstadion) from the 14 June to July 14th. The twenty-four teams are divided into 8 groups of 4 teams; groups A to F. The qualified teams are: England, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Albania, Serbia, Romania, Switzerland, hosts Germany, Croatia, Portugal, Czechia, Slovenia, Belgium, Slovenia, Netherlands, Slovakia, and Turkiye. Four teams of the remaining play-offs between the best placed third place finishers i.e Israel, Poland, Luxembourg, Wales, Iceland and Kazakhstan. The playoff will take place in March.     The tournament is the biggest tournament in Germany since FIFA World Cup 2006, this is Germany's second European tournament after 1988 which was won by outsiders Denmark.   The podcast is a group by group preview and a look at Julian Nagelsmann team, and the prospects for the tournament in Germany. As well as a look at the Borussia Dortmund players who are expected to take part.  1. Germany's group A Switzerland, Hungary, Scotland and the hosts.  2. Group B the group of death Spain, Croatia, Albania, Italy. 3. England's group C Slovenia, Serbia, Denmark. 4. Group D France, Austria, Netherlands and a play-off qualifier which could be Wales, Finland, Poland or Estonia.  5. Group E Belgium, Slovakia, Netherlands and a play-off qualifier which could be Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzengovina, Israel or Iceland.  6. Group F Portugal, Czechia, Turkey and winner of play-off c which could be either Greece, Georgia, Luxembourg or Kazakhstan.   7. How is interim manager Julian Nagelsmann doing? 8. World Cup 2006 was a huge success for Germany but the country is in an  economic downturn how are preparations going and is the country looking forward to the tournament? 09. A look at the Borussia Dortmund players who are likely to feature in the tournament including Nico Schlotterbeck, Marcel Sabitzer, Karim Adeyemi, Mats Hummels, Gregor Kobel and Niclas Fuellkrug. 10. The DFB U17 World Cup winners, is the beginning of a new era for 'Die Nationalelf'? 11. The teams and players that will be missed at Euro 2024 including Erling Holland's Norway, Ireland and Sweden.   12.  Social media. We hope you enjoy the show. Send us your comments, share the show with friends and don't forget to like. If you want to contact the fan club, you can do so via the website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or in the online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland . All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2023

Vielen Dank für euere Interesse am BVB London Fan-Community-Podcast. In jeder Episode geht es uns in der Sendung darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmern des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Trainer oder auch Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in der Podcast zu entdecken. Unser Gast ist heute, Bachirou Salou, er spielte beim BVB als Stürmer zwischen 1998-99.  Der in Lome geborene ehemaliger Spieler, absolvierte 39 Einsatze und schoss dabei 17 Tore  im Kader der Nationalmannschaft von Togo. Er machte 340 Profispiele unter anderem bei  BVB, MSV Duisburg, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hansa Rostock und Alemannia Aachen und machte dabei 69 Tore.  1. 'Kindheit in Togo, ersten Spiele und der Sprung in den Profifussball bei Omnisport Lome.   2. Saison 1990-95 Wechsel zu Borussia Moenchengladbach in die Bundesliga. Ein Traumstart mit beachtlichen 86 Spiele in die Profimannschaft und 13 Tore. Mit Mitspieler Heiko Herrlich und Stefan Effenberg, highlights und Tore. EIn 7-1 gegen VfL Bochum, Pokalsieg 1995.  3.1995-98 Wechsel zum MSV Duisburg mit Alfred Nijhuis, Carsten Wolters, ein 5-2 beim 1. FC Koeln, das Leben mit Trainer Friedhelm Funkel und Hannes Bongartz. 4. Pokalfinale im Olympiastadion gegen den 'Rekordmeister' (Bayern).  6. 1998-99 Einer Saison bei Borussia Dortmund mit Juergen Kohler, Julio Cesar, Steffen Freund, Andreas Moeller,  Stephane Chapusiat, Stefan Klos, Ibrahim Tanko und Trainer Michael Skibbe; Highlights und Qualifikation fuer die Champions League.  7. Saison 1999-00 Eintracht Frankfurt mit Jan Åge Fjørtoft und Trainer Joerg Berger und Felix Magath.   8.  2000-03 Hansa Rostock in der Bundesliga mit Trainer Armin Veh. 09. Unterwegs mit Togo, Berufung in die Nationalmannschaft. 1998 African Cup of Nations, 2:1 gegen Ghana.  10. Soziale Medien. Wir hoffen, dass Euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns Eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland . All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2023

Thank you for your interest in the BVB London Fan Community Podcast. In each episode, we focus on discovering a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life in the podcast by talking to experts and former participants in the club's life such as players, fans, coaches or even journalists who have influenced this club in its development. Our guest today is, Tom Middler, the Austrian-based football journalist is the presenter of the podcast 'The Other Bundesliga' a show focussed on the Austrian top tier which has had more than 100,000 downloads. Tom has worked as a presenter with UEFA and the AFC (Asian football federation) and studied at University of North Carolina. He also worked for 32-time Austrian champions Rapid Wien.   1. A look at the Champions League group draw, who will advance? Who will win their group? What surprises will there be?  2. Borussia Dortmund's draw, an analysis of the teams, how far will BVB get? 3. A look at big transfers in the Bundesliga and Premier League including Harry Kane, Kevin Schade, Josko Gvardiol, Kai Havertz, Dominik Szolboslai, Christopher Nkunku, Moises Calcedo and Declan Rice, Alexis Mac Allister, Victor Boniface, Min Jae Kim, Micky van den Ven, Ansu Fati, and Naby Keita.   4. A special focus on BVB breaking news Niclas Fuelkrug. 5. What do Marcel Sabitzer, Ramy Bensebaini and Felix Nmecha bring to BVB.    6.   Social media. We hope you enjoy the show. Send us your comments, share the show with friends and don't forget to like. If you want to contact the fan club, you can do so via the website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or in the online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland . All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2023

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of football life with a focus on Borussia Dortmund by talking to experts, fans, and players and coaches.  People, including journalists, who make up the football world including decision makers and who know the football world and the world of BVB well. On today's show, our guest today is Holger Osieck. A former midfielder and football coach, Holger is best known for being the assistant to Franz Beckenbauer, then coach of the DFB team between 1987-90. The Germany team that went on to win the Italia 1990 FIFA World Cup.  Holger was in fact the manager as 'Der Kaiser' (Beckenbauer) did not hold the coaching badge at the time.  Holger Osieck, who was also technical director of FIFA, is a son of the Ruhrgebiet, he grew up in Duisburg, just 50km from Dortmund. As a player Holger played as a striker, his former clubs include RW Oberhausen, 1 FC Bocholt, 1 FC Mulheim and the Vancouver Whitecaps.   In Holger's career as a coach his career took him from the national teams of Canada to Australia, VFL Bochum, Olympique Marseilles, Fenerbahce, Kocaelispor and the Urawa Diamonds (Japan).  He led under dogs Kocaelispor to the Turkish Cup in 1997, and the Urawa Diamonds to the win of the AFC Asian Champions League in 2007, he also led Canada to the win of the CONCAF Gold Cup. Osieck is now a TV pundit and lives in the Saarland region of Germany.   On today's show, we look at the Bundesliga season 23/24 ahead, make an attempt at some predictions ahead for the top of the Bundesliga and the relegation battle. We also look at the impact of some of the big transfers to the league. As a former national team assistant coach of Germany we also look at the challenges of the national team ahead of the European Championships 2024.  1. First steps in football growing up in Duisburg and own playing career.   2. Club life, life as a coach with VFL Bochum, Fenerbahce and Olympique Marseilles, and the highlight of winning the Asian Champions League in Japan.   3. Appointment to the DFB job and highlights of the Germany national team including the World Cup in Italy.  4. What might be the challenges of the DFB at this time ahead of the 2024 European Championship? 5. Title contenders, how good will the 'Schwarz-Gelben' including Felix Nmecha, Marcel Sabitzer, Ramy Bensebaini be in the season ahead? 6. What difference Harry Kane will make for Bayern Munich? What should be the BVB's response? Will Munich romp to the title or can Dortmund disrupt the party?  7. A look at some of the transfers to the league including Jae Kim to Bayern, Lois Openda to RB Leipzig, Castello Lukeba to RB Leipzig, Granit Khaka and Victor Boniface to Bayer 04, Naby Keita to Werder.   8. Who else will be in the 'mix' for the European places? How good can Eintracht actually get?  Will Wolfsburg keep up the ante? Are Gladbach on the way up or down?  09. The relegation fight can Bochum survive? What can Heidenheim actually achieve in their first season? Can former BVB II coach Enno Maasen keep Augsburg up? Will Koeln get sucked in or are they 'on the up'? Who else might be in the 'dog fight'? 10.  Memories of the Westfalenstadion and Borussia Dortmund as a player and a coach.  Programme notes: There is no social media for Holger Osieck, if you want to write to us at: Borussiadortmundfanclublondon@Gmail.com we will pass on any autograph requests of fan post. We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Temperance bar, on Fulham High Street in central London. All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2023.

Vielen Dank für euere Interesse am BVB London Fan-Community-Podcast. In jeder Episode geht es uns in der Sendung darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmern des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Trainer oder auch Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in der Podcast zu entdecken. Unser Gast ist heute, Mike Rietpiesch spielte als Mittelfeld Spieler zwischen 1991-2011.  Der in Eberswalde geborene Spieler, absolvierte einen Einsatz im Kader der Deutschen U21-Nationalmannschaft.  Er machte auch 432 Profispiele unter anderem bei 1 FC Union Berlin, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Fortuna Düsseldorf , SC Freburg, VfL Bochum, RW Oberhausen und MSV Duisburg und erzielte dabei 54 Tore.  1. 'Kindheit in der damaligen DDR und Fussball Anfänge bei Stahl Finow und Vorwärts Frankfurt.  2. Saison 1993-94 Wechsel zu Union Berlin, damals in der  LIga,  Ein Traumstart mit beachtlichen 29 Spiele in die Profimannschaft und 2 Tore mit Sergei Barbarez, und welche Rolle ex-Dortmunder Frank Pagelsdorf in seiner Karriere spielte.  3.1994-97 Wechsel zu Bayer 04 Leverkusen mit ex Dortmunder Christian Wörns und Robert Kovacs. Kollegen Niko Kovac, Bernd Schuster, Rudi Völler, Ulf Kirsten und Andreas Thom und der Leitung von ex- Dortmunder Trainer Erich Ribbeck und Vizemeister 1997.  4. 1997-98 Einer Saison in der 2. Bundesliga mit Fortuna Düsseldorf mit Trainer ex Dortmunder Uli Maslo.   5. Saison 1998-99 Wechsel zu SC Freiburg mit Michael Frontzeck. Was ist das einzigartige an den 'Breisgauer' und deren aktuellen Erfolg?  6. 1999-00 und Saison 99-01 bei VfL Bochum. mit ex Dortmunder Delron Buckley, Stefan Kuntz und Maurizio Gaudino. Zwei Tore im Pokal gegen 1860 und Aufstieg in der 1 Bundesliga 2001. 7.  2001 Wechsel zu RW Oberhausen trainiert mit Mitspieler Karsten Baumann (BVB 98-99), Saison 01/02 mit Trainer Dragoslav Stepanovic und Alexander Ristic und ein knapp verpasster Bundesliga Aufstieg 03/04.  8. 04/05 Wechsel zu 'den Zebras' Bundesligisten MSV Duisburg, Trainer ist der ex-Dortmunder Jürgen Kohler. 09. Berufung in die Deutschland U21, die EM in Rumanien/Georgien findet statt, kann Deutschland den Titel Verteidigen?  10. Hansi Flick und 'Die Mannschaft' was geht? 11. Soziale Medien. Wir hoffen, dass Euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns Eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland . All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2023  

Vielen Dank für euere Interesse am BVB London Fan-Community-Podcast. In jeder Episode geht es uns in der Sendung darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmern des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Trainer oder auch Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in der Podcast zu entdecken. Unser Gast ist heute Thomas Helmer, der Verteidiger spielte zwischen 1986-92 beim BVB. Der in der Herford aufgewachsener Spieler machte 142 Spiele bei Borussia Dortmund, (einer mehr als er bei Bayern machte!) und gewann dabei den DFB Pokal 1989, beim nachfolge Verein gewann er drei Meisterschaften in 1994, 1997 und 1999, der DFB Pokal in 1998 und die UEFA Cup in 1996. Thomas Helmer entwickelte sich als Spieler bei Arminia Bielefeld und spielte bis 1986 beim Verein.  Von 1999 - 2000 spielte Thomas Helmer für Premier League club Sunderland, und danach zum Abschluss bei Hertha BSC Berlin.  Insgesamt bestritt er 428 Profispiele und schoss dabei 46 Tore.  Mit der deutschen Nationalmannschaft nahm er an der EM 1992 in Schweden wo 'die Natonalmannschaft' Vizemeister wurde. In England 1996 bei dem EM gewannen die deutschen den Titel. Helmer war auch teil des deutschen Kaders bei der WM 1998 in Frankreich. Helmer ist mit insgesamt 68 Spiele bei der Deutschen A Nationalmannschaft unter den top 50 Spieler mit den meisten absolvierten Spiele für Deutschland. Thomas Helmer war zwischen 2011-2015 im Aufsichtsrat bei Arminia Bielefeld. Er ist aktuell Moderator bei der Fussball Talkshow 'Doppelpass' (Sport 1) und spielt bei der BVB Traditionsmannschaft: 1. Als Fan auf der Südtribüne bei den Abstiegspiele gegen Fortuna 1986. 2. Von der Arminia zur Borussia, Vertrag, Freunde und Highlights. 3. Europapokal, UEFA Cup 1987, Velez Mostar, Celtic, Brügge.  4. Pokalsieger 1989 der Höhepunkt in Berlin.  5. Erinnerungen an den Rückehr zum Westfalenstadion als Bayern Spieler. 6. Next Stop Bayern, Erfolge und Kopfkratzen, was ist eigentlich das besondere an den FCB?   7. Eine Saison bei den 'Black Cats' AFC Sunderland in der Premier League.   8. Unterwegs mit der deutschen Nationalmannschaft unter anderem: die EM in Schweden 1992, Sieger in England 1996 und die WM Frankreich 1998.    09. Ein 2-4 beim 'Klassiker' in München und raus aus dem Pokal in Leipzig, analyse der Spiele und wie geht es nun weiter für den BvB?  Wir hoffen, dass Euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns Eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland . All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2023

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of football life with a focus on Borussia Dortmund by talking to experts, fans, and players and coaches. People, including journalists, who make up the football world including decision makers and who know the football world and the world of BVB well. The aim of the podcast is to make Bundesliga, BVB and international football more accessible. On today's podcast we have three guests Kai Dambach is a journalist DWTV match commentator and a Maryland native. Cedric van der Gun is a youth coach with 36-time Eredivisie champions Ajax and a former winger whose former clubs include Borussia Dortmund, Swansea and FC Utrecht. Cedric played 272 matches and scored 56 goals and was selected for The Netherlands U21 side 5 times. On today's show we look at the footballing action in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The cup has been taking place in Qatar since 20 November and finishes with the final on December 18th and is the first winter world cup ever to take place. The tournament has produced many upsets and surprises including the early exits of top sides including Spain and Belgium. As well as wins for smaller sides and a final four place for a team that 'came out of nowhere'. 1. A world cup in a gulf state, the first world cup in he Middle East. Has it been a good setting? 2. Novelties, the announcement of yellow cards, kick off count-downs, extra extra time, air conditioning and dyed pitches are amongst the new developments. 3. Surprise teams Japan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Cameroon. 4. First round exits for disappointing Spain, Holland, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. 5. Croatia into the last 4 were they underestimated? 6. England does the quarterfinal exit mean the end of the 'promising generation' and Gareth Southgate? 7. How good are France really can they go all the way? 8. Morocco, the first African team and Arab team to reach the last four. 09. Will it be a golden send off for Messi's Argentina? 10, Some greats who will not be seen again at the best tournament in the world: Ronaldo, Pepe, Messi, Neymar, Witsel, Mueller, Robert Lewandowski, Luca Modric, Luis Suarez. 11. Social Media We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London. All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2022.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of football life with a focus on Borussia Dortmund by talking to experts, fans, and players and coaches. People, including journalists, who make up the football world including decision makers and who know the football world and the world of BVB well. The aim of the podcast is to make Bundesliga, BVB and international football more accessible. 1. Life as a leading journalist, Ed's love of football and how he became a writer. 2. Arthur Wharton, the first African player in the Bundesliga, why the pioneer meant so much. 3. A look at some of the African players at BVB including Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. 4. The story of the book 'Made in Africa'. 5.  African players in England the historical greats through the 20th century. 6. The struggle for equality for Afro-Caribbean players 7. The African Cup and why its so special. 8.  Interviewing Kloppo and Sadio Mane. 09. Social media. The football match to raise money for the DEC British Red Cross Earthquake Appeal 2023 which is mentioned takes place on Tuesday 7th March at 3pm at the Linford Christie Stadium, White City.  There will also be a BVB and Chelsea raffle. All spectators are well. We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London. All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2023.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of football life with a focus on Borussia Dortmund by talking to experts, fans, and players and coaches. People, including journalists, who make up the football world including decision makers and who know the football world and the world of BVB well. The aim of the podcast is to make Bundesliga, BVB and international football more accessible. On today's podcast our guest is Ed Aarons who is deputy Sports Editor at The Guardian newspaper and a Crystal Palace season ticket holder. The long-awaited white paper on reform of the English game, a working document which was based on a consultation which took almost two years of fan groups, including the Dortmund Fan Club London, and a wide section of participants in the football industry including managing directors, club owners, journalists, former players, fans and supporters groups. Among the key points the policy paper seeks to address, which we discuss on the podcast, are the following: 1. Financial sustainability: The introduction of a regulator will ensure closer monitoring and higher standards of reporting. Clubs will be required to ensure they have reserves and plans to ensure they can maintain the business in the instance of financial shocks. 2.Suitability of owners: Directors and club owners will be more closely vetted for propriety and there will be commensurate licensing conditions to ensure higher standards. This will also affect the over-gearing of buy-outs and unsustainable debt levels. 3. Fan engagement: Clubs will be required to consult with fans and there will be minimum standards of engagement including fans having a say, a veto over changes to historically important aspects of the club such as colours, badge and kit colours and geographic location. 4. Breakaway leagues: The white paper aims to protect the football pyramid in the English game and exclude 'closed shop' type leagues like the proposed 'European Super League'. 5. Financial distribution: The white paper aims to ensure a fairer distribution of income across the clubs in the English football pyramid and give power to the regulator to impose workable solutions on the clubs. 6. Compliance/sanctions: The regulator will have the power to take action including withdraw licences from clubs ignoring breaches of conditions of licensing. The regulator will cover 116 clubs in the top five tiers: The Premier League, The Championship, League 1, League 2 and the National League of the English professional game. A second part to the podcast series on the governance of German football will appear here shortly. The football match to raise money for the DEC British Red Cross Earthquake Appeal 2023 which is mentioned takes place on Tuesday 7th March at 3pm at the Linford Christie Stadium, White City.  There will also be a BVB and Chelsea raffle. All spectators are well. We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London. All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2023.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of football life with a focus on Borussia Dortmund by talking to experts, fans, and players and coaches. People, including journalists, who make up the football world including decision makers and who know the football world and the world of BVB well. The aim of the podcast is to make Bundesliga, BVB and international football more accessible. On today's podcast our guests are  'Stamford Chidge' who is a board member of the shadow board at Chelsea FC and a season ticket holder, the man who calls Hampshire his home, is also the host of the Chelsea Fancast podcast. Our second guest is Kevin Burgess a Leicester-based BVB and Liverpool FC fan, football blogger and member of the London fan club. On the show we preview Borussia Dortmund's Champions League double-header against 6-time English champions Chelsea FC. Between the 15th February and 7 March Borussia will play a double header against 'The Blues' in their first ever fixtures in 118 years. So what can BVB expect? Seldom have the 2021 Champions League winners been more unpredictable. Thomas Tuchel is out Graeme Potter is in, results are very mixed, and the squad is one of the most impressive ever assembled in world football lets take a look: 1. How Chidge came to be a CFC fan, introduction to member Kevin and highlights of their fan lives. 2. A brief history of Chelsea FC, 3. The great and the less great who have played for Chelsea including Christian Pullisic, Pierre-Emeric Aubameyang and the ones who got away. 4. From Dortmund via PSG to Stamford Bridge, the Thomas Tuchel era and why both clubs 'should never have let him go'. 6. Following Chelsea in the Roman Abramovic era has been like 'Jimmy Hendrix on Acid'. 7. The January transfer window ultra spending spree and the 22/23 season under Graham Potter. 8. Memories of Gian-luca Vialli RIP. 09. What can be expected from the UCL tie. 10. A quick plug for the Chelsea v Dortmund London charity fan match. 11. Social Media. We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London. All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2023.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of football life with a focus on Borussia Dortmund by talking to experts, fans, and players and coaches. People, including journalists, who make up the football world including decision makers and who know the football world and the world of BVB well. The aim of the podcast is to make Bundesliga, BVB and international football more accessible. On today's podcast we have two guests Stuart Rayner has played a good amount of football in his time and he is the chief football writer at the Yorkshire Post. Connor Southwell is the Norwich City editor at the Eastern Daily Post, he is also the voice of the 'Pink Un' the Norwich City fanzine and a life-long member and season ticket holder at Carrow road. The subject of our show is former BVB U23s coach David Wagner who was with 'Die Schwarz-Gelben' between 2011-2015. Frankfurt-born Wagner took BVB II to the 3. Liga in 2012. A very good friend of Juergen Klopp the 51 year-old went on to manage Huddersfield Town getting them promoted in 2017/18 and staying up the following season. Wagner managed Schalke for a year and a half achieving the 13th place in the Bundesliga. He then went on to YB Bern who he led to a second place finish in 21/22. But who is Wagner? What is his style? What did he achieve at former clubs and what can Norwich expect? 1. Life of Wagner playing career and early life 2. Stadion Rote Erde, the BVB II years 3. Kloppo and Wagner 4.Huddersfield Town 5. Gelsenkirchen times with Schalke 6. Following in the Gerardo Seaone footsteps at YB Bern 7.  Legacy of 'die Kanarienvoegel', the German players at Norwich City and Daniel Farke 8. Norwich City rationale and prospects 09. Social media and acknowledgements We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London. All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2023.

Vielen Dank für Ihre Interesse am BVB London Fan-Community-Podcast. In jeder Episode geht es uns in der Sendung darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmern des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Trainer oder auch Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in der Podcast zu entdecken. Unser Gast ist heute Martin Kree, der Verteidiger spielte zwischen 1994-98 beim BVB. Der in der Dortmunder Stadt-Teil Holzwickede geborene, und in Dortmund aufgewachsener Spieler, absolvierte 6 Spiele bei der Deutschland U21. Er machte auch 81 Spiele bei Borussia Dortmund zwischen 1994-98 und gewann dabei zwei Meisterschaften in 1995 und 1996 und die Champions League in 1997. Martin Kree entwickelte sich als Spieler in der Akademie des VFL Bochum und spielte bis 1989 für diesen Verein.  Von 1989 - 1994 spielte er für Bayer Leverkusen, mit dem er 1993 den DFB-Pokal gewann.  In den Jahren 1995 und 1996 gehörte er zu der Mannschaft, die mit dem BVB die Meisterschaft und 1997 die Champions League gewann.  Insgesamt bestritt er 401 Profispiele und schoss 51 Tore.  Martin Kree ist seit 2012 Vorstandsmitglied des VfL Bochum und betreute den Aufstieg des Vereins in der Saison 20/21. 1. Die Bedeutung der Juventus-Spieler in der BVB-Champions-League-Siegermannschaft von 1997. 2. Wie ein Junge aus Holzwickede die Champions-League-Trophäe, den Höhepunkt seines Lebens, in die Höhe stemmte.  3. Erinnerungen an die BVB-Fußballspiele in der Kindheit in Westfalenstadion auf der Tribüne.  4.  Die Fahrt mit dem offenen Bus zum Borsigsplatz "ich habe in meinem Leben noch nie einen Tropfen Bier getrunken".  5. "Eric Cantona war einzigartig, sein Trikot hängt immer noch an meiner Wand".  6. "Ich werde Old Trafford nicht vergessen, die besten Zuschauer, die ich in meiner Karriere erlebt habe".  7. "Es ist unglaublich, dass der BVB Fans in Großbritannien und anderen europäischen Ländern hat".  8. Erinnerungen an Tokio 1997 und den Toyota Cup.   09.  Ein geplante London Reise.  Wir hoffen, dass Euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns Eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland . All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2022

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of football life with a focus on Borussia Dortmund by talking to experts, fans, and players and coaches. People, including journalists, who make up the football world including decision makers and who know the football world and the world of BVB well. The aim of the podcast is to make Bundesliga, BVB and international football more accessible. On today's podcast our guest is Ed Aarons who is deputy Sports Editor at The Guardian newspaper and a Crystal Palace season ticket holder. The long-awaited white paper on reform of the English game, a working document which was based on a consultation which took almost two years of fan groups, including the Dortmund Fan Club London, and a wide section of participants in the football industry including managing directors, club owners, journalists, former players, fans and supporters groups. Among the key points the policy paper seeks to address, which we discuss on the podcast, are the following: 1. Financial sustainability: The introduction of a regulator will ensure closer monitoring and higher standards of reporting. Clubs will be required to ensure they have reserves and plans to ensure they can maintain the business in the instance of financial shocks. 2.Suitability of owners: Directors and club owners will be more closely vetted for propriety and there will be commensurate licensing conditions to ensure higher standards. This will also affect the over-gearing of buy-outs and unsustainable debt levels. 3. Fan engagement: Clubs will be required to consult with fans and there will be minimum standards of engagement including fans having a say, a veto over changes to historically important aspects of the club such as colours, badge and kit colours and geographic location. 4. Breakaway leagues: The white paper aims to protect the football pyramid in the English game and exclude 'closed shop' type leagues like the proposed 'European Super League'. 5. Financial distribution: The white paper aims to ensure a fairer distribution of income across the clubs in the English football pyramid and give power to the regulator to impose workable solutions on the clubs. 6. Compliance/sanctions: The regulator will have the power to take action including withdraw licences from clubs ignoring breaches of conditions of licensing. The regulator will cover 116 clubs in the top five tiers: The Premier League, The Championship, League 1, League 2 and the National League of the English professional game. A second part to the podcast series on the governance of German football will appear here shortly. The football match to raise money for the DEC British Red Cross Earthquake Appeal 2023 which is mentioned takes place on Tuesday 7th March at 3pm at the Linford Christie Stadium, White City.  There will also be a BVB and Chelsea raffle. All spectators are well. We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London. All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2023.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of football life with a focus on Borussia Dortmund by talking to experts, fans, and players and coaches.  People, including journalists, who make up the football world including decision makers and who know the football world and the world of BVB well. The aim of the podcast is to make Bundesliga, BVB and international football more accessible. On today's podcast we have three guests Kai Dambach is a journalist DWTV match commentator and a Maryland native. Cedric van der Gun is a youth coach with 36-time Eredivisie champions Ajax and a former winger whose former clubs include Borussia Dortmund, Swansea and FC Utrecht. Cedric played 272 matches and scored 56 goals and was selected for The Netherlands U21 side 5 times.  On today's show we look at the footballing action in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The cup has been taking place in Qatar since 20 November and finishes with the final on December 18th and is the first winter world cup ever to take place.  The tournament has produced many upsets and surprises including the early exits of top sides including Spain and Belgium. As well as wins for smaller sides and a final four place for a team that 'came out of nowhere'.  1. A world cup in a gulf state, the first world cup in he Middle East. Has it been a good setting?   2. Novelties, the announcement of yellow cards, kick off count-downs, extra extra time, air conditioning and dyed pitches are amongst the new developments.  3. Surprise teams Japan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Cameroon.  4. First round exits for disappointing Spain, Holland, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. 5. Croatia into the last 4 were they underestimated? 6. England does the quarterfinal exit mean the end of the 'promising generation' and Gareth Southgate? 7. How good are France really can they go all the way?  8. Morocco, the first African team and Arab team to reach the last four.  09. Will it be a golden send off for Messi's Argentina?  10, Some greats who will not be seen again at the best tournament in the world: Ronaldo, Pepe, Messi, Neymar, Witsel, Mueller, Robert Lewandowski, Luca Modric, Luis Suarez.  11. Social Media   We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2022.

Vielen Dank für Ihre Interesse am BVB London Fan-Community-Podcast. In jeder Episode geht es uns in der Sendung darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmern des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Trainer oder auch Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in der Podcast zu entdecken. Unser Gast ist heute Martin Kree, der Verteidiger spielte zwischen 1994-98 beim BVB. Der in der Dortmunder Stadt-Teil Holzwickede geborene, und in Dortmund aufgewachsener Spieler, absolvierte 6 Spiele bei der Deutschland U21. Er machte auch 81 Spiele bei Borussia Dortmund zwischen 1994-98 und gewann dabei zwei Meisterschaften in 1995 und 1996 und die Champions League in 1997. Martin Kree entwickelte sich als Spieler in der Akademie des VFL Bochum und spielte bis 1989 für diesen Verein.  Von 1989 - 1994 spielte er für Bayer Leverkusen, mit dem er 1993 den DFB-Pokal gewann.  In den Jahren 1995 und 1996 gehörte er zu der Mannschaft, die mit dem BVB die Meisterschaft und 1997 die Champions League gewann.  Insgesamt bestritt er 401 Profispiele und schoss 51 Tore.  Martin Kree ist seit 2012 Vorstandsmitglied des VfL Bochum und betreute den Aufstieg des Vereins in der Saison 20/21. 1. Die Bedeutung der Juventus-Spieler in der BVB-Champions-League-Siegermannschaft von 1997. 2. Wie ein Junge aus Holzwickede die Champions-League-Trophäe, den Höhepunkt seines Lebens, in die Höhe stemmte.  3. Erinnerungen an die BVB-Fußballspiele in der Kindheit in Westfalenstadion auf der Tribüne.  4.  Die Fahrt mit dem offenen Bus zum Borsigsplatz "ich habe in meinem Leben noch nie einen Tropfen Bier getrunken".  5. "Eric Cantona war einzigartig, sein Trikot hängt immer noch an meiner Wand".  6. "Ich werde Old Trafford nicht vergessen, die besten Zuschauer, die ich in meiner Karriere erlebt habe".  7. "Es ist unglaublich, dass der BVB Fans in Großbritannien und anderen europäischen Ländern hat".  8. Erinnerungen an Tokio 1997 und den Toyota Cup.   09.  Ein geplante London Reise.  Wir hoffen, dass Euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns Eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland .  All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2022

Vielen Dank für Ihre Interesse am BVB London Fan-Community-Podcast. In jeder Episode geht es uns in der Sendung darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmern des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Trainer oder auch Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in der Podcast zu entdecken. Unser Gast ist heute Sebastian Tyrala, 'Basti' wie er von Fans und Freunde gerufen wurde spielte zwischen 2005-11 beim BVB, erst in der Jugend und dann machte er 8 Spiele in der ersten Mannschaft in der Saison 09-10. Der in Raciborz, Polen geborene, und in Dortmund aufgewachsener Spieler, absolvierte einen Einsatz im Kader der A-Nationalmannschaft Polens. Er machte auch 37 Spiele in den Jugend Mannschaften der Deutschen Nationalmannschaft von der U15-U20 und 2 Spiele bei der U21 und 16 Spiele bei der U19 Polens. Die aktiven Stationen  als Spieler waren zwischen 2010 und 2018 VFL Osnabrück , Greuther Fürth und Mainz 05. "Basti' erzielte 43 Tore in 351 Profi Spiele: 1. 'Ein Immigranten Story wie ein Polnischer Junge in den deutschen Fussball kam, Würzeln bei den 'BVB Jugend', Highlights und Namenhafte Mitspieler. 2. Saison 2005/6-06/07 Ein Traumstart mit beachtlichen 16 in die Profimannschaft und welche Rolle Jan Koller in seiner Karriere spielte. 3. Saison 06/07-10/11 Erfahrungen bei der BVB U23, Meister der Regionaliga-West. 4. Transfer an der 'Bremer Brücke', die Lilla-Weissen des VFL Osnabrück in der 2.Bundesliga in der Saison 11/12. 5. Saison 14/15 Meister in der 2. Liga mit Greüther Fürth, Erfahrungen beim 2-Maligen deutschen Meister. 6. 2018-20 Karriereausklang in der 3. Liga bei RW Erfürt und dann Wechsel zum Mainz 05 II. 7. Internationale Karriere mit Polen und Deutschland 'U17 DFB Jugendspieler des Jahres' 8. Trainer beim TuS Bövinghausen, ein ambionierter Klub in Richtung Oberliga Westfalen mit David Odonkor und Kevin Grosskreutz. 09. Soziale Medien und Abschied nehmen. Wir hoffen, dass Euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns Eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland . All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2022

Vielen Dank für Ihre Interess am BVB London Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmern des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans und Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, zu entdecken. Unser Gast ist heute Knut Reinhardt, 'Knuuuuuuuut' wie er von uns Fans liebevoll gerufen wurde, spielte beim BVB mit der Rückennummer 2. Er begann sein Laufbahn beim TuS 05 Quettingen und wechselte als d-Jugendlicher zu Bayer 04 Leverkusen und wurde wenig später deutscher A-Junioren-Meister.  In dieser Zeit war er zudem für verschiedene Nachwuchsnationalmannschaften des DFB aktiv und wurde 1987 mit der U-20 Vize-Weltmeister. 1988 gewann der defensive Mittelfeldspieler mit Bayer Leverkusen den UEFA-Cup und kam im selben Jahr zu seinem ersten Länderspiel für die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft. Insgesamt kam er in seiner Karriere bis 1992 auf sieben Einsätze im Nationalteam. Im Europapokal brachte der Mittelfeldspieler auf insgesamt 50 Einsätze. 1991 verließ Reinhardt Leverkusen und wechselte zum BVB. Mit dem BVB wurde er 1995 und 1996 Deutscher Meister und gewann 1997 die Champions League und den Weltpokal. Nachdem er in Dortmund immer weniger zum Einsatz kam, wechselte er 1998 zum 1.FC Nürnberg. Co-moderator in der Sendung heute ist Stephan Kordt, geboren in Dortmund lebt der zweimalige Familien Vater seit 20 Jahre in Las Vegas, USA von wo er seine lebenslange liebe zum BVB nachgeht - Kordt hat seit 30 Jahre alle Spiele der Borussia verfolgt.  1. Wurzeln im tiefsten Westfalen, Wechsel zum BVB, 1991-94, Stories von Ricken, Tanko, Chappi, Kalle, Teddy, Kutte, 'Stoffel', Povlsen. 2. 1994/95, Ottmar Hitzfeld,' die Italiener' Cesar, Sammer, Moeller und ab nach Duisburg - Der Knoten platzt Meister zum ersten Mal seit 25 Jahre!  3. 1995/96 Neon im Nike Dress, Rangers in der Champions League und noch ein drauf Meisterschaft Nummer zwei.  4. 1996/97 Ottmar Hitzfeld, Finale, eine Reise nach Tokio!  5. Unterwegs mit der Nationalmannschaft WM U20, 8-0 gegen 'Chappi'.  6. Klassenzimmer und Leben nach der Karriere und die' London Connection'. Wir hoffen, dass Euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns Eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland .   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2021  

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well. The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn English. Ben Ambrose is the host of 'Norwich Talk' the Norwich City podcast and a season ticket holder of many years at Carrow Road, the home of 'The Canaries' or 'Die Kanarienvögel' in German as the club's logo is depicted on a special edition T-shirt with a nod to the recent Bundesliga and BVB influence on the East of England based club founded in 1902. Founded in 1902 the 2 time League Cup winners in 1962 and 85, City also 5-time winners of the second-tier title (Championship, formerly 2.Division) and play their football at the 27,359 seater at the magnetic 'Carrow road' stadium. On the show today the aim is to shed some light on some of the influence of German football and in particular BVB on City with a focus on the current squad and of course their current coach and the former coach of BVB's second team, affectionately known as 'Die Amas' who currently play in the fourth tier Regionaliga-West, Daniel Farke: 1. Norwich City an introduction to the club and Carrow road ground successes, tragedies and folk stories.  2. Former BVB U23 coach Daniel Farke what he has brought to the club since joining in 2017/18 two promotions and one relegation, 'We were too entitled, Farke changes the club beyond recognition. 3.  Familiar faces Felix Passlack (BVB current team) Marco Stiepermann (BVB youth and BVB II and first team 1998-2012) and Moritz Leitner (BVB 2011-2016).  4. The impact of former BVB II players Christoph 'Zimbo' Zimmermann and Mario Vrancic. 5. The Paul Lambert years, two promotions, a '49% win rate just don't mention The Tractor boys'.  6. Unheralded jewels from the Bundesliga at Carrow road: Rupp, Heise, Srbeny, Trybull, why Ralf Fährmann was 'City's worst ever signing'. 7. The Carrow road 'Yellow wall', traditions, choreographies and flags and one special European tie against Bayern Munich.  We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020

Vielen Dank für Ihre Interesse am BVB London Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmer des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans und Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, zu entdecken. Unser Gast in der aktuellen Sendung ist heute Hartmut Wiegand, 20 Jahre lang war Hartmut, der von den Spieler nur liebevoll 'Bomber' genannt wurde Zeugwart und Team Bus Fahrer. 1. BVB 80er Jahre mit Geschichten über Rolli Rüssmann, ein 17-jähriger Eike Immel, Lothar Huber, Daniel Simmes, Maurice Banach, eine Reise nach Glasgow für den UEFA Cup gegen Celtic, das Abstiegsspiel gegen Fortuna Köln und die Reisetipps von Marcel Raducanu.  2. Das DFB-Pokal-Finale 1989 in Berlin im Vorfeld des Spieles, Persönlichkeiten auf beiden Seiten, darunter Mirco Votava, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Thomas Helmer, Michael Lusch, Norbert Dickels Schuhe, 'ein unvorstellbarer Sieg', eine DFB-Geldstrafe für Borussia und ein unerwarteter Stopp auf dem Weg zum Borsigplatz. 3. Die Meisterschaft 1994/95 Stories von Flemming Povlsen, Teddy De Beer 'der passte in der Welt', die Schale im Bett, 'Der Knoten ist geplatzt', endlich wieder deutscher Meister.  4. Die Meisterschaft 1995/96 'wir haben gar nicht damit gerechnet' mit Stories von Jürgen Kohler 'ein einmaliger Spieler', Matthias Sammer 'einmalig, ein absoluter Perfektionist und Erfolgsgarant'. 5. Stories von dem Champions League-Sieg von 1997, Ricken, Cesar, Sousa 'ein einmalig starke Truppe', unfassbar die Feierlichkeiten in Dortmund.   6. Die Meisterschaft 2002, ein emotionaler Abschied, die Zeit nach der Karriere, 'das was unser Verein ausmacht ist das wir echt bleiben und das soll auch so sein'. Wenn Euch die Show gefällt teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well. The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English. Guest today is Abel Meszaros, Abel is a journalist and TV analyst with Hungary's Sport 1 TV, he is also a long-time panellist on Talking Fussball and The Yellow Wall podcasts. Abel also writes for France Football and Spielverlagerung and is a life-long fan of BVB.   On tonight's show, Ben and Abel review the 20-21 season. The club has been through a real roller coaster of a season the likes of which we have not seen since 17-18, under Austrian interim coach Peter Stöger who took over from the sacked Peter Bosz, when 'Die Schwarz-Gelben' finished in an impressive Champions League qualifying 4th place.   1. A third season under Swiss coach Lucien Favre after narrowly missing out on the title by 2 points in an impressive 18-19 but 16 points in 19-20. Was the club's trust in Favre the right move?    2. Impressive results but conceding stupid numbers of goals, why issues with set pieces are still the issue and the backline is still the issue but do BVB have talent in the back-line to come how much of an issue is Nico Schulz really?   3. The DFB Pokal campaign this season did we overachieve? Paderborn proves a bigger threat than expected and taking it to new coach Marco Rose's "Gladbach plus a preview of RB Leipzig and the semifinal. 4. Former assistant Edin Terzic takes over from Favre midseason coming from only having experience of being an assistant with Besiktas and West Ham United. How good has Terzic really done? Is Edin destined for greater things? 5. Are BVB still the number 2 team in the Bundesliga or have the scales shifted toward RB Leipzig at least this season?    6. What positions should BVB be focussing on in the summer, can we hold on to Haaland and Sancho the dynamic duo and initial thoughts on what Marco Rose might bring. 7. Predictions for the league finish and the DFB Pokal.  Abel Meszaros can be found on social media at Twitter@BundesPL.   We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well. The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English. Our guests are Colin Farmery who is a journalist (WSC When Saturday Comes, The Guardian) and football writer author of books including Seventeen Miles to Paradise and Legend: The Alan Knight story who is also a director of Gosport Borough FC (7th tier England) and a former director of Portsmouth FC from 2013-19. Dennis Gentenaar is the goalkeeping coach of Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv, formerly a goalkeeper who played 270 matches at elite level with Ajax, NEC and VV Venlo in the Dutch Eredivisie. Gentenaar was reserve keeper to Roman Weidenfeller at BVB in 2005/06 under Bert van Marwijk in a season when 'Die Schwarz-Gelben' finished seventh players at that time included Metzelder, Rosicky, Dede and Sahin. The topic of the show today is the proposed break-away European football league the European Super League which brings together 15 top European clubs including the two big clubs from Manchester, Milan and  Madrid clubs plus Juventus, Tottenham, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea. These clubs will under the proposed model play in an annual fixed pool of clubs plus a meagre 5 clubs who qualify playing a seasonal tournament with no relegation nor promotion. The 'ESL' is a major challenge to the UEFA Champions League and Europaleague and could be highly damaging to the national leagues across Europe and is highly controversial amongst supporters. Borussia Dortmund have issued a statement saying that they will not take part as have Bayern Munich and no other Bundesliga clubs have been invited but what will happen next? Will the ESL succeed? Will German clubs be drawn into the 'big business league'?     1.  European Super League what is it about? Who is behind it?  2. What impact will the ESL have on national leagues, cups and Champions League?  3. Could this benefit top clubs in smaller national leagues like Celtic, Ajax or Anderlecht?  4. How will players and the football industry react to the possibility of bans from playing for their national teams?  5. Is the ESL nothing more than an exhibition league with no incentive for fans to follow it? Or an improvement on the Champions League?  6. Could this proposal bring a benefit to historically big clubs in small leagues like Holland, Scotland and Belgium?  7. What is the business sense for clubs taking part? Will the fixed income from the tournament make managing the business of running clubs more effective off-setting financial risk and giving clubs the chance to plan better?  8. What is the current position of Borussia Dortmund fans and the wider community of supporters across football how should they react to this development?  The European supporters federation, which this fan club belongs to, mentioned in the show is the FSE Football Supporters Europe whose position on the Super League can be found at: https://www.fanseurope.org/en/news/news-3/2414-fse-condemns-european-super-league-plans.html   Super League update following days of fan protests and legal action by UEFA 12 clubs including all the English Premier League teams have withdrawn and only Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid remain of the original 15 clubs. UEFA is promising reform of the Champions League, fans remain highly sceptical to be continued....  We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020  

Vielen Dank für Ihre Interesse am BVB Londoner Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemalige Teilnehmer des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans und Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in unsere Podcast zu entdecken. Nicht zum ersten Mal steht Roman Bürki in der Kritik wegen unbeständige Leistungen, obwohl der Schweizer ein Publikumsliebling ist, hat er nie die unumstrittene Position von Vorgänger wie Roman Weidenfeller, Teddy DeBeer oder Thomas Klos erreicht. Großartige Leistungen werden von schwäche-Phasen gefolgt die das Dortmunder Fußfall Publikum nicht gerecht werden und nun mit der Ankunft des neuen Trainers Marco Rose werden die Stimmen im Verein für ein Transfer immer lauter.  Um dieses Thema zu besprechen und im allgemein das Thema des Torwart Lebens bei Borussia Dortmund zu besprechen haben wir heute in der Sendung mit zwei Torhüter gesprochen mit viel Erfahrung: Horst Bertram stand zwischen 1971-1983 beim BvB im Tor. Rolf Meyer war zwischen 1981-91 zweiter Torwart von Borussia Dortmund und ist aktuell Torwarttrainer beim VFL Osnabrück. Zwei Jahrzehnte und zwei spannende Jahrzehnte im Dortmunder Fußball. Die Themen des heutigen Podcasts:  1. Roman Bürki ein beliebter aber unbeständiger Torwart, welche Stärken, welche Schwächen und welche Zukunft hat der Schweizer in Dortmund? Und wer wäre der optimale Nachfolger? 2. Torhüter wie Kwiatowski, Tilkowski, Immel, DeBeer, Klos, Lehmann, Weidenfeller im Gespräch. Ein Klub, viele Helden aber wer war der beste? 3. Horst Bertram und seine Epoche bei der Borussia, wie er 1971 nach Dortmund kam, ersten Spiele in Stadion Rote Erde.  4. Das neue Stadion Westfalenstadion. Bertram per Anhalter zum Bayern Spiel. UEFA Cup gegen Glasgow Rangers 1982. 5. Rolf Meyer beim BVB, 1981/2 erste Saison in Dortmund mit Horst Bertram und Immel. Highlights von seiner Karriere. Das Leben eines Reservetorwarts der Borussia.  6. Duell gegen Celtic Glasgow im UEFA Cup '87, der Pokal Sieg von 1989 gegen Favoriten Werder Bremen.   7. Das Leben als Torwarttrainer an der 'Bremer Bruecke' beim VFL Osnabrück.  Wir hoffen, dass euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. Während der Saison sind alle BVB Fans herzlich eingeladen BVB Spiele an unserem Stammtisch in der Naughty Bar in der Londoner Cleveland Street in der Nähe der Oxford Street mit uns anzusehen. Alle Rechte vorbehalten Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well. The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English. Our guests are Dave Mooney who is a journalist and football blogger and host of the 'Blue Moon' Manchester City podcast, the most-established show on the club in U.K and Steffen Karl a former Germany U21 international defensive midfielder who played 348 matches scoring 19 goals clubs like Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund as well as other clubs like Hertha BSC Berlin, St Pauli and FC Sion.    On tonight's show we set the scene for the Champions League quarterfinal pairing which kicks off tonight at the Etihad stadium with City as favourites.   1. What should BVB's strategy be? How will City approach the game? There have been 5 ties between the clubs can City beat Dortmund for the first time in their history? What will be City's approach in the face of Haaland?    2. Interview with Steffen Karl; how does he see the tie? What are the strengths and weaknesses on each side and what advantages does each team have? What will be the outcome?    3. Steffen on his own career with Manchester City and how the club contrasts with Borussia Dortmund and the English v German ways of playing.    4. Dave Mooney on what the view is of Borussia Dortmund amongst City fans, historically how does the impression of BVB differ to that of Bayern Munich? Why not being Bayern Munich is key to Dortmund's popularity.    5. The Gundogan factor, how does the popular former 'Borusse' strike the City fans? What impact has he made at City? What future Ilkay?    6. Focus on Erling Haaland is the Norwegian City's target for the summer? Will they be able to meet Dortmund's £100m+ valuation?    7. We discuss the team tactics and line-ups and give predictions plus announce a special guest for the return leg.    The two ties are tonight 6 April (away) and 14 April (home). The Blue Moon podcast can be found at:https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/Podcast/   We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well. The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English. It's all change at the Westfalenstadion and with the unrest amongst players and fans alike at the recent string of poor results and only 1 win in the last 6 league games and disappointing draws against both Mainz and Hoffenheim teams which BVB would normally expect 6 points from these home fixtures the head has been on interim coach Edin Terzic.  With key injuries most importantly Axel Witsel in midfield and a defence which has conceded 31 goals already by matchday 21 is looking decidedly critical even accounting for the absence of first-choice keeper Roman Bürki and Dan and centre back Axel Zagadou. Second choice keeper Marvin Hitz has looked poor under pressure and an impressive Thomas Delaney has not been helped by Emre Can having to play in defence and Mo Dahoud being in such poor form.  The club is also going through financial concerns with debts of €70m and players still on reduced wages there have been no winter signings, only U17 international striker Julian Rijkhoff coming in from Ajax Amsterdam to join the academy. Still playing behind closed doors Borussia is missing the crucial 12th man and looking the worse for it now 16 points behind Bayern and of more concern, 6 points from 4th placed VFL Wolfsburg. The agreement with Borussia Mönchengladbach coach for a three-year contract could not have come at a better time but who is Marco Rose and what is at stake this season and for the Leipzig born incumbent coach?   On today's show, our guests are Sascha Staat a German football journalist who works for Ruhrnachrichten Dortmund's main newspaper as well as Eurosport and DAZN TV channels.  1. Current season BVB lie in sixth place in the table and are far off the mark in terms of a champions league place. The defence is far from stable and players like Marco Reus are not in the form to provide leadership. Why the instability?  2. The Roman Bürki enigma, have the weaknesses returned or are the goals being conceded a result of the instability crucially at right and left-back in defence. 3, The pressure is on Mats Hummels but is the pressure beginning to take away his enthusiasm? What should be the ideal line-up at Centre-back? Where should the constant Raphael Guerreiro be playing and which of the current defenders should be on Rose's for sale list this summer?  4. What are issues in midfield without Axel Witsel? Can Borussia rely on Thomas Delaney? Where should Can be playing? Pundit and former international Lothar Matthäus says a player like Matthias Sammer is missing but which players could fill that gap from the current squad? 5. Marco Reus has had uncharacteristic poor form and failed to lead the team in several matches, but is there too much reliance on 17-year-old Jude Bellingham who has had to hit the ground running. Giovanni Reyna has been a revelation but is now rumoured to be on the selling list, he has looked physically less than assertive but would that be a good move. 6. Enter Youssoufa Moukoko could he replace the incredible Erling Haaland, a striker who has scored more times than games played in since joining 1 year ago. Could BVB manage without Haaland and what else is in reserve?   7. What can be expected from Marco Rose in terms of tactical changes, what has been learnt from his style of coaching at RB Salzburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Is the slump in the other Borussia's form a concern? Will BVB be able to provide a war chest for Rose in the summer without selling a key player like Sancho? Exciting times at the Westfalenstadion, with the Revierderby coming up at the weekend can the signing of Rose provide some stability?  Sascha's book is 'Borussia Dortmund für Klugscheißer' a book in German with many little known facts on the club, you can buy it on Amazon. We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of B​orussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well. The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English. The UEFA Champions League is back our BVB plays Sevilla FC so time to get a view on the 6 time Europaleague winners  Well-known in England for winning the FA Cup with both Everton (1995) and Tottenham Hotspurs Vinny Samways (1991) played for Sevilla FC in season 02-03 and for Las Palmas between 1996-02 as well as playing with Wolves and Birmingham City. Samways has been active in Spanish football for the last twenty years as a player agent and is also a football pundit on Spanish television and is based in Malaga.  1. Current season Sevilla lie in fourth place in the table and have won the last five games and conceded only 16 goals. What can be expected from BVB's opponents in the two-legged tie? Who are the key players? What are the main strengths and weaknesses of the side? The key danger men in the line-up and how will Sevilla line-up against the BVB team? Vinny's view on the current Borussia Dortmund team and Predictions for the game. 2. Sevilla football club what makes the club special, the history, achievements, traditions, the stadium, local rivalry with Real Betis. 3. Samways season in 02/03 at the Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium playing alongside Dani Alves. 4. Career in the English Premier League with Spurs winning the FA Cups on 91 alongside Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker in a team managed by later Barcelona manager Terry Venables.  5. Recollections of legendary Sevilla and Arsenal striker Jose-Antonio Reyes. 6. Predictions for the game and expectations of both teams.  It was of course Michael not David Robinson who was the English TV pundit and former Real Osasuna player. We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of B​orussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well. The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English. On today's show, the interview guest is the Lord Mayor of Dortmund, and a  life-long BVB supporter Ulli Sierrau studied to be and worked as a town planner at the TU in Dortmund the technical university. He later joined the SPD social democratic party, similar to the Labour party in UK, and was elected mayor of the football city of Dortmund in 2009 and was reelected in 2014 to run the city of over 600,000 inhabitants.     But Ulli is not originally from Dortmund, he was born in Halle in the Eastern part of Germany, his family left the former GDR whilst he was a teenager in the former communist era and moved initially to Wolfsburg where he finished his secondary education before he moved to Dortmund.   Following University Ulli worked in a range of departments of the city of Dortmund and was then elected mayor as a successor to Gerhard Langemeyer as mayor he oversaw many impressive developments including that of the Phoenixsee an artificial lake and waterside neighbourhood in the neighbourhood of Hoerde on the site of the former steel mill of Thyssen Krupp . The project created housing investment worth hundreds of millions of euro and one of the Ruhr valleys most popular locations for cycling and water sports including sailing.    During the 2000's Dortmund has continued it's advancement from former steel and coal-mining city also known of course for its many breweries to a city of high tech and financial services company including of course Signal Iduna. The city is also home to the DFB football museum and is a popular shopping destination and the Westfalenhalle is a very popular conference centre. Dortmund attracts over 1.7m overnight visitors per year including many who of course visit the games of Borussia Dortmund.    1. Ulli's early life and move to Dortmund and university years including studies in Oxford and time working in London. How he came to be a BVB fan.     3. Impressions of BVB including 1989, 95, 2002 the triumphs and the financial crisis of 2005 and the double. The people, the events that made the those special achievements. Stories about Sir Alec Ferguson, Boris Johnson.    4. Mayor of Dortmund and the challenges of the job and achievements including the major development at the Phoenix Lake in Dortmund.    5. The Klopp era, mayor and not a second too soon, overseeing a glorious era the celebrations, the parades and the stars. What's Klopp really like?     6. BVB and Tourism how does the city benefit from football visitors, the UK military past in Dortmund, a connection with the UK that is enduring in the life of the region.   The Bergmann Brewery Kiosk bar is of course at Hoher Wall 36 in Dortmund.   We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of B​orussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life.People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well.The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English.On today's show, the interview guest is a football blogger and talent analyst specialized in the U15-U19 categories who works for Talentscout.net, a database of almost 800 footballers with top clubs across Europe in that age category. Jan is also a youth football coach in  Fürth, Germany and that at the age of 17 Jan Perett, he is going places and we are delighted to give him the stage.  Hosted by Ben the show today is aimed at shedding some light on a group of young players who moved up from the U19 and U23 teams and to give some background on BVB's winter signing Julian Rijkhoff the Netherlands U17 international striker who joined BVB from Ajax on Wednesday. Julian has been on BVB's radar for two years according to press reports and he is regarded as one of the single most talented strikers at his age in Dutch football right now but who is he? We find out.This BVB team is characteristically loaded with talent, even if they struggle to find the balance in the last couple of weeks, but talking to Jan the 'Next Gen' of players doesn't just include stars like Jude Bellingham and Gio Reyna but there is more to come and it sounds pretty good. So let's take a broader look at the young players who signed professional contracts this season. Who are they? What is their background? What are their national team achievements? Which were their former clubs?  What skills do they have on the ball and which of the first team players are going to be pushed that little bit harder in the next months and years in the first team.Here are the players we will be covering: 1. Julian Rijkhoff 16 Forward, U17, Dutch 2. Angsgar Knauff 19 Rightwinger, First team, U23, German  3. Stefan Tigges 22 Centreforward, First team, U23 German4. Namamdi Collins 17 Centreback, U19,   German/Nigerian5. Tobias Raschl 20 Offensive Midfielder, First team, U23 German6. Luca Unbehaun 19 Goalkeeper, First team, U23 GermanParental permission was obtained to broadcast Jan's performance.We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London. All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Vielen Dank für Ihre Interesse am BVB Londoner Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemalige Teilnehmer des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans und Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in unsere Podcast zu entdecken. Unseren Gast is heute Wilfried Schiffer ein BVB Stadionbesucher seit den 60er Jahre und Gemeindemitglied von der Gründungskirche die Dreifaltigkeitskirche Borsigplatz wo morgen Feierlichkeiten zum 111 Jahrejährigen bestehen von Borussia Dortmund stattfinden werden. 1. Wilfried Schiffer erzählt über seine ersten Erfahrungen in den 60er Jahre in dem Stadion Rote Erde wo damals 40,000 Zuschauer Platz fanden mit eine einzige Würstchen Bude und eine Kneipe unter der Tribüne inklusive Geschichten zu bekannte Spieler von damals wie Kurrat, Wosab und Assauer.  2. Auf der Südtribüne bei den Relegationspiele von 1986 gegen Fortuna Köln und unterwegs zum dritten Relegationsspiele ins Rheinstadion und eine bombige Stimmung und eine Karawane nach Dortmund 'Fast alle waren damals in Düsseldorf.    3. Die 2 Liga Jahre, 17000 gegen Eintracht Gelsenkirchen, das allererste Spiel im Westfalenstadion gegen Schalke 04 und der Wiederaufstiegspiel gegen den 1 FC Nürnberg. 4. Was aus dem allerersten Sportplatz der Borussia 'Weiße Wiese' wurde. 5.  Meister 1995 'und wie wir damals gefeiert haben', alles stand Kopf, 'mann sollte Reinhard Rauball ein Denkmal setzen' uvm.  Wir hoffen, dass euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. Während der Saison sind alle BVB Fans herzlich eingeladen BVB Spiele an unserem Stammtisch in der Naughty Bar in der Londoner Cleveland Street in der Nähe der Oxford Street mit uns anzusehen. Alle Rechte vorbehalten Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of B​orussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well. The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English. On today's show, the interview guest is the current coach of the United Arab Emirates national team Bert van Marwijk who managed BVB between 2004-06. We apologise in advance for the minor sound unevenness of the recording.   Bert had an active career in Holland and Belgium playing 468 professional matches and scoring 72 goals with clubs including AZ Alkmaar and Fortuna Sittard between 1969 and 1988.  As a coach Bert has managed clubs including Feyenoord and Hamburger SV as well as the national teams of Saudia Arabia, Australia, the Netherlands and his current team the UAE.  On the show Bert spoke about his active playing career, highlights of his life as a coach including winning the UEFA Cup in 2002, managing Dortmund through a challenging the radical financial restructuring of 2005, managing the Netherlands national team at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010.  1. Childhood and active career in the Eredivisie in Holland, winning the KNVB Cup in 1978, call-up to the Netherlands team, playing in Belgium.    2. Stations of his first years as a coach with clubs including MVV and Fortuna Sittard. The UEFA campaign of 2002 the route to the final via Glasgow Rangers, Inter and Eindhoven, the experience of the 'unforgettable' final at Rotterdam v BVB.    3. Appointed head-coach at Borussia Dortmund, a club on the edge €130m in debt, 'no money for players', discovering and giving Nuri Sahin his debut at 15, that Ebi Smolarek factor, why Tomas Rosicky will always be the player of his generation. 4. A near-miss with Trevor Brooking at West Ham United, seconds away from signing at Upton Park, House-hunting in London 'the weather was an issue, It never stopped raining', ongoing fascination with the Premier League and friendship with Carlo Ancelloti and impressions of Anfield.    5. Prospects for BVB's Young Generation, review and impressions of the quality of the Dortmund current team, Dortmund's pressure points and challenges including why the defence is BVB's number one stumbling block at the moment for any new coach. 6. Life on the sidelines, advice and tips on how to manage and coach a team, insights into the job of managing a team. Bundesliga friends and regular visits to the Westfalenstadion, why 'Dortmund will always be very special'... We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.

Vielen Dank für ihre Interesse am BVB Londoner Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmer des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, zu entdecken. Zu Gast auf dem Podcast ist heute Steffen Karl, ein ehemaliger defensiver Mittelfeldspieler des BVB, der auch für Hertha BSC Berlin, den FC St. Pauli sowie für den FC Sion, Valerenga, Hallescher FC und Lokomotiv Sofia und Manchester City spielte.   Der ehemalige deutsche U21-Nationalspieler, der auf allen Ebenen des Jugendfussballs für die ehemalige DDR auftrat und 346 Spiele auf Profi-Niveau bestritt, erzielte 19 Tore. Derzeit ist er Trainer von Grun-Weiss Klaffenbach in der Landesliga, der 7. Stufe des deutschen Fussballs, und leitet eine Kinderfussball-Akademie.  1. Wurzeln im ostdeutschen Fußball mit dem Halleschen FC (3. Liga), spielte mit der DDR-Nationalmannschaft den Durchbruch als Spieler. Einblicke in den damaligen ostdeutschen Fußball.  2. 90-91 kommt Borussia Dortmund ins Spiel. Wechsel zum aufstrebenden BVB, einem Verein, der ein Jahr zuvor mit dem DFB-Pokal den ersten Silberling seit 23 Jahren gewonnen hatte, aber nur den 10. Erste Eindrücke vom Westfalenstadion. Geschichten von Kutowski, Helmer, Klos und Michael Zorc unter Trainer Horst Köppel. 3. 1991-92 Ankunft des "Königsmachers" in der ersten BVB-Saison unter Ottmar Hitzfeld. Verpasst die Meisterschaft aufgrund der Tordifferenz in einer damals aus 20 Mannschaften bestehenden Bundesliga. Ein Angriff, der sich aus den Größen Stephane Chapusiat und Flemming Povlsen sowie Frank Mill zusammensetzte. Zu den Höhepunkten der Saison zählten die Heim- und Auswärtsschlachten gegen die Bayern. 4.  Marsch ins UEFA-Pokal-Finale 1992/93 über Celtic, Real Zaragoza und Roma. Das Halbfinale gegen Auxerre. Marking Roberto Baggio im Finale gegen Juventus. Eine Saison, in der der BVB als Vierter ins Ziel kam, Stefan Reuter der Quereinsteiger in der Abwehr, Freundschaft mit dem oft missverstandenen Matthias Sammer.  5. 1994/95 "The Citizens" Manchester City unter Brian Horton, Storys zu 'Rocky' Rocastle, Niall Quinn, Steve McMahon und Georgi Kinkladze. Freundschaft mit Uwe Rösler, das einmalige Manchester-Derby spielt und wie der Verein vor dem Abstieg bewahrt wurde. Was Maine Road so besonders machte und die anhaltende Liebe zum englischen Spiel.  Wir hoffen, dass euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. Während der Saison seit ihr herzlich wilkommen BVB Spiele an unserem Stammtisch in der Naughty Bar in der Londoner Cleveland Street in der Nähe der Oxford Street mit unsere Mitglieder mit anzusehen. Alle Rechte vorbehalten Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of B​orussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision makers and experts who know the world of all our club well. The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or pratice English. On today's show, Matt Addison of the Liverpool FC Blood Red Podcast, and Ben, interview Philip Degen a BVB defender who played in Dortmund between 2005-08. Degen also played for the 'Reds' at Anfield between 2008-11.   Now a football agent, he went on to play for VFB Stuttgart in 2010/11, before finishing his career at home club FC Basel from 2011- 2016. In terms of his International career, Degen gained 32 caps with the Switzerland national team at senior level and played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and 2008 European Championships which was played across Austria and his home country. On the show the 37 year old former player talks about his three seasons at Westfalenstadion in which he notched up 68 appearances.  In terms of finishes during, Degen's stay with our 'Schwarz-Gelben' at Westfalenstadion, Borussia finished just outside the European qualifying spots in 7th in 05/06 and 06/07 and 13th in 07/08. Although hampered by injuries which resulted in gaining only 68 appearances with BVB, a highlight for which the Liesetal born defender, who could also play on the right-wing, will be remembered was an outstanding goal in a memorable 3-3 draw at Bayern Munich in season 2005/6.  With Liverpool Degen narrowly missed out to Manchester United on the Premier League title in season 2008/9. In 2009/10 the 'Reds' reached the semi-final of the Europaleague where they were knocked out by eventual winners Atletico Madrid. In 2010/11 the Anfield based club finished in 6th spot under coach Kenny Daglish.  In 2010/11 Degen moved to VFB Stuttgart reaching the last 16 of the Europaleague and finishing 12th in the league. In 2011 Degen returned to his home country of Switzerland and joined FC  Basel where he achieved his most important successes including four successive Swiss Super League titles and the national cup in 2011/12 before retiring in 2016.  On the podcast Philipp shares his memories of his active career, talking about the characters and personalities he worked with along the way. He gives advice on what it takes to reach the professional level of football as well as insights into being a football agent. He also shares recollections of his appearances at the European Championship and Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup. Plus why Jude Bellingham is the hottest prospect in European football right now and how a certain Bradley Fink, a young English-born Swiss striker who is currently with BVB U-19s,  could be shaping up to become one of BVB's brightest stars in the year's to come.  We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street central London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.

Vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse am BVB Londoner Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmer des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, zu entdecken. Unser Gast heute ist Bernd Klotz ein Stürmer der auch als offensiver Mittelfeldspieler spielte. Er absolvierte 329 Profispiele und erzielte 83 Tore bei Borussia Dortmund zwischen 1981-84 sowie beim VFB Stuttgart, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Waldhof Mannheim und Fortuna Köln. Klotz spielte auch 8 Mal für die deutsche U21, wo er neben Littbarski und Matthäus und dabei 2 Tore erzielte.   1. Wurzeln beim VFB Stuttgart, erster Profivertrag, Spiel mit, Freundschaft mit Joachim Löw und Torhüter Eike Immel.  2.  Saison 81/82 Das 500,000 DM Transfer Klotz zum BVB.Training mit Branko Zebec, "Die Gerüchte über das Trinken wurden niemals bewiesen", sein Trainingsstil, seine Persönlichkeit. Erste Eindrücke von Michael Zorc in seiner ersten Saison nach dem Aufstieg aus der U19-Mannschaft. Rolf Russmann war "der Boss", wir hätten Meister werden können, wenn Zebec geblieben wäre.  3. Saison 82/83 Ein neuer Trainer Kalli Feldkamp gefolgt von Reinhard Saftig, ein Hattrick gegen Arminia Bielefeld beim 11:1, ein neuer Spieler aus Rumänien Marcel Raducanu "der Ball klebte an seinen Füßen wie Klebstoff", die Geschichte hinter der Pony-Marke und den BVB, Lothar Huber der König der Flanken, Sieg und Tore gegen Bayern München.  4. Saison 83/84 "Zu viel Instabilität beeinträchtigte unser Spiel", Drei Trainer in einer Saison Franz, Konietzka und Tippenhauer. Schalkes Abstieg in die 2. Liga, Derby-Erinnerungen. "Wir wussten, dass die Situation des Klubs kritisch war" und die härtesten Bundesliga-Konkurrenten der Liga auf dem Spielfeld zu dieser Zeit und ein erstaunliches Spiel gegen den FC Barcelona gegen Maradona. 5. Wechsel zu Waldhof Mannheim unter Klaus Schlappner mit Jürgen Kohler, 2. Liga-Meister mit Fortuna Düsseldorf und ein Angebot von Sevilla und Deutschland U21 und Olympiamannschaft.  6. Der BVB von heute ist mit dem von damals kaum zu vergleichen". Der Trainerschein, das Leben nach dem Sport, Geschäfts- und Familienleben und das Interesse an der Premier League. Wir hoffen, dass euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. Während der Saison seit ihr herzlich wilkommen BVB Spiele an unserem Stammtisch in der Naughty Bar in der Londoner Cleveland Street in der Nähe der Oxford Street mit unsere Mitglieder mit anzusehen. Alle Rechte vorbehalten Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020

Vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse am BVB Londoner Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmer des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, zu entdecken. Unser heutiger Gast zu seinem 75. Geburtstag ist ein hervorragender Mittelstürmer, der in 336 Profispielen 242 Tore erzielte - eine spektakuläre Leistung und ein großartiger Charakter, der von den Fans für seinen Sinn für Humor und seine kleine Statur geliebt war und von den Verteidigern wegen seiner Trefferquote gefürchtet wurde - Willi "Ente" Lippens.  Willi Lippens wurde 1945 in Bedburg, Hau, einem Dorf in der Nähe von Duisburg, geboren, er spielte als Mittelstürmer zwischen 1966 und 1982 bei Borussia Dortmund, RW Essen, RW Oberhausen und Dallas Tornado in der Nordamerikanischen Liga.  1. Aufgewachsen im Schatten des Zweiten Weltkriegs und der kuriosen Geschichte eines wohlwollenden örtlichen Schornsteinfegers, des ersten Profivertrages beim RW Essen und eines ersten Hattricks beim 10:1-Sieg beim 1.FC Muelheim.  2. Borussia Dortmund klopft in der Saison 76/77 bei Lippens an. Er spielt für den neu aufgestiegenen BVB unter Otto Rehagel, Auswärtssieg bei den FC Bayern, 50.000 im neuen Westfalenstadion und Geschichten von Erwin Kostedde und Mirco Votava. 4. Spielzeit 77/78 Eine 12:0 Klastsche gegen Borussia Mönchengladbach die Geschichte hinter Dortmunds schlimmster Niederlage, ein Trikot mit Samson und ein Löwe auf der Brust, und grosse Rivalität und Freundschaft mit Sigi Held.    5. Saison 78/79 Ein 17-jähriger Torhüter Eike Immel macht einen sofortigen Eindruck, Spiele gegen "Mighty Mouse" Kevin Keegan, Vergleich mit Jadon Sancho und der 'in der Bundesliga damals kamen die Verteidiger mit Mord davon". 6. Ruhestand, Familienleben und die Liebe zum englischen Spiel und zur Premier League. Eines vorab, Sorry BVB Freunde, Durchfall ist natürlich das Wort was gefehlt hat.  Wir hoffen, dass euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder auch in der Online-Gruppe unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. Während der Saison seit ihr herzlich wilkommen BVB Spiele an unserem Stammtisch in der Naughty Bar in der Londoner Cleveland Street in der Nähe der Oxford Street mit unsere Mitglieder mit anzusehen. Alle Rechte vorbehalten Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of B​orussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life, like players, fans, journalists who have covered the club and functionaries and experts and thus make this wonderful club more accessible to non-German speakers but the podcast is also of interest to German football fans who speak English. Our guest on podcast 16 has since 2016 been a coach with Norwegian second tier (1. divisjon) team Sarsborg 08. As a player he played as a full-back and won 6 championships and 3 cups in Norway, Denmark and Holland, as well as being voted player of the year in his home country in 2002.  He played for Borussia Dortmund under Matthias Sammer in 2003/4 and then Bert Van Marwijk in season 2004/5 our guest is 64 time Norway international André Bergdølmo and here is our show: 1. Roots in Norwegian football - Learning the ropes with Lillestrom and winning championships with the 'kings of the Norwegian game' Rosenborg.   2. Big transfer to Ajax - Three seasons in Amsterdam, winning the KNVB and Super Cups alongside greats like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jari Litmanen and Wesley Snijder and why Andre turned down Portsmouth FC for Dortmund. 3. Season 2003/4 An offer from the Premier League why BVB? Welcome to Borussia - In a season hit with key injuries to Evanilson, Metzelder and Frings there were big shoes to fill what were the first impressions of Borussia Dortmund under Matthias Sammer and the  Westfalenstadion? Memories of colleagues of Ewerthon, Amoroso and Stefan Reuter, Champions league v Brugge and the UEFA cup campaign.  4. The second season with Bert Van Marwijk in 2004/5 memories of Weidenfeller, Dede, Rosicky and Kehl, Ebi Smolarek and the mighty Jan Koller, that Nike kit, the 14th March a day no BVB fan will ever forget but what was it like for the players? 5. FC Copenhagen - UEFA cup v Celtic, Campioni, winning the Danish Championship.  6. The Norwegian national team - The 2000 European Championships, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Alf-Inge Halaand and friends. Thoughts on Erling Haaland and the current Norwegian generation.  An apology Steinar Pedersen did in fact of course play two seasons for BVB 1996/7 and 97/98. We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of B​orussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life, like players, fans, journalists who have covered the club and functionaries and experts and thus make this wonderful club more accessible to non-German speakers but the podcast is also of interest to German football fans who speak English. The focus of the show is on fan culture in UK vs Germany.  Borussia Dortmund has some of the most loyal and committed fans recognised around the world and the highest attendance of any football club in the world at over 81,000 average per game but what is it that makes German fan culture so unique?   What is it that draws so many UK fans to the Bundesliga and BVB week in week out? How does UK fan culture compare? Have we lost our fan atmosphere in UK football grounds? Is English football too commercial? What can we learn from the Bundesliga and BVB? This show is a fan culture special.    Football without the fans is nothing as Jock Stein the great Scottish coach said and empty grounds because of Covid-19 are a major threat to world football on tonight's show Phil and David join Ben along with our special guest Phiilipp Buchner sports presenter with RBB Radio Radio Berlin Brandenburg to debate one of our game's most important issues do we still get a football experience we recognise in England?   Here's the show's rundown:    1. Ticket pricing: Always a hot topic is the cost of actually going to watch your club.  In England we are lead to believe that German football is a lot more affordable. With Arsenal charging over £2000 for a season ticket almost 8 times as much as a season ticket at Borussia Dortmund (€230) is English football pricing us out of the game? 2. TV games and fixture times: Pre COVID football across Europe has been moving games for TV with little regard for match going fans.  There have been protests in Germany against Monday night matches but they persist in the second tier 2 Liga, is fixtures scheduling a problem fans in the Uk and Germany share? What can we do about it?  3. Matches during COVID-19:  Its good to see fans back in German football albeit tiny numbers of locally based fans. Whilst in England you can only attend football in the 7th tier in crowds up to 600.  Is this a sacrifice worth taking?  How have the steps Germany has done to get fans back and how its been received?  What about piped crowd sound is it a valued innovation or just another gimmick? Does football even matter when people are losing their lives?  4. Hardcore fans and ultras: In England we see Ultras not as a hooligan but as a group that take their support to the next level organising massive choreographies and displays in grounds, organised fans that have influence with the clubs to an enviable level but is it too much? Who are the Ultras really and what do they do?  Is fan culture dead in the UK?  5. Safe standing: How is it seen in Germany? Is standing just a cheaper option or the option of choice? Does it improve the atmosphere? Should we bring this back in the UK?  6. Atmosphere in the grounds: Atmospheres at Premier league games are often dull for many reasons.   Germany is seen a leading light in match day atmosphere, is the case and if so is working for German football and what are we getting wrong in England? 7. Safety at games for away fans: Away fans in England are often treated as second class citizens by match day stewards and police but it’s a lot safer now to attend games as an away fan in the UK than it was 20 years ago but German fans travel to domestic away games in greater numbers and the rail travel is free how does it work? With half of clubs being able to survive on media income alone do fans still count in the Premier League?      We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.   

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of B​orussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life, like players, fans, journalists who have covered the club and functionaries and experts and thus make this wonderful club more accessible to non-German speakers but the podcast is also of interest to German football fans who speak English.   The focus of the show is a Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund, two titans of the German league and yet not a battle of equals, Bayern have a turnover of €300m more than Die Schwarz-Gelben. But the Meisterschaften of 2019 and 20 have been amongst the exciting and promising in recent years, with more than a hint of potentiality for a major upset to the benefit of the boys from the Westfalenstadion.   Raphael Honigstein is one of the leading football broadcast journalists in the UK who feeds the appetite in UK for the fan's favourite football league, the Bundesliga, well-known to viewers of BT Sport TV as a pundit, a commentator on Talk Sport and a writer for amongst others the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Also an author of a number of books including 'Bring the noise' on BVB's former and current Liverpool gaffer Jürgen Klopp and 'Das Reboot how German football reinvented itself and conquered the world', originating from Bavaria a life-long FC Bayern Munich fan.   Topic 1 - Bayern in short why are they where they are at this time? Bayern have won all the Bundesliga titles since 2013 and now the triple they have an excellent squad including and Hansi Flick has exceeded everyone's expectations. What is the impact on German football?    Topic 2 Dortmund as an area is less industrially successful than Munich and so BVB has to rely on fan power which they manage admirably they have the biggest gate in the world and make €4m per home game and BVB run a very tidy ship with a €0.5bn turnover and €30m profit in 19/20 but have been for many years unable to hold the big names like Hummels and Lewandowski and some label Dortmund a 'selling club' but is there another reason players leave? What is the reason for BVB's pain in the face of the Munich juggernaut?    Topic 3 What about the way the two clubs are run? The management structure? The technical staff, what difference do Matthias Sammer and Sebastian Kehl at Borussia make? Borussia have one of the most talented squads since the 2011/12 double-winning season but is the number 1 spot in the German league title on the cards with the current squad? What are the areas BVB need to make up the numbers in?    Topic 4 There have been a run of managers since Klopp left without finding the 'special one' Was it a mistake to sack Tuchel? Lucien Favre's tactics are getting points and record numbers of goals but is he a winner? His last title was 9 years ago and in the Swiss League. Is he the one to mould the 'New Generation' into a silverware-winning team and we take a look at some of those coaches who Watzke and Zorc may be running the ruler over for the a potential change of guard.    Topic 5 As on every show we find out what our guests own experiences of going to Westfalenstadion are, can a Bayern fan still admire the home of the Black and Yellow? What does Borussia Dortmund mean in Germany as a club? Plus we get Rapha's Predictions for the top places in the 20-21 Bundesliga season ahead.   On the eve of 20-21 Colm and Ben of Fan Club London take the pulse of German football, can the fan's league of choice survive another Bayern title? Plus Colm works on his German pronunciation skills and Ben discovers Rapha and him have more in common than they realised and share a common appreciation for some of the grounds around England.    We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.     

Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast with the summer break in full force in the Bundesliga and BVB at their annual training camp at Bad Ragaz on today's show we head back to Scotland to get a preview of the 20-21 season that has just kicked off.  We share an hour with Duncan Fraser who for the past 18 years has been a director of Aberdeen FC 9 of which were spent as CEO a position which he resigned from in June 2020. He is currently Scotland's FIFA Commissioner and a UEFA delegate. On the show, Duncan gives a rare insight into life at the top of a top tier football club and working Scotland's corner within the not always uncontroversial European governing bodies.  A chartered accountant by training, Duncan is a life-long Aberdeen fan and he has been involved with the club as club secretary, operations director, managing director and CEO. During the 17 years at the club, The 'Dons' as Aberdeen are known won the Scottish League Cup in 2014.  Aberdeen FC have never been relegated from the top tier of Scottish football and have won the title 4 times, the Scottish cup 7 times and the League cup 6 times. The crowning achievement for the club who play their football at Pittodrie stadium was the 1983/84 UEFA European Cup Winners cup and Super Cup under manager Sir Alec Ferguson.  Topics on the show:  1. Introduction to Duncan, how did he come to be in football, his life with Aberdeen FC and what he has learnt from managing a football club. 2. An introduction to Aberdeen FC and Pittodrie stadium, the great players and managers what makes this club unique? What about the fans of the 'Dons' what makes them special?  3. Preview of the 20-21 SPL season, will Celtic make it 10? Will Stevie Gerrard survive the season? Will it be a two-horse race again? Where will Aberdeen finish? Who will be this season dark-horse? Predictions for the season finishers?   4. The Scottish national team and the European qualifiers, who are the bright young players in Scottish Football to look out for? What have been the challenges of Scottish football since the glory days up until the 80s?  5. How is safe standing working in Scotland? Do you think it will be a success? Duncan shares his view on safe-standing and Bundesliga audiences as well as his experience of German football and Borussia Dortmund and the 50+1 form of ownership in Germany.   6. Being Scotland's FIFA commissioner and a UEFA delegate, what direction are the reforms of the governing bodies going? Are the UEFA Nations League and new third tier for clubs the conference 'viable' or is this more watering down of football? 7. Are we likely to see a new competition replacing the Champions League? A Euro 2020, now postponed across Europe, is UEFA out of touch with climate challenges? Should football be doing more in this respect?  The football plan that is mentioned in the podcast that influenced the developments at the DFB was a plan developed by former Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson initially for the FA in 2000 substantial parts of which were implemented according to Wilkinson by the DFB in an article in The Times in March 2012.   You can find the fan club at the usual social media tags. We hope you enjoyed the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to the BvB London fan club podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life, like players, fans, journalists who have covered the club and functionaries and experts and thus make our BvB more accessible to non-German speakers in particular.   On today's episode, fan club president Ben welcomes BVB fan Mark Sheppard and Tony Woodcock a former striker whose clubs include Arsenal, 1 FC Köln and Nottingham Forest. Tony also won 42 England caps scoring 16 goals for the England national team including at the FIFA World cup 1982 in Spain. Playing 432 games at elite level, Woodcock scored a total of a stunning 139 goals. Tony won the European cup, now UEFA Champions League in 1979 with Nottingham Forest having already won the 1978 English first division, now renamed Premier League, title with the same club. A recent poll of Arsenal fans ranked Woodcock 48th in the all-time list of Arsenal's best players. The prolific striker also played for during two stints with 1 FC Köln in the Bundesliga. Tony now runs his own financial business and is a father of four. Topics on the show:    1 The beginnings in football and Nottingham Forest, how he came to be a pro footballer, his debut, working under Brian Clough, winning the European cup, the ascend from the second tier to champions, an unparalleled achievement in English football, players who made the biggest impression plus loan spells with Lincoln CIty under Graham Taylor and Doncaster Rovers.    2 The move to the Bundesliga and a record signing for 1 FC Köln. A massive welcome by 10.000 supporters in Cologne. Why a club like Cologne? Former team mates Dieter Müller, Toni Schumacher and Pierre Littbarski and Bernd Schuster,  the 79-80 DFB Pokal final. 81-82 just missed out on the title to then European Cup (now UEFA Champions league) winners HSV by 3 points, top scorer at 1 FC Köln with 15 goals.    3 Arsenal transfer What attracted him about Arsenal, scoring 5 in one game v Aston Villa, a goal tally of 56 goals a great achievement, that North London rivalry, the great characters that stood out Tony Adams, Martin Keown, Rocky Rocastle, George Graham unforgettable stories from Highbury.   4  Back to 1 FC Köln Friends and teammates including soon to be BVB stars Thomas 'Icke' Haessler, Fleming Poulsen, Juergen Kohler all BVB stars later, Stefan Engels, the Allofs brothers, an injury and friendship with Bundesliga stars of the time like Marcel Raducanu plus why the connection with 1.FC Köln and the people of Cologne is so strong.   5  A sensational England career  Kevin Keegan, playing Germany at the FIFA World Cup, memories of Terry Butcher, Bryan Robson, Bobby Robson the team coach, highlights of an international career playing against some of the greatest stars of World football including Zico and Maradona.    You can find the fan club at the usual social media tags. We hope you enjoyed the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to the BvB London fan club podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life, like players, fans, journalists who have covered the club and functionaries and experts and thus make our BvB more accessible to non-German speakers in particular.   Dennis Gentenaar a UEFA C licensed goalkeeping coach currently with Al Wahda FC in United Arab Emirates talks to Ben. Dennis is a former keeper who played with Borussia Dortmund in season 05/06 where BVB finished in 7th spot. His former clubs include Ajax Amsterdam, NEC, Venlo and Almere City in Holland playing 270 matches at pro level. Dennis is now a squad member of the Borussia Dortmund legends team. Topics on the show:   1 How did Dennis's career kick off with NEC, how did he come to be a pro footballer. When did he sign his first contract? What was his debut like? A total of 10 years with NEC including an amazing UEFA Cup campaign and an infamous fan pitch invasion. Working under Johan Neeskens one of the greatest Dutch players. The club's rivalry with Vitesse Arnheim and being elected 2003 dutch keeper of the year.   2 BVB in 05/06 Working with Bert Van Marwjik in a season where BVB finished 9th and our club was battling the biggest financial crisis in it's history. Signing for a legendary club. A debut against Mainz 05.  Great friendship with Ebbi Smolarek. Stories of Lars Ricken, Christoph Metzelder and the South-Africans Buckley and Pienaar, Dede's pool parties, Nuri Sahin starts his career at Westfalenstadion. Recollections of being the understudy to Roman Weidenfeller. Living in Dortmund what makes it a unique football city.     3 Three seasons with the mighty Ajax Amsterdam, why winning the KNVB Cup in 2007 was surprisingly not the ultimate highlight. Playing alongside Huntelaar, Snijder, Davids, Rommedahl. Luis Suarez emerges with a 34 goal haul and golden boot and is voted player of the season What is unique about Ajax?   4 Later career with Almere and Nijmegen. A return to NEC where he remains one of the most popular keepers, an amazing goodbye. What is the real contrast between the Dutch and German leagues which is the most challenging and why?    5 What makes the role of goalkeeper unique? What special skills does it take? Life as a goalkeeping coach in the desert and Dennis's pride in seeing his son Dayan on the path to pro football in UAE.     You can find the fan club at the usual social media tags. We hope you enjoyed the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street London.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to the BvB London fan club podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life, like players, fans, journalists who have covered the club and functionaries and experts and thus make our BvB more accessible to non-German speakers in particular.   In a week where the Meisterschaft is decided and Bayern have taken the honours , again, Borussia Dortmund are confirmed finishing in second in the league for the 09th time as 'Vizemeister' (second-place finishers) it's time for a tactical diversion.   Ben heads to the South-West of Germany. On tonight's show we look at one of BVBs old rivals over the decades who is now facing huge challenges to survive as a professional club like a number of others they have been badly affected by the pandemic but have also suffered years of mismanagement and have now this week gone into voluntary administration; four-time champions 1 F.C Kaiserslautern.    How could that have happened to such a big club? Is this a one-off or is there an underlying weakness below the 2 Liga in German football? Ben's guests are Mark Sheppard and Talking Fussball editor Nik Wildhagen, Nik is a journalist with a passion for historical clubs of Germany and on the show.   Kaiserslautern is a club steeped in history and should be on any groundhoppers bucket-list.  We explore how a club who won the Championship as recently as 1998 with a stadium with an average following of 18,000 spectators even in the third tier could be facing insolvency. What are the factors that have contributed to the relegation of '1FCK' and the factors into the crisis and we explore the club's history in the Bundesliga and in European competition.     As every week, we contrast this with English clubs, this time we look at Leeds United in the 1990s who faced a similar plight which it has taken them twenty years to recover from as they knock on promotion to the Premier League in the last weeks of the 19-20 season.    We look at the wider challenges of the 2 and 3 Liga and Regionaliga clubs, the second, third and fourth-tiers of German football. Who are the former Champions and DFB Pokal winners playing in the leagues and what are the challenges they face, will more clubs follow?    Apologies to 1.FC Kaiserslautern's goalkeeping coach and 'Lautern' fan his name is of course Gerald Ehrmann not Ehrenfeld!     We hope you enjoy the show, remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street London     All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to the BvB London fan club podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life, like players, fans, journalists who have covered the club and functionaries and experts and thus make our BvB more accessible to non-German speakers in particular.  On today's episode, Ben is joined by Irish Fulham and BvB fan Colm McNabola and Radio Brandenburg-Berlin's (RBB) sports commentator Phillip Buechner to chat with one of the great footballers of South Africa, the former Borussia Dortmund winger Delron Buckley. Buckley had two spells with Borussia Dortmund between 2005-2009. Delron shares his memories of players and friends like Ebbi Smolarek, Kuba, Hummels, Roman Weidenfeller and Jan Koller. He reveals memories of Dede's great player parties and fills in the gaps surrounding the 2006 DFB Pokal final which was narrowly lost to Bayern at a time when BvB were facing a massive financial battle to survive. Delron returned in 2008 to play for BvB under in Juergen Klopp's first season at Westfalenstadion.     Now 42, he recounts his own battles with the pressures of professional football and the challenges of playing at the top. Plus his hot-cold relationship with the Suedtribuene that included a very special happy 30th birthday rendition and impressions of the people and city of Dortmund, becoming a German citizen and the special reason his heart will always be in the Ruhrgebiet.   We also hear about Delron's 9 years with VFL Bochum and his experience as Arminia Bielfeld's top scorer. Buckley also an international career in which he gained 73 caps for South Africa including playing at the FIFA World Cups 1998 and 2002 and he talks about growing up in racially divided South Africa, breaking the mould in Bundesliga football at a time when few African players were represented in Germany's top tier and why racism can be so destructive to the game of football.    Remember to send us your comments, share the show with friends and to apply for tickets contact the club via the website which is borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk or join the London BvB community at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland. During the season you can also come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar, just off Oxford Street, in Cleveland street London.      All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to the BvB London fan club podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life, like players, fans, journalists who have covered the club and functionaries and experts and thus make our BvB more accessible to non-German speakers in particular. On today's episode, Ben is joined by Mark Sheppard to explore the incredible story of 2008 FA Cup winners Portsmouth FC and the crisis that led to the 2013 fan takeover and find out why 50+1 the regulation in the Bundesliga that means German clubs remain majority-owned by their members could never, almost never, work in the UK and what it means for German football in light of clubs like RB Leipzig.  Special guests on the show are the former chairman of Portsmouth FC Iain McInnes, now the Chairman of Southern Football League team Gosport Borough FC (7th Tier Verbandsliga in Germany) the 2014 League trophy finalists that were founded in 1944, that play at the 4500 capacity Privett Park stadium. Iain runs a business in the electronics industry and himself played for Portsmouth U17 in his youth. Also on the show is Colin Farmery a former board director of Portsmouth FC and a journalist who has written for Uk publications When Saturday Comes and The Guardian he is currently head of communications at Gosport Borough FC. Both are long term Portsmouth fans since the 1960s and were instrumentally involved in the ownership of the club during the era of the ownership by the 'Pompey Supporters Trust' a takeover that saw thousands of fans come together to buy the club after a series of disastrous takeovers that pushed the club into administration twice.  We also contrast the financial crisis at Portsmouth FC with that at BvB of 2005 and find out what role the fans played in saving both clubs and laying the foundation for the future. They explain what happened, how it worked, why it was needed and what their roles in the takeover were. As on every show the hosts and the guests also share stories of their visits to Westfalenstadion and what makes BvB, the club we love BVB. We hope you enjoy the show, send us your comments, share the show with friends and remember for all the news and to apply for tickets to join the London BvB community at our Stammtisch at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland or come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar in Cleveland street during the season.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to the Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London podcast the show that brings all things BVB to the UK with news, special guests, interviews and special features on this unique football club and the German league, the Bundesliga. On today's show, Ben is joined by Mark Sheppard and Colm McNabola an Irish member of our club and a Fulham season ticket holder to chat with Niclas Jensen the former Denmark international and Borussia Dortmund Centreback who also played for PSV Eindhoven, Manchester City, Fulham and his home club FC Copenhagen now a FIFA talent agent.  Niclas won the Eredivisie with PSV Eindhoven and 2 titles with FC Copenhagen and earned 62 caps for Denmark playing at the 2002 World cup where he was tasked with marking David Beckham in the last 16 and 2004 European Championships in Portugal.  On the show, Niclas shares how he fulfilled his childhood dream to become a professional footballer and represent his country at a FIFA World cup. Reveals some great stories about his two seasons at Westfalenstadion in the Bundesliga and UEFA Cup at a challenging time under Matthias Sammer and then Bert Van Marwijk alongside legends like Tomas Rosicky, Sebastian Kehl, Roman Weidenfeller, Jan Koller and Christoph Metzelder like his rivalry with Dede and what makes Revierderby more important than relegation. What makes Dortmund a special city to live and play football in.    Plus we hear about his time with Manchester City under Kevin Keegan at Maine Road and Fulham in the Premier League including stories about playing alongside Erling Haaland's father Alf-Inge and why Peter Schmeichel is the still the best keeper and the miracle of how Coleman kept Fulham up in 2007.  As on every show we also catch up on the latest BVB results and gossip and the guests also share stories of their visits to Westfalenstadion and what makes BvB - BVB.  We hope you enjoy the show, send us your comments, share the show with friends and remember for all the news and to apply for tickets to join the London BvB community at our Stammtisch at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland or come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar in Cleveland street during the season.     All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to the Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London podcast the show that brings all things BVB to the UK with news, special guests, interviews and special features on this unique football club and the German league, the Bundesliga. On today's show, Ben is joined by Kieran Maguire a football finance expert at the University of Liverpool who regularly features on Sky and the BBC as well as his own weekly podcast The Price of Football.  My second guest is Stuart Rayner the chief football writer at the Yorkshire Post newspaper who has written a number of books including The War of the white roses and Five Trophies and a funeral.  On the show we talk BVB finances how the Borussia make money, why it's model is successful, how the Corona situation is likely to impact the transfer market and potential transfers including Jadon Sancho, what makes the 50+1 model unique and contrast with Premier League finances. We also hear some interesting insights in Brighton Hove and Albion and Leeds United clubs and their struggles to maintain their campaigns in the Premier League and Championship. As on every show the guests also share stories of their visits to Westfalenstadion and what makes BvB.     The show kicks off with Stuart interviewing Kieran on how he became a football expert and what it's like running the Football MBA programme at the University of Liverpool and it was, of course, Felix Magath who took VFL Wolfsburg to the title find out more on the show..and enjoy the new title music!    We hope you enjoy the show, send us your comments, share the show with friends and remember for all the news and to apply for tickets to join the London BvB community at our Stammtisch at our online group at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland or come to watch a game at our meet-up Stammtisch at the Naughty Bar in Cleveland street during the season.    All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to the Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London podcast the show that brings all things BVB to the UK with news, special guests, interviews and special features on the world's greatest football club and the German league, the Bundesliga.  On today's show, Ben is joined by guest Mark Sheppard and by Die Zeit newspaper and the BBC's Constantin Eckner as well as Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling a celebrated football author compiler of 'Die Chronik' a definitive history of BVB, published in November 19, one of four books he has written on Borussia Dortmund. Dietrich has also written books about Celtic, Liverpool, the DFB National team, Johan Cruyff, CF Barcelona, the FIFA world cup and the history of his home team Preussen Muenster.  On tonight's pod, Dietrich takes us on a journey of his attendance at BVB matches and interviewing the makers and shakers who during the last 50 years of BVB history as every week Mark contrasts with the era in English football plus some controversy about Guenther Kutowski and his second Meisterschaft - don't know Kutowski? You need to, find out more on the show. As the show was recorded after the Derby this week we have no match preview and news section.   We hope you enjoy the show, send us your comments, share the show and remember to join the London BvB community our Stammtisch match day meet-ups or online to catch up on all the news at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.     All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

  Welcome to the Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London podcast the show that brings all things BVB to the UK with news, special guests, interviews and special features on the world's greatest football club and the German league, the Bundesliga.  On today's show, Ben is joined by Arsenal FC Supporters Liasion officer the one and only Mark Brindle, a Gooner from birth, Mark has been at the helm of fan management at the Emirates stadium for over a decade, Mark opens up about life at one of the top Premier League teams, we also talk about common legends including Aubameyang, Papa, Rosicky, Mkhitaryan and former keeper Jens Lehmann. We contrast the academy styles of the two clubs and how youth football is run in Germany and England.  As on every show, we get the BVB news including transfer targets, why Arsenal's Buyako Saka could be the one for Borussia and get stuck into European cup nights between London and Dortmund's great clubs at Westfalenstadion and in North London.  Ben founder and president of Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London is also joined by guest Mark Sheppard of Sportsline UK. We hope you enjoy the show, send us your comments, share the show and remember to join the London BvB community our Stammtisch match day meet-ups or online to catch up on all the news at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.     All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to episode 3 of the London BVB Podcast the show which brings the BVB world to London, this week the to talk about two clubs connected by the 'Kloppmeister' otherwise known as Jürgen Norbert Klopp Ben of the fan club is joined by Spielverlagerung's Constantin Eckner and Liverpool Echo sports writer Matt Addison and Tom and Jay of Meridian 107 FM Radio sports desk We talk past Klopp and his Anfield revolution, shared players Emre Can, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Nuri Sahin, Patrick Berger and European nights including the 2016 Europa league quarterfinals and the 1966 Cup winners cup final as well as respect between the fans of two great clubs who share one special anthem.  You can follow our guests on Twitter at: Constantin Eckner @cc_eckner and Matt Addison @MattAddison97. Follow Tom and Jay or Meridian 107 FM @themeridianss. As ever join us at the Stammtisch meet-up on match days at Naughty Bar in Marleybone for Dortmunder Union beer and live BVB match coverage and online find the club at Facebook.com/BorussiaDortmundFanClubEngland Thanks for listening, be sure to share if you love the show and leave a review   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to episode 2 of the Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London podcast, on today's episode Ben of the fan club welcomes guests Tom Gilchrist and Jay Crame of Meridian 107 FM Radio sports show and Joe O'Rourke the general secretary of the Celtic supporters association to talk matches, players and cultures, what makes the special respect between the two sets of fans from the two industrial cities and by now legendary football clubs.     Topics include the UEFA cup matches of the 1980s, Murdo MacLeod, Paul Lambert and 1997 and why You never walk alone will always be an anthem at Westfalenstadion Dortmund's home ground.    As every week we cover all the latest news from Germany's greatest football club, this week that includes the potential return of the Bundesliga behind closed doors in May, potential transfer targets and the options for one Mario Götze.     Please join us at Stammtisch to watch Borussia Dortmund matches at the Naughty Bar in Marleybone on match days and online at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland and subscribe, share and leave a review on the podcast.  Heja BVB!   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020. 

Welcome to the BvB London fan club podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life, like players, fans, journalists who have covered the club and functionaries and experts and thus make our BvB more accessible to non-German speakers in particular. On today's show, Ben's guests include Daily Mail football writer Adam Shergold, Mark Sheppard of Sportsline and Tom Gilchrist and Jay Crame of Meridian 107 FM Radio sports desk we talk about BVB's season to date, the Corona crisis and how it's impacted football fans and the season and Jay, a die-hard Crystal Palace fan spills the beans on his recent and first-ever trip to Westfalenstadion and what makes Dortmund such a special football experience for UK fans. We hope you enjoy the show, send us your comments, share the show and remember to join the London BvB community our Stammtisch match day meet-ups or online to catch up on all the news at Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.   All rights reserved Borussia Dortmund London Ltd 2020.