There has been a lot of interest recently on the fanclub scene, not least due to the ‘Museum, not Goliathwache’ campaign. For the uninitiated, a huge space within the new Gegengerade stand

will be occupied by a Police station. The Gegengerade is a sacred place for St Paulianer as it was here that the first skull and crossbones flags were flown and here that our fan culture was born. The new police station has been dubbed ‘Goliathwache’ due to its size (and because the nearby cop shop on the Reeperbahn is called

‘Davidswache’).

One brilliant message came from the ‘Build Supervisors’ of 1FC Autohof St Pauli and Braun-Weiß Südheide fanclubs. They invited everybody to a ‘Rebuilding of the Domwache in its original place” event outside the Nordkurve on 19 September, insisting that everyone should bring

with them a brick or sandstone to make sure that the rebuilding of the police station (outside Millerntor, nowhere near the Gegengerade!) wouldn’t be delayed! They would need as many ‘builders’ as possible to help them and red ‘Bring back St Pauli’ flags would also be welcome!

Another event organised by the fan scene

occurred before the away game in Cologne, when a wreath was laid in Cologne-Ehrenfeld at the cenotaph in memory of the Edelweiss Pirates, a youth organization in western Germany that forcefully and openly opposed the Hitler Youth and the Nazi regime in general. At great cost - several

members were publicly hanged in Cologne by the SS and Gestapo.

The Fanclubsprecherrat sent this to fanclubs:

“Legitimate fan groups are being weakened and discouraged by the power of media, authorities and clubs. The resulting vacuum is being used by neo-nazi groups to present their despicable

ideology and to terrorise those who think differently. Aachen, Dortmund and Duisburg are only a few examples. So it's time to stand up and remember that fascist ideologies don't just appear by themselves. And that, in a football context, young fans (Bremen, Mainz, St Pauli) who have defended themselves against neo-nazis, have

received national stadium bans instead of being praised for their civil courage.

This is reason enough for FC St. Pauli fans to honour the Edelweiss Pirates group, which was

in terrible times an example of courage and commitment, and which cannot be valued highly enough. Formed out of the desire not to march step by step with the

Hitler Youth and to be

free, many Edelweiss Pirates from Cologne to Dortmund were connected to the antifascist resistance in the 30s and 40s. Many were arrested and mistreated. We refer you to

the excellent archive of the NS Documentation Centre in Cologne, here.

We are delighted that we can greet the Edelweiss Pirate, Gertrude "Mucki" Koch (88), who will give accounts of her experiences in and around the wreath-laying ceremony. At this point we'll direct you to an interview with her. The action will be

planned and conducted by the fanscene of FC St

Pauli, but we'd be pleased to have many participants from Cologne and the region, who want to join us to organize a worthy and militant demonstration to make it clear that it is once again time to stand up against the brown scum, in

the stadium and everywhere else!”

I think it’s clear why we are standing here!

Our latest stream was also our first on a Tuesday evening. Despite a smaller attendance (14) and an inept performance against Aalen in Schubert’s last game, everyone had a great time. YSP members were then equally unable to get to grips

with the Wharf Chambers pop quiz afterwards. In my St Pauli parallel universe I dream of being Wharf Chambers quiz champion, but when I wake up I am still unable to name 70s disco ‘classics’!!! But the result does not matter. What matters is that we are here, we are together, we won’t go away and we are proud to follow St Pauli!

St. Pauli is the only option

Rob.

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Well the season is here and the pre-season optimism has come and gone. The slow start to the season didn't improve and it eventually grinded to a sudden halt with a home defeat against Aalen. It wasn't so

much the defeat that was the disappointing aspect, but the manner in which we played. Rarely have I seen a St. Pauli team lack so

much commitment and desire. Looking back over the years, regardless of league positions, we have had a team that embodied the spirit of St. Pauli.

One of our members commented during our stream that it was difficult to connect with the current squad. That is quite a comment from a member who has seen 20 St. Pauli games live, and has only seen them avoid defeat once - and even that was a draw!

The comment is the hallmark of the performances this season though - a usually reliable goalkeeper who seems devoid of

confidence, a defence which looks like they've never met each other before, a midfield looking in any creativity and a strike force struggling to create chances, let

alone score goals. Results can sometimes be misleading, you can lose but play with spirit, unfortunately this isn’t the case of the current St. Pauli side. After the defeat v Aalen, the board called an

emergency meeting and it was decided unanimously that Schubert should be sacked. A bold move so early in the season, but one that I feel was both justified and

necessary. We held a poll on our website during pre-season asking how people thought that St. Pauli would do in the

forthcoming campaign. The vast majority of people expected the team to finish in the top 6. A few weeks later and everyone is panicking that the same squad (minus Zambrano, but added to with several young talents) could be set for a relegation battle. So what has happened? Did we expect too

much from the squad? I don't think so. I think the squad we have is capable of

finishing in the top half of the table, despite the poor start. I personally (and hopefully won't be proved wrong) believe that the

squad has suffered a lack of confidence or belief since the summer. Schubert was well known for his authoritarian approach to management, which was rumoured to have upset several players last term, some of which have since departed. With a squad including several youngsters, how does that

approach effect them? One example of this is Tschauner. He was excellent all season last year, yet this season he has already made a couple of high profile mistakes. Of course he hasn't suddenly lost his ability, he's clearly just

affected by the lack of team morale. It's not just Tschauner either, the whole team seems to lack any confidence in their abilities. Perhaps

it's harsh to blame this all on Schubert, but footballers don't suddenly lose their abilities overnight. It is these exact points that were raised by players in the interviews after the

defeat on Friday evening in Regensburg. Talk was of the squad having to go “back to basics” and “old St. Pauli-like virtues”. When I initially wrote this piece last weekend, the rest of this column was speculating who the new manager would be, but a day before

publishing it was announced that Michael Frontzeck was to replace Schubert starting next week (more on that later in the issue).

Performances aside, the spirit of St. Pauli continues to amaze me. We have excellent articles with Ultrà Sankt Pauli and the AFM later

in this issue, which show the ethos of the club and the people behind it. We also had an interview with Sozialromantiker Sankt Pauli, which we put into a special edition of our fanzine. If you missed it, it’s available for free here. I also had the pleasure of attending the

away game against Fortuna Düsseldorf a couple of weeks ago, where we took 5,000 fans for a Monday night game. Incredible support.

As always, thank you to everyone who has contributed to the fanzine and the running of Yorkshire St. Pauli. A huge amount of hard

work goes into the fanzine and the running of the group on a daily basis, and it has become a lot more than just turning up to watch a football game every couple of weeks. We are always looking for writers for the fanzine or the website, whether it’s football, politics, music or anything else, so if you want to contribute in

any way just send us an email to ysp@live.co.uk.

Finally, One of our Hamburg-based members needs a flat in Hamburg, max €500. Dave and his son (5) need a 2 Room flat ASAP! On 01

Dec, they will be homeless unless they can find accommodation. If you can help in any way, please contact Dave via email on davedoughman@gmail.com Scott

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EDITOR’S NOTE

In this edition of Weisse Rose we take a look at Lithuania's FC Vova! Established in 2004, the club came together through like-minded punks posting on a hardcore-punk web forum - inquiring about playing Sunday

football in their native Vilnius: as a club they share the motto 'Love Football - Hate

Fascism'. The team first came together when they illegally bombarded onto a pitch of a Christian school. As time went on, more and more people started joining the hysteria that FC Vova caused. Club members and

players included boys, girls, Lithuanians, Russians as well as many Polish people. Their first fixture was against Kaunas, a punk rock side - the score ended 7-0 in Vova's favour but the reverse fixture was 8-1 to the punk rockers of Kaunas!

In a similar style to FC St. Pauli's various fan organisations, Vova from the very

beginning were always looking to attend international tournaments. The first one they entered was Tabun's open-air DIY festival in Latvia. In the build up to their trip to Latvia, the club were still in the process

of selecting a name; they wanted to call their club after a beautiful girls name, however they ended up with Vova - the name of their current goalkeeper who was seen as the main amusement of the team as his goalkeeping skills were awful.

However FC Vova is about enjoyment and solidarity as like-minded individuals, rather

than competitiveness and skill levels. Despite the fun and social element of the club being key, they still managed to win their first trophy only a short time into their history as a club - this came in the form of

the Zabadaks Festival, again north of the border in Latvia.

One year since their establishment in 2004, FC Vova decided themselves it was time for a tournament to be held on Lithuanian soil. As hosts they named it the Darom Festival, the first year went well however, the second

year of the festival was interrupted by the local mafia. Not that the Vova comrades let

this get them down, founding member Paulius Grigaitis said they simply had to 'fight the fuckers'. Just as Sankt Pauli would if you had racists gate-crashing the

prestigious Anti-Ra tournaments. After being hosts for two years Vova went further afield to attend festivals. Destinations include the Mondiali Anti-Razzisti in Italy, and other tournaments in Belarus, Sweden, Belgium, Holland, England, Brazil and finally

Germany - they played Sankt Pauli fans in 2007.

One of the main problems

they encountered was that their league was becoming too

ultra-competitive. This brought about thoughts of creating their own DIY league, where teams played for fun and solidarity of left-wing ideals, just like their friends did further east in Minsk (Belarus Anti-Fascist Football League). FC Vova turned punks

who didn't like football before into keen enthusiasts, valuing the commune feeling it can

bring. Very similar to the activists, squatters and students who used the Millerntor and FC St. Pauli to initiate the change in German fan culture (the riddance of neo-Nazism).

Most in the former Soviet states resent the

former regime, often taking the extreme of joining the far right. Even those more left-leaning often refuse to use the term 'left-wing' because of its link to the fallen state socialist regime. One thing is for sure, you won't see Che Guevara or hammer an sickles emblems

slapped around freely. In the capital cities of Lithuania's two northern neighbours - Ukraine

and Belarus, this is exemplified. In Minsk, Dinamo Minsk have a fierce far-right background whereas their main rivals Partizan are strong Anti-Fascists but not to be mistaken for communists. In Kiev, as you would have

seen in the mass media in the build up to FIFA and UEFA's masterplan to rejuvenate the east through a football tournament, Dynamo like their name sakes in Minsk have a far-right following often displaying neo-Nazi symbols. However Arsenal Kiev are left-wingers, it may be the first time you've heard of them; no

surprise there as most good things aren't covered in the world of media. In Poland's

Warsaw it is exactly the same, Legia are of the right and Polonia of the left. Until next time,

Forza Sankt Pauli.

Piece written by Liam.

Website: Football Scope

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FC Vova: Fun and Games in Lithuania

Football is more than 90 minutes, and St. Pauli is more than just a football club. One great example of this is the volunteer run AFM Radio service. We recently conducted an interview with Wolf from AFM Radio to get an insight into

how it all started and the services it provides to fans...

Wolf, thank you for taking the time to give

our readers some information about an important role at St. Pauli. For me personally, before the members of Yorkshire St .Pauli found each other, your

broadcasts were my connection to the magic of St. Pauli. Many times my wife has found me jumping around in our kitchen, celebrating a brown-white goal beautifully described by AFM Radio. But when did the service start and how did you get involved?

AFM Radio transmitted live from Millerntor for the first time by audio livestream in August

2005. Live “listening post” reports for blind and visually impaired fans in the stadium, which we provide for league games at the Millerntor, are the main substance of AFM Radio. Probably not everyone will know about live audio broadcasts

for visually impaired fans, but everyone knows films on the TV that are described for the blind via an extra audio channel. On the TV it can sound something like:

“The man in the checked jacket lifts the coffee cup to his mouth and stops. He pauses, gazing

out of the window……”

Audio description is the foreign word used. Contrary to film descriptions, we have to formulate words live in the stadium in real time, preferably at ball height and we can’t view the action five times in order to find the right words. The live situation is a great

challenge. In effect, we have to read the game without knowing the text beforehand. It’s similar to a simultaneous translation, only that we have to produce ourselves the verbal images that make the game an experience for the listeners.

Many people say it’s just exactly like radio. A

live commentary for the blind and visually impaired is similar to a live radio commentary. In the stadium the spectators murmur when a sharp shot from the home team skims just over the crossbar. All visitors to the stadium hear the exciting moment. This moment should

preferably be described live, not retold after the event, so that blind fans can experience the game and its exciting moments just as directly as everyone else in the stadium. That’s

the main difference to the classic radio commentary and our particular challenge.

As many users of the listening posts found the commentaries really good, and because FC St.

Pauli games back then couldn’t be followed live on TV or on the radio, it was suggested that we transmit the listening post commentaries as web radio.

My first co-reporter, Alexander Bastek, knew

Alexander Gunkel (Chairperson of the AFM), as they had studied Art History together, and due to this the AFM could be convinced to implement the radio. In the beginning, you had to be an FC St. Pauli club member in order to be able to listen to AFM Radio.

How I became a commentator for listening post reports is a little bizarre. In the 1997/98

season I obtained by devious means a long-sleeved shirt of my then favourite player, Matthias Scherz. A then playing colleague of Matthias Scherz used to sell original unused team articles. In the fan shop only the short-

sleeved shirt was sold. I stood on the Gegengerade in my team shirt and in front of me stood a blind man, who was also wearing an original shirt of Matthias Scherz, with the number 25 on the back and the original Bundesliga emblem. The Bundesliga emblem was in those days not yet printed on replica

shirts. So my status in the stadium was a bit befuddled. And likewise that of my fellow

supporter. It developed into chat and – this still worries me now – I then described the game for ten minutes, live and direct, for my blind colleague. His companion reckoned that I

shouldn’t stop.

On the Gegengerade in another spot there was a flag of the blind in yellow fabric with three black spots on it. At that moment the idea was born to arrange a space on the Gegengerade

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AFM RADIO

(standing area) in which interested blind and visually impaired fans could meet in order to listen to a commentary. A small battery operated microphone amp and a small headphone booster module are sufficient

already for a listening post commentary to begin. The letter that I wrote back then to FC St Pauli remained unanswered, but the idea persisted. In 2003 in the Knust live music club I met Sven Brux, the Head of Security at FC St. Pauli and ex-fan representative, and asked him about my correspondence. He knew

nothing about the letter but the timing of my

enquiry was good. The deciding impetus for the accommodation of listening posts came from Katja and Michael Löffler, and the Sehhunde fanclub. Bayer Leverkusen was the first German club (in 1999) to install listening posts in the stadium.

Do you have any funny stories from the commentary box?

There are lots of funny happenings experienced by AFM Radio at home and away games. One shows perfectly the prevailing tone of AFM Radio. FC St. Pauli played in the

Südstadion in Cologne (actually the home of Fortuna Köln) against the 2nd team of 1FC Köln. That was in 2005. We AFM Radio reporters sit mostly in the ‘normal’ press seats and preferably not in a commentary box. It is very important for the broadcast to

experience the atmosphere of a game. In the Südstadion the press seats are very close to the pitch, the stadium was almost empty and it was very quiet. The away fans’ section is a long way away, as in almost all stadia. At the beginning of the game the referee had blown up for a free kick against St. Pauli for every

Cologne dive. After they’d managed seemingly

100 dives and free-kicks to the disadvantage of my favourite team, I jumped up and roared at the ref that he ought to finally begin to referee properly. The ref looked up from the touchline and in the press seats the journalists and those sitting nearby stared at

me either puzzled or hostile. So that was too much like fan and too little like journalist!

In the half-time break we like to do interviews in the stadium with football experts who are at the game. At half-time in this game I was able to ask Walter Eschweiler, one of the most

famous German FIFA referees, what referees

do during the break. It was calming to hear that referees also discuss and analyse their performance in order to alter for the second period, where appropriate, their management of the game. St Pauli won the game in the end and the referee didn’t blow any more for

every tumble.

On the way to Ahlen we forgot to get off the train in time and travelled for a long way with a taxi driver, who was a Communist and football-hater, and whose hobby was shooting with muzzle-load firearms.

There is a lot of positive feedback from FC St. Pauli fans from across the world. One exotic highlight remains for me – an email from a Hamburg meteorologist and St Pauli fan, who described to me the feeling she had, sitting with colleagues from Munich with no football interest in a research container somewhere in

the Antarctic, and for two hours having the feeling of being in her beloved stadium.

AFM Radio gives an important commentary service to blind St Paulianer in the stadium. How does it work? FC St. Pauli has had listening posts for blind

and visually impaired fans at Millerntorstadion since 2004. A live commentary of the game can be followed using more than 20 headsets. Two reporters rotate approximately every five minutes. Both roles, commentator and expert, are changed several times during the game. The listening post service is, of course, also

available for visually impaired fans of the guest team. Visually impaired fans get discounted tickets and are allowed to bring a companion with them into the stadium. As a third division team, we were the first club outside the first division anywhere in

Germany to supply such a voluntary contribution to breaking down barriers in the stadium. In contrast to the places for wheelchair users, listening posts are not part of the legal specification.

We recently heard that the AFM Radio service is in danger and needs financial

help. Can you give any details of the current situation?

AFM Radio broadcasted at first only FC St Pauli home games. Then a small number of away games were added. Then all away games were broadcast. That was possible through sponsorship from Gravis for the FC St

Pauli podcast and with this income we could balance all the costs for AFM Radio. The low cost broadcast of AFM Radio by UMTS stick became more and more impossible through the growing use of smartphones. For

each away game we now have to order a real time connection from the telecom provider in order to broadcast without interference. For every away game such a connection costs between €200 and €300. Securvita had sponsored AFM Radio and with this the costs for the time connections at away games were

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covered. Unfortunately Gravis terminated its marketing agreement with FC St. Pauli and with it also its sponsorship of the podcast. Also, Securvita quit its supporting role for AFM Radio during the course of last season.

A new financing concept, proposed by us, divides the cost burden onto different shoulders. The AFM takes on part of the costs for the radio. We continue to seek a sponsor for AFM Radio and one for the podcast. We are also looking for backers who will support solidly, but who don’t want to be as exposed

as the sponsors. We are also offering every listener the possibility to be supportive with a small contribution.

With this concept we want to lay the financial foundations of AFM Radio in order to develop it further. There are great, exciting projects in the offing that we’d like to develop. But first

we have to lay the foundations….

Wolf, I understand that you are also the trainer of the football for the blind team at FC St Pauli. How did that start and how many members do you have?

We have a team of 3 coaches, 5 guides, 3 goalkeepers and 10 outfield players. That

sounds great, but not all of our players want to play in the league and not all of the coaches, guides and goalkeepers can come to every training session. We are seeking further outfield players who would like to play league games. We enjoy it most when the FC St.

Pauli Blind Football team manages to play an international game. Maybe someone will read this who has contact to a team in England and we can arrange something… (editor’s note - if you’re interested, send Yorkshire St. Pauli an

email to ysp@live.co.uk and we’ll pass the contact information on)

I’ve been connected to football for the blind since 2008. Katja and Michael Löffler are the founders of the blind football team at FC St. Pauli. I began by working as commentator for the Blind Football Bundesliga. For 6 years I’ve been coaching a girls’ football team at SC Sternschanze and have achieved coaching

qualifications up to the preliminary stage of the DFB’s C License. In 2009 I was allowed to become active in blind football for the first time as goalkeeper. Then soon afterwards as coach. I’m currently appointed until February

2013 as the FC St. Pauli blind football coach.

When did you begin to follow the magical FC St Pauli?

In 1989 I began to go regularly to the games. First of all I stood on the south side, then for a long time on the north terrace, and then

finally the Gegengerade terrace. I moved to Hamburg in 1988 when I was accepted onto a film studies course at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts. The search for suitable student accommodation led me to move into a

communal flat in St Pauli and not to Eppendorf to my uncle’s one-room flat, as I was concerned about being lonely. Great bars, nice people and then in 1991 I joined the football club for the first time. What was your greatest moment at St.

Pauli?

As coach of the blind football team – Katja and Michael Löffler shouting with joy in 2011 as their decisive goals secured second place at our ‘Keep Your Mind Open’ indoor tournament. For me as a fan the most moving moment was

the headed goal by Deniz Baris in Nuremberg and especially the return journey on the ‘Special train to Vladikavkas’ after gaining promotion to the Bundesliga on 20 May 2010. My greatest moment as a player in St Pauli’s

3rd Eleven – after 6 years without scoring a

goal I managed to win the 100DM bet I had made with my equally goal-shy teammate, Markus Schäfer, as I only had to tap the ball over the line from 30cm out. I already knew seconds before that I was going to score, but I never considered that it would be such a

boring goal!

The 5th Blind Football Indoor Masters ‘Keep Your Mind Open’ takes place on Saturday 6th October (11h-18h) and Sunday 7th October (10h-14h) in the sports hall of the Economics High School (Wirtschaftsgymnasium) on Budapester Strasse in St Pauli. Taking part

will be (amongst others) Sportfreunde Blau Gelb Marburg (German Champions), LFC Berlin, Chemnitzer FC, Eintracht Braunschweig, DJK Franz Sales Haus Essen and our very own FC St. Pauli.

Thank you very much, Wolf, for answering our questions on these fascinating subjects. And for anyone wishing to help AFM Radio, we here at YSP have collected over €120 so far and

will continue to collect. Please contact us

(email to ysp@live.co.uk) if you wish to make a donation.

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It is only the end of September but already two managers have been relieved of their positions, following Duisburg’s Oliver Reck’s August dismissal St. Pauli decided to relieve André Schubertof his position after a run of

one win from seven games culminating in a dour 1-0 home defeat to Aalen. However there was no quick fix as St Pauli were

beaten 3-0 at Jahn Regensburg & currently lie in 15th place.

At the other end of the table Eintracht Braunschweig continue to prove the

doubters wrong as they remain unbeaten but have lost their 100% record with two draws from the last three games. On the positive side those draws came at formidable outfits in the shape of fellow unbeaten pair 1860 Munich & Kaiserslautern. Cottbus stay on

Braunschweig’s coat tails despite losing for the first time last time out at an improving

Union Berlin. Braunschweig currently hold a three point advantage on second placed Cottbus who have 17 points, there is then just three points separating second & seventh place. 1860 Munich hold third place

on 16 points after ending September with two victories including an impressive 2-0 victory in Ingolstadt. Kaiserslautern head into October in good shape with four wins & four draws from their opening eight games & with difficult fixtures against 1860 Munich &

Eintracht Braunschweig behind them they will be confident of continuing in a similar vein.

After six games without a win FC Köln’s season finally got underway with a 2-1 win over a previously unbeaten FSV Frankfurt side in front of 32000 fans at the

RhineEnergie Stadion, they followed that up with another three points in a hard fought 2-1 win at Paderborn with loan striker Anthony Ujah opening his account for the club & lifting Köln into 14th place in the table. On the flip side until the loss at Köln FSV Frankfurt were enjoying a fine start to the

season but they have now lost two on the trot after a heavy 3-0 loss at Aalen.

Hertha Berlin very nearly become the first team to lose to Duisburg but for a late Sandro Wagner goal against his former side giving Hertha a 2-2 draw taking their

unbeaten run to 6 games in the process. Srdan Baljak had hit a fine double for Duisburg who now enter October in search

of a victory, although there have been promising signs under Kosta Runjaic including two recent draws & despite a 3-0 loss at Braunschweig they were just ten minutes from holding the leaders to a goal less draw.

Karsten Baumann is fast becoming a man under pressure, his Aue side sit in the drop

zone & have collected just one point from the last 15 available. Their latest defeat came at 3rd bottom Dynamo Dresden & included the sending off of key defender Kevin Schlitte, a suspension that they can ill afford. With

games at 1860 Munich & Kaiserslautern on the horizon & the fans fast becoming disgruntled Baumann will be a worried man. Dynamo Dresden finished last season in a very inconsistent manor & this season is no different, they have offered some sublime football in spells but more often than not have

flattered to deceive & despite an abundance of talent in the squad their loyal support will be

expecting more than has been delivered so far. Over 10000 fans followed the team to the Capital for a midweek fixture recently & were left very much short changed with the team’s performance.

Before the home defeat to 1860 Munich Ingolstadt had been showing signs of the strong finish from last season with three straight wins lifting them into sixth place, the forward line of Cauiby & Eigler coupled with a strong midfield led by long serving captain

Stefan Leitl had made the side backed by the Audi money a formidable force and although

not universally liked there is no denying Ingolstadt are a strong outfit who will not be far away when the trophies are handed out. Aalen are still the strongest of the newly promoted sides, despite selling midfielder

Kevin Kampl to Red Bull Salzburg for a huge profit they have steadied themselves & are currently on a three match winning run & head into this weekend’s game with Sandhausen just two points behind second placed Cottbus. Sandhausen find themselves five without a win & currently in the relegation

play off place whilst last season’s playoff winners Jahn Regensburg are gradually

finding their feet & after five defeats in the opening six games they have now won their last two games & will hope to extend that run when they visit Aue this coming Sunday.

Review by Lee, who can be found on twitter here.

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2.Bundesliga September review

"He has an incredible experience both as a player and a coach," said St. Pauli sports director Rachid Azzouzi. "I am absolutely convinced that he is the right man”. A week since the sacking of Andre Schubert, the club

announced the arrival of Michael Frontzeck who has signed a contract until June 2014. Here’s a brief summary of the man tasked with improving

the fortunes of the boys in brown…

1. As pointed out by Rachid Azzouzi, Frontzeck does indeed have experience as both a player and a coach. The 48 year

old began his professional football career in 1979 with Borussia Mönchengladbach and having come through the youth ranks the left-back played over 190 first team games in 10 years.

2. In 1984 Frontzeck earned his first call up to the German national side, and went on

to earn 19 caps in total. He was part of

the Euro 1992 side that finished as runners-up.

3. In 1989 he decided to leave Mönchengladbach and joined Stuttgart. In 1992 he was part of the Stuttgart team that won the Bundesliga. He went on to

play 163 games and score 16 games in his 5 year spell with Stuttgart.

4. Frontzeck left Stuttgart to join Bochum, and then returned to Mönchengladbach before a move to Manchester City. Unfortunately I can’t find anything about

his spell at Man City, except for one

comment on a fans forum which describes him as “one of the worst players I have ever seen” and goes on to say “One comment I can remember is they said he is like Homer Simpson but that was being unfair to Bart's dad”.

5. After 23 games for Man City he returned to Germany with Freiburg and then a third spell at Mönchengladbach before retiring in 2000.

6. After a couple of coaching roles, Frontzeck earned his first managerial role with

Alemannia Aachen in 2006. Aachen had

been promoted to the Bundesliga during the previous campaign under Dieter Hecking, but Hecking left Aachen after just three games to take up the managerial position at Hannover 96. Frontzeck started well with Aachen, but

they struggled to maintain their good form and were relegated after winning only one of their last 8 games of the season. He

resigned following relegation.

7. His next stint in management came at

Arminia Bielefeld in January 2008. But the following season Frontzeck saw his Bielefeld relegated and he left.

8. In June 2009 he was announced as the next Mönchengladbach manager. In his

first season as manager he guides the side to a 12th place finish, but the following season his side struggles after an injury crisis. His reign ends after a disappointing 3-1 defeat against...FC St. Pauli. He is sacked.

9. That win against Mönchengladbach at the

Millerntor on Matchday 22 had put St.

Pauli into 11th in the Bundesliga table with 28 points. Mönchengladbach were rock-bottom with 16 points. Incredibly, St. Pauli only picked up one more point before the end of the season and finish

bottom of the league. Mönchengladbach had a revival after the sacking of Frontzeck and finished in the relegation play-off place with 36 points. They won the play-off and stayed in the Bundesliga.

10. Finally, if that isn’t enough information for you, MoPo provides us with this little

fact. Michael Frontzeck is the third bald

manager of St. Pauli in succession, following Stani and Schubert.

Welcome, Michael. Good luck!

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ThERE’S SOmEThINg abOuT mIchaEl

Frontzeck and Matthias Sammer celebrate winning

the Bundesliga. Copyright: Press Photo Baumann

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September reviewed

We were going to do match reviews of the games during September, however it wasn’t very good was it? In summary, we had some woeful zonal marking from set pieces, a distinct lack of any threat going forward and we didn’t get many points. So instead, here’s a picture of the Millerntor during the recent 1-0 defeat against Aalen, which saw the sacking of Schubert.

“Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true”. - Lyman Frank Baum

Ultrà Sankt Pauli recently celebrated their 10th birthday with an impressive chore versus SV Sandhausen and a party at Knust. We thought it was a good time to ask them for an interview, reflecting on a decade of

fantastic support.

1) Firstly, congratulations on 10 years of Ultrà Sankt Pauli. Can you tell us how you

have been celebrating?

Im Stadion haben wir unseren 10. Geburtstag mit zwei großen Choreographien gefeiert. Die Vorbereitung und Planung der Choreos hat sehr

lange gedauert, aber die Mühen der vergangenen Wochen haben sich definitiv gelohnt. Es war zudem ein schönes Gefühl, als das Stadion bei den verschiedenen Elementen der Choreos applaudierte.

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Die eigentliche, große Feierlichkeit fand am 08.

September statt. Um 15Uhr trafen wir uns im Viertel, um bei Bier, guter Musik und fantastischem Essen in den Abend zu starten. Mit Einbruch der Dunkelheit gingen über 600 Ultràs, St. Pauli-Fans und Freunde der Gruppe in die Richtung des "Knust", einem Club direkt

neben dem Millerntorstadion, wo wie die USP-Party stattfinden sollte. Es wäre vermessen, hier auch nur ansatzweise zu beschreiben, wie viel Spaß wir alle auf dieser Party hatten, wieviel Freude in den Gesichtern abzulesen war, wie emotional die Atmosphäre war und wie sehr wir

uns auch heute noch über ihn freuen. Kurzum:

Es war perfekt.

Inside the stadium, we celebrated our 10th anniversary with two big displays. The

preparation and planning of these displays took a very long time but they were definitely worth the efforts. It was a very good feeling when everybody in the ground applauded the different elements of the choreo.

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The big party took place September 08, 2012. At 3 pm we met up in the district to start into the evening with beer, good music and fantastic food. With nightfall, more than 600 ultras, St. Pauli supporters and friends of the group went

to the "Knust", a club close to the Millerntor ground where the actual party was to take place. It would be inappropriate to even try to describe how much fun we all had at that party, how much joy could be seen in the faces, how emotional the atmosphere was and how much we are still happy about it. To sum it up: it was

perfect.

2) The choreo against Braunschweig was very special. How long did it take to come up with the idea and actually produce the display?

Grundlage für die Choreo gegen Braunschweig war einer unserer Chants "Wir sind ooooh St.

Pauli". Schwer im Nachhinein zu sagen, wie lange wir für die Choreo gebraucht haben, es werden wohl ein paar Wochen gewesen sein. Große, imposante und schwierige Choreos entstehen durch die Ideen von vielen Menschen bei USP, quasi ein permanentes, kreatives

Brainstorming. Für die Umsetzung und Planung

solcher Aktionen haben wir mit der "Choreogruppe" eine spezielle Gruppe, die sich verstärkt dazu Gedanken macht, wobei jede/r

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Ultrà SANKT PAULI

‘Nord Support’ show their appreciation for USP, thanking them for their 10 years of passion for the club.

andere natürlich auch seine Vorschläge einbringen kann.

The basis for the display against Braunschweig was one of our chants, "Wir sind ooooooh St. Pauli" ("we are oooooooh

St. Pauli"). It's difficult to say how long it took to prepare the choreo, it must have been a couple of weeks. Large, impressive and difficult displays are created based on ideas of many people at USP, it's like a constant, creative brainstorming. To to plan and implement such actions we have a

special group called "Choreogruppe".

Everybody else can give suggestions and other input as well, naturally.

3) Was it exhausting spinning those psychedelic revolving eyes?

Nein, das war nicht anstregend. Es hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht!

No, it was not exhausting but really good fun!

4) The freaks with the ACAB and Bullenschweine banners ended up costing the club big fine, despite

appearing to be a tongue-in-cheek reference. Do you feel this was a

massive over reaction on the part of the DFB?

Definitiv. Kritik an den Institutionen DFB und Polizei wird nicht geduldet. Die Strafe für den FC St. Pauli ist absolut lächerlich und zeigt vielmehr, wie stark der Konflikt

zwischen aktiven Fans und dem DFB mittlerweile ist. Gerade die Fans des FC St. Pauli sind dem DFB dabei ein Dorn im Auge, weil sie eben nicht konform handeln, sondern ihre Kritik im Stadion, für jeden

sichtbar, artikulieren. Der DFB reagiert darauf wie gewohnt: In unserem Fall mit

Strafgeldern, in anderen Fällen mit der Androhung eines Geisterspiels oder reduziertem Zuschauereinlass. Gerade in der letzten Saison ist der DFB zu einem hysterischen Verband verkommen, der mit Strafen und Drohungen nur so um sich wirft für Nichtigkeiten und nicht einmal merkt,

dass er damit noch mehr Menschen gegen sich aufbringt.

Definitely. It is not tolerated to criticise institutions such as the DFB or the police.

The punishment for the FC St. Pauli is absolutely ridiculous and shows once again

shows how massive the conflict between active fans and DFB got by now. Especially the supporters of FC St. Pauli are a thorn in the flesh of the DFB as they don't conform to expected behaviour but communicate their critique openly and publicly. The DFB

proceeds as always: in our case with a monetary penalty, others by threatening a match in front of a reduced attendance or a "ghost match". Especially in the last year, the DFB degenerated to a hysteric organisation

that hands out punishments and threats for bagatelles freely and does not even realise that they are antagonising even more people.

5) Has the USP changed or evolved since 2002. In what ways?

Natürlich, aber jetzt alle Veränderung der letzten 10 Jahre im Detail aufzuzählen würde

den Rahmen sprengen. Fakt ist, dass aus einer kleinen Gruppe von Freaks, die in der Gegengerade niemand verstehen wollte, die dort auf Ablehnung stieß und mit Bier beworfen wurde eine der prägensten Gruppen für die St. Paulianische Fanszene geworden ist. Dies hat viel mit dem Umzug auf die

Südkurve zu tun, aber auch, dass wir die Werte der aktiven Fanszene, die den FC St. Pauli seit den 1980ern zu etwas Besonderem machen, weitertragen und mit Leben füllen. Wir haben viel diskutiert, haben Fehler gemacht, jedoch niemals den Dialog mit Kritikern gescheut. Gerade unter den vorhin

beschriebenen Vorraussetzungen ist 10 Jahre Ultrá am Millerntor eine absolute Erfolgsgeschichte, von der alle profitieren.

Of course, but I guess to list all the changes of the last 10 years in detail would be beyond the scope of this interview. It's a fact that a

small group of freaks nobody in the Gegengerade wanted to understand became one of the most formative groups of FC St. Pauli's fan scene. One of the reasons for that is the move to the south stand terrace. But what's important as well: we carry on and flesh out the values of the active supporters

scene that make the club so special since the 1980s.

We discussed a lot, we made mistakes, but we never tried to avoid the dialogue with those that criticise us. Especially when considering the pre-conditions stated above, 10 years of Ultrà at the Millerntor are a

downright success story to the profit of everybody at the club.

6) I was fully in favour of the Rostock blockade in 2010 (the empty terrace made a really strong statement to those

watching on the internet and on

television) but it got a lot of criticism. We're you surprised by this? Did it change your relationship with other fan groups?

Leider wurde die Aktion nicht als das starke Statement wahrgenommen, was es eigentlich sein sollte. Damals ging es USP und anderen

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Fans darum, ein klares Zeichen gegen die willkürliche Aussperrung von Gästefans auf Anordnung der Polizei zu setzen. Mit der damaligen Aussperrung von Hansa Rostock-Fans wurde eine neue Dimension der

Repression ermöglicht. Heute ist dies ein beliebtes Mittel des DFB, unliebsame Fans von Spielen auszuschließen. Das alles begann am Hamburger Millerntor, unter starker Mithilfe der damaligen Vereinsführung des FC St. Pauli rund um Corny Littmann - und dagegen wollten wir protestieren.

Sadly, that action was not perceived as the

strong statement that it was meant to be. At that time, the intention of USP and other supporters was to take a stand against locking out away supporters indiscriminately by order of the police. The lock out of Hansa Rostock's supporters made a new dimension of repression

possible. By now, it has become one of the DFB's most favourite punishments. And it all started at the Millerntor with strong support of the then leadership of the club under Corny Littmann. We wanted to protest against that.

Das gewählte Mittel, also die komplette Blockade der Südkurve, hat speziell uns viel

Kritik eingebracht - es wurde anschließend mehr darüber diskutiert, inwiefern es Probleme zwischen Fans von Sankt Pauli gibt, als über die Repression der Polizei. In der hitzigen Blockade-Situation wurden einzelne Mitglieder von USP verbal auf das Schlimmste attackiert, andere

St. Pauli Fans beschimpften uns teilweise als "Nazis", "Votzen" und "Nigger". Darüber waren wir sehr schockiert, weil dies am Millerntor nicht toleriert wird! Dort hat sich eine Ablehnung gegenüber USP von einigen St. Pauli-Fans geäußert, die sich über die letzten Jahre angestaut halt. Es wird auch weiterhin

Menschen geben, die mit Ultrà oder unserer Gruppe nicht viel anfangen können, dennoch führt dies in der Südkurve nicht zu Konflikten. Solange Kritik an uns herangetragen wird suchen wir immer den Dialog mit den Personen, da wir im Endeffekt alle Fans des FC St. Pauli sind und das beste für den Club wollen, da

sollten solche Kleinigkeiten keine Rolle spielen.

The chosen means, a full blockade of the south stand's terrace, got us under fire — there was more discussion about problems among supporters than the repression of the police. In the heat of the blockade itself, some members

of USP were verbally harassed in the worst ways. Other fans called us "Nazis", "cunts" and "nigger". We were shocked by that as these are words that should not be tolerated at the Millerntor! A denial of USP surfaced that must have grown over the previous years. There will always be people that just don't get along with

Ultrà or our group, but that doesn't lead to conflicts on the south stand terrace. As long as

criticism gets to us, we will always try to get into a dialogue as we are all fans of FC St. Pauli. In the end, we all want the best for the club. Such minor issues shouldn't play a role in that context.

7) It sometimes feels like USP (and ultras in general) get the blame for everything, do you think this is fair, especially as you contribute so much to the atmosphere at the Millerntor and at away grounds?

Natürlich ist es nicht fair, wenn wir für Dinge, die schlecht laufen und an denen wir noch nicht

einmal beteiligt sein müssen, immer die Schuld bekommen. Viele Aktionen von uns wie Choreos, der Support, die antirassistische Arbeit und Vernetzung, die Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Fans sowie der Protest gegen Dinge, die im Verein schief laufen werden für selbstverständlich erachtet, oder teilweise sogar

als "Privilegien" diffarmiert. Nur allen Fans im Stadion können wir es nicht Recht machen und dies ist auch nicht der Anspruch einer Ultrá-Gruppe. Wir haben unsere Ideale, unsere Werte und unsere Träume, und diese leben wir.

Of course it is not fair that we get the blame for

virtually everything that goes bad, even if we

are not responsible. Many activities such as the displays, the support of the team, antiracist work and networking, cooperation with other fans, and the protest against things that go wrong in our club seem to be taken for granted or even defamed as "privileges". But we cannot

please all of the supporters and that is not the intention of an Ultrà group. We have our ideals, our values and our dreams, and we live them.

8) Broad question... What have been your favourite moments of the last 10-years?

Da gibt es einige und jedes Mitglied unserer

Gruppe hat bestimmt seine eigene Top-Ten.

Was denke ich bei allen ganz vorne liegt ist der Derbysieg gegen den hsv. Auch die Aufstiege, die 10-Jahres-Party, die Siege gegen Hansa Rostock (am Millerntor als auch auswärts - remeber Naki!), die Reisen zu befreundeten Gruppen im Ausland (Genua, Terni, Lüttich, Celtic), die Antira-Turniere mit den zahlreichen

Gästen, die großen antifaschistischen Demonstrationen in Hamburg, auf denen wir als Gruppe waren, die Gründung des "Alerta!-Network" sowie der damit verbundene Gewinn des Hans-Frankenthal-Preis für langjährige

antirassistische und antifaschistische Arbeit -

all das hat USP in den letzten Jahren ausgemacht und geprägt.

There are plenty and I guess that every member of our group has a personal top ten. In my book, the victory in the derby against HSV should be at the top. Others would be the promotions, the 10 years anniversary party,

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the victories against Hansa Rostock (at the Millerntor and away - remember Naki!), the trips to groups in other countries we are friends with (Genau, Terni, Lüttich, Celtic), the antira tournaments with their numerous

guests, the big anti-fascist protests in Hamburg that joined as a group, the establishment of "Alerta!-Network" and — connected to that — winning the Hans-Frankenthal award for long-standing anti-racist and anti-fascist work. All that defined and formed USP in the recent years.

9) I was at the Offenburg game and saw a flag that I think was a picture Woody Gutherie with the words “All you Fascists are bound to lose”. It was excellent, was it one of yours? And do you consider fascism and commercialisation as the major

enemies in the modern game?

Faschismus ist ein allgemeines, gesellschaftliches Problem und lässt sich nicht nur auf Fußball projezieren. Rechtsradikale gibt es nach wie in vielen Stadien, wenn auch nicht mehr in der Zahl

wie noch in den 1980ern oder 1990ern.

Dennoch gibt es aktuell in Deutschland in mehreren Fanszenen Konflikte zwischen linken Ultras/Fans und rechten Schlägern, die von sich jedoch behaupten, unpolitisch zu sein.

Fascism is a general problem of society and

cannot be seen in the context of football only. Right-wing radicals are still present in many grounds, not in the numbers of the 1980 oder 1990s, though. Nevertheless, there are conflicts between left-wing ultras/fans and right-wing thugs in a couple of fan

scenes in Germany. Many of the right-wing

groups claim to be apolitical which is usually just a facade.

Die Kommerzialisierung hat in den letzten Jahren dazu geführt, dass die Repression und die Verbote ständig zunehmen, als Fußballfan wird man behandelt, wie ein Krimineller. Der Dialog oder die Möglichkeit,

mit den Fans der gegnerischen Mannschaft ein Bier zu trinken ist nicht mehr möglich, weil die komplette An- und Abreise von der Polizei überwacht wird. Gleichzeitig wird eine permanente Anspannungssituation geschaffen, die die Bewegungsfreiheit

eingeschränkt und es kommt zu willkürlichen Kontrollen oder Stadionverboten. Im Stadion selbst ist die Kameraüberwachung allgegenwärtig, die Kurve als anarchistischer Freiraum für Fans ist dem DFB und der Polizei ein Dorn im Auge. Fahnen werden in Auswärtsblöcken

auf ihre Länge kontrolliert, Trommeln und Megaphone teilweise verboten und Pyrotechnik wird stets mit Gewalt und

Auschreitungen gleichgesetzt. So wird bewusst ein Klima der Angst geschürt und Fußballfans vorverurteilt für Dinge, die eigentlich zu jeder Fankultur dazu gehören und selbstverständlich sein sollten. Diese

Hysterie, die von den Medien katalysiert wird, gilt es einzudämmen, denn wir lassen uns unsere Kurven nicht nehmen. Nicht von der Polizei, nicht vom DFB und erst Recht nicht von Sicherheits-Politikern, die von Fankultur überhaupt keine Ahnung haben.

The commercialisation over the last years led

to a constantly growing level of repression and bans. Football supporters are being treated like criminals. It's hardly possible to get into a dialogue or have a beer with supporters of the opposing team as the whole arrival and departure are controlled by the police. At the same time, an atmosphere full

of tension is created which limits the freedom of movement and there are arbitrary controls or banning orders. Inside the stadium itself, video surveillance is everywhere. The terrace as an anarchic space for fans is an anathema for DFB and police. Flag poles are being checked for the correct length, drums and

megaphones forbidden in some places and pyrotechnics portrayed as synonymous with violence and riots. A climate of fear is created on purpose and football supporters prejudiced for things that are part of every fan culture and which should go without saying. This

hysteria is catalysed by the media, but has to be curtailed as we won't allow them to take our terraces away from us. Not by the police, DFB and even less from politicians that have no clue about fan culture at all.

Thank you so much for your banners and congratulations! We love you!

Many thanks to Martin for taking the time to respond to our questions, and to astro for translating the interview.

Finally, we would like to offer our

condolences to the friends and family of Jan "Civetta" Hoppe. He was a formative member of of both Infamous Youth (Werder Bremen ultras) and Ultrà St. Pauli. He was always at the forefront of the fight against discrimination, especially in the stadium. Jan died much

to soon but he and his work should not

be forgotten but be an inspiration and obligation for all of us to carry on his fight."

Interview by Nick Davidson.

Editor‘s Note - Thees Uhlmann played "das hier ist fussball“ during the USP celebrations, and you can here a brilliant live recording here.

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