The Bizarre World of the Bundesliga
In European football, fans have become accustomed to the league titles in the different countries being won by a select few teams year after year. However, in recent times, the traditional tide has been changing in Bundesliga. Bayern Munich don’t have the same iron grip that on the Bundesliga that they had held so comfortably for so long. This season, Borussia Dortmund with expenditure replaced with an unnerving faith in youth, have romped to the German league title. Before you get into the topic that I am aiming at, lets look back at the previous years even before the start of the league back in 1963. Pre Bundesliga days Between the late 1920′s till 1963, seven different clubs had won Italy’s Serie A, eight different teams triumphed Spain’s La Liga and thirteen different clubs were the League Champions in England. However in Germany, around seventeen different clubs emerged with national titles during the same span. Nuremberg during the 20′s followed by Schalke in...