Only recently Don from the US of A became a football fan. Whereas his boys decided to go along with the mainstream, Don decided his club would be mighty Borussia Dortmund. He started a blog (check it here - BVB 09 America) to write about being a BVB fan from stateside. He was kind enough to let us publish one of his blog posts on how he became a Borussia Dortmund supporter. Sometimes strange things happen to you. This is what happened to Don.
As Borussia Dortmund supporters, we all have personal memories and stories that form a deep, emotional connection with our club. Whether it’s a thrilling victory of a national or international title or a devastating loss, let alone the near-death experience in the late ‘90s. More importantly, there are the small things, like the the smell of a “Schnitzelbrötchen”, the sound of the subway leaving for the “Westfalenstadion” or one of the countless rituals we go through before every game. For me, and I’m sure for countless others, the so-called “week of truth” was such a memorable experience. And it was so much more than just three very important games. It combined the Thrill of an unlikely victory in Munich, the bitter-sweet loss during a fantastic trip to the Arsenal and the exhilarating win over our rival in the Derby with a very personal but yet familiar homecoming story.
It has been weeks of pleasant anticipation and high expectations whilst the first appearance of our Ballspielverein in London since September 2002 came closer and closer. Last Wednesday, Borussia Dortmund together with thousands of Dortmund fans finally was back in London, England, the country, where football-related terms which every our supporters is more than familiar with have been invented: passion, loyalty, ambition ...
Lukasz Piszczek was not so well known when he joined Borussia. Now he is even famous in the U.S. of A. - at least well-established schwatzgelb.com guest author Derek knows all there is to know about the Polish international on our right wing. We are lucky enough, that he shares his insights with us:
How often has this wonderful fairytale bird been adduced when somewhere something old has been renewed. Phoenix is said to be pure because all his failures are burnt with him and is therefore used and abused so often for so many things. But very rarely has the saying „risen as Phoenix from the ashes" been as true as it is for the new German football champion Borussia Dortmund.
A few seasons ago I finally joined the rest of the world in having cable tv. It was the only way I could enjoy watching soccer(football) matches. I have been a supporter of this wonderful sport since the late 70's/early 80's when I started to play. Cable tv gave me a chance to watch the English Premier League and by far my favorite League the Bundesliga.
While all of Dortmund still is celebrating the Deutsche Meisterschaft, we today have a closer look on the Piszczek affair, that has been big news in Poland over the past few months. Michal Zachodny and TheFootballRamble were kind enough to let us publish this article
The busy worker bees have completed the golden honey. Their classy 3-1 away win at record champions Bayern Munich was their first since October 1991: Borussia Dortmund can already celebrate their own 7th German Championship. And we haven't seen March yet. 58 points out of 24 matches with only 2 losses tell the actual truth on any Bundesliga pitch so far.
I would like to describe what happened to me on the 27st of november 2010. As you might know, Dortmund played against Borussia Mönchengladbach that day and it turned out to be one of the most emotional and memorable days of my life. Let’s start from the beginning. I was lucky enough to buy two tickets for this game a couple of weeks earlier and I was really excited (as always), because I cannot often go to our dear Westfalenstadion to see the mighty Borussia play, since I’m a student who lives in Belgium. Everything was planned and nothing could go wrong, because my friend was able to borrow his father’s car in order for us to drive to Dortmund.
How does a US-boy cope with Dortmund dice games? What is a Kartoffel Lord? Do you really need to hang out with fans after the match, if you want to experience culture the day after? And how does it feel like to be in the Westfalenstadion for the very first time? Derek, who contributed to our now legendary World Cup Diary, was in Dortmund for the Wolfsburg game. Here is what happened.
Only recently Don from the US of A became a football fan. Whereas his boys decided to go along with the mainstream, Don decided his club would be mighty Borussia Dortmund. He started a blog (check it here - 
As Borussia Dortmund supporters, we all have personal memories and stories that form a deep, emotional connection with our club. Whether it’s a thrilling victory of a national or international title or a devastating loss, let alone the near-death experience in the late ‘90s. More importantly, there are the small things, like the the smell of a “Schnitzelbrötchen”, the sound of the subway leaving for the “Westfalenstadion” or one of the countless rituals we go through before every game. For me, and I’m sure for countless others, the so-called “week of truth” was such a memorable experience. And it was so much more than just three very important games. It combined the Thrill of an unlikely victory in Munich, the bitter-sweet loss during a fantastic trip to the Arsenal and the exhilarating win over our rival in the Derby with a very personal but yet familiar homecoming story.
Lukasz Piszczek was not so well known when he joined Borussia. Now he is even famous in the U.S. of A. - at least well-established schwatzgelb.com guest author Derek knows all there is to know about the Polish international on our right wing. We are lucky enough, that he shares his insights with us:
How often has this wonderful fairytale bird been adduced when somewhere something old has been renewed. Phoenix is said to be pure because all his failures are burnt with him and is therefore used and abused so often for so many things. But very rarely has the saying „risen as Phoenix from the ashes" been as true as it is for the new German football champion Borussia Dortmund.
A few seasons ago I finally joined the rest of the world in having cable tv. It was the only way I could enjoy watching soccer(football) matches. I have been a supporter of this wonderful sport since the late 70's/early 80's when I started to play. Cable tv gave me a chance to watch the English Premier League and by far my favorite League the Bundesliga.
While all of Dortmund still is celebrating the Deutsche Meisterschaft, we today have a closer look on the Piszczek affair, that has been big news in Poland over the past few months. Michal Zachodny and TheFootballRamble were kind enough to let us publish this article
The busy worker bees have completed the golden honey. Their classy 3-1 away win at record champions Bayern Munich was their first since October 1991: Borussia Dortmund can already celebrate their own 7th German Championship. And we haven't seen March yet. 58 points out of 24 matches with only 2 losses tell the actual truth on any Bundesliga pitch so far.
How does a US-boy cope with Dortmund dice games? What is a Kartoffel Lord? Do you really need to hang out with fans after the match, if you want to experience culture the day after? And how does it feel like to be in the Westfalenstadion for the very first time? Derek, who contributed to our now legendary World Cup Diary, was in Dortmund for the Wolfsburg game. Here is what happened.
