FRD Book Club: Building the Yellow Wall, Uli Hesse
Football Ramble
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4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Luke Moore, Kate Mason and Andy Brassell return for another episode of FRD’s Book Club, this time discussing the definitive historical account of one of world football’s most recognisable clubs: it’s Uli Hesse’s Building the Yellow Wall - The Incredible Rise and Cult Appeal of Borussia Dortmund.
Many modern football fans will feel a connection to the German side due to its recent continental successes and fevered match day atmosphere. But, in looking at the club’s history more thoroughly, Hesse’s love letter to his boyhood club presents a more varied backstory. We discuss how Dortmund are placed in the wider context of German football, the fans’ relationship with Jürgen Klopp, and just how close this Bundesliga giant has come to falling away altogether.
Buy Uli's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Building-Yellow-Wall-Incredible-Borussia/dp/1474606245
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| 0:00.0 | MUSIC |
| 0:07.2 | It's a big club, it's a club with big emotions where it can be successful. |
| 0:13.4 | Yeah, what we learned now, that in hard times, |
| 0:17.8 | maybe it's the best club in the world. |
| 0:22.1 | Hello and welcome to Football Round with Danny Book Club with me, Luke Moore. |
| 0:25.6 | Me, Kate Mason and me, Andy Grassley. |
| 0:28.0 | Oh, that's us, Tom! |
| 0:30.0 | Thank you, Tom Stake! |
| 0:32.0 | Thank you, thank you, Danse. |
| 0:34.0 | Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! |
| 0:36.0 | It's a challenge! |
| 0:38.0 | Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! |
| 0:42.0 | On today's episode, we venture slightly further afield and head to Germany, |
| 0:46.8 | and more specifically Dortmund for a chat about Uli Hesse's building the yellow wall, |
| 0:51.8 | the incredible rise and culture feel of Borussia Dortmund. |
| 0:55.7 | This is the Zutrimune. |
| 0:57.3 | The Southern stands, and this is standing only, and this is very famous and very rough, |
| 1:04.1 | and very beautiful. |
| 1:06.0 | That's right, a book about the endearing appeal of Borussia Dortmund, |
| 1:09.3 | their status as a fashionable club who are watched not just by fans from the |
| 1:13.2 | rural region of Germany, where they're based, but by football fans from all over the world. |
| 1:17.8 | It charts the foundation of the club, the trials and setbacks they faced over the years, |
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