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Post by stu77 on Nov 21, 2023 19:45:28 GMT
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Post by stu77 on Nov 27, 2023 15:26:03 GMT
This was on last night.
Gonna watch it on catch-up tonight.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 27, 2023 15:30:34 GMT
I look forward to your reaction Stu
I've added it to my NowTV watch list
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 27, 2023 19:41:56 GMT
I've watched the first 40 minutes
Really interesting
I went to Berlin at the end of last year and did a fair bit of Stasi related stuff so I was already v receptive
Poor old Lutz Eigendorf eh?
Hoping they cover the fan culture which got pretty wild at BFCD in the late 80s
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Stasi FC
Nov 27, 2023 23:31:47 GMT
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Post by stu77 on Nov 27, 2023 23:31:47 GMT
Only seen the first half hour. I knew about the first defector (there were others later) as I read a book about the history of German football. I can receive German TV on my satellite dish and see these former DDR clubs a lot. If I ever go there I plan to take in a few games, probably in Berlin, which has a ton of semi professional clubs  |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 28, 2023 9:42:01 GMT
Interesting that I cannot see Babelsberg on your map Stu
SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin.
I take a passing interesting in them, this from Wikipedia...
Filmstadt Inferno 99 are the clubs ultras group. The fanatics stand in the North part of the stadium. The supporters hold left-wing and anti-fascist political views.As a result, they have strong friendships with St. Pauli and Celtic. They also had a strong friendship with Partizan Minsk, but this was discontinued after the club was disbanded.
Babelsberg 03 have a fierce rivalry with nearby club Energie Cottbus, a faction of whose supporters hold far-right political views
Most of the vids on YouTube are in German but here's an English one from about a year ago...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 28, 2023 9:47:03 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 28, 2023 9:50:32 GMT
Ooh, just discovered this vid from BFC Dynamo v SV Babelsberg 03 from two months ago
Another spicy encounter given Babelsberg's left leaning proclivities...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 28, 2023 9:59:00 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 29, 2023 16:39:49 GMT
Documentary on Sky next week about Dynamo Berlin , the team of the Stasi (secret police) in East Germany in the 70s and 80s I've watched a bit more of this and hope to finish it tonight I feel sorry for the three poor bastards at Dynamo Dresden who got tricked into attempting a defection - all ended up in prison - and thereby weakening Dresden who were BFC Dynamo's biggest rivals |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 29, 2023 18:45:02 GMT
Very good - thanks Stu
Not enough on the fan stuff but it touched on it
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