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
A dense and diverse footballing landscape a little known to those outside of the german capital. founded in berlin and $888.00 is the country s oldest active club ethnic clubs like turkey. community centers for immigrant or minority groups or teams were even on the verge of promotion to the 2nd division in the ninety s but were falsely penalized for incorrectly registering a foreign player i guess that s just multicultural berlin for you babbles barrett base just outside of berlin playing the same ground as women s powerhouse to being a pot stem. sport politically engaged ultracet you. are going to sleep beside tennis but ortega have a different style support but equally progressive identity because i might be in the movie. i just talked about it with i didn t when i found items
Might expect more from a german city with 4000000 residents but the line 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 sort of the city like. between. them and then you. know plenty of the city s football fans might not even be watching the derby. but if you re living in berlin and you re watching just these 2 clubs in your own head you re missing out on so much football and there is drama that you re liable to get laughed at for suggesting berlin is a soccer city but 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 we ve seen the basis is there for even more once you scratch the surface.
Designs and investor pumped 125000000 euros into the club this offseason leading to some exciting new signings including breaking their transfer record and dodie look up akio they ve also got a new coach and high expectations which they think could transform the city s soccer scene. we need some some some success too to build a big. football community as we re as we can see of involvement and goes good. care to claim to represent the whole city don t happen straight 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 berlin in my d.d.r. era and they all have an intractable relationship to their neighborhood of kerpen it plus the fans had literally given up blood sweat and tears for their own. it s
A lot more about the external factors so he plays when the match is all over and where the stadium is and how he gets close to where is his you really really if you feel by the fans come for you there are plenty of reasons berlin could soon become a football city. think they re changing for both of the city s top 5 on paper character 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 regional but this league a member there to draw an average of $49000.00 fans a game more than chelsea you pay in p.s.g. unfortunately big crowds in a boisterous also heard of aren t enough to guarantee a good atmosphere at that massive the limbic stadium which is still half empty with $40000.00 people on it come on the territory they just haven t captured the city s imagination salomon kalou it s probably fair to recognize. as
The best to start a 1st step up and just legal win for the underdogs and the 1st real sensation of the still young season on a history making evening in the early. morning on court everyone s attention and all eyes are now on the german capital compared to other european capitals berlin has always been a black hole when it comes to football brown explains whether that might change. manchester madrid rome liverpool moscow milan istanbul london just about every major european city has at least a couple world famous soccer teams what about here in berlin. despite being capital of football crazed germany bruins are known as being a bit of a soccer black hole better known for thumping techno and fine are going for sports