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Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan

<img alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" width='1080' height='675' data-srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" data-src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" width='1080' height='675' data-srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" data-src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" class="" width='1080' height='675' srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" />

Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan

FOR all that the actual football grabs us, there’s always something more. Something surrounding, something special: a story that we grab on to and hold dear. Last weekend, Bundesliga resumed and the sniff of something new in a world stuck on repeat provided a welcome...

Bundesliga Diaries: Dan Becomes An FC Koln Fan

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Bundesliga Diaries: Dan Becomes An FC Koln Fan

FIRST and foremost, I didn’t have a team of choice as so many seemed to. If you heard any of The Anfield Wrap Weekender or Wildcard shows from last week you will have heard me flip flop between saying I don’t care for any other team and tentatively picking one as a...

Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan

<img alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" width='1080' height='675' data-srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" data-src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" width='1080' height='675' data-srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" data-src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" class="" width='1080' height='675' srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" />

Bundesliga Diaries: Karl Becomes A Union Berlin Fan

CITIES with a troubled past are often the best. Look at Paris, home of an art revolution and civil unrest; London, changes of order and riot; and Rome, once the capital of the entire world. It’s even better if that city has a port as you’ve a nice mix of culture...

Bundesliga Diaries: Dave Becomes A Gladbach Fan

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Bundesliga Diaries: Dave Becomes A Gladbach Fan

FOOTBALL is back. Lovely, efficient, German football. Josh asked each of us to pick a Bundesliga team to throw our full support behind on the first weekend back in the German top flight. After much contemplation, I opted for Borussia Moenchen… Borussia Moenchengl…...

Bundesliga Diaries: Josh Becomes A Wolfsburg Fan

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Bundesliga Diaries: Josh Becomes A Wolfsburg Fan

IT was like Christmas Day morning… Well, Christmas Day morning if it had been postponed for two months. And it wasn’t the real Father Crimbo, just some random old fella with a beer belly and some grey stubble. And instead of the latest games console with all the best...

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Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan

<img alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" width='1080' height='675' data-srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" data-src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" width='1080' height='675' data-srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" data-src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" class="" width='1080' height='675' srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" />

Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan

FOR all that the actual football grabs us, there’s always something more. Something surrounding, something special: a story that we grab on to and hold dear. Last weekend, Bundesliga resumed and the sniff of something new in a world stuck on repeat provided a welcome...

Bundesliga Diaries: Dan Becomes An FC Koln Fan

<img src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/GER-00007532-1080x675.jpg" alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Dan Becomes An FC Koln Fan" class="" width='1080' height='675' srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/GER-00007532-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/GER-00007532-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/GER-00007532-480x300.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" />

Bundesliga Diaries: Dan Becomes An FC Koln Fan

FIRST and foremost, I didn’t have a team of choice as so many seemed to. If you heard any of The Anfield Wrap Weekender or Wildcard shows from last week you will have heard me flip flop between saying I don’t care for any other team and tentatively picking one as a...

Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan

<img alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" width='1080' height='675' data-srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" data-src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" width='1080' height='675' data-srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" data-src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg" alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Robbo Becomes A Union Berlin Fan" class="" width='1080' height='675' srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/Union1-480x300.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" />

Bundesliga Diaries: Karl Becomes A Union Berlin Fan

CITIES with a troubled past are often the best. Look at Paris, home of an art revolution and civil unrest; London, changes of order and riot; and Rome, once the capital of the entire world. It’s even better if that city has a port as you’ve a nice mix of culture...

Bundesliga Diaries: Dave Becomes A Gladbach Fan

<img src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/100801-110-Monchengladbach_Liverpool-1080x675.jpg" alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Dave Becomes A Gladbach Fan" class="" width='1080' height='675' srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/100801-110-Monchengladbach_Liverpool-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/100801-110-Monchengladbach_Liverpool-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/100801-110-Monchengladbach_Liverpool-480x300.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" />

Bundesliga Diaries: Dave Becomes A Gladbach Fan

FOOTBALL is back. Lovely, efficient, German football. Josh asked each of us to pick a Bundesliga team to throw our full support behind on the first weekend back in the German top flight. After much contemplation, I opted for Borussia Moenchen… Borussia Moenchengl…...

Bundesliga Diaries: Josh Becomes A Wolfsburg Fan

<img src="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/GER-00057601_1111191855_2-1080x675.jpg" alt="Bundesliga Diaries: Josh Becomes A Wolfsburg Fan" class="" width='1080' height='675' srcset="https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/GER-00057601_1111191855_2-1080x675.jpg 1080w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/GER-00057601_1111191855_2-980x613.jpg 980w, https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2020/05/GER-00057601_1111191855_2-480x300.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" />

Bundesliga Diaries: Josh Becomes A Wolfsburg Fan

IT was like Christmas Day morning… Well, Christmas Day morning if it had been postponed for two months. And it wasn’t the real Father Crimbo, just some random old fella with a beer belly and some grey stubble. And instead of the latest games console with all the best...

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