Scheisse! We're Going Up!

The Unexpected Rise of Berlin's Rebel Football Club

By: Kit Holden

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Paperback | 18 August 2022

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A CITY IN FLUX. A CLUB ON THE RISE. THIS IS UNION BERLIN No football club in the world has fans like 1. FC Union Berlin. Perennial underdogs from the forests of East Berlin, they have stuck it to the Stasi, built their own stadium, and even given blood to save their club. But when they were promoted to the Germany's top division in 2019, Union fans faced a new and terrifying prospect: success. Scheisse! tells the human stories behind the unexpected rise of this unique football club. Yet Scheisse! is not just about football. It also shines a light on the issues of gentrification, East-West tensions and rapid social change which still define the German capital thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. As Union struggle to maintain their rebel spirit among the elite of modern football, their story mirrors that of modern Berlin, and its journey from divided Cold War battleground to European capital of cool. Scheisse! will appeal to readers who are captivated by sports biographies such as Raphael Honigstein's Das Reboot and social history like John Kampfner's Why The Germans Do It Better. AUTHOR: Kit Holden is a British-German author and journalist who lives and works in Berlin. He covers German news and sport for Agence France-Presse and is 1. FC Union Berlin correspondent for Der Tagesspiegel. His work has also appeared extensively in The Independent, the Daily Mail and Die Zeit.

Industry Reviews

'Fascinating' Daily Mail

'A wonderful journey into the heart of a very unique club' Raphael Honigstein

'The history and culture of a special football club deserve a special kind of chronicling - and Holden has executed it to perfection' Patrick Barclay

'An engrossing portrait' Philip Oltermann

'For the first time, Scheisse is a good thing! A captivating read on one of the most unique clubs in world football' Archie Rhind-Tutt

'A beautifully crafted set of stories that reveal a personal history of one of Germany's most special clubs and cities' Jonathan Harding

'Holden superbly captures the myth, history and spirit that make Union so very special and beloved' Andreas Michaelis

'A fascinating tale that is expertly told' Adam Bate

'A must-read for any football romantic, regardless of where you're from and what team you support' Cristian Nyari

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