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Editors View 03.09.2010, 07:28

Derby - and no one travels

Hi BVB Fans, Hi Fanclubs

Unthinkable, most of you will say after reading the headline

Not for us anymore:
With all consequences we will boycott the upcoming Derby against Schalke on Sunday,September 19th. Some Fanclubs have already waved the right to claim their tickets, others will hand them back to the club

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Westfalenstadion
Borussia Dortmund's ground is a classic. Two huge end terraces (and they are terraces, with the use of safe standing) that fling noise down at the playing area with deafening intensity. This place was built for football and for fans to express themselves. Every European Cup final should be held here. The best atmosphere on the Continent on a game-to-game basis.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article6789326.ece

Guest Authors 02.09.2010, 11:08

Kenny - from Dunfermline to Dortmund

Today we'd like to present you a brilliant story by Kenny, who has mailed in his Borussia story in reply to our Competition. Make sure you mail in your stories or pictures before September, 14th to win a schwatzgelb-Sweater or one of two schwatzgelb-Shirts. But now enjoy the tale of a Scotsman that just wanted to see his country play in Germany and all of a sudden was a Borussia Dortmund fan.

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Editors View 01.09.2010, 16:00

A warm welcome to Gelsenkirchen

At least they were greeted by a madman when they arrived yesterday

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Guest Authors 31.08.2010, 19:14

With Borussia in Azerbaijan - Adventures at the Caspian Sea

BVB Supporters in BakuAs the draw at Nyon came up with the Opponent „FK Qarabag Agdam“ instead of AIK Stockholm (these were the last 2 teams in our pot),  the great confusion how to get there began. A first search results flight-costs of ca. 400 €, but difficulties to get a Visa in time, and very expensive bookable hotels from Germany. So we decided to take the one-day Fan-Flight, which was organised by The Unity and Away Sups Werdohl for 558 €.
After the first game I read that there were heavy incidents after the game AIK Stockholm – Levski Sofia, so our draw was not the worst I think...

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Interviews 30.08.2010, 20:09

Where are they now: René Tretschok

Picture kindly provided by Hertha BSCOver the years we have seen hundreds of players come and go. Some of them were soon forgotten, others will stay in our club history forever.  Here is our second part of our “Where are they now” series.  On the other side of the phone line, sitting in his home close to Potsdam: René Tretschok, another member of 1997’s Champions League winning side.  He today coaches Hertha Berlin’s U19 team.

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League 29.08.2010, 21:32

Just awesome

Piszczel and Hummels celebrate after the match in StuttgartSometimes, a match day of national competition can be just awesome. After the surprise of German championship winner Bayern Munich losing in Kaiserslautern on Friday, the great loss of our hated neighbours against Hannover and the incredible victory of Mönchengladbach in Leverkusen, everything seemed to be possible for the last match of this day on Sunday, 5.30 pm. Borussia had to travel to Stuttgart to meet another team who lost on day one of the championship. Both teams qualified for the group stage of the Europa League last Thursday, but Borussia's advance was more convincing since Stuttgart and the supporters had to be afraid of losing their place in the group stage until the final whistle. On Sunday, it was time to find out which team starts aborted and in the end, it was not Borussia. Dortmund beat VfB 3-1 (3-0) and finds itself on the 8th rank in front of Scheisse 04, Bayern, Leverkusen and Bremen in the important ranking after two days.

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Warm up 28.08.2010, 14:25

Breakfast at Friedhelms

Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart somehow share the same fate. Both teams reached the Euro League group stage during the week and boths teams lost their first Bundesliga match. While Stuttgart were beaten in Mainz, Dortmund had to accept Leverkusen's supremacy in Westfalenstadion. So both sides need these three points to avoid a bad start in the league.

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BVB worldwide 27.08.2010, 14:37

Welcome to Europe - Competition

Borussia Dortmund – International Supporters – schwatzgelb.com – that is the name of our ever growing Facebook group. Today we would like to find out where you, our readers are based and how you came across the migthy Borussia Dortmund.

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Warm Up 25.08.2010, 11:14

Borussia in Baku - Not singing Sloop John B

Only Europa League qualification can take you that far. This Thursday the oil town of Baku awaits Borussia Dortmund.  A town full of ventures and richness you’d never expect when hearing the name Azerbaijan. Baku, a town hosting the great lost city of Agdam, which has been left for good after the Armenian war in 1993 and today is part of a complicated Caucasian conflict, we Western Europeans might not have heard about.

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League 23.08.2010, 22:08

Every beginning is hard

The coach was upsetAfter 106 days , it was finally time for the Bundesliga to start again. The summer pause is always dreadful and even the WorldCup could not fill the void that was left behind after the last game of the last season had ended. So finally, on Sunday, at 17:30 it was time for Dortmund to start into a new season of football and excitement. Against Leverkusen it was our aim to keep the first three points at home. Unfortunately life does not always go the way we want it to go.

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