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Matt Ford
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Freelance journalist based in Germany | German & European football, sports politics & fan culture | The Guardian, The New European, London Evening Standard, BBC Sport, DW Sports, 11Freunde, SoFoot, etc | United We Stand 🇾🇪
Lukas Kwasniok (Köln): "Thank God there's another coach who agrees with me. I don't just dislike it; I hate it, regardless if we benefit or not. For clear situations: offsides, goalline tech, black or white: that makes sense. But not with dynamic actions. It just falsifies everything."

#bundesliga
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Fan demands:

1. Minimise police deployments
2. No preventative stadium bans
3. Reduce surveillance costs
4. Recognise the value of German fan culture
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Fans on: pyrotechnics
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Fans on: personalised tickets and facial recognition
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Well yeah, there‘s that too 😅
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
To be clear: the law is draconian, I don't want to see any football fan (even Carragher) punished for setting off a smoke bomb and I'd personally like to see pyro decriminalised. But if a regular fan were caught doing what Carragher did, they'd be facing a criminal record. Many already have.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM