• Einleitung
• Die Entstehung
• Landesgeschichte
• Service
• Schule

1. Describe Tony's way of life. What does the football club of West Bromwich Albion mean to him? Compare to your family and take these aspects into account:
   • job
   • football and family tradition
   • Tony's hobby and his behaviour towards his wife
   • free time activities at the weekend
   • his opinion on professional football
2. In the programme Tony says, 'Some people believe playing football is a matter of life and death. But that isn't true. There's even more to it.' - Explain what this means.
3. Describe how Lee Hughes lives and what West Bromwich Albion means to him. Compare his way of life to that of a famous player of the German 'Bundesliga'. Think of these ideas:
   • trained job
   • sports career and successes
   • opinion on his life as a footballer
   • money that may be earned
   • chances and risks for the future
4. In the programme Lee says, 'Sometimes you have to work hard to entertain people. At the end of the day people should have the feeling having been entertained well.' - Explain!
5. An Internet project. Work in small groups of four to six on these subjects:
   • Go to http://www.wba.co.uk/club/view/history/0,,10366,00.html and find out the most important highlights of the history of the football club West Bromwich Albion, particularly find out what happened to Lee Hughes in August 2001.
   • Go to http://www.drblank.com/slaws.htm and find out about the rules of soccer.
   • Go to http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/canals and collect information on the history of the local canals.
   • Go to http://www.bclm.co.uk/ and explore the Black Country Living Museum.
   Present the results of your research work on posters for your classroom or even your school's website. Illustrate your work with pictures or drawings from the various websites.
6. Ethnicity in Birmingham
   Look at this table and explain in your own words why Birmingham has a multi-racial society.

The latest population figure for Birmingham is for mid- 1998, which is 1,013,400.

Explain the above figures in your own words. The following expressions may be helpful:

The chart shows the proportions of the ... ethnic which make up the Black and Minority Ethnic population in Birmingham. The 1991 Census showed that ... of Birmingham's population is ... . Ethnic minorities / groups form ... of the population. There are more / nearly ... as many 'Asians' as ... groups. Pakistanis / ... form the smallest / largest second biggest single ethnic minority group.