We're joined by Bundesliga journalist, author and founder of the Dortmund Fan Club London Ben McFadyean to discuss fan friendships and how this plays into fan identity.

Most fan friendships are the alliances we see formed by different ultras groups. But fan friendships in football extend well beyond our most zealous fans, and the connections we make with each other are often underappreciated.

However, each connections has its reason, and those reasons are tied to our identities as football fans.

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Ben McFadyean is a football journalist, fan activist, translator, and writer with a specialized focus on German football, particularly the Bundesliga. He is also a PhD researcher in professional football at the University of Portsmouth, where he completed an MA in Translation Studies. He has been following German football since the 1990s. He is the founder and president of the Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2013.

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