Dortmund Fan Club London Podcast of the fan club founded in 2013
Sports:Football
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?
Money, Money, Money! Could a Premier League salary cap level the European playing field, and who is Arne Slot? Guest Dutch TV analyst Cedric Van der Gun (Winger BVB 05-06, Ajax, Swansea, FC Utrecht)
Episode 70: Halbfinaleeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Special Guest Rüdiger Ziehl coach of 1 FC Saarbrücken (3 Liga).
Episode 69: Just say Nein! Bundesliga fans say no to more corporate investment, what now? Guests David Hellier Sports business writer (Bloomberg) and Mark Meehan Chelsea FC shadow board member.
Episode 67:UEFA Euro 2024 Preview with guests Andreas Gschaider (B42 Football) and Stuart Rayner (The Yorkshire Post)
Episode 66 German language episode: Merhabalar Erdal! Ein Interview mit Erdal Keser Striker BVB 1980-87 (Turkiye Nationalspieler, Galatasary, Sanye KR FC)
Episode 65 German language episode - Interview mit Bachirou Salou BVB Striker 1998-99 (Togo, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Moenchengladbach) ” Endlich in der Bundesliga angekommen”.
Episode 64 23/24 Champions League draw with guest Tom Middler: Match commentator BVB TV, host ’The Other Bundesliga’ Austrian football podcast
Episode 63: A 23/24 Bundesliga preview, and a look at the challenges for the DFB ahead, with coach Holger Osieck (Germany assistant manager 1987-90, VfL Bochum, Olympique Marseilles, Fernebahce):
Episode 62: German language episode with Guest Mike Rietpiesch (Deutschland U21, 1. FC Union Berlin, Bayer 04 Leverkusen): ”in der Nationalmannschaft zu spielen sollte für jeden das größte sein”.
Episode 61: German-language episode: ’Wie der BVB das Rennen für sich entscheiden kann’: Mit Thomas Helmer Verteidiger (BVB 1986-92)
Episode 60: ’Made in Africa’ with special guest author Ed Aarons.
Episode 59: ”BVB were an inspiration this season, they will be back stronger” An interview with Matthew Amoah (Striker BVB 2005-7)
Episode 58: The UK Government’s Football governance review with: Ed Aarons, Deputy Sports Editor The Guardian Newspaper.
Episode 56 Chelsea Champions League preview with Chelsea Fancast host ’Stamford Chidge’.
Episode 55 ’The Wagner effect’ Focus on Norwich City coach David Wagner (BVB II 2011-15) ’with special guests Stuart Rayner (Yorkshire Post), Connor Southwell (Eastern Daily Press)
Episode 54 How far can Die Mannschaft go? FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament review with Cedric van der Gun (BVB 05-06) and Kai Dambach Deutsche Welle Radio.
Episode 53 German language episode Martin Kree BVB Verteidiger (1994-98) ”Wer kann schon sagen das er in 2 Stunden 100,000 Menschen die Hand gegeben hat?”
Episode 52: ’Europapokal’ 22/23 Champions League season preview with Conor Pfister, social media manager Paris Saint-Germain FC and Colin Farmery, WSC magazine.
Episode 51 2. Bundesliga 22/23 season preview with Sport 1 Germany TV presenter Ralf Bosse
Episode 50 London’s great football clubs introduced by Vinny Samways (Spurs, Everton, Sevilla) and Rimmel Daniel Grenada international, Gillingham, Leyton Orient.
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