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
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 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.
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Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 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.
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 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 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.
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Episode 15 Fan Kultur - Premier League v Bundesliga fan culture
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 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 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.
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?
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 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.
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 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 transferWhat 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 KölnFriends 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.
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
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Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
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Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 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.
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