Weird question, I am trying to justify rooting for clubs based on my ancestral cities. I am pretty sure there is no club in Lippstadt, but if one were living in Lippstadt, which appears to be near Cologne, Dusseldorf, and Hannover, what club would I root for?? Is there even a predominant club there?? It's an odd question, but any help would be great...then I can add them to Reggina Calcio as part of my "Ancestors club".
True, Lippstadt may not have a major club, but I think they have one on a bit of smaller scale. I remember Dortmund coming over and playing them Spring 2001. Dortmund isn't far from Lippstadt either, neither is Gelsenkirchen (Schalke 04) nor Bochum. I don't know which is closest or if they are even closer than the cities you listed, but that's what I remember from travelling around there. I actually took a fan bus from one of the Lippstadt pubs to a Schalke 04 match, so there are at least some of those supporters there.
No sooner you spoke.. Found it...Lippstadt 08...looks they are really down low, and only in an 8,000 seat stadium. Oh well, I guess it will be pretty cool if they ever get to the BL1 Can you tell me anything about the city of Lippstadt?? My last name is supposedly based there...was Rees (pronounced "race" in English) and changed to "Race" when came to America.
You may take pride in the fact that both the Rummenigge brothers (that's very-famous Karl-Heinz and not-quite-so-famous Michael) are also from Lippstadt and began their playing carreers for a local club (Borussia Lippstadt, I think)
SV Lippstadt is currently first ranked with 15 points in 5 games in the Oberliga Westfalen (D4). They won't stay up there as they had quite an easy start into the season and four clubs are within 3 points behind (Hüls 13, Schalke Ama 12, Gütersloh 12, Bochum Ama 12 - latter three should compete for the promotion spot with Schalke being the huge favourite). About the city: founded in the late 12th century, they call themselves 'Venice of Westphalia', is the biggest city of the rural region Lippe with about 62.000 citizens.
Does the "ama" suffix stand for Amateur, or are those reserve squads for Bochum and Schalke?? Anyway, my family may or may not have roots in Lippstadt, it's all quite confusing with the changing of our last name, and whether or not the ancestors were Welsh or German...so it's just as likely that I should pull for Wrexham or Cardiff City.
Both is right. Amateur as this is thought to be the non-pro section of the club (in reality they are allowed to dress three pro players over 23 and unlimited pro players under 23), which in other words is the reserve squad.