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Pap of Tas
SV Tasmania Berlin (0:1) SC Staaken
When the cheer rang out from the Staaken bench at the final whistle I was suddenly reminded I was at a competitive football match. I had arrived at the Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportpark expecting so much more; too much. With SC Staaken … Continue Reading ››
Back to BAK
There is something distinctly 'almost’ about BAK. The ground is almost beautiful, the team were almost promoted, the stadium almost empty. These ‘almost’ qualities are indicative of a club with ambition.
It's impossible to deny this season has been an anticlimax for BAK. Last season's almost champions … Continue Reading ››
Köpenick of Time
SSV Köpenick-Oberspree (2:0) SG Stern Kaulsdorf
The Käthe Tucholla Stadion is nestled away in a curious corner of Niederschöneweide. Sitting directly on the Spree, overlooked by various new build luxury apartments, it is obvious the area is being described as ‘up and coming’ by estate agents all across … Continue Reading ››
Lok, Stock, and Djamal
Hertha BSC II (1:2) FC Lokomotiv Leipzig - 11.12.2016.
Football in Leipzig is most famous at the moment for people hating RB Leipzig for having money and therefore being evil, or some other form of twisted logic. On Sunday the 'big' Berlin vs Leipzig match was BAK v RB Leipzig … Continue Reading ››
Hohenschönhaus of Fun
BFC Dynamo II (0:1) TSV Rudow
The most beautiful floodlights in Berlin can be found in the heart of Prenzlauer Berg. Four art deco monuments tower above Berlin's diminutive skyline and shine down upon the vivid colours within Jahnsportpark. The colours with which Jahnsportpark is fitted … Continue Reading ››
March of the Penguins
BFC Meteor 06 II (0:7) Polar Penguin
BFC Meteor 06 II vs Polar Penguin sounds like a dramatised documentary about a mass extinction, but luckily for lovers of our flightless friends in the Antarctica it is just another fixture in Berlin's Kreisliga. Why is there a team called … Continue Reading ››
Green Grass of Home
A few years ago the crows of Pankow came and pecked their way through a beautifully laid pitch in the the Kissingen Stadion, and in doing so subjected two teams to the horrors of AstroTurf. And so since then BSV Heinersdorf and FSV Fortuna Pankow have had a … Continue Reading ››
Pink Power
SFC Friedrichshain Internazionale (3:4) Adlershofer BC
What if superman showed up to save you wearing a t shirt and jeans? You'd still appreciate it, of course, but the without the cape and lycra it just wouldn't … Continue Reading ››
