In November of 2014, Germans will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For decades, the Wall conjured up a number of negative feelings. While some said the Wall was built to keep East Germans from fleeing to West German, it can also be argued that the Wall was built to […]

1. Are Dortmund even better this season? After a sublime performance against HSV on Friday night, the question has to be asked. Dortmund’s quick passing and interchange left HSV bewildered. The return of Kagawa has given fresh verve to Dortmund’s attack. In particular, the sickeningly talented 19 year old Mario Götze seems to love playing […]

Bundesliga sides will fight for the DFB Pokal this week, and none will be taking it too lightly. Usually, in the earlier rounds of this competition, lots of Bundesliga sides are drawn against largely inferior opposition. Despite that, the games are rarely easy and even throw up a few surprise results. While most of the […]

Great drama in Saturday's Bundesliga games, and goals to go with it. Mainz's winning-streak ended at the hands of Hamburg, St. Pauli showed they can score goals, Bayern Munich's second string proved themselves, Werder Bremen picked up the pieces, and Bayer Leverkusen confirmed themselves as a genuine title threat. Let's get to the games! Werder […]

Steve McClaren's new-look Wolfsburg side hosted Freiburg at the Volkswagen Arena this Sunday, while recently promoted Kaiserslautern hosted Hannover. VfL Wolfsburg 2 – 1 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg continued their good form with another win, and this time over Freiburg. Brazilian striker Grafite opened the scoring on 25 minutes, but Freiburg pulled one back through Bundesliga […]

The 2010-11 German Bundesliga begins again Friday with a more than mouth watering fixture to start a season which promises to again be one of the most competitive in Europe. The league itself is set to receive added attention stemming from the success of the German national team and various Bundesliga based players at the 2010 World Cup. […]

I was born into the English leagues. I grew up in Britain so the only leagues I could see on television and see in person when I was a child in the late 70s and early 80s were the British leagues. And one of the factors that attracted me most to those leagues, not that […]

It's hard to believe, but the new Bundesliga season is upon us. For those viewers in the United States and Canada, you can catch a selection of this weekend's opening games as well as most of the major games this season on GolTV. Here's the TV schedule for this opening weekend: Friday, Aug. 7 VfL […]