The extraordinary story of Union Berlin, the German Bundesliga's most spirited football club, interwoven with a witty history of Berlin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS (FOOTBALL) No football club in the world has fans like 1. FC Union Berlin. The underdogs from East Berlin have stuck it to the Stasi, built their own stadium and even given blood to save their club. But now they face a new and terrifying prospect: success. Scheisse! tells the human stories behind the unexpected rise of this unique football club. But it's about more than just football. It's about the city Union call home. As the club fight to maintain their rebel spirit among the modern football elite, their trajectory mirrors that of contemporary Berlin itself: from divided Cold War battleground to European capital of cool. 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.
