Bill 1,788 Posted May 17, 2020 Union Berlin are at home to the big boys Bayern Munich at 5pm I expect one of the home fans chants will be the name of their chairman Herr Weigau Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dylanisabaddog 4,911 Posted May 17, 2020 19 hours ago, Bill said: An interesting article about Union Berlin https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/50267677 Stuck in the Russian controlled side of Berlin until the two countries were re-united the club seems to be what many in the UK would like their club to be, as ""In the middle of 2008, the club decided to finally modernise the stadium, the Stadion An der Alten Försterei (Old Forester's House). Money was still tight, and so the fans simply built the ground themselves. More than 2,000 Union supporters invested 140,000 working hours to create what is now regarded as the largest football-specific stadium in Berlin.[15] Inside the stadium an array of outside beer kiosks and open air grills serving bratwurst and pork steaks at the back of the stand provide the culinary staples. In May 2004, the supporters raised enough money to secure the club's license for fourth-division football through a campaign called 'Bleed for Union'.[27] This catchphrase was not meant metaphorically. One element of the campaign was that fans donated blood to Berlin hospitals and then gave the money they received from the blood bank to their club. In 2014, the club came up with the idea of inviting their fans to take their own sofas to the ground for the whole of the World Cup, in order to enjoy the televised matches in the company of fellow supporters.More than 800 sofas were placed on the pitch in rows in front of a big screen.'' Interesting article here about the other Berlin club. The wall split the ground from a large number of its supporters https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/fall-of-the-berlin-wall-the-hertha-fans-caught-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-wall-9848043.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
