It's derbytime! Join the East River Pirates at Nevada Smiths for HSV v FC St. Pauli on Sunday, February 6th at 9:30am LIVE. Bring ID. Nevada Smiths is at 74 Third Ave (Between 11th and 12th Streets). Make it a double header? Rangers vs. Celtic FC is on at 7:15am at Jack Demseys. Enjoy the Old Firm with a traditional Irish breakfast upstairs in the Celtic room with the Celtic Bhoys before racing down to Nevada Smiths for the derby. Jack Demseys, 36 West 33rd St, New York, NY 10001. Want to play for St. Pauli against HSV in the NYC supporters' Lombard Cup? We're kicking it indoor style at Aviator sports complex (Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY 11234) on February 17th at 7pm SHARP. If you are interested in joining the East River Pirates team, send a quick email to captain Henning, henning@fcstpaulinyc.com. New York ist Braun-Weiß! FC St. Pauli Fans NYC (East River Pirates) http://www.fcstpaulinyc.com email: info@fcstpaulinyc.com Twitter: @fcstpauliNYC Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34846255278
According to Sky the ref just cancelled the match tomorrow, due to bad conditions of the pitch in Stellingen. :/
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Something is wrong in here. You beat your rival at his own ground the first time since 1977 and here is not even a single post about it. Well, ..., congrats.
I'm just passing on a great St. Pauli article: Uli Hesse has the honors of writing the first article in "The Blizzard". It's a new quarterly publication book / magazine started up by Jonathan Wilson (Inverting the Pyramid / Behind the Curtain). Issue zero is a "pay-what-you-want" deal at the below link: http://www.theblizzard.co.uk/issues/zero St Pauli 07. Uli Hesse, The Conversion of St Pauli? Back in the Bundesliga, Europe’s most noted counter-cultural club is having to balance its ethos with the desire for a secure fi nancial future The article is about 15 pages long Uli at his best. Enjoy.
I haven't read the article but having 32 different T-shirts http://www.fcstpauli-shop.de/index.php/cat/c7_Shirts.html 7 different Polos http://www.fcstpauli-shop.de/index.php/cat/c8_Polo.html 14 different Pullovers http://www.fcstpauli-shop.de/index.php/cat/c9_Pullover.html 14 different Jackets http://www.fcstpauli-shop.de/index.php/cat/c10_Jacken.html and 18 different hats http://www.fcstpauli-shop.de/index.php/cat/c12_Kappen---Muetzen.html in their fan shop doesn't really look like counter culture to me. I'm going to stick with Livorno for the time being http://www.livornocalcio.it/
Well, if you're blinded to the reality of what is needed to run a 1st division club in ANY country, (namely CASH) then I have no idea what to tell you. Besides, selling t-shirts with the totenkopf on them is hardly a new thing for St. Pauli. What's the difference between one variety and one hundred varieties? A joke that reminds me of the situation.... Churchill: Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds? Socialite: My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms, of course... Churchill: Would you sleep with me for five pounds? Socialite: Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?! Churchill: Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.
Their counter culture asthetic if wildly popular in Germany. You can't fault them for selling merchandise and trying to keep their head above water in the top division. And I'm not sure how you can equate how many shirts they've made with anything actually. They're just hire better graphic artists.
I am not faulting them for selling merchandise at all - more power to them. I am just saying their status as being counter culture is romanticized by fans in and outside of Germany and that St. Pauli is as much part of the Bundesliga cultural mainstream as any other team in the top two divisions. However, their operating budget is much lower than many of the other teams, and they should be commended for surviving, both financially and from a sporting point of view, at the highest level. But so should teams like Freiburg and Mainz.
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I would agree 100%. Experiencing a true relegation battle for the first time as a VfB Stuttgart fan this year is a very enlightening experience. I real eye opener to what some fans are greeted with every year. Though I will say, I think most Stuttgart fans probably expect to get to Europe each year. (most via UEFA Cup..er...I mean....Europa League) Whereas, I'd be suprised if a team like Freiburg or Mainz didn't start each season with an idea that relegation could be one or two injuries or bad results away.....expectations are most likely different, but I don't think it takes the sting out.... Great photos by the way. The away Pauli fans are great fun, I imagine the home fans must be a riot. I have to go some day when VfB isn't there so I can join in the party.......
I loved hanging with the St. pauli away support this season while watching them play in Cologne. As for all the t-shirts, they are practically the home football team at the Wacken Metal festival. People need shirts for a weekend in what usually is a rainy weekend.
I must say I'm quite irritated by both players and Stanislawski not being as condemnatory of the attack on the ref as they should have been. More lip service type of response. I generally like Stanislawski, but he really had no business bashing the referee. Very poor form in light of the shameful events. Not cool.
I think it has to do with first reactions. Coaches and players interviews can't be taken serious in the minutes after matches (not only in that case). All the best for the assistant. And for the cup thrower. He should be bounded at the ultra area of the stadium for a match and everyone is allowed to throw beer at him. Then life-long stadium ban.
Stanislawski bashed the referees big time and said that the fans being angry at them was understandable... Such ref bashing is generally poor form. Yet more so if they were attacked. I think he also should be censured and fined.
Yeah. As both the refs and Schalke players said, that one cup was by no means the only object thrown at them during the match. It's just that that one hit a ref right on his neck at pretty high velocity. This 99%-1% cop-out is used so often when there's (political/sport-related) violence. It's just not true. And certainly not when it comes to football fan violence. In any case, life-long stadium ban plus community-service/big fine for the person who committed the crime. And a fine/unattended match for the club, too. Gotta send the right message.