75 St Pauli fans from Hamburg visited Glasgow in mid-October as the guests of Celtic AntiFascists and TAL. The weekend was very successful with other fans travelling under their own steam from Hamburg and Berlin. The 75 on the bus from Hamburg also included a group of fans from Rostok in the east, a city with more than its fair share of fascist problems.
As well as attending Celtic's match against Motherwell, the St Pauli fans were made welcome on their first night in Glasgow by members of the Govan Emerald Celtic Supporters Club.
On Saturday, around 500 people attended a party organised by TAL and the South West Support Group which went brilliantly. Celtic Connection and Eire Og supplied the entertainment and The Pollock and Thornliebank Republican Flute Band provided two foot stomping sets of tunes during the festivities. By the time we left the Clada Club, everybody was rat-arsed and happy.
Lots of interest in Celtic Anti-Fascists and TAL was shown by the amount of merchandise that was being snapped up. T-shirts, stickers and information was in great demand.
On Sunday, a challenge match was organised between teams representing the two fanzines, Der Ubersteiger and Tiocfaidh Ar La. Our readers will be delighted to hear that we won our first game against European opposition with a stunning 5-1 victory. The Germans, despite boasts to the contrary before the match, were completely outplayed. Big Sven and Talman donned the managers' jackets but the day belonged to the players on the park.
Some outstanding performances from Gary, the fat midfield general; Gal, our Andy Goram lookalike; our No.7, James, TAL's answer to Paulo Di Canio; and Kidder, our all-shouting, all-screaming, right back, was all we needed to send the St. Pauli team 'homeward to think again...' (or at least to McNee's to get the beers in!)
St. Pauli complained that the referee was a homer (at least thats what I think they called him) and they were demanding a rematch in Hamburg. The only aspect of the referee's handling of the game that might have aroused suspicion was at half-time when he took Kidder aside and advised him to keep his shots low as "...the German keeper is reluctant to dive on the red ash. "
Sunday night: after a great set by the Blarney Pilgrims in McNee's, it was time to move on to The Brazen Head for another glimpse of Eire Og and upstairs to Dirty Nelly's and an impromptu rave that saw St Pauli fans and Celtic fans on top of tables doing all that hands-in-the-air-hippie-trance-dancing to the repetitive beat of shitey music.
A thoroughly successful and enjoyable weekend was had by both the St Pauli and the Celtic fans, united in anti-fascism.
As well as attending Celtic's match against Motherwell, the St Pauli fans were made welcome on their first night in Glasgow by members of the Govan Emerald Celtic Supporters Club.
On Saturday, around 500 people attended a party organised by TAL and the South West Support Group which went brilliantly. Celtic Connection and Eire Og supplied the entertainment and The Pollock and Thornliebank Republican Flute Band provided two foot stomping sets of tunes during the festivities. By the time we left the Clada Club, everybody was rat-arsed and happy.
Lots of interest in Celtic Anti-Fascists and TAL was shown by the amount of merchandise that was being snapped up. T-shirts, stickers and information was in great demand.
On Sunday, a challenge match was organised between teams representing the two fanzines, Der Ubersteiger and Tiocfaidh Ar La. Our readers will be delighted to hear that we won our first game against European opposition with a stunning 5-1 victory. The Germans, despite boasts to the contrary before the match, were completely outplayed. Big Sven and Talman donned the managers' jackets but the day belonged to the players on the park.
Some outstanding performances from Gary, the fat midfield general; Gal, our Andy Goram lookalike; our No.7, James, TAL's answer to Paulo Di Canio; and Kidder, our all-shouting, all-screaming, right back, was all we needed to send the St. Pauli team 'homeward to think again...' (or at least to McNee's to get the beers in!)
St. Pauli complained that the referee was a homer (at least thats what I think they called him) and they were demanding a rematch in Hamburg. The only aspect of the referee's handling of the game that might have aroused suspicion was at half-time when he took Kidder aside and advised him to keep his shots low as "...the German keeper is reluctant to dive on the red ash. "
Sunday night: after a great set by the Blarney Pilgrims in McNee's, it was time to move on to The Brazen Head for another glimpse of Eire Og and upstairs to Dirty Nelly's and an impromptu rave that saw St Pauli fans and Celtic fans on top of tables doing all that hands-in-the-air-hippie-trance-dancing to the repetitive beat of shitey music.
A thoroughly successful and enjoyable weekend was had by both the St Pauli and the Celtic fans, united in anti-fascism.
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