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 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.
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Episode 29 German language episode ’Belief in Borussia’ - guest Pastor Karsten Haug, Holy Trinity Church Borsigplatz, Dortmund the founder church of BVB in 1909.
Episode 28 Has European Super league gone rigor mortis? With guests Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Goalkeeper coach Dennis Gentenaar (BVB 05/06) and Colin Farmery (When Saturday Comes)
Episode 27 German language episode - A goalkeeper for BVB but whom? With guests VFL Osnabrück Goalkeeper coach Rolf Meyer (BVB reserve keeper 1981-91) and Horst Bertram (BVB goalkeeper 1971-83).
Episode 26 UCL preview with Dave Mooney of Manchester City podcast 'Blue Moon' and special guest former BVB (1990-94) and Manchester City (1994/95) midfielder Steffen Karl
Episode 25 Say it with flowers - Welcome Marco Rose with Sascha Staat of Ruhrnachrichten newspaper
Episode 24 The Champions League is back! UCL preview with guest Vinny Samways former FC Sevilla (2002/3) and Everton (1994-96) and Tottenham Hotspurs (1986-94) midfielder.
Episode 23 Good Afternoon Herr Oberbürgermeister - Guest Ulli Sierau Mayor of Dortmund 2009-2020
German language episode 22 Happy 111th Birthday BVB Interview mit Wilfried Schiffer BVB Dauerkarteninhaber seit den 60er Jahre.
Episode 21 with guest Bert van Marwijk ”I dreamt of playing on the other side of the river” BVB head-coach 2004-6, current UEA headcoach
German language episode - Episode 20 ’Roberto Baggio war nicht zu stoppen’ - Gast Mittelfeldspieler Steffen Karl (BVB 1990-94)
Episode 19 ’I only played for big clubs’ with guest Philip Degen BVB defender 2005-8 (Bonus show with the Blood Red Liverpool FC Podcast)
German language Episode 18 - Gast Mittelstürmer Bernd Klotz (BVB 81-84) ’Dortmund war damals ein anderer Klub’
German Language Episode Ep. 17 - Mittelstürmer Will 'Ente' Lippens (BVB 1975-79) 'Ohne Fans ist es Kacke"
Episode 16 ’The Sammer years’ The Centreback former Norway international Andre Bergdølmo (BVB 2003-05)
Episode 15 Fan Kultur - Premier League v Bundesliga fan culture
Episode 14 The TV Presenter: Guest Raphael Honigstein - The season preview, let’s talk Borussia’s Bayern challenge..
Episode 13 ’German football governance is a sustainable model for wider football’ guest Chief Executive Duncan Fraser of Aberdeen FC
Episode 12 ’The Million Deutschmark man’ A Striker’s story England hero special guest Tony Woodcock (Active 1974-90)
Episode 11 ’The flying dutchman’ The Goalkeeper: Guest Dennis Gentenaar BVB reserve keeper (05/06)
Episode 10 Borussia Dortmund London Fan Club Podcast 1.FC Kaiserslautern bust, seriously?! With Nik Wildhagen of Talking Fussball Podcast.
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