Will B-Teams Fix English Football?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back in April, Bayern Munich were playing a game and losing…</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If that weren’t already remarkable enough, that 1-0 loss to Kaiserslautern was actually enough to see them win the league title.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As you might have guessed, this was not Hansi Flick’s Bayern Munich, but Sebastien Hoeness’ Bayern Munich Zwei - Bayern’s B-Team. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But having won the Dritte Liga, Bayern Zwei had got as high as they could go. Even Bayern’s reserves had become uncompetitive.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over in England, the debate over B-Teams rages on.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With coronavirus pushing the pyramid to the limit, solutions to the problem of English football are rife. The call for B-Teams is back.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we ask: are B-Teams really the solution to English football’s problems?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guests: <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">James Cave (<a href= "https://twitter.com/jaycave14">@jaycave14</a>) is the co-founder of Against League 3 (<a href= "https://twitter.com/againstleague3">@AgainstLeague3</a>) a media channel that raises awareness on lower league issues.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matt Ford (<a href= "https://twitter.com/matt_4d">@matt_4d</a>) is a freelance journalist who covers German football and fan culture for DW Sports and others.<br /> <br /></span></p> <p>Support Us:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/FootballToday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.patreon.com/FootballToday</a></p> <p>Follow Us:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/FT_Podcast_" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@FT_Podcast_</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.footballtodaypodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.FootballTodayPodcast.com</a></p> <p>Music:</p> <p>The music for this episode was provided un