Felix Tamsut
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Freelance journalist. German football and fan culture. ✎: Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, others. Kölner. Mizrahi Jew. Bluesky: @ftamsut .bsky.social IG: @felixtamsut
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As part of my employer’s budget cuts, I’m about to lose a large part of my income.
They say any crisis is also a chance, so here goes: I’m open for new opportunities.
A thread with some of the issues I’ve covered over the years. 1/21
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Borussia Dortmund fan-turned-head coach Edin Terzic in tears as the Südtribüne chants his name after losing the title.
The chant afterwards: “If you win and stand top, or if you lose and stand at the bottom, we’ll still sing: Borussia, BVB!”
Powerful.
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"I love men. I have sex with other men. This is normal."
Please take a moment and listen to what Dario Minden, a representative of the German association of fan groups, had to say to Qatar's ambassador to Germany ahead of
#Qatar2022
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
📹
@dw_sports
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Bayer Leverkusen sealed their first ever Bundesliga title after a 5-0 win vs. Werder Bremen.
During the celebrations, green smoke could be seen on the pitch.
What’s behind it, and what does it have to do with homophobic, anti-queer messages by
#Bayer04
’s ultras?
Thread 1/14
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Incredible to think that for years, we’ve been told that the only way for a club from Germany’s East to compete with the Bundesliga is to sell its soul to an Austrian energy drink giant.
Enter Union Berlin, a club democratically owned by no one other than its 49,000 members.
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A Israeli-owned hummus bar in Leipzig remained shut on Friday due to Hamas’ call to attack Israeli/Jewish targets worldwide.
Some Chemie Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt ultras heard about it, dropped by and told the owner they’re keeping him & his business safe, he told LVZ. 1/2
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Imagine responding to a message against autocrats‘ involvement in football by chanting the name of an autocrat.
Sportswashing on acid.
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Before the Bundesliga’s opening game between Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich, police in Bremen said it will apply strict measures to prevent Bayern fans from using pyro.
This was the away end just after the second half’s start.
Photo via
@iMiaSanMia
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1. FC Nürnberg: 17,300, vs. Wolfsburg
Werder Bremen: 20,000, vs. Freiburg
1. FC Köln: 5.5k ground almost sold out
Many German fans who
#BoycottQatar2022
are using the World Cup to support their clubs' women’s teams, with some ultra groups taking part.
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The half time entertainment at Borussia Mönchengladbach includes an acoustic rendition of Liverpool fans' Allez Allez Allez chant.
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Bayern Munich’s most well-known ultra group, Schickeria, has been under criticism due to their protests against Dietmar Hopp & collective punishments.
KH Rummenigge called his ultras “idiots” & “anarchists.”
A reminder who they are & what they stand for.
(Thread, 1/18)
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Werder Bremen and their ultra groups continue to raise awareness to the cases of the Israelis kidnapped to Gaza, with the photos of Maccabi Haifa fan Inbar Haiman and Hapoel Jerusalem ultra Hersh Goldberg-Polin being shown on the screen vs. Eintracht Frankfurt.
#BringThemHomeNow
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Both St. Pauli's Südkurve and
#HSV
's away end start the second half of the Hamburg derby with heavy pyro shows.
Via
@abendblatt_hsv
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FC St Pauli fans show solidarity with the Jewish community, while also holding a message to some of
#FCSP
‘s intl. fan clubs after criticism for their statements re the war in Israel.
“Never again is now! Fight antisemitism! From Gaza to Glasgow: free Palestine from Hamas!”
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An investigation by German outlet
@wdrsportinside
shows what it means to be a guest worker in Qatar's construction sites, including in those related to the 2022 World Cup, and what's the human cost of it all.
A thread with their findings.
(Warning: Difficult read) 1/19
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Bayern Munich fans: “Hey Ostkurve, any arguments for
#Qatar2022
?”
Hertha Berlin’s fan groups:
“No press freedom, women’s rights”
“Persecution of sexual orientations”
“Human rights abuses”
“Sportswashing”
“Guest workers exploited”
Banner in both stands: “Shame on you!”
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Werder Bremen ultra group Ultra Boys held heart-shaped cardboards with the names of all Maccabi Haifa supporters who have been either murdered or kidnapped by terrorist group Hamas on the Oct. 7 attack in Israel’s south, along with the phrase “always together” in Hebrew.
#Werder
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Dieses geile Hamburger Derby.
56,000 Zuschauer*innen.
Ganz Deutschland schaut am Fernseher.
Emotionen.
Kampf.
Spätes Tor.
Das Stadion bebt.
Fußball, wie es sein soll.
Dann geht die 1. Bundesliga los mit Hoffenheim gegen RaBa Leipzig.
Keine Pointe.
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Morgen, lieber
@FCBayern
. Einen kurzen Hinweis meinerseits:
Das Land, der euch Millionen für Sportswashing bezahlt hat, unterstützt die Organisation, die für das bei weitem größte Massaker von Jüd*innen seit dem Holocaust verantwortlich ist.
Hoffe, das Geld war es wert.
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Fan & ultra groups in Germany this weekend:
- Protest against surveillance (Freiburg, others)
- Remembering resistance group against Nazis (
@ColoniacsUltras
)
- Protest against former Russia-linked club president (
#S04
)
- Protest against repression (
#FCA
)
Meanwhile, in England:
"Eddie Howe's Saudi Mags"
A small section of
#NUFC
fans glorifying their Saudi owners on Wembley Way ahead of the
#CarabaoCupFinal
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Werder Bremen's Ostkurve with a choreo in memory of Inbar Haiman, a Maccabi Haifa fan who was murdered in Hamas captivity in Gaza, featuring her name in Hebrew.
Werder's Ultra Boys hold a friendship with a Maccabi Haifa group with a similar name, to which Inbar had connections.
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“Cringe, back in the stand,” reply fans of clubs in which a membership means an overpriced shirt for 10% off, which are owned/sponsored by autocratic states and which have 200 different kickoff times for unaffordable ticket prices because match-going supporters just don’t matter.
Yesterday, the Bundesliga’s bottom club Darmstadt lost 6-0 at home to Augsburg.
At full-time, one of the club’s ultras went onto the pitch to address the players in front of the stand. They’re 12 points from safety with 10 games left to play.
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FC St. Pauli ultra group
@UltraFCSP2002
called for
#FCSP
fans to attend the women’s team’s derby vs. local rivals HSV in the DFB Pokal, which takes place at the Millerntor.
This is how the home support welcomed their players.
Via
@RobTigerius
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1. FC Köln have received a record-breaking fine for their fans' use of pyrotechnics ahead of the Derby against Gladbach.
The Cologne club will pay a staggering 595,000 (!) euros.
The derby ended with a 3-1 Cologne win.
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Brøndby fans with a protest against Red Bull before
#BIFSAL
.
The banner reads "Salzburg's real colours," as their fans chant "sh** Red Bull," both in German, before starting a purple smoke bomb.
Purple was (Austria) Salzburg's colour before RB's takeover.
📹
@StureSandoe
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A Spanish woman saw her football fan daughters only collecting stickers of male footballers.
So she obviously spent 8 months creating a Panini-like album for female players, asking FCs for photos, photoshopping every player into a sticker.
What. A. Hero.
Hola,
@LigaIberdrola
@LaLiga
@rfef
! He terminado el proyecto q inicié allá por octubre para mis hijas, q querían cromos de
#futfem
. Han sido 16 equipos, 368 fotos (alguna q no encontré) y un trabajo del q me siento orgullosa. Ojalá sea el inicio de una realidad pronto. (1)
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The amount of nationalist/far-right incidents during the Euros are being largely ignored for the sake of “enjoying the football.”
The continent’s approach towards fascists in a nutshell, there.
Beim Spiel zwischen Polen und Österreich im Berliner Olympiastadion wurde im österreichischen Block ein „Defend Europe“-Banner gezeigt. Unter dem Slogan vereint sich Europas extreme Rechte gegen den „Großen Austausch“ und für eine radikale Änderung der Migrationspolitik.
#polaut
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Bayern Munich ultra group Schickeria criticize Germany’s authorities for their treatment of climate activist group
@AufstandLastGen
, which has been widely raided by police this week.
“Too much glue in your coppers’ head? The only criminal association is you! (Police)”
#KOEFCB
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Kaiserslautern’s ultra groups labeled the 2. Bundesliga game against HSV as “Tradition day.”
The result: a choreo over most of the stadium celebrating the club’s many legends.
HSV’s away end did its part, too, with quite an intro.
Attendance: 47,500.
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Dubravko Mandic, a far-right AfD politician, bought a ְ
@scfreiburg
season ticket. "I hate football, but it moves the masses," he wrote.
Freiburg's ultra groups vs. Mainz:
“Nazi, piss off!”
"Leave if you don't love football!”
“Freiburg is diverse!”
“Mandic out! AfD, disgusting!”
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Supporters of Danish side Brondby show solidarity with Borussia Dortmund fans after the
#BVB
stadium naming rights holding company’s boss criticized them for not using the Westfalenstadion‘s commercial name in a choreo.
Friendly connections exist between both clubs’ ultras.
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Banning the 🏳️🌈 is a political choice.
Cooperating with Hungary’s homophobic government is a political choice.
Being sponsored by Qatar’s state-owned airline, a country where being LGBT+ is a criminal offense, is a political choice.
Yet UEFA believes it’s “politically neutral.”
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Werder Bremen’s ultra groups start the second half of their Bundesliga opener against Bayern Munich with quite a pyro show in the Ostkurve.
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Bayern Munich‘a fan and ultra groups were represented as the city of Munich celebrated Pride, led by LGBT+ fan club
@QueerpassBayern
.
The group held a banner in memory of former club president Dr. Angelo Knorr, who was sent to jail for being gay in 1913.
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Werder Bremen ultra group Infamous Youth called for fans to walk together from the city center to the Weserstadion ahead of the club’s last home game of the season, despite local authorities’ attempts to stop the march from taking place.
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A banner in the away end provides the solution to the question, signed by ultra group UltrA Team Bremen:
“There are many genders, but only two colors! (in green-white)” 10/14
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Werder Bremen ultra group Infamous Youth pay tribute to midfielder Niklas Schmidt, who left the club to join FC Toulouse, for openly talking about struggling with his mental health.
“You came as a talent, you leave as a role model. Thank you, Niklas!”
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Around 40,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans have reportedly traveled to Berlin for the German Cup final vs. Rasenballsport Leipzig.
Some of them are queuing in front of the shop of the club’s kit maker to buy
#SGE
’s final shirt.
This is what the shop’s RaBa logo now looks like.
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People often say fans should do things themselves instead of complaining.
Kay Bernstein did just that by going from being a Hertha Berlin ultra to becoming the club’s president, while also reuniting a club in crisis and standing up for fan rights.
Huge loss for German football.
Hertha BSC are mourning the death of Kay Bernstein.
The club received the terrible news on Tuesday that president Kay Bernstein has passed away unexpectedly aged 43. The whole club, its governing bodies and staff members are shocked and deeply saddened by the news.
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Union Berlin have been fined a record 56,800 euros due to the pyro & the pitch invasion in the game vs. Stuttgart, in which the club sealed its first ever Bundesliga promotion.
The club tweeted in response: “For promotion, investments must be made.” 1/3
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Your hero of the day:
Chemnitz, Germany.
A far-right demonstration marches through the streets.
Then, a person in a
@ClaptonCFC
top fights back.
“You’re not Chemnitz, you’re not Germany!” he shouts at them, while they call for the man to be “deported.”
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“A fist instead of a kiss for Rubiales and Rummenigge. Sorry, with respect, that’s totally OK.”
SC Freiburg ultra group Corrillo with a message regarding Spain’s FA boss and the former Bayern Munich CEO who supported him.
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No fan should be faced with actual weapons upon arriving to a football game.
No fan deserves to be treated like a criminal without any concrete suspicion.
Supporter rights are civil rights. It’s about time the authorities in Germany start acting like it.
#Effzeh
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I had the privilege to meet Holocaust survivor and Eintracht Frankfurt fan Helmut Sonneberg, also known as Sonny, who passed away aged 91. It was an experience I’ll never forget.
His story deserves to be told and to never be forgotten.
ברוך דיין האמת 💔
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SC Freiburg ultra group Corrillo raise awareness to the dangers of the rising danger against Jews in Germany:
“Germany 2023: houses are marked (with a Star of David), synagogues attacked, people stay at home out of fear. Never again is now! Against all sorts of antisemitism!”
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Eine kurze Durchsage:
Es gab Fußball in Ostdeutschland schon vor der Zeit, als ein Energydrinkfabrikant Werbung machen wollte.
Zu sagen, RaBa Leipzig sei ein ostdeutsches Produkt (in mehreren Hinsichten), ist eine Zumutung für den Fußball in Ostdeutschland.
#hartaberfair
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„
#JusticePourNahel
!“
HSV‘s ultras hold up a banner in support of the protests against police violence in France after the killing of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk by a police officer during their club‘s 2. Bundesliga home game vs. Schalke.
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This is what Bayern Munich’s hardcore support thinks about their club’s dealings with Qatar.
“Money over human rights?
Capital over morals?
Open your eyes when it comes to sponsor choice!”
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Supporter groups in Germany take pride in their support for clubs still being democratic and in control of their members. But what happens when a financial crisis threatens the existence of a smaller club?
About fan culture and solidarity, the case of FSV Zwickau. 1/13
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Werder Bremen ultra group Ultra Boys show solidarity with Israel after the terrorist attack on the country’s south during the Bundesliga home game vs. Hoffenheim.
The group has a friendship with a Maccabi Haifa ultra group with a similar name.
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BSG Chemie Leipzig supporters showed solidarity with those affected by the terrorist attacks in Israel, as well as with Jews worldwide who are being threatened with antisemitic violence due to the situation in the Middle East.
The banner in Hebrew reads: “always with you!”
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Every time a German club loses a game in Europe, you’ll hear every person and their dog telling us about how 50+1 is outdated and needs to be scrapped.
Wondering whether they’ll say that about totalitarian states with questionable human rights record owning football clubs now.
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Borussia Dortmund’s ultra groups start the second half of the Champions League final with a pyro show across the stand, along with the banner: “Come on Dortmund, fight and win!”
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For the first time, a game was played under floodlights at Chemie Leipzig‘s Alfred Kunze Sportpark, successfully ending the fourth tier club‘s fundraiser for their installation.
The club‘s ultras marked the occasion with a special choreo and fireworks.
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FC St. Pauli started selling their self-produced shirts, which will be released in May 2021.
To boost sales, the club offers fans to replace the wording of the club's sponsor in any wording they like.
The most popular choice
#FCSP
fans went for "by far," per reports: "FCKNZS."
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Bayern Munich's game away at Augsburg was not broadcast in Iran due to Bibiana Steinhaus being the referee.
Bayern Munich ultra group Colegio in response:
"Holding the whistle, the microphone or in the terraces: Women are part of football!"
(Via
@ultraschoen
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Stellt euch vor, ein Fußballspezifisches, eigentlich langweiliges Thema wie eine DFL Abstimmung wird in der ARD diskutiert und das ganze Land schaut zu.
Alleine dafür sind die Proteste ein Erfolg, und das, während sie gegen einfluss- und geldreiche Kräfte stehen.
#hartaberfair
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Players to move from Salzburg to RB Leipzig since 2012:
Wallner
Teigl
Dähne
Hierländer
Reyna
Rodnei
Gulacsi
Ilsanker
Quaschner
Keita
Schmitz
Bernardo
Upamecano
Laimer
Haidara
Wolf
Hwang
Szoboszlai
Seiwald
“Wie jeder andere Verein”
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Spotted in Dortmund by
@alexey83_bvb
:
"
#BVB
against Nazis!"
Piszczek: "Rather be on the bench than on the far right"
Götze: "Rather give Bayern the title than lose Dorstfeld to Nazis"
Favre: "Season tickets for Nazi dropouts"
Dorstfeld=Area known for its far-right tendencies
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Ultras from both Chemie Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt hold a long-year friendship.
Last Friday, the Bundesliga side came to Leipzig to play a friendly against their friends.
Large parts of both fan scenes are known to hold an anti-racist stance. 2/2
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“No Hertha fan should watch the World Cup in Qatar.”
Hertha Berlin’s Ostkurve with a clear statement ahead of the game against Köln, their last game before
#Qatar2022
.
Each and every scarf shown in the picture contains the phrase “boycott Qatar.”
Photo:
@s_hermanns
#BSCKOE
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“Sempre Avanti Werder Femminini!”
Werder Bremen ultra group Infamous Youth called for fans to attend
#Werder
’s relegation battle against 1. FC Köln in the Women’s Bundesliga.
The group started the game with a choreo of a female ultra holding a smoke bomb and, well, smoke bombs.
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“The rest of the Bundesliga should do what Munich isn’t allowed to.”
UEFA has reportedly banned Munich from lighting up the stadium in rainbow colors for Germany’s
#EURO2020
game vs. Hungary.
In response, the stadiums in Frankfurt & Cologne will present the 🏳️🌈 during the game.
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SC Freiburg ultra group Corrillo held a banner regarding Spanish FA boss Rubiales and Spain‘s women’s team during the Bundesliga game vs Werder Bremen:
“Power balance outdone once again. Women win the World Cup, but what everyone is talking about is toxic masculinity.”
#SeAcabo
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Some 15,000 Schalke fans reportedly travelled to Sinsheim (360km) for the crucial Bundesliga relegation battle against Hoffenheim, a Sunday night kickoff.
That’s almost double the amount of away fans Hoffenheim took with them all season (7,856).
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The next time you get to watch one of those UEFA promotional videos against racism, keep in mind what they actually do when it matters.
@mbatshuayi
did his part and went public (receiving more abuse online in the process). Football authorities have let him, and all of us, down.
BREAKING:
@UEFA
drop investigation into complaints of racist chanting by Atalanta fans made by Borussia Dortmund striker
@mbatshuayi
.
#SSN
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Trans man Malte has been killed after trying to defend two lesbian women from a homophobic attack at Münster's Pride events.
Werder Bremen's fan & ultra groups remembered him vs. Augsburg:
"Queer hate kills!"
"Against all trans hate!"
"Fight queer hate everywhere!"
#Werder
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“FC St. Pauli sends greetings to the Hahn flyer service,” read the adboard at
#FCSP
’s Millerntor as they faced Dynamo Dresden.
The thing is… this company doesn’t really exist.
What's the story behind it, and what does it have to do with the far-right AfD party?
Thread, 1/8
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The green smoke could be seen in national German television news, the most watched news show in Germany.
Revenge completed. 11/14
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Bayern Munich vs. PSG.
Qatar-sponsored vs. Qatar-owned.
Think it’s as good a time as any to remind ourselves what’s behind the football.
The
#Qlassico
, human rights and sportswashing, the Bayern Munich angle. (Thread 1/17)
#PSGFCB
#PSGBayern
#FCBayern
#UCLFinal
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German football: Against racism!
#Özil: I’ve been racially targeted
German football:
"Exhausting" (Neuer)
"Nonsense" (Kroos)
“A myth” (Rummenigge)
"Sorry for your feelings" (Grindel)
"No racism talk in the NT" (Müller)
This summer's failure stretches way beyond the football.
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A Bayern Munich member has filed a motion for the club not to prolong its sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.
The motion will be discussed at the club’s AGM in November.
About fans with a moral conscience and their power in a democratically-run club, background thread. 1/15
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One year ago today:
Eintracht Frankfurt fans received their DFB Pokal winning players after their 3-1 win over Bayern Munich in Berlin.
The scenes in front of Frankfurt's city hall... 👌
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Amazing choreos are practically the norm at Eintracht Frnakfurt’s European home games, and the game vs. Liege was no different.
This choreo, though, deserves some proper explaining.
On ultras, pop culture, the city of Frankfurt and anti racism.
Buckle up...
#SGE
(Thread, 1/15)
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1. FC Köln ultra group Coloniacs show solidarity with activist group Last Generation, which was raided by police due to its members gluing themselves to roads to raise awareness to climate change.
"Germany becomes a police state! Reform the criminal associations law!"
#Effzeh
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In Deutschland gibt's ja 83 Millionen Nahost-Expert*innen, ich als Israeli bin definitiv keins.
Eines werde ich aber sagen: Ich höre den isr. Radiosender. Seit 1 läuft Stunde keine Musik, nur Sirenen, auch in meiner Stadt. Ich sehe auch die Berichte aus Gaza.
Ich habe Angst.
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“This city lights up in purple!”
Austria Salzburg fans with a choreo which shows the difference between organic fan culture and a marketing project backed by an energy drink maker which also owns a channel that hosted fascists on TV.
Via
@DWIDS_Podcast
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