Raphael Honigstein, a native of Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, is a German journalist and author. Before becoming a journalist he studied law. Honigstein is currently the English football correspondent for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung

Süddeutsche Zeitung

The Süddeutsche Zeitung , published in Munich, is the largest German national subscription daily newspaper.-Profile:The title literally translates as "South German Newspaper". It is read throughout Germany by 1.1 million readers daily and boasts a relatively high circulation abroad...

, and German football

Football in Germany

Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...

 correspondent for the British newspaper The Guardian

The Guardian

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and the UK radio broadcast talkSPORT

TalkSPORT

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. He regularly appears on the Guardian Podcast Football Weekly, hosted by James Richardson

James Richardson (television presenter)

James "AC Jimbo" Richardson is a television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a former presenter of Channel 4's Football Italia programme and co-presenter of Setanta Sports' The Friday Football Show and Football Matters...

, where he gives updates on German football - he is also notable on the podcast for his dry humour. He has also worked as a German football expert for Sky TV

British Sky Broadcasting

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, alongside host Alan McInally

Alan McInally

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, and more recently on Setanta

Setanta Sports

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's coverage of the Bundesliga. He has also appeared on The Friday Football Show on Setanta

Setanta Sports

Setanta Sports is an international sports broadcaster based in Dublin, Ireland. Setanta Sports was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events...

, and on Setanta Sports News

Setanta Sports News

Setanta Sports News was a television channel from Virgin Media Television and Setanta Sports. The channel launched on 29 November 2007. as a rolling 24-hour sports news channel using the strength of the Setanta Sports brand across the United Kingdom and Ireland . It was available to all Virgin...

, discussing German football. In addition, he also contributes to Germany's popular football magazine 11Freunde, British football quarterly The Blizzard

The Blizzard (magazine)

The Blizzard is a quarterly football magazine published by Blizzard Media. The recommended retail price is £12 per issue. It took its name from an eclectic Sunderland-based newspaper which ran for 12 issues and was established in 1893....

and occasionally appears on the football show, ESPNsoccernet Press Pass.

His book on the peculiarities of English football, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Die geheime Geschichte des englischen Fußballs, was published in German by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 2006, and the English version Englischer Fussball: A German View of Our Beautiful Game was published by Yellow Jersey Press in 2008.

External links

• Football Weekly archive at Guardian Unlimited
• Interview with Raphael Honigstein
• Interview with the football blog EFW