Author: Ben McFadyean

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Hummels, Götze, Wegmann & Co: The Greats That Made History With BVB And FC Bayern

Hummels, Götze, Wegmann & Co: The Greats That Made History With BVB And FC Bayern

By Ben McFadyean. With the Klassiker at the Dortmund Westfalenstadion imminently upon us, it's time to look back at some of the players and coaches [...]
Fan-Owned Stadiums: St Pauli Lead The Way With Fan-Powered Stadium Bond

Fan-Owned Stadiums: St Pauli Lead The Way With Fan-Powered Stadium Bond

By  Ben McFadyean. In a time when clubs are struggling due to the impact of the cost of living crisis and the continuing after-effects of the COVID [...]
Highly Rated: The English Game Is Proving Fruitful For The Pick Of The Bundesliga Academies

Highly Rated: The English Game Is Proving Fruitful For The Pick Of The Bundesliga Academies

By Ben McFadyean. Followers of England's top tier regularly enjoy the performances of German household names like Manchester City's İlkay Gündoğan, T [...]
New Coach: VfL Bochum Bring In Relegation Expert Hecking

New Coach: VfL Bochum Bring In Relegation Expert Hecking

By Ben McFadyean. Dieter Hecking is back in the Bundesliga as a head coach and will take on the task of saving VfL Bochum from relegation. The 60- [...]
DFB Pokal Round Of 16 Preview As Draw Produces Big Bayern v Bayer Clash

DFB Pokal Round Of 16 Preview As Draw Produces Big Bayern v Bayer Clash

By Ben McFadyean. The draw for the German FA Cup, the DFB Pokal, took place on Sunday. In what should be the top fixture in the draw, Rekordmeister [...]
Fans Are Not Onside With Jürgen Klopp’s Decision To Join Red Bull As Global Head Of Soccer

Fans Are Not Onside With Jürgen Klopp’s Decision To Join Red Bull As Global Head Of Soccer

By Ben McFadyean. The move to the contentious Red Bull Football Group is official and so may well be the departure of Jürgen Klopp's former hero st [...]
“Union Berlin Deserve To Be The Top Club In Berlin” — An Interview With Jörg Heinrich

“Union Berlin Deserve To Be The Top Club In Berlin” — An Interview With Jörg Heinrich

An interview with Jörg Heinrich, Ben McFadyean. Borussia Dortmund travel today to Union Berlin. In a week in which Die Schwarzgelben hammered Cel [...]
Nils Schmadtke Set To Replace Markus Pilawa As Chief Scout At Bayern Munich

Nils Schmadtke Set To Replace Markus Pilawa As Chief Scout At Bayern Munich

By Ben McFadyean. Bayern Munich will hire Nils Schmadtke as their new chief scout, replacing Markus Pilawa who left the club earlier in the week, a [...]
From The Archive: A 2018 Interview With Manfred “Manni” Burgsmüller

From The Archive: A 2018 Interview With Manfred “Manni” Burgsmüller

An interview with the late Manfred "Manni" Burgsmüller conducted by Ben McFadyean in 2018. Hey Manni, it's a really special thing for me to talk [...]
Bochum Slip, Dynamo Dresden Among The Surprise Packages, Alemannia Aachen Show They Were Worth The Wait:

Bochum Slip, Dynamo Dresden Among The Surprise Packages, Alemannia Aachen Show They Were Worth The Wait:

By Ben McFadyean. Among the surprise packages in this weekend's DFB Pokal first round, which extends into Tuesday, were third-tier Arminia Bielefel [...]
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