Groundhopper Life – Week 13

Mid-Week Action at Bulgarska Street I 03.03.2020 I Daniel Barthold I Lech Poznan vs Gornik Zabrze 4-1 THE CITY I have become a bit of an expert on Polish cities as I am regularly attending fixtures over there – at least two new grounds a year seems to be my ratio....

Groundhopper Life – Week 12

Party Time at Millerntor – Hamburg Report [Part 2] I 01.03.2020 I Daniel Barthold I FC St. Pauli v VfL Osnabrück 3-1 © Cedric Everhartz THE CITY After focussing more on Hamburg’s city centre in the fist report I will now emphasize on the Sankt Pauli district which is...

Groundhopper Life – Week 11

Derby Day – Hamburg Report [Part 1] I 22.02.2020 I Daniel Barthold I Hamburger SV vs FC St. Pauli 0-2 THE CITY Hamburg is the second largest German city with a population of just under 2 million. The city is very much affiliated with water having with two rivers – the...

Groundhopper Life – Week 10

Winter Breeze at Easter Road I 12.02.2020 I Daniel Barthold I Hibernian Edinburgh v Ross County 3-0 THE CITY Edinburgh is probably my favourite city in the UK. Most people who travel to Scotland favour it over Glasgow, I personally like both especially when you are a...

Groundhopper Life – Week 9

Storm Ciara and Stoppage Time Drama I 10.02.2020 I Daniel Barthold I Holstein Kiel v FC St. Pauli 2-1 THE CITY Kiel is actually a pretty nice port city – if you go in the summer. There are plenty of bars and restaurants along the water, the so-called ‘Kieler Foerde’...