On the road with Paul Blake in search of football’s heart and soul…
For the love of the Game #3 (Part 3) – Die Alte Dame (The Old Lady), Hertha BSC
The Olympiastadion is an iconic stadium. In 1936, it became a symbol of Nazi power when it hosted the Berlin Olympics, opened by Adolf Hitler. Today, the stadium is home…
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For the love of the Game #3 (Part 2) – The Olympiastadion, Hertha BSC
I’m sat up in bed while I write tonight. It’s just a couple of days before we fly from Gatwick on Saturday morning and things have gone very wrong indeed.…
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For the love of the Game #3 – The Olympiastadion, Hertha BSC
It’s been a good few months since I’ve written a ‘For the love of the Game’ article, and I can’t wait to get to it. I’m at work, on a…
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For the love of the game #2 – The Kassam Stadium, Oxford United
What else was I going to do on the final Saturday of the League One season? I travelled to The Kassam Stadium, Oxford, in search of football’s heart and soul.…
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For the love of the game #1 – Sixfields, Northampton Town
What else was I going to do with a free Saturday in March? On a balmy hot Spring Saturday, I traveled to Sixfields, Northampton in search of football’s heart and…
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