Supported each other so it was like a friendship. and east and west they drink different beers they even had different lights at the 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 west berlin was surrounded by east germany cut off from regional competition. isolation meant most teams couldn t 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 berlin s been a relatively poor city until recently. has been a heritage fan for decades and. will wish to play. she s proud of how much her club has gotten out of a limit. did budget as. we. would.
Like people don t love soccer here but there are reasons it s not seen as a football city let s 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. it s not just the dark rooms that make berlin special few places on earth have witnessed such a time or 2 us passports the city and it s 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 today s football landscape. passion for football is built on rivalries duking it out with hated neighbors not easy to do when there s literally a wall cutting your city and have. your own fan and writer in go who knows all about this. cup in the west so we re going to watch the clock in the east so this
A ballplayer still he told us his favorite part of living in berlin is the peace and quiet. you go outside the city numbered the 2 might find some. big difference. i am not sure if that screams 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 doesn t help that they re so middle of the road on the field just because then fairy covers berlin s lower league football for bloody hell magazine. nothing. against head but they had to find them very boring because what some find boring means authenticity is a long time spans the whole changes she believes it s just not valuable and gee i thought i might be doing stuff. that might change her to clearly have grander
Of crimes forgotten that by. the condition. of what i and i see their history in west berlin and the regional leagues in the 90s means that t.v. seen both known and heritage as rivals t.v. hyped those who were inside and stuck everybody to metallica but when you went it was actually toward the end of the movie station idea for so much a few of our programs when i was trying to find out which were from stop him from going off on how to friends about how involved find him also which not all berlin football history is glorious just look at his money after winning. his money have the proud distinction of the pundits league has worst ever record and it s a step if held onto since 1956. 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 union s biggest rivals known 10 ingo won t even say their names no i m not going to say the name because going to.
Call for a blood clot still if you. 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 don t 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 berlin s d.n.a. the city s recent growth means fewer than half of berlin residents were born here newcomers arrive with established footballing loyalties and it s often easier to find bars for teams from other cities than it is from hair to arriving from football back to london over a year ago c.e.o. represents a new wave of soccer fans and. whether it is deaf you know football see but it s not all bad. the part of pretty it s