Paderborn

The Case For Them

Here is the argument for Paderborn: Germany, Germany Bundesliga, and a ground called Home Deluxe Arena. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• Easy weekend

  Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) is about 15km from the ground, and Paderborn-Schloß Neuhaus station is 2km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.

• The calendar you inherit

  Germany Bundesliga is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Germany does not do easy neutrals.

• Old enough to matter

  1907 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

• Nothing won, everything to play for

  The trophy cabinet is a shelf and a rumour. Supporting Paderborn is a bet on a first, not a return to former glories.