Bundesliga “Club love instead of love of country”
Unknown people steal banners from FC St. Pauli stadium
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The Millerntor Stadium
Source: dpa/Christian Charisius
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“Love of club instead of love of country” was the slogan on the banner at FC St. Pauli’s stadium. Now it’s gone. Hooligans are boasting about the crime on the internet. There is also trouble at the European Championships over the local club’s famous goal anthem.
Unknown persons have removed a banner with the words “Club love instead of love of country” from a stand in Hamburg’s Millerntor Stadium. FC St. Pauli announced that it had been stolen. Videos circulated on the Internet showing the banner being torn down in the dark on the outside of the Bundesliga newcomer’s stadium. The club, which was promoted to the Bundesliga in May, did not comment on details of the security measures around the Millerntor Stadium.
Various banners were hung on the outside of the back straight at Millerntor, including slogans such as “Woman, Life, Freedom” in reference to the protests for women’s rights in Iran and critical statements about the European Championship, the club said. “FC St. Pauli considers critical expressions of opinion by fans about the European Championship to be permissible; they are part of a democratic culture of discussion – including different opinions and perspectives. We therefore condemn the alleged theft of the banner,” it said.
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It’s not just the torn-down banner that’s causing a stir in Hamburg. For over 20 years, “Song 2” by the British rock band Blur has been the goal anthem at the Millerntor after FC St. Pauli scores. The song will no longer be played at the European Championships in the Volksparkstadion, where local rivals Hamburger SV normally play their home games.
St. Pauli’s goal anthem no longer plays in the HSV stadium
With the change, UEFA apparently also reacted to criticism from HSV fans. When Albanian Qazim Laci scored the 1-0 goal in the preliminary round match against Croatia, an excerpt from “Seven Nation Army” by the band The White Stripes was played over the stadium loudspeakers. During the first European Championship match in Hamburg last Sunday between the Netherlands and Poland (2-1), “Song 2” was played in the Volksparkstadion after the goals.
“Seven Nations Army” instead of “Song 2” in Hamburg’s Volkspark
Quelle: Getty Images/Dan Mullan
However, since this song has also been the goal anthem of city rivals FC St. Pauli for many years, there were protests from HSV fans, according to a report in the “Hamburger Abendblatt”. “Most important news: I have forwarded your complaints about Song 2 by Blur, and UEFA has actually adapted the goal song for today (out of solidarity with HSV),” said HSV stadium announcer Christian Stübinger, who will also be on the microphone at the European Championships, in his Instagram story before the final whistle.
