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A newsletter and podcast covering German football culture. New issue every Friday: substack.bundesletter.com
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Die 56 is a content series that will see us visit all 56 of the grounds in the top three tiers of German football in the 25/26 season. Along the way, we'll be covering the most important story to each club and their fans.

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Die 56
A tour of the top three-tiers of German football. Die 56 is an article-series and podcast project profiling the clubs across Germany.
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From the vault, for @mundialmag.bsky.social.

Under Nazi occupation, ethnic Poles were banned from participating in athletic activity.

Locals, star players & ex-officials banded together to form underground leagues. It's a scarcely believable story of untold bravery: www.goal.com/mundial/foot...
'Football for Germans' - Rebel leagues in occupied Poland
Football can be a form of resistance in the darkest of times…
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June 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Grab a beer, pull up a bench, watch Southgate’s England shithouse their way to another unearned victory.

The Späti is an essential part of Berlin life. These off-licences are a place of convenience, socialising & during international tournaments, football. bundesletter.substack.com/p/fuball-at-...
Fußball at the Späti
Cheap beers, international football and a precariously perched TV on the street. What else do you need in life?
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June 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What a pleasure to have Misha (@unmodern.football) share his experience from Saturday's DFB-Pokal final.

@arminia.de have enjoyed a season for the ages. Promotion back to the 2.Bundesliga and a magical cup run.

Give Misha a follow, and click the link to read.
May 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A dispatch from the Yellow Wall. Come join us on Europe’s biggest standing terrace, and experience the inside view of a proper pyro party bundesletter.substack.com/p/borussia-d...
Borussia Dortmund (A)
A dispatch from the Yellow Wall
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May 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We've launched a Kickstarter campaign!

Die 56 is a content series that will see us visit all 56 of the grounds in the top three tiers of German football in the 25/26 season. Along the way, we'll be covering the most important story to each club and their fans.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/die...
Die 56
A tour of the top three-tiers of German football. Die 56 is an article-series and podcast project profiling the clubs across Germany.
www.kickstarter.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Fans. Football. District.

The priorities of Millerntor Roar!, the fanzine that shaped @fcstpauli.com's image as an anti-fascist club, were clear.

We spoke to terrace legend Sven Brux about the publication's role in keeping the club at their beloved home bundesletter.substack.com/p/the-mother...
The Mother of all Fanzines: 'Millerntor Roar!'
How the threat of their stadium closing inspired St. Pauli punks to publish a magazine — and create an enduring image for their club
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May 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman start a football magazine...

Jacob Sweetman turned his obsession with Berlin football into a job running English comms for Union Berlin.

Listen back to our first podcast, recorded on a sunny day at the Alte Försterei: substack.com/home/post/p-...
May 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Bundesletter
'It’s the best idea that football has seen in Europe over the past few years.'

Fortuna Düsseldorf have given away thousands of free tickets this season. Why do it? What do their fans think? And how much is a bratwurst? We sent Tom Ritchie to find out.

www.goal.com/mundial/fort...
Fortuna Düsseldorf: The club letting fans in for free
They say the best things in life are free…
www.goal.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM