Thank You, Alfie. #ThePeoplesChannel

________________ be like Day 79 : Final East German First League teams , where are they n---- Wait a second ----

Martin Tyler: "HE'S DONE IT! THE GREATEST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF HITC SEVENS!"

This video is an example of perseverance, and determination, and the art of not giving up. To the person who requested this video for more than two months, you are a role model to all of us!

Day 1: What Would East Germany’s National Team Be In 2021?

It has been 79 days OUR BOY HAS DONE IT

I think you just made this guy's 2021

As a German I wanted to thank you Alfie for making quite a few videos about German football. I really appreciate it!

The DDR Oberliga teams were really done dirty by the DFB when the reunification happened, by only getting two teams in the Bundesliga.

Since this is the people's channel FINALLY ARTHUR HAS GOT WHAT HE ASKED FOR

Fun Fact: BSG Chemie Leipzig was founded again by former fans of Sachsen Leipzig and is now also playing in the Regionalliga Nordost. It's a really awesome club with a very left-wing fanbase. They have a huge rivalry with lokomotive leipzig

As a german i was completely unaware of Matthias Sammer winning the Ballon D'or

Arthur is having the best 2021 over everyone else so far

Do one for final seasons of where Soviet Super league teams, Yugoslav league, Czechoslovakia.

Correction on 4:27 : Matthias Sammer first went to VfB Stuttgart, winning a Bundesliga title in 1992 there

Congrats Arthur! Finally got your video

Finally!!! This is really a people's channel.

Sammer actually transferred to Stuttgart, where he won the Bundesliga in '92, then had a year at Inter Milan, before joining Dortmund.

Alfie ,you dropped this mate 👑

Day 1: Every Team from the last Soviet Top League: Where are they now?

The comment sectio shows how great we are as a community! All are congratulating that one guy :D i am happy about this and for the video!! #thepeoplechannel

I need a 10-hour-video of Alfie saying "Regionalliga" and "Brandenburg".

THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE

WE HAVE OFFICIALLY ARRIVED IN 2021

Day 24 : What On Earth Is Going On At Bradford City

Today's highest ranking East German team never played DDR-Oberliga at all, while Union Berlin did. The SSV Makranstädt, whose license was bought by RB Leipzig, was named BSG Turbine Makranstädt during the GDR times and never played higher than 3rd tier, which was the Bezirksliga at the time.

The reason BFC Dynamo was that successful is because they were massivly supported by the StaSi. Erich Mielke the infamous head of the StaSi was a supporter of the club. Often the best players of other clubs were forced to play for them and when that didnt help sometimes referees would activly favor Dynamo in fear of StaSi-repressions

Small correction: The "er" bit in "Chemnitzer FC" merely indicates possession. The city is named Chemnitz and the "er" makes it the "football club of Chemnitz". Also, the far-right elements at Hansa Rostock have diminished considerably. A few years back, a leader of the local branch of a German far right party was spotted in the stands and he was, let's say... asked to leave by the supporters. I wonder how much of a PITA some of the pronounciations are for a non-native speaker though :D Edit: The football history of the city of Leipzig is a huge clusterfuck and might be worth looking at at some point in the future!

There it is. Respect from that one subscriber for the consistency.

Video idea:Final URSS first division teams where are they now

Day 1 : Rise and fall of Red Star Belgrade.

The first two out of the three European finals that East German teams played had less than 5,000 spectators in the stadium, mostly due to travel restrictions put upon East Germans by the DDR government. In the last one, in 1987, there were about 35,000 people to watch Ajax beat Lokomotiv Leipzig in Athens, Greece. Among them were about 600-700 East German fans who after thorough screening by the DDR government were allowed to travel. One of them took advantage of the opportunity and fled.

Arthur is a legend. For months I've come only sporadically and even more rarely I read some of the comments. Arthur's idea struck my eyes more than once.

12:16 It's probably also worth to mention that their fans founded a phoenix club, called "BSG Chemie Leipzig", they're now competing in the Regionalliga Nordost.

Most Succesful European players outside of Europe, for example Gignac winning 7 trophies with Tigres

Did you know: Halle's goal song is from a sextoy ad. Beschte.

IT'S FINALLY DONE. Now my turn: Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 1)

any chance you'd do a video on the mls academies in america building a golden generation? it's crazy that the team is finally good out of nowhere and i'd be curious to see how you cover it. big fan!

Do a video on Gretna fc and what happened

Union is the whole pride of the East. Establishing in the First League without any big sponsor. Just by hard work and Loyal Players!!!

Alfie you legend 🙌

GUYS WE FINALLY WE DID IT💥💥💥💥 Arthur you deserve it👍👍👍

Hamburg SV last season in Bundesliga 2017/18 players where are they now...

Never thought I'd see Sven Sonnenberg in an HITC Sevens thumbnail

In 1995 Dresden had a double-relegation; they were due to drop into the 2. Bundesliga, but due to financial problems, they went down instead to the Regionalliga, which at the time was the third tier.

I think it’s safe to say that reunification hindered the GDR clubs rather than helped them. I remember Magdeburg, Jena, Lokomotive Leipzig, Hansa Rostock and Dynamo Dresden as regulars in European competitions in the 70’s and 80’s.

Suggestion : teams in the inaugural English 1st division where are they now?

Loved this video, it makes me want your Energie Cottbus video sooner! Would you consider doing one on the nefarious nature of Dynamo Berlin? How they came to power at the behest of the boss of the Stasi, and the naked nature in how they won 10 in a row is fascinating, looking at it with only a shallow knowledge

Here's a sequel for you: Best 23-man-squad of East Germany players: (1991-Now)

Congratulations Arthur

Just wanted to say keep up tge great content :)

Many Many Congratulations to the "__________________" guy i m very happy for u

Thanks for the good video! I'm glad you took a look at East German football, which was once so strong and is often neglected. However, as a Hansa Rostock fan, it bothers me that this club is only reduced to links to neo-Nazis in foreign reports. We certainly had problems here with the large number of Nazis in the 90s, but in the meantime the fan scene has successfully emancipated itself from right-wing influences. Two years ago, right-wing fan clubs left the Rostock fan club community because it had become "too left-wing" for them. Against this background, it is necessary to correct the former perception of this club!

On the serious note, thank you Alfie for yet another amazing video you have made. It really makes me proud to be a part of this channel and congratulations to Arthur on his amazing underdog story of preservance, heroism and not giving up! Well done! What a day!

Thanks for the video! Small note: At FC Magdeburg you start with the picture of Jens Härtel. He was Magdeburg trainer from 2014 to 2018, but has been the trainer of Hansa Rostock since 2019. :)

Bro I understand that you’re wary of making these kind of videos as they’re unlikely to get as many views as the more common videos you make. But I just want to say I love these! I’d much rather watch a 20 minute video of you explaining the intricacies of the Cambodian football league or some scandal in the German 4th tier than the 150th video on Liverpool

You should really make a video about Energie Cottbus, I’d watch it!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY @______________________ You deserve it bro hardwork pays off my dude

when you said Arthur I went straight for the kids cartoon character

Youre a true HITC fan when you see the video title and immediately know the story

Hallelujah, hallelujah! :)) Thanks, Alfie! Well researched again, and I believe such videos open you up to other viewers and over 30k viewers in 24 hours is quite good for me. Some small additions: - shout out to Erzgebirge Aue (Wismut Aue) long time DDR-Oberliga team and still going well in 2. Bundesliga! - I believe almost nobody really is sad about Dynamo Berlins fall as they were the Stasi team - as a Hansa fan, although all true, I believe the right wing politics have since been left behind mostly, Rostock is a beautiful city (oldest university in Northern Europe) with a great coast of the Baltic sea, so I believe we can leave it behind a little bit now

The oberliga was mental - thanks for a great video. Here's a suggestion - opening League of Wales teams, what happened to them? BTW Carl Jeiss Jena got to the final of the 1981 Cup Winners Cup, beating Newport County in the quarters!!

This is a great idea for a video! Great suggestion, and thanks for making it.

Any content on the League of Ireland would be great! The league has been filled with corruption, financial difficulties, a lack of fan bases due to people watching the prem and the constant emergence and disapearance of teams but there have been some memorable european nights for teams too!

Do: What is happening to Belenenses, they got separated and now are in the low tiers of Portuguese football, one of the 5 Portuguese championship

The HITC sevens community salutes one of our own. What a champion!

As a heathen yank who played soccer as a kid and persevered through the years where even a Sporting News sub didn't guarantee you European Football coverage, I found this very interesting and informative. Thank you! I also have a fair bit of German, English and Irish ancestry with some French so European soccer history in general interests me :)

7 clubs who changed their name the most times...

The peoples channel that actually listens to the people 👏🏾

At long last 👌

"I SWEAR YOULL NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN"

i enjoyed this very much! Thank you!

In this and other worlds,I am a 10th liker of this video and well done to the good friend "The Linear" who had his hardwork and determination being paid off as his requested video has been uploaded finally after like around 3 months of requesting good friend Alfie to only upload the video!!!Congratulations,good friend!!!:-D

This kind of videos is the best, keep this up

man, this was class! I'd love to see similar videos!

I really enjoyed this video - thank you Arthur!

i'm just casually chilling on yt and all of sudden i see one of the players of my team on a thumbnail..nice. greetings from Rostock mate

Great content Alfie, really informative and interesting

So much effort for the demand of one guy... earned yourself a sub my man

I must say, I would Like to See The Energie Cottbus Video, and their legendary Goalkeeper Tomislav Piplica.

Love this episode. Love seeing the history of my favorite sport explored.

Day 1: What would potential 2nd divisions in MLS and the A-League look like?

This is a great video. I would love you to make a video on the Rise and Fall of Energie Cottbus

I'm into this video. Thank you for your dedication, Arthur.

Awesome video! I'd really like to see more videos about German football in general. But anyways, you're doin a really good job! Thank you for all your amazing videos!

Thank you very much for this video.

I absolutely love the way you say these team names :D :D

This is a truly heroic upload

Amazing Video! My Grandfather used to play as goalkeeper for Chemie Leipzig, and always told me stories about how things used to be back then, and how different things were, and this really helped give me a broader background to understanding his story! Thank you so much!

Thank the lord it’s here !!!! Fantastic video I’m glad you’ve come to your senses and done it.

As someone from Cottbus, I’d highly appreciate the video you were planing to make! Keep up the great work!

From a Canadian Fan ......Man I love your content. Informative and Entertaining......

Yessssss always love a history video and have been looking forward to this one!

Who's cutting onions here I swear I'm not crying....

You just made his year brighter Alfie. I can't even imagine that guy's reaction when he sees this.❤️

I am still pioneering for Martin Rollins and he has never played in Germany but you still get a lovely thumbs up for your content

Thank you very much. Very entertaining.

Make the vid on cottbus, I'm not German but I find the stories on little known teams fascinating

Brilliant video.

What an utterly fantastic video idea