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Analysis · 3 min read
How second-tier squads are assembled on a budget
A second-division squad is built from four kinds of player, and knowing which is which tells you a lot about how a season will go.
Analysis · 3 min read
Why promoted clubs struggle to stay up
Promotion is celebrated as an arrival and functions as a problem. The squad that won a division is rarely the squad that can survive the one above it.
Feature · 3 min read
Matchday culture in German second-division grounds
Cheap tickets, standing terraces and clubs with long memories. The German second tier is one of the best-attended second divisions anywhere, and the reasons are structural.
Blog · 3 min read
The second division is where German football breathes
Opinion: the top division has a predictable shape. The one below it has a genuinely open season every year, and that is worth more than people admit.