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GERMAN FOOTBALL FAN TOM SCHMITTER EXPLAINS HOW THE O’S CAPTURED A PLACE IN HIS HEART…

ALMOST 17 years ago, I was standing in London with a school group and I had a problem: I was obsessed with football.
Actually, it shouldn’t have been a problem at all. London is, after all, a kind of theme park for a German football fan. A city where you can barely walk a mile without coming across a football club, a stadium or some great piece of football history.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers – I knew all the names, of course.
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