The Rise, Fall, & Rebirth of Borussia Dortmund

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  • čas přidán 13. 07. 2023
  • Borussia Dortmund are renowned for being one of the best run clubs in European football - having raised in fortune through the transfers of the likes of Jude Bellingham, Jadon Sancho, and Erling Haaland... but it wasn't always thus.
    Following the club's golden age during the 1990s, in which they won both the Bundesliga and the UEFA Champions League, Dortmund became one of the highest spending teams on the planet, gambling their future on sustained growth and success that wouldn't be forthcoming.
    The end result was very nearly the extinction of one of Europe's best supported clubs - so in this documentary, HITC Sevens takes a deep dive into Dortmund's mid-2000s collapse, revival, and what it tells us about how the club is run now.
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  • @philippjansen7199
    @philippjansen7199 Před 9 měsíci +304

    Shinji Kagawa didn't transfer for free; Dortmund paid a 350k compensation fee. That dude had played second tier Japanese football before and immediately became a force in the league. Still one of the wildest Dortmund transfers. Their scouting is just so good.

    • @morganbartman6092
      @morganbartman6092 Před 9 měsíci +20

      Christian Pulisic couldn’t get signed by any MLS teams but on his amateur club teams European Tournament an undersized 16 year old Pulisic was signed by BVB after one weekend of games.

    • @Bruno-xz4xj
      @Bruno-xz4xj Před 9 měsíci +13

      Their scouting indeed is good, but they didnt scout kagawa. It was kagawas agency who tried to find a club and offered him to several clubs.
      Kagawa was young and cheap, Dortmund broke and in need, so they signed him without ecpecting anything.

    • @jtaco4101
      @jtaco4101 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@morganbartman6092they should have left him there.

    • @amodghising7615
      @amodghising7615 Před 8 měsíci

      Their scouting is just so good.? naaaa WAS

    • @savage239galvan3
      @savage239galvan3 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@jtaco4101levels above sancho 🤣

  • @XTheLolX301
    @XTheLolX301 Před 9 měsíci +38

    Ppl forget that unlike Arsenal losing the premier to City, Dortmund actually came back from 12 points behind Bayern last season

    • @glencurtis6052
      @glencurtis6052 Před 9 měsíci

      Doesn't that just highlight the lack of competition from other teams?

    • @XTheLolX301
      @XTheLolX301 Před 9 měsíci +11

      @@glencurtis6052 not really, a lot of teams in bundesliga shared the firstplace for some part of the season, the problem is the quality of bench, which only some like Dortmund or Leipzig can try to compete with Bayern Munich by the end of the season

    • @beenky5692
      @beenky5692 Před 9 měsíci +2

      To be fair the reason why they were so far behind was because Dortmund had an injury crisis in the team before the World Cup with 10 players being injured. Add that with the fact that the squad went with a serious rebuild in the summer cleansed out their back line and midfield can give you the picture as to why they had a poor start. Had they been healthy all season I dont think Bayern would’ve had a chance to win. That being said I don’t think Dortmund will win even if they can stay healthy all season this year simply for the fact that Bayern was in complete disarray(by their standards) last season with their squad depth and inconsistent lineups. As a Dortmund fan, I know our club will be better than last season but I don’t think Bayern will be as bad as they were last season as they’re trying to sign Harry Kane at the moment and if they don’t they have the capital and pull to sign a class striker. Hopefully the football gods will put an end to this bs.

    • @DarkarThanBlack
      @DarkarThanBlack Před 9 měsíci

      More like Bayern giving away their 12 point lead.

    • @salbenrosli707
      @salbenrosli707 Před 5 měsíci

      Union Berlin was leading last season for majority of the Bundesliga and they finished 4th

  • @PH-jv4ik
    @PH-jv4ik Před 9 měsíci +67

    You finally did it shootout to the guy who kept asking for the video. Truly the people's channel

    • @maze1914
      @maze1914 Před 9 měsíci +8

      You're welcome. I know I sent him a few emails asking 😂😂😂😂

    • @J-CG
      @J-CG Před 9 měsíci +2

      ​@@maze1914Your persistence paid off my friend 😂 been seeing you comment this idea for ages now

    • @maze1914
      @maze1914 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@J-CG I did for the fans 🤣🤣🤣.

  • @EDvonSHRED
    @EDvonSHRED Před 9 měsíci +66

    Thank you very much from a lifelong BVB supporter. Maybe now at least some people get it. We are always compared to Bayern, our signings are compared to Bayerns, our wages are compared to Bayerns. People desperately want competition in the league, I get that. But you just can't compare the possibilities of both clubs. Many people worldwide just don't want to see that and just call us "not ambitious", "not serious", "only about the money". That's so easy to do, but yeah, look what being "ambitious" did to our club. Oh, and thanks for also mentioning the myth that "Bayern saved Dortmund".

    • @robfortune6
      @robfortune6 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Have you paid off all of your debts and bought back all of your assets yet? I know there was a section about that in the video but I don't think that whether or not you're still in debt or if you still have assets that need to be bought back right now was mentioned (unless I missed that for some reason, sorry if I did lol)

    • @lucas_dr3
      @lucas_dr3 Před 9 měsíci +8

      BVB don’t lose the league against bayern though, they bottle against clubs with way smaller budgets

    • @EDvonSHRED
      @EDvonSHRED Před 9 měsíci +6

      @@lucas_dr3 This year yes, and I am perfectly fine to admit that. But in general on long term, you cant compete with Bayern. That's my point.

    • @EDvonSHRED
      @EDvonSHRED Před 9 měsíci

      @@robfortune6 As far as I know we paid our debts and got the essential stuff back, only the stadium name is probably gone forever. We have some new debts due to Covid, because our game ticket sales are relatively important. But overall we are a club who can pay decent wages for quite good players - and are compared to a club who can pay wages for top-stars, has sponsorship deals worth double the amount of ours and continues to grow its bank account for 50 years now as the always richest club of the country. We would have to be irresponsible again to even have the slightest of chances - and Watzke would never ever do that. We make our own stars, that's the only way we can have some - and sell them when they get too big for us

    • @Topav05
      @Topav05 Před 5 měsíci

      Dortmund doesn't do enough to maximise its marketing potential as Germany's 2nd biggest club, undisputedly. That's where my problem with Dortmund's ambition is.

  • @seandelap8587
    @seandelap8587 Před 9 měsíci +184

    Borrusia Dortmund will always be remembered for their shock victory over Juventus in the 1997 CL final and that was really a massive shock because Juventus were absolutely world class during that period the strongest squad in Europe in fact

    • @bimanatawilaga7509
      @bimanatawilaga7509 Před 9 měsíci +14

      Not to say they were go to the final 3 years in a row that time but only won one

    • @adampark4238
      @adampark4238 Před 9 měsíci +16

      Paul Lambert was outstanding

    • @christopherr3676
      @christopherr3676 Před 9 měsíci +6

      ​@@adampark4238 shackled zidane

    • @adampark4238
      @adampark4238 Před 9 měsíci

      @christopherr3676 I'm.always biased he left my team for them.

    • @christopherr3676
      @christopherr3676 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@adampark4238 motherwell fan ?

  • @robingronwald7993
    @robingronwald7993 Před 9 měsíci +9

    As a Dortmund fan I am really scared. I am not sure if we are able to keep up but I am always sure that my clubs future is safe

  • @fabiosiani2887
    @fabiosiani2887 Před 9 měsíci +60

    Hey Alfie, I would be absolutely delighted to see a video about my team Borussia Mönchengladbach! Rarely ever spoken about but once a european top club in the 70s, challenging a all-time great Bayern team around Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller for Bundesliga titles. "Die Fohlen" (the foals) as they were called, were a golden generation of mostly homegrown talent coached by later Barcelona Coach Hennes Weisweiler. Big german players who hugely contributed to Germanys 1974 world cup triumph like Günther Netzer, Jupp Heynckes and Rainer Bonhof, but are rarely ever spoken about, were part of the squad. Storys like Netzers self substitution in the DFB Pokal final to score the winning goal in overtime or the can throw against Inter Mailand would also be interesting to tackle!

    • @johnnythemachine6949
      @johnnythemachine6949 Před 9 měsíci +2

      you forgot Berti Vogts

    • @he_football
      @he_football Před 8 měsíci

      I know it's not the same thing, but I saw your comment and I made a video about them as I always liked their 70s golden years
      czcams.com/video/qH4auf2Vakw/video.html

  • @seandelap8587
    @seandelap8587 Před 9 měsíci +272

    If only Dortmund had managed to keep all their star players imagine how much more they could have won

    • @dontmindme6995
      @dontmindme6995 Před 9 měsíci +60

      well it's part of the game. They had to give up a lot of talent to Bayern, but you have to add to that perspective that they're doing the exact same thing that Bayern does to clubs below them in the Bundesliga hirarchy. Borussia Mönchengladbach alone had to sell as many players to Dortmund as they had to to Bayern.
      And let's be real players like Bellingham, Haaland and Sancho were signed to be sold for a profit in the first place

    • @havarddalaker5160
      @havarddalaker5160 Před 9 měsíci +5

      And still haters call then bottlers😂let see if any club Inn world could doo the same.and fact is noe one can.bvb do it the hard way repect 😊

    • @Nerdmind
      @Nerdmind Před 9 měsíci +7

      Look at the treble winning man city team alone! Haaland (most goals), Gündoğan (captain), and Akanji all played a huge part in this seasons campaign for them.

    • @dontmindme6995
      @dontmindme6995 Před 9 měsíci +15

      @@havarddalaker5160 tbf they are the solidified number 2 in germany. Therefore it's also partly their reponsibility to challenge Bayern for the title. And since Bayern winning the Bundesliga year after year is such a big problem for german football as a whole, it's kind of aggrovating when they bottle it in such a pathetic fashion. Even for me as a Schalke fan, I crave for someone else to win the Bundesliga, and Dortmund is simply the best bet

    • @7Siuuuuu7
      @7Siuuuuu7 Před 9 měsíci +6

      He said in the video they have the budget of everton. They can’t *just* spend more money

  • @Cancun771
    @Cancun771 Před 9 měsíci +10

    To understand the fan culture, it is helpful to know that Gelsenkirchen, home of their archrivals Schalke 04, used to be a traditional coal mining town while Dortmund used to be a steelworks town.
    The infamous manager's name is pronounced "kneebaum" though.
    Fun fact, Ibrox was actually modelled on the Westfalenstadion, which has no athletic track, so the fans are that much closer to the action than in arenas that do, which in turn contributes much to the great stadium atmosphere. Only in Glasgow, they built it with a brick facade which I find a lot prettier than the Dortmund concrete.

    • @texasforever7887
      @texasforever7887 Před 8 měsíci

      So, a comparison for an uneducated American here sounds like the Pittsburgh Steelers. A steel town workers team where the players take on the spirit of the town except Pittsburgh is one of the historically best in their league. I like it.

    • @Cancun771
      @Cancun771 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@texasforever7887 They say the steel workers' tempers are quick to flare and even prone to bursts of violence but also quick to simmer down, reconcile and have a beer afterward, while the miners are supposedly more steady and even-tempered but prone to hold grudges for ages.
      Of course that is all kitchen phsychology.
      It is a fact though that when Robert Lewandowski played in Dortmund, the phone book showed _eighteen_ other guys with the exact same name in Dortmund alone since the Ruhr area is home to a huge fraction of Polish-German immigrant descendants from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

  • @reverendroar
    @reverendroar Před 9 měsíci +131

    It’s crazy how even when they were heading rapidly towards extinction- that Dortmund kept on producing great talents and doing savy deals. I hope we can see teams like 1860 Munich, Nuremberg, Kaiserslautern, Schalke, Hamburg, Hanover, and Cologne become financially stable and win trophies again soon. The Bundesliga needs to embrace competition and help fund teams that can then thrive and compete with Bayern Munich in the near and distant future

    • @franohmsford7548
      @franohmsford7548 Před 9 měsíci +16

      The Bundesliga needs to go back to 20 teams!
      A League of that size in a country the size of Germany absolutely needs 20 teams in the top tier!
      No....The Premier League, La Liga and Serie A should absolutely NOT reduce to 18!

    • @lisaruhm6681
      @lisaruhm6681 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@franohmsford7548 how would you handle the increased injury risk and burden on the players due to the increased number of games?

    • @franohmsford7548
      @franohmsford7548 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@GamingEnthusast350 The Bundesliga teams also don't have to play in a second cup competition as like most European nations they've dropped the second cup competition years ago.
      I'm constantly saying {and have been pretty much since the Premier League broke away} that EPL Clubs should NOT be playing in the EFL Cup but they still are!

    • @franohmsford7548
      @franohmsford7548 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@lisaruhm6681 EPL, La Liga and Serie A clubs manage to play 38 games a season, why can't Bundesliga clubs?
      Add to that that there's no League Cup in Germany either and EPL clubs that reach the later rounds of the EFL Cup play quite a lot more games than Bundesliga clubs each season.

    • @MikoyanGurevichMiG21
      @MikoyanGurevichMiG21 Před 9 měsíci

      You either become a Dortmund or you get suffocated to death like Southampton.

  • @xCNapo
    @xCNapo Před 8 měsíci +4

    I am based with 1.FC Köln, but I will always have a special heart for Dortmund. No club in europe raised talent so well with so little money and it's just a delight to watch which young Dortmund players will become World Stars next year. They're like a box of chocolate. ;)
    Mislintat, Tuchel and Klopp definitely helped, though Watzke and Zorc really deserve a medal.

  • @-www.chapters.video-
    @-www.chapters.video- Před 9 měsíci +49

    00:00 Borussia Dortmund's success despite lower revenue
    02:03 Dortmund's near-death experience and revival
    12:40 Entertainment and club operations
    13:19 Dortmund's spending spree
    14:21 Transfer rights as collateral
    15:03 Bayern loan to Dortmund
    16:01 Terms of the loan
    17:04 Bayern's intentions and Dortmund's debt
    18:00 Dortmund fans' rally and discontent
    19:02 True extent of Dortmund's debt
    21:12 Dortmund's financial crisis and bankruptcy threat
    25:03 Relegation and struggles of Dortmund, Portsmouth, and FC Nuremberg
    27:40 The appointment of Jurgen Klopp and Dortmund's resurgence
    28:00 Dortmund's change in transfer strategy and financial success
    30:39 Lessons learned from Dortmund's past financial troubles

  • @yaldabaoth2
    @yaldabaoth2 Před 9 měsíci +16

    6:05 I vividly remember this season. It was the first one I can actually remember at all. On the last match day, 3 teams were tied on points at the top. Frankfurt had the best goal difference and everyone thought it would be a certain thing and yet they lost spectacularly against an already relegated team. They didn't get a goal awarded because of offside (which it wasn't!), hit the post, didn't get a penalty when they should have when it was still 1:1 and got scored against 2 minutes later. In the meantime Stuttgart also hit the post, lost a player for complaining (Matthias Sammer of course), but then still scored with 10 men. Until the 85th minute of that match day, Dortmund were champions. Absolute madness.

  • @tracheous7072
    @tracheous7072 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Thank you for covering this club 💛🖤

  • @soundscape26
    @soundscape26 Před 9 měsíci +9

    It's the German week at HITC. Thanks for another great video Alfie.

  • @ryannurse2890
    @ryannurse2890 Před 9 měsíci +13

    In honour of the England U21s winning the Euros, can you do a "Where are they now" video for the England starting XI at the 2009 Euro U21s final? There's a fascinating mix of future England superstars, players who never quite made the full England team, and players I've genuinely never heard of.

  • @WaifuVideoGamer
    @WaifuVideoGamer Před 9 měsíci +49

    The Fifa 2005 Dortmund was one of my favorite teams to play as in that game.

    • @Lovecars1218
      @Lovecars1218 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Warmuz, Wörns, metzelder, Dede, Kehl, Rosicky, Koller, Ewerthon
      Nice team on paper though

  • @panic_2001
    @panic_2001 Před 9 měsíci +13

    Hi,
    ok it's been 30 years now but I think you forgot one important point: Reaching the 1993 UEFA Cup final against Juve. Except for BVB, all German teams were eliminated quite early in all competitions + and because of the TV rules at the time, Dortmund got a huge chunk of money. The German national players could then be brought back from Italy.
    That was the basis for the championships 95 and 96 + CL 97

    • @nd6648
      @nd6648 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Well, actually loans the Club could not afford were the foundation of the 97 victory...

    • @panic_2001
      @panic_2001 Před 9 měsíci

      @@nd6648 No, the downfall started with the IPO 200
      (Falls Du ein Die-Hard BVBler bist: Freddie Röckenhaus damals Stammtisch war 2003 (?))

    • @nd6648
      @nd6648 Před 9 měsíci

      @@panic_2001 i didnt mention the start of the downfall

  • @seandelap8587
    @seandelap8587 Před 9 měsíci +74

    That absolute bottle job on the last day of the Bundesliga season would make even Spurs blush

    • @isaacfung622
      @isaacfung622 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Very spursy

    • @franohmsford7548
      @franohmsford7548 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Everyone knew Dortmund would not beat Mainz when a draw was never going to be enough due to Bayern's better GD!
      It was a guarantee!
      Almost like Bayern have leverage over Dortmund so that Dortmund don't win vital games!

    • @glencurtis6052
      @glencurtis6052 Před 9 měsíci +5

      Just thought I would mention my team (Ipswich Town) have won the league more recently than Spurs)

    • @LoCoAde87
      @LoCoAde87 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@franohmsford7548I am sure you bet your life savings on it

    • @xxklesx1
      @xxklesx1 Před 9 měsíci +1

      That dortmund had the possibility to bottle at the last day was the first miracle. Normaly Bayern has no competition, the have more money than the second and third togther.

  • @Yakoop22
    @Yakoop22 Před 9 měsíci +14

    Love the recent focus on German football Alfie! There has been too little discourse on this region, especially in English. Informative as always and entertaining!

    • @Micfri300
      @Micfri300 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Because the Bundesliga is the best alternative to the premier league and so of course they don't mention it.

  • @briannao9251
    @briannao9251 Před 9 měsíci +9

    Please make a video on the following topics:
    -The drama/scandal surrounding Gregg Berhalter and Gio Reyna’s parents during the 2022 FIFA World Cup
    -Ranking all of the goals that won the FIFA World Cup Goal of the Tournament Award
    -The Dortmund bus bombing in 2017 right before their Champions League Quarterfinal against Monaco
    -Breaking down the iconic "Battle of Nuremberg" Round of 16 Match between Portugal and the Netherlands in the 2006 FIFA World Cup where the referee issued a record breaking 4 red cards and 16 yellow cards (Battle of Nuremberg also set the record for most yellow cards in a FIFA World Cup Match and was broken in the 2022 FIFA World Cup when the referee handed out 18 yellow cards during that contentious quarterfinal between Argentina and the Netherlands)
    -Breaking Down the Battle of Bridge game in 2016 between Tottenham and Chelsea that not only secured Leicester City the 2015-16 Premiere League title, but also set the record for the most yellow cards given to a single team (9 for Tottenham (and 3 for Chelsea)

    • @thntte2345
      @thntte2345 Před 9 měsíci

      czcams.com/video/7nRbD1Ivbqg/video.html&ab_channel=He_football
      I found this video a while back on the USMNT scandal

    • @Caoimhin1909
      @Caoimhin1909 Před 9 měsíci

      Yes to all except that ridiculous Reyna story.

  • @salbenrosli707
    @salbenrosli707 Před 5 měsíci +1

    BvB will always be in my heart - esp their 1997 run in the Champions League - they beat Manchester United and Juventus, both with great players… 26 years on - still a fan

  • @dronesclubhighjinks
    @dronesclubhighjinks Před 9 měsíci +9

    This is a really well-researched, and well-pronounced video! Thank you for all of your hard work!

  • @anzepockaj7675
    @anzepockaj7675 Před 9 měsíci +1

    One of your best ever videos in my opinion Alfie! Thank you so much for such a detailed explanation.🙌

  • @lokmansahat6220
    @lokmansahat6220 Před 9 měsíci +24

    Alfie, please make a video What the Earth is Going On of Everton, Parma or Hamburg. These team deserve that type of video.

    • @chlcrk
      @chlcrk Před 9 měsíci +17

      Hamburg would be interesting imo - how they went from Bundesliga regulars to first barely staying in the Bundesliga amid a perception of being the league's banter club, but now finding newer and weirder ways to not get promoted back into it

    • @T.E.S.S.
      @T.E.S.S. Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@chlcrk I support the Hamburg idea

    • @franohmsford7548
      @franohmsford7548 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Hamburg had a great 6 year span between 78 and 84 when they finished 1st or 2nd every season but they've finished in the Top 4 just 6 times since and in the Top 2 only once since {87 when they also won their second and last DFB Pokal, their first also coming in a season where they finished 2nd in the Bundesliga - 76}.
      -
      You could say their era was 75-87 when they finished 4th, 2nd {+won the cup}, 6th, 10th, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 2nd {+won the cup} but you've got those 6th, 10th and 7th placed finishes in there.
      -
      It's similar to Gladbach who were great in the 70s but have done very little since.

    • @chlcrk
      @chlcrk Před 9 měsíci

      @@franohmsford7548 Tbf this channel has previously done a video on St Etienne, who were the biggest team in France for years with 10 titles but none since 1981. So wouldn't be unusual to see how such a giant has fallen from grace in such a manner

    • @franohmsford7548
      @franohmsford7548 Před 9 měsíci

      @@chlcrk Yes but St Etienne were GIANTS, Hamburg were just a team that had a good decade.
      St Etienne's titles - 57, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 76, 81.
      They also won the Coupe de France 6 times between 62 and 77 whilst Hamburg only have the two DFB Pokals total.
      10 League titles and 6 Coupe de France's in 24 years
      You may as well ask what happened to Sunderland or Huddersfield or Derby County as what happened to Hamburg!

  • @MainesOwn
    @MainesOwn Před 9 měsíci +3

    as always a well researched video for a special team. Thanks for not screwing this up! Heja BVB

  • @dorianr5191
    @dorianr5191 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Great content as always! Would love to see a video like this about Atalanta Bergamo. From Serie B, being involved in match-fixing and battling relegation from Serie A a little over 10 years ago, to being regulars in Champions and Europa League as well as being one of the only few Italian clubs that actually make a profit.

  • @maze1914
    @maze1914 Před 9 měsíci

    😢😢😢😢😢 thank you for putting this together

  • @BALHAM69
    @BALHAM69 Před 9 měsíci +8

    No more me asking “a documentary of Borussia Dortmund and how they were extremely close to bankruptcy in 2002 time and how Bayern had to save them. The extreme difficulties the club has had to manage within to get back to where they are #thepeopleschannel”
    #thepeopleschannel a video on the Bangladesh premier league and the rise of Bashundhara kings would be good
    A team who went into the top flight after promotion and won the last four league titles now!
    Are they the next Newcastle? Are they a team to keep a eye on next few years? Thanks Alfie 😊

    • @arsenalfan798
      @arsenalfan798 Před 9 měsíci +1

      It’s the guy himself

    • @BALHAM69
      @BALHAM69 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@arsenalfan798 i try to support the channel by suggesting good documentary ideas he can do 😊

  • @giodhuha6771
    @giodhuha6771 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Now we need a video about the rise and fall and subsequent downfall of Schalke 04.

  • @lpatz907
    @lpatz907 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Being a supporter of both Portsmouth (hometown) and Nürnberg (wife’s hometown) I felt done particularly dirty around the 26min mark 😂 Can’t argue though, assessment of both clubs was spot on!

  • @jimmycburfield5997
    @jimmycburfield5997 Před 8 měsíci

    Impressive research. Fantastic delivery. High standards of journalism and historical record

  • @conormurray6855
    @conormurray6855 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Loved watching this video look into a clubs history

  • @lalrinlianaadhikari4779
    @lalrinlianaadhikari4779 Před 9 měsíci +2

    One of my fav clubs in FIFA since 2010.. In manager mode 👍👍

  • @bambi1611
    @bambi1611 Před 9 měsíci +7

    I would love to see a Rise Fall and Rise of Plymouth Argyle. Such a rich history with strong support. Played in the Championship and nearly got relegated out of the football league while being in administration. To rising back up to the Championship 13 years later as the most financially stable club out of all 92 clubs.

  • @matthewdeniran5836
    @matthewdeniran5836 Před 8 měsíci

    Great work 💯👏🏾

  • @slokane
    @slokane Před 9 měsíci +1

    tthank you for making a video about my fav team(besides my home team of maribor).

  • @paulmartin3420
    @paulmartin3420 Před 9 měsíci

    Really eye opening video, particularly the subconscious aspects of "expert commentary". If you say Javier Mascherano ever provide a final ball your comments should be disregarded, but even still!

  • @brycewilson1909
    @brycewilson1909 Před 9 měsíci

    good video Boss, thanks

  • @1draigon
    @1draigon Před 4 měsíci

    The fact that sancho, Bellingham AND Haaland used to play at the same club will never stop amazing me

  • @mikedolan5541
    @mikedolan5541 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Often wondered why fans of the best supported club in Europe(based on matchgoing fans)were content to play for second place or why a club that had bigger attendances than Bayern were getting only half its revenue,but were still considered well run

  • @johnwhittaker311
    @johnwhittaker311 Před 9 měsíci

    Interesting video, I had no idea about any of this

  • @mr.alldays
    @mr.alldays Před 6 měsíci

    Well done 👍🏼

  • @annip5573
    @annip5573 Před 9 měsíci

    great video!

  • @welbz2330
    @welbz2330 Před 9 měsíci

    Another quality vid from alfie👏

  • @redchampion
    @redchampion Před 9 měsíci +3

    Very good video could have not said it better myself❤🔥

  • @dd-uf9nw
    @dd-uf9nw Před 9 měsíci +2

    Alfie is on fire these days , unloading good videos now and then.

  • @flyr17101710
    @flyr17101710 Před 9 měsíci +2

    One has to have a certain glutton for punishment to support us. And yet I'm ready again for this upcoming campaign

  • @Samuel-vv3dw
    @Samuel-vv3dw Před 9 měsíci

    would love a few more scottish videos. Bonus points for any mentions of St. Johnstone (won the double at 10000-1 in 2020/21)

  • @MatthiaGryffine
    @MatthiaGryffine Před 9 měsíci +9

    Your recent videos on German football has made me think about if you could do a video on why the Bundesliga has only 18 clubs in their league, while England, Spain and Italy (and until last season, France) all have 20 clubs in their league. Given that Germany has the highest population and the most successful national team in Europe, but it's surprising that their league is smaller.

  • @patrickdematosribeiro1845
    @patrickdematosribeiro1845 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Great video. Only minor point: Saying that Nuremberg did not recover from their financial problems in 2003 is a bit of an overstatement. Yes, histoically they were very succesful. But in the 90 they had already been relegated a couple of times. After 2003 they returned to the Bundesliga several times and won the DFB Pokal in 2007. They just never managed to stay in the Bundesliga for long, but this didn't start in 2003.

  • @luisheller7624
    @luisheller7624 Před 9 měsíci

    You nailed the pronunciation of Stuttgart, very good!👏

  • @otaconz1147
    @otaconz1147 Před 9 měsíci +9

    one of the most likeable Clubs in Europe!

  • @Dagpar
    @Dagpar Před 9 měsíci +2

    I renew my petition for you to include international subtitles for your videos, so as to improve viewership and spread your more than valid and important points and messages to non-English speakers. I volunteer for Spanish, but just having the subtitles would be fantastic for me and my football loving, non-English speaking family.

  • @smonge98
    @smonge98 Před 9 měsíci +2

    „if only they kept their star players“ is such a moronic argument. The purchases made from the money of these big sales are the backbone of the team, which is steadily improving. People focus on how Dortmund wasn’t able to keep haaland for example, which was totally unrealistic from the start, but no one talks about how they got the second best scorer of that CL season, in his absolute prime, from a direct CL competitor as a replacement.

  • @k.f.z.318
    @k.f.z.318 Před 9 měsíci +1

    My Club my Religion ty for the video!

  • @terryhsiao1745
    @terryhsiao1745 Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you for this video and Bayern is always a good club in many ways. Including how it helped gerd muller.

  • @hulbertosolano1378
    @hulbertosolano1378 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Aston Villa's former owner, Dr Tony Xia, wanted to build a theme park around Villa Park as well!

  • @Joe-MT
    @Joe-MT Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thank You Alfie. Can we have a video about Maltese football please?

  • @reneluu9651
    @reneluu9651 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Fortuna Köln in an HITC Sevens Video, now i can rest in peace😅

  • @michaelay4900
    @michaelay4900 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Day 4: 7 footballers who got rich from playing football but then went poor again (Financial difficulties, etc.)

  • @maxegerer2157
    @maxegerer2157 Před 9 měsíci +2

    hey,
    love your vids
    on that note, i would humbly suggest to look into the former powerhouse 1.fc nuremberg (the club wich dominated german football, and got relegated the season after winning their last title :D).
    1.fc nuremberg has still more championships than bvb dortmund. but be warned, it's a rabbit hole and the story of the club will fell made up.
    thank you for your great content :*
    (take 2)

  • @christophercopley6474
    @christophercopley6474 Před 9 měsíci

    I'd like to request a video on each current premier league teams won't signing in the last 10 years and what made it so bad ie impact on finances or what it did to the team like disruption in the dressing room or general poor performance on the pitch

  • @limjahey9302
    @limjahey9302 Před 9 měsíci +1

    15:57 "what's more" without Duncan Watmore, what the hell man

  • @patrickomeara3700
    @patrickomeara3700 Před 9 měsíci

    Never thought I’d see X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain on an HITC Sevens video lol

  • @briannao9251
    @briannao9251 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Alfie, would you consider make two separate videos that go more in-depth about
    1.Corrine Diacre’s controversial/toxic tenure as the manager of France’s Women’s National team which lead her to get sacked last month
    and
    2.The alleged attack on Kheira Hamaroui by her own former PSG Teammate Aminata Diallo) into this video

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 Před 9 měsíci

      He doesn't cover women's football I think.

    • @ezraezra2928
      @ezraezra2928 Před 9 měsíci

      This channel is only open for the men's football.

  • @andreichiriac7823
    @andreichiriac7823 Před 9 měsíci

    I'm not giviing up (yet)
    The story of Farul Constanța romanian champions this season winning their first (or maybe second?) title.
    Club owned, run and managed by romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi, a native of the city of Constanța.
    Youngest champions in Europe this season (average players age), important contribution (some of the vital) from: 2 players born in 2005, one in 2006,
    1 in 2003 and 3 in 2002 - all products of the club academy.
    Came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in the decisive match against Gigi Becali's team FCSB(who has a claim to Steaua Bucharest history).

  • @BALHAM69
    @BALHAM69 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Nice video Alfie 😮
    Leipzig could be the best chance of a new Bundesliga winner it seems 😅

    • @AblemanSy
      @AblemanSy Před 9 měsíci +5

      A Bundesliga title for Leipzig will be the final nail in the coffin of German football.

    • @dinohermann1887
      @dinohermann1887 Před 9 měsíci

      @@AblemanSyThey already won the DFB-Pokal against Frankfurt recently.

    • @AblemanSy
      @AblemanSy Před 9 měsíci

      @@dinohermann1887 I know. Was basically a national tragedy. But the Pokal isn't that important. My personal interest in the Bundesliga has ceased since their promotion. Great clubs like your (by me much hated and ridiculed, but they are kind of the enemy that I need!) HSV are starving in the 2. Bundesliga (seriously, I want my Nordderby back!), while this sad excuse of a "football club" is allowed to fuck all the rules. Disgusting!

  • @T.E.S.S.
    @T.E.S.S. Před 9 měsíci +1

    Video about Barry Venison please

  • @OpaSpielt
    @OpaSpielt Před 9 měsíci

    6:50 Julius Caesar (Veni, vidi, vici)
    Nice one 👴👍

  • @williamcross210
    @williamcross210 Před 9 měsíci

    I think Osasuna's predicament with respect to getting into Europe would make a good video

  • @adrianbrett5746
    @adrianbrett5746 Před 9 měsíci

    Rise, fall and rebirth of Jamaican football please. As they risen in the mid 90’s, fell off from after the 98 World Cup to the mid 2010’s and now on a renaissance.

  • @haydonbunter7407
    @haydonbunter7407 Před 9 měsíci

    Can you do a video on Gibraltar team Bruno's magpies?

  • @MadKieranM
    @MadKieranM Před 9 měsíci

    Cracker of a video as always #thepeopleschannel

  • @friendlybane
    @friendlybane Před 9 měsíci +2

    2:55 "Following a number of requests..." My favorite part of the video. You gotta love YT comment sections. Such a rich tapestry of characters on there.

    • @BALHAM69
      @BALHAM69 Před 9 měsíci +2

      i am a supporter of the channel and like to suggest good documentaries for Alfie to do 😊

  • @mortelinho3618
    @mortelinho3618 Před 9 měsíci +1

    22:57 Gute alte Lohrheide! ❤

  • @forestgrumpy119
    @forestgrumpy119 Před 9 měsíci

    do best position changes in football

  • @icetredotnet6473
    @icetredotnet6473 Před 9 měsíci

    Pain

  • @WolfbitPlays
    @WolfbitPlays Před 9 měsíci +1

    Can you cover the restructuring of Hertha? Former Bundesliga winners and just got relegated at 18th place

  • @moneelbambino
    @moneelbambino Před 9 měsíci

    Lately these videos have been putting me to sleep

  • @StrongKickMan
    @StrongKickMan Před 9 měsíci

    Uli Hoeneß and FC Bayern did not save Dortmund, but they helped in a time, when the clubs already have been rivals.
    So it was a good move, and I actually believe him when he said that he did it, because he is a fan of tradition.

  • @PeterPan-ht6yl
    @PeterPan-ht6yl Před 8 měsíci

    Supercup is not a real title in Germany… Love your stuff, cheers bro

  • @lewiyonas3255
    @lewiyonas3255 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Man really changed the title in under two hours 😭😭😭😭

  • @vlogimblock
    @vlogimblock Před 9 měsíci

    🖤💛

  • @wbbartlett
    @wbbartlett Před 8 měsíci +2

    81,000 capacity ground, always full. Sure, underdogs.

  • @chahineboudemagh9596
    @chahineboudemagh9596 Před 9 měsíci

    I am once again asking for a video about Algeria's unofficial FLN national team (1958-1962)

  • @zanos4122
    @zanos4122 Před 9 měsíci

    There's one thing having great scouting then if you don't win anything how exquisite is that?

  • @ngjiherhn4034
    @ngjiherhn4034 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Who was here when the video was titled "How Borussia Dortmund Almost Died" xD

  • @69JMAN420
    @69JMAN420 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I think the best football player with each of the 25 most common male names seems fun. You can up the number, or lower the number.

  • @itsjohnnyr8560
    @itsjohnnyr8560 Před 9 měsíci

    Hey! Sankt Pauli name drop!

  • @MrReese
    @MrReese Před 9 měsíci

    Well that title and thumbnail changed quickly (and it's not true). Hopefully your opinion about making the Austrian Wunderteam video will change soon too 😇✌️.

  • @rockangel1603
    @rockangel1603 Před 9 měsíci

    I know that one commentator is pumped asf

  • @mcrecco1347
    @mcrecco1347 Před 9 měsíci +1

    bury fan here, we’ve just played our first game back at gigg lane last weekend after 1500 days, would be an interesting documentary to see the rise, fall and resurrection of Bury FC

  • @marco_1909
    @marco_1909 Před 9 měsíci +10

    Theyve had 6 coaches since tuchel left the club and got rid of him for some ridiculous reasoning from the hierachy after the bombing. This frequent change of coaches hurt them alot, imagine how far they would have been with Tuchel there.

    • @franohmsford7548
      @franohmsford7548 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Tuchel isn't that great - 2 titles with PSG and a single title with Bayern were expected, it's only that Champions League win with Chelsea that stands out and cups are much more based on luck than league titles.

    • @marco_1909
      @marco_1909 Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@franohmsford7548 I get that100%, its more to do with that stability. Tuchel is no klopp or pep but he is better than the coaches theyve had since he left.

    • @DukeSkylocker
      @DukeSkylocker Před 9 měsíci +2

      ​@franohmsford7548 He took PSG all the way to the CL final, something no other coach has managed and they were very close to winning it (which you can either blame on Neur pulling world class saves or Mbappe scuffing some golden one on one chances, neither of which is Tuchel's fault). That season was also the first time PSG showed themselves to be mentally strong, repeatedly coming back to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. He also took Dortmund to a point tally in the Bundesliga that in almost any other season would have won them the title but was unfortunate that he did it when Pep was coaching Bayern.
      The only team I'd say he hasn't impressed with has been Bayern, but to be fair coming in so late in the season was going to be hard. Let's see how he handles a full season with them.

    • @franohmsford7548
      @franohmsford7548 Před 9 měsíci

      @@DukeSkylocker He didn't impress with Chelsea.
      Remember that Di Matteo won a Champions League with Chelsea and Avram Grant took them to the final so Tuchel's Champions League win isn't that impressive.

    • @profkluk
      @profkluk Před 9 měsíci +2

      There was no possibility at all to continue with Tuchel. Tuchel had fallen out not only with the Dortmund hierarchy, but also with half the team.

  • @simcoe4045
    @simcoe4045 Před 9 měsíci +1

    29:20 Florian Homm aka "The German Wolf of Wall Street” disappeared in 2007 after being charged with investment fraud in the USA and was wanted by the FBI, SEC and DEA. He was briefly arrested in Italy in 2013 and only narrowly avoided extradition to the United States.
    Dortmund may not have needed the help of a lot of shady investors to save themselves, but the one that did help them turned out to be one of the shadiest Germany had to offer.

  • @nene1397
    @nene1397 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Now do one on how Rangers did die

  • @everoposuo
    @everoposuo Před 7 měsíci

    I can imagine myself being 6 or 7 following soccer. When picking a European club to support, I liken it being to supporting a local team. I'd previously said that if I had to live anywhere in Germany I'd live in Berlin, but this is no longer necesarrily the case and they don't have any teams worth supporting. I did look into Hamburger SV a bit and am impressed that they were able to stay in the Bundesliga as long as they were, but there glory days were well behind them. Munich seems pretty nice as well, but supporting Bayern would make me look too much like a bandwagoner. I'd also feel quesy about supporting a team that would go on to win 11 consecutive league titles. And as I already support both Barca and Arsenal, it'd end up being a conflict of interest. Which leaves me with Dortmund, the perennial underdogs. You know, the first American to win the UCL, Jovan Kirovski, won it with Dortmund. Even being very young, I still would've chosen to support Dortmund long before Pulisic, Auba, Gotze, Reus. And could I imagine myself living in the city of Dortmund? Absolutely! Despite all of the hardships and adversity, I couldn't be more glad to have Borussia Dortmund as my Bundesliga club

  • @rcampbell3311
    @rcampbell3311 Před 9 měsíci

    Can you do a video on Rangers?

  • @salbenrosli707
    @salbenrosli707 Před 5 měsíci

    Want to be more challenging with dream transfers? Look at Hamburg and Schalke now

  • @joevalley7591
    @joevalley7591 Před 7 měsíci

    As a Bayern fan, I respectfully disagree, Dortmund are not underdogs. They have one of the largest supporters group in the world, in the heart of the most industrial and economically important region of the EU. Regardless of how they have been run, there’s absolutely no reason they can’t try to compete with Bayern. For a real underdog look at Union Berlin