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 Bosnia-Herzegovina international and Stoke City midfielder Mario Vrančić.
The 1.87m midfielder, who played 37 matches for BVB II scoring an impressive 16 goals between 2011-12, has notched up 27 matches scoring 3 goals for 'The Potters' this season.
The Bosnia-Herzegovina international who has gained 6 caps so far, previously played for Germany at U17-U20 levels.
The 32-year-old played for Norwich City between 2017-21 playing 123 matches and scoring 15 goals.
Vrančić worked his way up in the Mainz 05 youth system before joining BVB II in 2011. Paderborn 07 in 2012 playing three seasons with the East Westfalia team.
In 2015 the talented midfielder joined 2. Liga club (second tier) Darmstadt 98 where he notched up 45 matches scoring 6 goals for 'Die Lillien' who play their football at the 17,000 capacity 'Stadion am Böllenfalltor'.
Vrančić left Carrow road for Stoke City where he plays alongside players like former England international Phil Jagielka and Wales international Joe Allen and Scotland's Steve Fletcher.
On today's show, we discuss life in the Bundesliga, the Championship and the Premier League over a career that has spanned 15 years so far.
1. First steps in football growing up in Germany.
2. Academy life and playing with Mainz 05 alongside Neven Subotic, current BVB coach Marco Rose and current Mainz coach Bo Svensson and Andre Schuerrle.
2. David Wagner and BVB come calling. A chance to join the U23 of a champions league winner in the team with Ilkay Gundogan, Moritz Leitner Mitch Langerak, Marcel Halstenberg and winning the title in the Regionaliga-West.
3. A break into the Bundesliga a two-year contract with newly promoted Paderborn 07, Bundesliga debut against Hertha Berlin, a brace against VFL Bochum and playing against BVB.
4. 'Die Lillien' transfer to Darmstadt 98 reunion with US international Terence Boyd how does the 2. Liga compare to the Championship?
5. 'Die Kanarienvoegel' 4 years in East-Anglia with the yellows, debut against Fulham. Life in the Championship. First goal against Spurs. winning promotion to the Premier League twice.
6. Daniel Farke's 'german gang' at Carrow road; Stiepemann, Hernandez, Leitner, Trybull, Klose and Franke, Heise and Passlack.
7. What makes the Premier League special? Encounters with legends and spectacular football grounds of the top English league.
8. International career including winning the European U19 Championship with Germany and switch to Bosnia-Herzegovina, debut against the 'Red Devils' and Axel Witsel, just how good is Edin Hazard?
9. Current season at Stoke City and future plans after the active career.
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.
Episode 49 ’Bundesliga vs Premier, raining on Klopp’s parade and life at the Ashton’ with Switzerland A international, Bristol City Centre-back Timm Klose
Episode 48 A joint podcast with the ’Outside Write’ podcast: How can football be more sustainable and reduce it’s impact on the environment?
Episode 47 German language episode Es sollte anders kommen! Sebastian Tyrala Trainer TuS Bövinghausen, Polnischer A Nationalspieler, BVB Mittelfeldspieler 2006-8
Episode 45 Bundesliga in Europe in 21/22 with guest Sky Sports TV Germany presenter Sascha Bacinski
Episode 44: FIFA World Cup Draw special: Guests Deutsche Welle TV Africa correspondent Lolade Adewuyi and Sebastian Schächter, CEO Schächter Sports, former Germany U20 midfielder.
Episode 43 ’Wir sind alle am Borsigsplatz geboren’ English-language interview with recording artist and life-long BVB fan Andy Schade
Episode 42: Highs and Lows of Season 21/22 guest Bundesliga Channel match commentator Phil Bonney
Episode 41 ’Revierderby ist etwas besonderes” Mit Gast Norbert Eilenfeldt (Arminia Bielefeld, 1 FC Kaiserslautern)
Episode 40 ’ Die Hohenbuschei’ German language episode with guest FC Augsburg defender Felix Götze (BVB 2013-15)
Episode 39 German language episode: Guest BVB Fan and author Bruno Reekers ’50 years following the Black and yellows’
Episode 38 with Christoph Zimmermann Norwich City Centre-back (BVB U23s 2015-17)‘ The Premier League is intense and uncompromising‘
Episode 37 with Cedric van der Gun (BVB 05/06, Ajax 1999-03) BVB v Ajax Champions League Preview
Episode 36 ’ You don’t win the Bundesliga by mistake’ with guest Sunday Oliseh, defensive midfielder, coach, broadcaster and Olympic gold medallist with Nigeria.
Episode 35 The hidden force on the sidelines:.German language interview Massimo Mariotti (BVB academy coach and interpreter 2003-2018)
Episode 34 guest Hamadi Al Ghaddioui VFB Stuttgart Centreforward (BVB U23 16-17) ’I grew up playing street football’.
German language episode - Episode 33 Guest Knut Reinhardt (BVB 1991-99) - Knuuuuuuuut!
Episode 32 Daniel Farke's 'Die Kanarienvögel' talking the Dortmund-Norwich connection with Ben Ambrose host of 'Norwich Talk' the Norwich City podcast
Episode 31 ’Bomber, Bomber, Bomber’ German Language episode guest Hartmut Wiegand BVB Kitman and coach driver 1982-2002 ’BVB is a Ruhrgebiet club, that’s how it should always be’.
Episode 30 Pokalfinale preview, season review and the wonder that is Edin Terzic with Bundesliga Presenter Abel Meszaros Sport 1 TV Hungary, Talking Fussball
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