Welcome to the Dortmund London Fan Club community podcast, join us for a fan led journey to the heart of the ‘die Südtribüne‘, BVB‘s Yellow Wall, the South Terrace of 26,000 fans behind the goal, one of the world‘s biggest single stands and greatest football fan experiences. On each of the shows, we meet guests from BVB past and present, coaches, players, writers and fans, our aim is to bring the world of Borussia Dortmund to English-speaking audiences with insight, commitment and ’Echte Liebe’. Amongst our guests so far we have had TV Presenter Rapha Honigstein, former coach Bert van Marwijk, former players like Philipp Degen, Knut Reinhardt, Niclas Jensen, Bernd Klotz, Andre Bergdolmo, Sunday Oliseh, Christoph Zimmerman, Steffen Karl and Mayor of Dortmund Ulli Sierrau as well as England legend Tony Woodcock and Celtic supporters clubs president Joe O’Rourke. Please note we are not the official podcast of Borussia Dortmund, we are a podcast run by fans of the club and are not affiliated in any way to the football club in Dortmund. The official Borussia Dortmund podcast can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/borussia-dortmund-podcast/id1503379263 If you would like more information on joining our 100% unofficial fan club of BVB in London, go to: Facebook.com/Borussiadortmundfanclubengland Thank you for checking out our show, please subscribe and share with your friends.
Episodes
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 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 .
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Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 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. The book referred to at 22:20 is 'Das Reboot' by Raphael Honigstein. The biography of Franz Beckenbauer that is mentioned is: The seven lives of Der Kaiser by Ulrich Heese.
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.
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 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 .
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Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 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. Ein 2-4 beim 'Klassiker' in München und raus aus dem Pokal in Leipzig aber ein knapper 2-1 gegen Union, analyse der Spiele und wie geht es nun weiter für den BvB?
2. Als Fan auf der Südtribüne bei den Abstiegspiele gegen Fortuna 1986.
3. Von der Arminia zur Borussia, Vertrag, Freunde und Highlights.
4. Europapokal, UEFA Cup 1987, Velez Mostar, Celtic, Brügge.
5. Pokalsieger 1989 der Höhepunkt in Berlin.
6. Erinnerungen an den Rückehr zum Westfalenstadion als Bayern Spieler.
7. Next Stop Bayern, Erfolge und Kopfkratzen, was ist eigentlich das besondere an den FCB?
8. Eine Saison bei den 'Black Cats' AFC Sunderland in der Premier League.
09. Unterwegs mit der deutschen Nationalmannschaft unter anderem: die EM in Schweden 1992, Sieger in England 1996 und die WM Frankreich 1998 und ein Blick auf die WM 2024 in Deutschland, was kann 'Die Nationalmannschaft' erreichen?
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 .
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Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 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.
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.
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Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 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 show, our guest is a 45-time Ghana international and current U18 coach of NAC Breda.
The 1.77m former striker, played 17 matches for BVB between 2005-7.
The former Ghana senior international striker who gained 45 caps scoring 13 goals.
The now fourty-two-year-old's former clubs include Vitesse Arnheim between 1998-2005, playing 174 games in which he scored 72 goals.
He also played for Fortuna Sittard on loan for one season in 99/00. After leaving Borussia Dortmund he joined NAC Breda (Eredivisie) where he played 137 games scoring 43 goals.
In 2011/12 Amoah was transferred to the Turkish league where he played for newly-promoted SK Marsin Talimyurdu.
After a season in Turkey's Superlig, he returned to Holland to play for SC Heerenveen, before moving to Heracles Almedo where he completed his career in 2014.
Amoah scored 137 goals in 384 games in his professional career.
On today's show, we discuss life in the Eredivisie, the Bundesliga, the Turkish league, and the Ghana national team, a professional career that spanned 16 years.
1. First steps in football growing up in the Netherlands from the age of fifteen after coming from Ghana.
2. Academy life and playing with Vitesse Arnhem alongside players like former BVB Scottish striker Scott Booth, former Nottingham Forest player Pierre van Hooidonk and being coach by Ronald Koeman.
2. Bert van Marwijk and BVB come calling: A chance to join the champions league winner in the team with Sebastian Kehl, Dede, Tomas Rosicky, Nuri Sahin and Ebi Smolarek.
3. Two seasons in the German game, two top ten finishes but no European competition. Jurgen Rober and Thomas Doll follow on from Bert van Marwijik and competing with Lars Ricken and Jan Koller up front.
4. Highlights of two seasons at the Westfalenstadion including a hattrick in his pre-season debut, first appearance in front of the 'Yellow Wall' against Hannover 96, and a 6 goal thriller at Bayern Munich.
5. What is special about BVB? What could have worked better? What was different about the German game v playing in the Netherlands?
6. A spectacular return to NAC Breda and goals galore, a heroes welcome in Turkey and life as the big star signing. Before final seasons with Heerenveen and Heracles.
7. On the road with the Ghana national team, the magic of the 'Black Stars', the World Cup 2006 in Germany, a first for Ghana, reaching the quarterfinals and in South Africa 2010, getting to the the final of the African Cup of Nations in 2010 and meeting Nelson Mandela.
8. Post playing career coaching and media work and what advice he can give young players.
09. So near and yet so far: Why BVB will be back stronger; the current BVB season 22/23 and views on the squad and potential.
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.
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 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.
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Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 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.
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Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 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 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.
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Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 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 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.
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