Guardian Unlimited Football | Special Reports | Irony not lost on Dortmund

06-December-2004

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Guardian Unlimited Football | Special Reports | Irony not lost on Dortmund:
Question: What do you call a football team which regularly attracts crowds of more than 75,000, yet currently suffers from a financial crisis unparallelled across Europe?

Answer: Borussia Dortmund

Following up on previous postings on the German football scene, this Guardian article provides a useful analysis of Dortmund's decline.


Graham Attwell; 06-December-2004 18:54:44; forum (0) help

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