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Fußball 101: Fan Friendships
Bayern and Bochum. Nürnburg and Schalke. Karlsruhe and Hertha. How did these fanbases become famous friends?
Aug 22 • Tom Ritchie
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Bundesletter Book Club Jul/Aug
A round-up of the best books, articles and media on the German game I’ve consumed over the past month.
Aug 19 • Tom Ritchie
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Bundesletter Podcast #8 — Seb Stafford-Bloor
On covering Florian Wirtz's Liverpool deal, the openness of the German football culture and the return of the Stadtderby to the Bundesliga.
Jul 25 • Tom Ritchie
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Graffiti Wars: A battle for territory in East Berlin
Why I’m obsessed with electricity boxes
Jul 18 • Tom Ritchie
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Bundesletter Podcast #7 — Derek Rae
Confessions of a self-confessed lifelong Germanophile
Jul 11 • Tom Ritchie
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Top 5 Groundhopping Spots in Berlin
Die Haupstadt’s football scene isn’t limited to the Alte Foresterei or the Oly. Club football breathes life into neighbourhoods across Berlin. We asked…
Sep 19
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Die 56 — An update
Plans for the newsletter in the 2025/26 season.
Jul 8 • Tom Ritchie
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Die 56 — The first two months of the season
How will we cover the opening weeks of the 25/26 Bundesliga season
Jun 9 • Tom Ritchie
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Bundesletter Podcast #6 — Stefan Bienkowski
On the German football media, Bayern's dominance in English-speaking coverage and transfer speculation
Jun 3 • Tom Ritchie
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We'll always have Berlin
Arminia Bielefeld... What a season. We asked diehard Arminia fan Misha Verollet-Dahncke from Unmodern Football to write about his experience at the…
May 30 • Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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Defying Gravity - Kaiserslautern’s Two-Year Climb to the Bundesliga Summit
Sam White from Maldini’s Chain tells the scarcely believable story of ‘Die Roten Teufel’s’ title victory in 1997/98
May 21 • Sam White
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Fußball 101: Saying goodbye
Anfield’s treatment of Trent Alexander-Arnold has got tongues wagging; in Germany, things are done very differently
May 16 • Tom Ritchie
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