St Pauli

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Pretty sure they have links with Celtic, for whatever reason

They do indeed. As far as I can see it's because they're a bit mental..in a good way...



Apparently you can buy St Pauli merchandise in the Celtic club shop and there is an annual St Pauli-Celtic festival

[Batch]

Apparently you can buy St Pauli merchandise in the Celtic club shop

And vice versa. Though it was more of a club caravan when I was last over (presumably that was temporary). Thankfully the obvious twining with the Gills didn't materialise.

[Bob's Orange]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philminshull/2010/05/st_pauli_ready_to_hoist_the_jo.html

Another article here. Interestingly after all of the trouble in England these past few days with pitch invasions causing trouble, 9,000 St Pauli fans were able to have a peaceful pitch invasion.

[pauld]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philminshull/2010/05/st_pauli_ready_to_hoist_the_jo.html

Another article here. Interestingly after all of the trouble in England these past few days with pitch invasions causing trouble, 9,000 St Pauli fans were able to have a peaceful pitch invasion.

Well to be fair, there's been plenty of "peaceful pitch invasions" in England recently too - Newcastle getting promoted at Plymouth being the obvious example- but strangely they don't get the same coverage as when it all kicks off

[Bob's Orange]

Well to be fair, there's been plenty of "peaceful pitch invasions" in England recently too - Newcastle getting promoted at Plymouth being the obvious example- but strangely they don't get the same coverage as when it all kicks off

I did actually mention the Newcastle example in another thread. Unfortunately the ugly aspect of Football is always going to sell more papers/get more coverage.

[herthab]

There's more hooliganism in Europe than in England nowadays.

There was loads of pitch invasions over the weekend, the vast majority with no trouble at all.

[pauld]

Unfortunately the ugly aspect of Football is always going to sell more papers

Do people really buy a paper just because Iain Dowie's in it?

[Summerof69]

There is an article on St Pauli in the June issue of 442 (Page 153).

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

There showing St Pauli v Celtic live now on ESPN (ch417)

Think I'll watch the Udders v Wall game though.

[SwindonTartanArmy]

There showing St Pauli v Celtic live now on ESPN (ch417)

Think I'll watch the Udders v Wall game though.

Caught a bit of that. I particularly liked the St Pauli players Gordon Greer tyle kick to the chest of the Celtic keeper!

[oxford_fan]

there's a feature about st pauli on football focus now

[Summerof69]

there's a feature about st pauli on football focus now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/football_focus/9049232.stm

[Crispy]

The St.Pauli - Celtic lot comes up due to the fact that Hamburg and Rangers also have a little 'Connection', I think the Rangers/Hamburg one started first, and due to the fact Rangers hate Celtic and Pauli hate Hamburg they 'Teamed up'







Loads more on youtube..

[Costanza]

Bundesliga side ban strippers at games(AFP) – 3 days ago

HAMBURG, Germany — Top German football club St Pauli has shown the red card to strippers performing inside a corporate box owned by one of Hamburg's many lap dance clubs -- but they can dance once matches are over.

The Susis Show Bar on Hamburg's main red-light drag, the Reeperbahn, has installed a large mirror and a pole in their box for their strippers to dance for guests invited to watch Bundesliga games.

But the club has blown the whistle to the idea guests in the box can watch football while the strippers perform, and say the women can only dance after the 90 minutes of action on the pitch is over.

St Pauli bosses acted after fans complained about the image of the club, which has something of a cult following and whose supporters are staunch anti-fascists, being tarnished.

"We had a discussion with the owner of the box and made it clear there can not be dances during the matches," St Pauli president Stefan Orth told German daily Bild.

"There can be performances after the matches, there can be dances, but they must not end up nude.

"If they dance just once naked, they will be out of here!"

Prices for a box at St Pauli's 24,850-capacity Millerntor Stadium start at 65,000 euros (87,500 dollars).

St Pauli has never been afraid of ground-breaking initiatives and are the first football club in the world to install a kindergarten so children of fans can be looked after at the club while their parents cheer their team.

St Pauli are 15th in the Bundesliga after winning promotion last season.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jzTVIu5P2rxWcPkr5Are68SqIFJQ?docId=CNG.804ff59b61bc4511257d804f7c890efe.a1

[sonicyouth]

Did you mention the Reeperbahn?