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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A warm welcome to Gelsenkirchen

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Reminiscing about European times

On Thursday evening, Borussia will celebrate its (hopefully glorious) return to the big European stage of Europa League. This is enough reason for us to take a look back to all Borussian accomplishments in the recent past, which means since the start of the new millennium. It will turn out that our last steps in European competition were not really successful but we will hope the best to get to the group stage this year and get a big advantage on Thursday.

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schwatzgelb is flattr(ed)

Over the next couple of days, schwatzgelb will introduce a new system called „Flattr", a social payment service which makes it possible for our readers to donate for schwatzgelb. It Is really easy. After registering at flatter, you can decide which amount of money you want to spend for websites. At least two Euros have to be donated, which is done by just clicking the flattr-button beneath our articles to show appreciation for it.

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Season certification 2009/2010 - offence

We reviewed the performances of Borussia's goalies, defender (I, II) and midfielders. Now it is time to have an eye on how our strikers performed last season. Like you might already know, each player was evaluated by three of our editors. Grades have been given ranking from 1 (perfect season) to 6 (should pay money for playing football).

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Season certification 2009/2010 Pt. 2.2 - midfield

With the last match in Freiburg, BVB finished a successful season 2009/2010. We reached a rank before clubs like Stuttgart, Hamburger SV or Championship winner Wolfsburg and therefore qualified for Europe. Of course, this is the result of the team as a whole and a great success. However, there were players who were more responsible for this great season than others.

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The torturing summer break and its benefits

Everybody of us knows the horrible feeling that's creeping through our veins, the lethargy in our heads when we look at the Bundesliga schedule and count the seemingly endless days until the glory yellow- black dresses will be worn again in the beautiful Westfalenstadion or anywhere else. We're all tired of rumours and even more rumours about rumours and so on.

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Season certification 2009/2010 Pt. 2.1 - midfield

Borussia Dortmund finished a very successful season in Freiburg. Teams like Stuttgart, Hamburg or Wolfsburg are behind our team and so we reached the 5th place- international competition!
Of course the whole team made its efforts to reach this target, but some did better than others, you can see ups and downs in the team. Surprises in both directions- from nobodies to stars and vice- versa. Of course every viewer got his own impressions and even in the editorial there are differences. 3 editors per player stated their opinions.

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Season certification 2009/2010 Pt. 2.2 - defence - the full backs

After the judgement of goalies and centre backs, this time around we put the focus on our defensive wingers. Once again three schwatzgelb editors per player present their opinion and give them marks for their performance in season 09/10, that rank from 1 (spot on mate, brilliant) to 6 (that was crap, bugger off).  

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Season certification 2009/2010 Pt. 2.1 - defence the centre backs

Now that the world cup distraction is over, the anticipation towards season 2010/2011 and our return to international football is on the rise. But we still want to take a look back on the individual performances of BVB players throughout the jubilee season 09/10. We already presented you our view on the goalies so this time around we´re taking a closer look on Borussia´s defenders. Each player from the backbone of our team gets judged by three of our editors (of the German page, too), in this edition we focus on the centre backs, next time the fullbacks will get their share. As before, our grades rank from 1 (spot on mate, brilliant) to 6 (that was crap, go away).

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