Podcast: Football in the Former East Germany

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Our guest is Alan McDougall, author of The People’s Game, which explores football in the former East Germany (1949-90). We discuss everything from the foundation of the Oberliga, which predates the Bundesliga by 14 years, to whether state interference contributed to Dynamo Berlin‘s ten-year domestic dominance.

We look at 1. FC Magdeburg‘s 1974 Cup-Winners’ Cup victory, East Germany’s famous win over West Germany in the World Cup that year, and look at how teams from the former GDR – such as 1. FC Union Berlin and RB Leipzig – are getting on since German reunification.

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