Craig McCracken

Football historian Craig McCracken discusses the strange world of East German football, including the nefarious activities of Stasi Chief Erich Mielke, the only competitive game between GDR and West Germany in the 1974 World Cup, player defections, and a suspicious death of a former GDR player in West Germany. They also explore the manipulation of football for political purposes, doping in East German athletics, referee corruption, the rise of BFC Dynamo, and Cold War intrigue in women's rights.