Seit 1991 jedes Jahr nach Liverpool
Christian Ziege schwärmt vom englischen Fußball
Es ist nicht der einzige Unterschied zwischen britischen und deutschen Fußballfans. In England wirst Du von der ersten bis zur letzten Minute bedingungslos nach vorne gepeitscht. Wenn du alles gegeben hast, wenn Du bis zum letzten Schweißtropfen gekämpft hast, gehen die Fans zufrieden nach Hause. Ganz egal wer die Punkte mitnimmt, schwärmte Christian Ziege, der einzige Gladbacher der je im Trikot der Reds auflaufen durfte, nach seiner Rückkehr in die Heimat. Englische Fans sammeln auch Autogramme. Während hierzulande meist die Jüngsten unter ihren unterschriebenen Postern schlafen, spielt das Alter auf der Insel keine Rolle. Jeder Liverpool-Fan hat sein in Leder eingebundenes Autogrammbuch. Auf jeder weißen Seite findet sich eine Signatur, ein Datum und das Ergebnis des Spiels. Fotos sucht man vergeblich. Wer sich in einen Liverpool-Supporter verliebt, darf sich nicht wundern, wenn er zuallererst diese ganz spezielle Briefmarkensammlung zu sehen bekommt. Lernen können die Liverpooler übrigens auch von den Gladbachern. Ganz besonders wenn es um das Packen der Umzugkartons geht. Schon bald wird nämlich auch das legendäre Stadion an der Anfield Road der Vergangenheit angehören. Das Schild mit dem Kranich wird eingepackt und in einer neuen Arena wieder an die Decke des Spielertunnels gehängt. Für ganz Liverpool ist es eine Katastrophe, dass diese heilige Stätte abgerissen wird, weiß Weinmann. Während die Gladbacher vom Bökelberg in den BORUSSIA-PARK durch die halbe Stadt ziehen mussten, haben die Reds aber einen klaren Vorteil: Sie wechseln nur die Straßenseite. Abgerissen, wie der Bökelberg, wird das alte Stadion aber nicht. Gerettet haben es die Fans mit ihrer letzten Bitte. Weil es in England möglich ist, dass die Asche der Toten auf dem Rasen ihres Lieblingsklubs verstreut wird, darf die Stadt die heilige Wiese nicht entfernen. Das Stadion gilt offiziell als Friedhof. Die Anfield Road wird ewig leben.
Liverpool FC and Borussia Moenchengladbach
- a very special friendship
Liverpool FC und Borussia Moenchengladbach
- eine ganz besondere freundschaft
We are travelling to Moenchengladbach in Germany to spend a friendship weekend with our friends from Gladbach in Germany. We are travelling over on Friday 18 May 2007 and returning on Sunday 20 May 2007. On Saturday 19 May 2007 we will be watching Borussia in their last home match of the 2006/2007 season versus VFL Bochum in the German Bundesliga, it is already a guaranteed full house of 53000. My good friend Thomas Tower Weinmann, Gladbach fan liason officer, has reserved a number of tickets for us to watch this match, match tickets cost only 25 Euros (approximately £17.00). If you would like to join us on this trip please contact me, Graham Agg (Mobile:07985648229) or my official Liverpool supporters club (Merseyside branch) colleague Peter Grimes(Mobile: 07779658020) for further information. I, having lived in Germany for 9 years can guarantee you a fantastic weekend, German hospitality is second to none and of course they have the best beer in the world!! For more information on this special friendship please read below:-
Liverpool FC and BorussiaMoenchengladbach
- a very special Friendship
There is a special friendship that exists between Liverpool and German Bundesliga Club Borussia Moenchengladbach (BMG) that has existed between the two clubs and particularly the supporters since the famous European Cup Final in 1977 in Rome when Liverpool beat the reigning German Champions at that time 3-1 to win the European Cup for the first time in the eternal Italian city of Rome. Almost 30,000 Liverpool supporters made the trip to Rome via car, boat, train and plane. At the time Gladbach were without doubt one of the best teams in europe with world class players like European footballer of the year Simonsen and of course their captain and German national defender Berti Vogts. It was of course the very last match for Liverpool's best player at the time Kevin Keegan, who gave one of his best ever displays in a red shirt. He tormented his man marker Berti Vogts so much it eventually led to Vogts bringing him down in the penalty box which led to a penalty converted by Liverpool right back Phil Neal to make it 3-1 and that is how the match finished with Liverpool lifting the European Cup for the first time in their history. The following season Liverpool were to meet Gladbach again in the European Cup semi-final, and after Liverpool suffered a 1-2 defeat in the first leg in the Germany in front of 66,000 fans,with a late goal from Rainer Bonhoff after a mistake from Liverpool keeper Ray Clemence. In the return match at Anfield in front of 51,500 supporters in a packed and pulsating Anfield Liverpool overran Gladbach with a unbelievable performance and ran out 3-0 winners, winning the tie 4-2 on aggregate. After these games a special friendship was formed between the two clubs and as I said earlier, also the supporters, this resulted in Liverpool and Borussia supporters holding yearly friendly matches between the fans and also every season since 1992 to the present day, during the winter German break approximately 100 to 150 Gladbach fans travel over to Liverpool to support the Reds at a match at Anfield. This year the Gladbach supporters took the decision not to travel as the only games available for them to see were the home matches against city rivals Everton and Premiership champions Chelsea, because they are both massive matches the Gladbach supporters decided not to travel as they believed it would have been unfair to take tickets from regular Liverpool fans in such important matches. I think this is a fine gesture and proves they are true football supporters and also true Liverpool fans. This year on the 25th May it will be the 30th anniversary of the European Cup Final in Rome between Liverpool and Gladbach, and the Borussia and Liverpool supporters have organised a petition which has been presented to officials of both clubs for a 30th anniversary match to be played either in the pre-season fixtures or some time during next season. I believe it should also be remembered that the Borussia Moenchengladbach supporters after the tragedy of Hillsborough, collected the sum of approximately DM24,000 (Deutsch Marks-approximately £8000) for the Hillsborough families, a truly remarkable gesture and that for me reveals they are really a fantastic club with superb fans. On the 18 May this year, some members of the Liverpool Supporters Club and other Liverpool supporters will travel to spend a weekend with our friends from Borussia and see the last home match of the 2006/2007 season, Borussia Moenchengladbach versus VFL Bochum. If you wish to join us, contact me via my Email address; grahamlfc@aol.com It is a friendship that has lasted for over 30 years,now lets hope it continues for the next 30 years.
BORUSSIA and LIVERPOOL - true friends.
Liverpool supporter Graham Agg is organising another Friendship trip to visit our friends from Borussia Moenchengladbach. The 2008 Liverpool FC supporters Friendship visit to Gladbach will be from Friday 9 May 2008 to Monday 12 May 2008, match day is Sunday 11 May 2008, Borussia Moenchengladbach versus SC Freiburg, tickets for all travelling Liverpool FC supporters, like last year are guaranteed. The 2008 friendship trip will involve an all day Fan Party on match day at the Borussia "FanHaus", guaranteed match tickets for Borussia's last home match of the 2007/2008 season, versus FC Freiburg. A meeting with ex-Liverpool player and now "Sporting Direktor" of Borussia Moenchengladbach Christian Ziege. Also a free stadium tour of the new impressive 54000 capacity Borussia Park stadium is on the agenda, and a pub crawl and meal with our Gladbach friends in the famous Moenchengladbach Alt Stadt(Old Town). Any Liverpool supporters who wish to join Graham on the Friendship visit should contact him via his Email address (grahamlfc@aol.com) for further information. |
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