Imagine the headache of awaking to discover that without so much as setting foot in The Hawthorns your club were now called Norwich West Bromwich Albion.
Author Matt Ford (Berlin) Bundesliga clubs … Three times champions SC Wismut Aue were obliged, for a period, to call themselves SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt even though they had never been near the place. Not doing a Sol Campbell and defecting from one part of north London to another, but going the whole hog and moving from one political belief system to another entirely opposed to it. When German reunification was completed 30 years ago, East Germany's top football clubs were integrated into the Bundesliga pyramid. Of more immediate concern to the East German football fan were the practical difficulties which he had to overcome. BFC Dynamo originally began as a football department of SC Dynamo Berlin. Here's the Stasi's Mielke: "Football success will highlight even more clearly the superiority of our socialist order in the area of sport.". Their efforts were in vain, though, for as they were securing the victory, Dynamo, playing at home in "the Florence of the Elbe", were handing out a 3-1 drubbing to Lokomotive Leipzig to win the title on goal difference. While some clubs were re-formed, others were not, and many that emerged had been renamed, merged with their neighbours, or even split. Be prepared for tough door policies! Stasi club, Nazi club, hooligan club, community club. When East meets West – People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989 as the border was opened. Mielke arrived in East Berlin after the war with a fearsome reputation as Stalin’s enforcer. Peak times are 1:00 til 3:00. After World War II, the occupying Allies disbanded most German organisations, including sports clubs. Exhibiting the faith so often seen in football fans, they believe their beloved club can rise to glory again, this time without the support of a vicious and corrupt secret police chief. In 1938, LSV merged with SV Tura Leipzig, forming Tura 1899 Leipzig. An institution in Berlin’s nightlife scene and by many celebrated as one of the world’s best clubs, Berghain isn't for the faint of heart. BSG Benzinwerk Böhlen were renamed Aktivist West Böhlen in 1951. It was also detested throughout East Germany, but nobody did anything about it for fear of Stasi reprisals. There were two national football papers, Fussballwoche and Deutsches Sportecho, both, as the titles suggest, cracking reads. No one is going to complain about the noise here as it is housed beneath the S-Bahn's brick railway arches. BFC Dynamo remain a fascinating pariah in German football, battling with the specters of past and present. Knowledge of the DJ and basic German skills mean a better chance at entry. SC Turbine Erfurt absorbed Optima Erfurt in 1965, one year before becoming, ATG Gera and VfR Gera merged in 1922, forming, In 1936, Concordia Gera-Reuss merged with SpVgg Gera to form, RFT Gera and Gera-Pforden merged in 1950, forming, In 1990 GW Leipzig merged with SV Chemie (formerly BSG Chemie) Böhlen, forming. FC Lokomotive Leipzig beginning of the year 1966. Chemie Leipzig were dissolved in 1954, with its players assigned to SC Lokomotive Leipzig. The history of East German football is complex, and that of its clubs particularly so. Despite all these handicaps football was bigger in East Germany than many sports in which the country traditionally excelled (swimming and bobsleigh come to mind). Ever since, Tresor has been throbbing with hard and loud electro, acid and industrial music. This, perforce, is but a sketch and those wanting further information are directed to Behind the Wall: East German football between state and society, by Mike Dennis, professor of modern German history at the University of Wolverhampton, on which I have drawn heavily. The story of East German football is a complex one, as Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger has written: "Most of the things that happened ... seem utterly bizarre and often downright incredible to someone who has grown up in a completely different society.". BFC Dynamo’s most ardent supporter was the East German Minister for State Security Erich Mielke, a man with a reputation for cruelty and violence. Clubs with the word ‘Vorward’ in their name – like Vorwarts Leipzig –  represented the East German army. Relocation, Relocation, Relocation was a popular Thursday night filler on East German television throughout the Fifties and Sixties as fans tuned in to see where their club might go next.

Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as 1.FC Union Berlin (German pronunciation: [ˈ ʔeː ɐ̯.t ɐ ʔɛf tseː ʊnˈɪ̯oːn bɛɐ̯ˈliːn]), is a professional German association football club based in Köpenick, Berlin.The club emerged under the current name in 1966 but its origins can be traced back to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was founded. But they struggled to …
Address: Alexanderstr.7, 10178 BerlinMetro: U-Bahn/S-Bahn Alexanderplatz. Located in a former power plant, Berghain has a minimalist design with lots of concrete and steel.