Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s German football correspondent Seb Stafford-Bloor. Seb took over the German football beat at the outlet about two years ago, after moving to Hamburg, his wife’s hometown. He covers the full gamut of German football, writing and speaking on the latest transfer news, the action on the pitch, and stories from the terrace. In our conversation, we cover some of his recent work, in particular the in-depth reporting he did in relation to Florian Wirtz...
Derek’s voice will be recognisable to many of you. Not only has he commentated on pretty much every major football league or international competition for a host of industry-leading broadcasters, since 2017, he has been the voice of the EA sports soccer simulator formerly known as FIFA, now EAFC. For the past few years, he has served as the lead commentator on ESPN's coverage of the Bundesliga, and the league’s international feed. Describing himself as an unapologetic Germanophile, Derek is a...
Stefan Bienkowski is the UK content manager for Transfermarkt, where in his own words, his remit is "everything but" German football. However, it's the work he does outside his nine-to-five that makes him a well-known name among avid followers of the Bundesliga. Alongside Manuel Veth, Stefan runs the Gegenpressing Podcast and Newsletter, one of the best English-language resources for understanding the German game. Stefan has lived and worked in Gemrany too. He was previously a foo...
Archie Rhind-Tutt will be well known to avid followers of German football, both for his pitch side reporting for ESPN's Bundesliga coverage, and his regular appearances on the Guardian Football Weekly. He joined us on the latest episode of The Bundesletter Podcast to talk on football in his adopted home of Köln, how it felt to be in the Westfalenstadion as Dortmund threw away the title in 2023, and what it's like to interview Pep Guardiola. Here’s everything we covered: How Archie...
Kenny Legg is a different type of guest for us here at the Bundesletter Podcast. His day job involves supporting British businesses find partnerships and success in the German market, but he's as fervent a football fan as our other guests. His writing has appeared in publications like Mundial and Halb Vier. Interested in the culture of German football of all levels, he is a proud football nerd with a particular penchant for collecting memorabilia found at Germany's many weekend fleamark...
Uli Hesse is an authority on German football. Writing in both his native tongue and English, he is a prolific author and journalist. Through his long career, he has contributed to titles such as FourFourTwo and When Saturday Comes, and he is now a staff writer at 11Freunde. His book Tor! is widely regarded as the defintive English language history of German football. FourFourTwo listed Tor! as the sixth best football book in history. In this conversation we cover: Uli's career ...
Fascinated by German football from a young age, Kit Holden has carved a unique career since he's moved to Berlin. A freelance journalist writing in both German and English for titles such as Der Tagesspiegel and The Athletic, Holden has recently published two outstanding books. Scheisse! We're Going Up, tells the story of Union Berlin through the stories of Unioner dating back to the days of the DDR. Played In Germany, published in June of this year, explores the football history and cultu...
Jacob Sweetman is a writer, a drummer, and a keen observer of football in the Haupstadt. Now the lead for FC Union Berlin's english communications, Jacob has been writing about fußball and Berlin for almost two decades, since moving to the city in 2007. In the 2010s, he edited and published No Dice Magazine, a fanzine that covered the many football clubs in Berlin. In his role with Union, he manages the club's english Twitter feed, writes match reports, and produces video interv...