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- ISBN 9781836804482
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 14 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Derbyless City uncovers the hidden world of Berlin football, exploring its full depth far beyond the bright lights of the Bundesliga. Drawing on years of first-hand experience and his own photography, Damiano Benzoni guides readers from the grandeur of the Olympiastadion to the intimate terraces of the Alte Försterei, weaving through smoky pubs, kebab shops, quirky grassroots pitches and the many clubs that complete the city’s vast football tapestry beyond Hertha and Union. Through reportage, social observation, research and personal anecdotes, the book paints a portrait of an international city in perpetual flux, shaped by migration and by its fractured history. The result is an exploration of why a city with such a vivid football culture remains ‘derbyless’ at the top level, even as it continues to pulse with identity, contradictions, history and community.
Damiano Benzoni is an Italian sportswriter and photographer based in Como. He is a contributor to The Blizzard and When Saturday Comes, and worked as a video host and producer for OneFootball in Berlin. An avid football fan, his allegiances are split between Como, AS Roma and Hertha BSC.
