Question him you think is a loser country guy not blame. Needed to be picked for this drama they all believe its all about a bomb no im a joke join me to meet the germans on the w. Post. Manchester madrid rome lisbon liverpool moscow milan ystem bold london just about every major european city has it least a couple world famous song. Her teams what about here in berlin. Despite being capital of football crazed germany are known as being a bit of a soccer black hole better known for thumping techno and fine are going for sports. Bar the city. They usually play in the bundesliga but they struggle and theyve been the only top team in town for a long time berlin hasnt had 2 teams in the since the seventys. With a lot of football but i dont think its a Football City heres her the legend and current manager mickael credits his response when i ask him if its a Football City. 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. Is this just season for linda finally becomes a Football City. Or has it always been one theres constantly a game 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. Not just the dark rooms that make Berlin Special few places on earth have witnessed such a ton more past tense 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 rivals as you can get out with a good name. Its not easy to do when theres literally a wall cutting your city and. Your own fan and writer in gold it was all about this. Cup in the west so were going to watch the cop in the east so disappointed each other so it was like a friendship you know. In east and west they trying different beers they even had different lights at their crosswalks no surprise they had vastly different football fields. East and west germany had separate leagues meaning many of biggest clubs like heritage and you know and have rarely played each other. In 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 stablished clubs in the west of germany had the cash to poach players from eastern sides and berlins been a relatively poor city until recently. David lean is going to head to fan for decades. Shes proud of how much her club has gotten out of a limited budget. Over im a klutz. 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 hair 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 harry the biggest club in the city should be a footballing power in their own right. Top side were founded before the turn of the century have plenty of history and are in a regional blood. A member pair to draw an average of 49000 fans a game more than chelsea you day in p. S. G. Unfortunately big crowds in a boisterous oscar of a arent enough to guarantee a good atmosphere at that massive the Olympic Stadium which is still half empty with 40000. 00 people on it. Its heritage they just havent captured the citys imagination Salomon Kalou is probably heritage most recognizable player still he told us his favorite part of living in berlin is the peace and quiet. You go outside the city numbered to mark farms i think that will be the big difference. I am 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 head but they had to find them very boring but some find boring means authenticity its a long time stamps the whole country she believes believes it pushed me naive when he thought i might be good. That might change her 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 and dodi luka bucky oh. We need some. Sort of success to have to build a big. Football coach in the community as were very conceited and bought into her. Hair to claim to represent the whole city dont happen straight from their local eastern alliance. On your own stand for the past 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 job. Its not like 20089 that was like the last rebuilding off the stadium where a lot of more than like 2000 fans actually took part in terror really. Spin actions have made global headlines perpetuating an oft oversimplified myth by now many fans roll their eyes when they hear the phrase cold club. Yes im tired of that really dont improve play in 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 all we have and all 30000 members you know we have like i think 5 years ago we had the wrong 12000. Typical fashion 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 be fierce rivals but if you knew no one can manage to stay up long enough for the q. Clubs to develop a history of playing against one another this therapy might just be what it takes to ignite the soccer scene in this town. But does it really really need hair to anyone young to succeed to become a Football City or has it been one all along. Whats a Football City its not that when you look only like its a success like in professional football when you. Its a culture of cultures a very diverse culture and by then we have more than 400 football clubs berlin has just about as many soccer teams as journalists 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 community is 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 clark ethnic clubs like to keep. Its Community Centers for immigrant or minority groups. Were 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 your novel is 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 Business League aside tennis or to have a different style support but equally progressive identity. I might be in the. Parking spaces and. I didnt grow up on that by himself im stuck on that. Because. What i see their history in west berlin and the regional leagues in the ninetys means that they seen both in your own and heritage as rivals and. As we were inside. The body. When you were essentially toward the end of the movie so much if you have. Forgotten what i was trying to find out when he often going off on how to fence about how involved are the most which not all berlin football history is glorious just look at his money over land. His money have the crowd distinction of the peninsula has worst ever record or theres 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 10 ingo one you can see there and you know im not going to say the name of god and i think. I might have noticed a fair amount of bald heads heading into the stadium and i wish i could tell you that there was in our future outbreak in east berlin but unfortunately it 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 there. For every cool team playing at the local or regional level berlin has about 15 nonleague sides its nonstop football here in berlin and all of these Lower Division clubs have their own identities in 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 too cold a month between. Them and the un there are 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 folklore 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 your own and character and as weve seen the basis is there for even more once you scratch past the surface. A week. During the corona pandemic. Why not. Make errors fashion designers have gotten creative in the crisis. Theyre presenting their collection on my. Job. W. Make great. Decisions. Were beginning to realize. That while we need south influencing whats going on in our. 45. Girls to. Show that of us are. Insupportable. Was able. To do real work. 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