Into the german culture of looking at the stereotypes the question to me is think the future of the country that i not. Needed to be because grandmother they are you know its all about. Im rachel joins me from the german fundie w. Post. Manchester madrid roller blades in liverpool moscow milan istanbul london just about every major european city has at least a couple of world face. Soccer teams what about here in berlin. Despite being capital of football crazy germany are known as being a bit of a soccer black hole better known for thumping techno and fine are going for sports. Are the citys biggest yes they usually play in the bunch but they struggle and theyve been the only top team in town for a long time berlin hasnt had 2 teams in the bundesliga since the seventys. Species just with a lot of football but i dont think its a focal city heres her to legend and current manager mickael its his response when i ask him to carolyn its a Football City. But. It could be better of course but that looks at the change of this season thats now the newly promoted you know in berlin from the east and heritage in the west both represent berlin in the bundesliga something you cant say for anywhere else in germany. Its just season for linda finally becomes a Football City. Or has it always been one theres constantly a game on got the most teams playing at every level in the country its not like people dont love soccer here but there are reasons its not seen as a Football City lets start with those. Really has a historical feature that sets it apart from just about every city in the world even today all this is played out in the shadow of the berlin wall. Its not just the dark rooms that make for one special few places on earth have witnessed such a ton more choice past as the city and its this history that continues to define. The city was smack in the center of the cold war germany was split between east and west while the capital was divided as well roughly 40 years of division shape todays football landscape. Passion for football is built on rival is duking it out with 8. Neighbors not easy to do when theres literally a wall cutting your city and if. You dont fan and writer in gold it was all about this. In the west so were going to watch the clock in the east so this supported each other so it was like a friendship. In east and west they drank different beers they even had different lights up their crosswalks no surprise they had vastly different football. East and west germany had separately meaning many of biggest clubs like heritage and you know and have rarely played each other west berlin was surrounded by east germany cut off from regional competition. Isolation meant most teams couldnt push each other or develop lasting rivalries. When the wall came down and stop pushed clubs in the west of germany had the cash to poach players from the eastern sides and berlin has been a relatively poor city until recently. It. Has been a heritage fan for decades. Shes proud of how much her club has gotten out of a limited budget. With. Rich western clubs have dominated since the fall of the wall 30 years back former east german clubs are a rarity in the upper leagues which means her to entering your own dont have much competition nearby in the top tier not easy to be a Football City with empty coffers and limited local competition but constant change is built into berlins d. N. A. On paper headed for the biggest club in the city should be a footballing power in their own. Topside were founded before the turn of the century have plenty of history and are in a rigid. This league a member there to draw an average of 49000 fans a game more than chelsea you pay in p. S. G. Unfortunately big crowds in a boisterous oscar of a arent enough to guarantee a good atmosphere at that massive a limbic stadium which is still half empty with 40000. 00 people on it come on its heritage they just havent captured the citys imagination Salomon Kalou its probably fair to say most recognizable players still he told us his favorite part of living in berlin is the peace and quiet. You go outside the city you know bored to the market finds a canal did a big difference. Not sure if that streams Football City characters ads from last season actually had the motto of in berlin you can be anything even a hare to feel inspired. Despite their tradition and fan culture her to have a reputation for being a bit soulless it doesnt help that theyre so middle of the road on the field just because then fairy covers berlins Lower League Football for bloody hell magazine. Nothing shoot me against but they had to find them very boring but some plain boring means authenticity its a long time spans the whole time to she believes that if you vote for me no one knew i found my mind to be one. That might change care to clearly have grander designs and investor pumped 125000000 euros into the club this offseason leading to some exciting new signings including breaking their transfer record dodie look up akio. We need some. Some success to rebuild a big. Football should never be a community as we. Can see of involvement and goes good. Care to claim to represent the whole city on having strayed from their local eastern rights. On your own stand for the best of berlin soccer they have a storied history presenting themselves as an alternative to the state police back to normal for a win in the d. D. R. Era and they all have an intractable relationship to their neighborhood of corruption and plus the fans have literally given up blood sweat and tears for their oh. Its not like 20089 that was like the last rebuilding off the stadium where a lot of. 2000 fans actually took part voluntarily. And actions have made global headlines perpetuating an oft oversimplified myth but now many fans roll their eyes when they hear the phrase cold club yes im tired of that really. Improve play and the legendary status of their fan culture has caused some growing pains. This family feeling was being. Challenged at the moment in the past 3 years the stadium was almost every game sold out what we have 30000 members you know we have like i think 5 years ago we had the wrong 12000. In typical fashion when you didnt raise ticket prices for their 1st ever promotion to the bundesliga it will be a tough slog at the top but selling out the stadium wont be a problem on your own inherits and they have had across well friendship in the old days and this is only their 3rd ever season in the same league still promotion could reset things. You dont inherit so far and in fact a fierce rivals but if to no one can manage to stay up long enough for the q. Cups to develop a history of playing against one another this therapy might just be what it takes to weeknight the soccer scene in this. Book does berlin really need hair to anyone young to succeed to become a Football City or has it been one all along. Whats affordable city its lots when you look only like it to see the success like in professional football when. Look at the culture of cultures a very diverse football culture and but then we have like bought it for the Football Club berlin has just about as many soccer teams as a journalist cant walk more than 5 minutes about stumbling i mean charming historic grounds the clubs dotting the city have proud histories and ties to their local communities so lets run through a dense and diverse footballing landscape a little known to those outside of the german capital. Founded in berlin and 888 is the countrys oldest active club clubs like to keep. Community centers for immigrant or minority groups. Even on the verge of promotion to the 2nd division in the ninetys but were falsely penalized for incorrectly registering a foreign player i guess thats just multicultural berlin for you that was very base just outside of berlin playing the same ground as womens powerhouse to being a part stem and sport a politically engaged ultra senior. Former bundesliga side tennis or tae day have a different style support but equally progressive identity because it. Is and. I think i found that by themself im so young that. You can see. What i see their history in west berlin and the regional leagues in the 90s means that take the scene both known and tear to as rivals as t. V. How was we once i struck everybody but when you want as i want or do i think my living space by the. Hour. But im not trying to find out which will win shot im going off on how to friends about fine and also its not all berlin football history is glorious just look at his money over land. His money have the power distinction of the bundesliga as the worst ever record or theres dino. 10 time d. D. R. Champs formerly favored by the east German Secret Police today they play in the 4th division but are still probably unions biggest rivals known 10 ingo wont even say their names no im not going to say the name of god i think. It might have no this book fair amount of fall and said to him to the stadium and i wish i could tell you that that within our future outbreak can inspire lin but unfortunately if you know has a reputation of being filled with right wing fans so in the off chance they can smell my ethnic background i think its time we get out here. For every cool team playing at the local or regional level and has about 15 nonleague sides its nonstop football here in berlin and all of these Lower Division clubs have their own identities and stories to tell. The scene is fantastic but it seems like a waste with all these awesome teams whiling away in the 4th 5th and 6th divisions. Berlin is nothing if not constantly changing soccer here is no different than you might expect more from a german city with 4000000 residents but berlin is buzzing about having 2 teams in the bundesliga for the 1st time in over 40 years. It would be of course a lot of pressure on them to sit in the city like who will sit between. Them and us though plenty of the citys football fans might not even be watching the derby. But if youre living in berlin and youre watching just these 2 clubs in your own head youre missing out on so much football and there is drama there is action youre liable to get laughed at for suggesting berlin is a soccer city its still a far cry from london or madrid but things finally seem set to change at the top thanks so when you own any character and as weve seen the basis is there for even more once you scratch past the surface. Enter the conflict zone on the front of the powerful 4 monster grow chill the president ial elections in America Donald trump is sinking in the polls and now is full of a National Security adviser says he isnt fit to be president anyway john bolton is my guest this week from washington how much damage from broken bones to america and the rest of the. Conflicts of. Dollars. On the 77 percent we talk about the issues that. Many Young Africans view providing for their families as an owner. What happens if they barely able to feed themselves. 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