Raphael Honigstein

Interview with Mani Honigstein of Footbo

by Double Pivot on August 4, 2009 · 2 comments

I had a long con­ver­sa­tion with Mani Honig­stein, who is the brains behind the foot­ball social net­work­ing site Footbo. An avid Bay­ern Munich fan, I talked to him about the sum­mer trans­fers and his views on the sea­son ahead for the Bavar­ian giants. Tell us a lit­tle about Footbo, and what you are try­ing to […]

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EPL">The Set: Seven Reasons the Bundesliga Is Better Than the EPL

by Double Pivot on September 9, 2008 · 25 comments

1. Par­ity Okay, let’s not kid our­selves.  Not any team can win the Bun­desliga.  But since the incep­tion of the EPL in 1991, four teams have won the title: United, Black­burn, Chelsea and Arse­nal, but United has won 11 of those titles.  In that same span, five teams have won the title in Ger­many: Kaiserslautern, […]

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Interview With Raphael Honigstein

by The Gaffer on August 13, 2008 · 0 comments

The new Bun­desliga sea­son is just days away, so Bun­desliga Talk writ­ers Mark Moll and Dou­ble Pivot decided to inter­view one of the pre­em­i­nent writ­ers and authors on the topic of Ger­man soc­cer, Raphael Honig­stein. Many read­ers may know Honig­stein best from his appear­ances on the Foot­ball Weekly Pod­cast by The Guardian. Here’s the transcript […]

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