Alongside The Independent, Kit Holden observes German Football for various online portals, including The Bundesliga Fanatic, Deutsche Welle and Total Football Magazine. In 2012, he spent a short time at the Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, and he is also a regular guest on World Football Daily.
For Löw and his side, 2013 will be a year for reform. The trials exposed various psychological shortcomings which must be sorted, but Löw’s talents as a coach, and the quality and breadth of the resources available to him are still in no doubt.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 1:01 am
If Arsene Wenger is looking for some solace in these, perhaps the hardest weeks of his career as Arsenal manager, he would do well to look to Gelsenkirchen.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Friday, 21 December 2012 at 3:22 pm
German fans are concerned not with blind loyalty to the name of their club, or their right to “reclaim” racist terminology, but with the essence of fandom, and the prosperity of the game as a social entity.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 5 December 2012 at 2:50 pm
Rarely has the Ruhr been seen as a haven of creativity and artistry. Only on the football field can Germany’s industrial strongholds ever enchant the watching world with aesthetic excellence. But boy how they can.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Thursday, 22 November 2012 at 4:55 pm
It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that Joachim Löw is currently enduring his most difficult period of his six years as coach of the German national team.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 2:47 pm
This week is a big one for Lukas Podolski. For the first time since his move to Arsenal, the homesick son of Cologne has a chance to show the Bundesliga just how much he has grown up, and just how well he is settling in to his new life in London, as his new side face Schalke 04 in the Champions League.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 1:02 am
Dortmund have more than enough potential to penetrate the European elite. And if they do so, they will do it in the knowledge that they have bucked a trend.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Thursday, 4 October 2012 at 3:57 pm
“I’m not Superman“, said Rafael van der Vaart wisely upon his arrival in Hamburg. It is a shame, because Superman is just what Hamburger SV need at the moment.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Thursday, 20 September 2012 at 2:01 am
The shirts of Germany’s top flight players will this weekend be adorned with a unanimous slogan: “Geh deinen Weg” (“Go your own way”) as part of the weekly Integrations-Spieltag (Integration Matchday). The message of integration is primarily in support of young members of the immigrant community but following an interview with an anonymous gay footballer in the German magazine “Fluter”, it is the homophobia debate which has begun to take centre stage.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Friday, 14 September 2012 at 3:40 pm
Founded by Turkish immigrants in 1978, Türkiyemspor is a byword for multiculturalism in Berlin. Nowadays, the club does not just represent Turks, but anyone and everyone within Kreuzberg’s vibrant community. Now, despite their cult status, the club is on the brink of financial oblivion.
By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Friday, 24 August 2012 at 3:01 am
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