Turning Season, the
Turning Season, the In The Turning Season, Michael Wagg goes in search of hidden histories and footballing ghosts from before the fall of the Berlin Wall. From Aue in the Erzgebirge mountains to…
Specifikacia Turning Season, the
Turning Season, the
In The Turning Season, Michael Wagg goes in search of hidden histories and footballing ghosts from before the fall of the Berlin Wall. From Aue in the Erzgebirge mountains to Rostock on the Baltic Sea, this quirky account of his whistle-stop tour is for fans who know that football clubs are the beating hearts of the places they play for. He revisits the 14 clubs that made up the 1989 DDR-Oberliga, East Germany's top flight.
There's Mr Schmidt, who's found a magical fix for the scoreboard at Stahl Brandenburg; Karl Dr ssler, who captained Lokomotive Leipzig against Eus bio's Benfica; and the heroes of Magdeburg's European triumph, last seen dancing in white bath robes, now pulling in to a dusty car park by the River Elbe. There are portraits of the lower levels as well as the big league, stories of then and now that celebrate the characters he met pitch-side. The Turning Season turns its