Articles By: Kyle Barber
I’m in my mid-twenties, and work and live in London, having grown up in the Midlands, and then gone to Uni up north.I’m an avid fan of German football – and all things Deutsch – and have followed the Bundesliga for about ten years. In England, I’m a Leicester City fan, but enjoy watching and talking about all levels of football, across all countries! I also have a great love of track & field athletics, and pretty much all sport. I want to create a greater appreciation for the Bundesliga in the UK, and will happily talk about it all day!

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Kyle Barber / May 17, 2011 12:59 pm

André Villas Boas – The Extra Special One?

On the evening of the 18th of May, spectators at Dublin’s rebuilt Aviva Stadium should be afforded a double-take towards the sharply dressed figure stalking the technical area of the 2011 Europa League Final. With top button undone, tie slightly askew and adorned in a fitted, Club crest emblazoned suit, this talismanic young Portuguese cuts a swathe eerily reminiscent of

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Kyle Barber / May 8, 2011 9:25 pm

Bundesliga Review, Matchday 33

So, after a brief flirtation with the top flight of German fußball, the minnows of FC St. Pauli bid a sombre return to the second tier. And much to the chagrin of their battle-hardened followers, they succumbed to the might of a resurgent Bayern machine with little more than a whimper on matchday 33 in the Bundesliga. While their city

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Kyle Barber / May 7, 2011 10:44 pm

So just who are Borussia Dortmund, and how good are they?

Nine years after their last domestic triumph of any kind, and fourteen years on from being European and Intercontinental kings, BVB have finally ascended back to the top of German football. But, with the Bundesliga perennially seen as a lesser division amid the Euro-elite, the question pertains as to just how good the achievements of Jürgen Klopp’s men actually are.

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Kyle Barber / April 14, 2011 2:47 pm

Bundesliga Matchday 29 Review

With only five rounds of the 2010-11 1.Bundesliga season to go, the competitiveness of the league has once again come to the fore; with neither the title, European spots, nor relegation berths having yet been decided. This past weekend, matchday 29 merely served to reinforce this unpredictability, as a number of principal sides continued to stutter. Chief amongst those making

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Kyle Barber / April 9, 2011 12:20 pm

Berlin: A Footballing Experience

Now, while I offer no apology for it, in order to help contextualise my perspective like any self-aware sports writer, I will pretext this report with a confession: I love Germany as a country, Berlin as a city, and German football on the whole. Now that’s out of the way, I can get on with my eulogy! Berlin is a

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Kyle Barber / March 20, 2011 7:58 pm

Magath & Schalke 04: End of an Unhappy Marriage, the Start of a Messy Divorce

Although possibly one of the less shocking pieces of news to emerge from the Bundesliga this season, the timing of FC Schalke 04’s judgment to dismiss Felix Magath at lunchtime on Wednesday (16th) – following the convening of an extraordinary board meeting – still took most people by surprise. Indeed, their judgement comes just a week on from their progression