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ELVERSBERG JOIN THE BIG BOYS

BEN MCFADYEAN REPORTS ON A SMALL GERMAN CLUB MAKING WAVES…

ACLUB in a town of just under 13,000 inhabitants reaching the Bundesliga? It might sound implausible but SV Elversberg are looking forward to rubbing shoulders with Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Co this season.
The small former coal mining town of Spiesen-Elversberg in the Saarland is in the grip of football fever, thanks mainly to the tactics of rising German coaching star Vincent Wagner, the backing of a local entrepreneur and a strong community approach, rather than a vast transfer budget.
Elversberg were on...

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