German football fans

[SeagullSongs]

Think we were good against Burnley or Leeds?

ATMOSPHERE: Dortmund-Schalke - YouTube

It's now one of my life ambitions to go to a Dortmund match and see 'Die gelbe Wand'.
They're even allowed to drink beer in the stands, what's not to love?

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

what's not to love?

That they're Germans.

 

[Blackadder]

That game is a local Derby.

I went down to Munich on my travels many years ago. The train was full of Schalke fans on their way to play 1860. Their fans were something else.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Nothing in England compares to the intensity of German and other European football atmospheres..

 

[Triggaaar]

Nothing in England compares to the intensity of German and other European football atmospheres..

They're nothing on the Palace Ultras

 

[Deleted member 18477]

They're nothing on the Palace Ultras

what an embarrassment compared to the noisy Germans!

 

[tgretton87]

Always get a little shiver down the spine when Germans gather on mass and stick 1 arm in the air whilst chanting

But the atmosphere does look bloody brilliant....The problem in England is the matches are 2 expensive, 2 many stewards, not enough people willing to sing the closest you will ever get to that atmosphere is on away days.

 

[tgretton87]

Nothing in England compares to the intensity of German and other European football atmospheres..

Is a megaphone the way forward?? I know that Madrid use on at the Bernabau.

 

[T soprano]

Puts the north stand to shame
Can we play Dortmund in a friendly away next year

 

[Butch Willykins]

Do you think the away fans all sat in there allocated seat?

 

[herecomesaregular]

All pissed up blokes, couldn't spot a woman or child in the masses. English football, rightly or wrongly, is more "family orientated" now, more expensive and obviously less of an atmosphere created as a result. Sometimes i miss it from back in the 80's at the Goldstone, mostly i don't.

 

[Benjyman1990]

I was lucky enough to see Borussia Dortmund at the emirates in the champions league. Their fans are insane. They spent the whole game bouncing up and down and chanting! I wish we could conjure up a bit of that magic..

 

[Vegas Seagull]

All pissed up blokes, couldn't spot a woman or child in the masses. English football, rightly or wrongly, is more "family orientated" now, more expensive and obviously less of an atmosphere created as a result. Sometimes i miss it from back in the 80's at the Goldstone, mostly i don't.

Foreigners don't need to be drunk to have fun...

 

[Albion Dan]

The reason it is like that is that is people are allowed to stand on terraces in huge stands behind the goal. Can't see anything there that wasn't as good for the big games in this country in the 80's.

 

[Albion Dan]

Puts the north stand to shame/QUOTE]

Of course it does. No seating and stands about five times bigger than the north stand plus playing your local rivals .

I do think in retrospect not making the north about double the size was a mistake but not complaining at all. Our stadium AND atmosphere are one of the best in this country.

 

[Bladders]

I must admit I've always had a soft spot for Dortmund, going to the Westfalenstadion has been on my bucket list for a while. Also, as an ESPN subscriber I have been very tempted recently to ditch watching the Prem and follw the Bundesliga instead.

 

[madinthehead]

I live near Frankfurt and watch them 4 or 5 times a season.. Am completely split on the megaphone at the front thing.. It means that only one or two people decide the songs to be sung and there is less spontaneity.. But it can really help pick up the atmosphere..

 

[Commander]

All pissed up blokes, couldn't spot a woman or child in the masses. English football, rightly or wrongly, is more "family orientated" now, more expensive and obviously less of an atmosphere created as a result. Sometimes i miss it from back in the 80's at the Goldstone, mostly i don't.

Nonsense. I've been to Dortmund and the atmosphere was amazing, and there were loads of women and kids there. Just as many as you see at the Amex, if not more.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

I live near Frankfurt and watch them 4 or 5 times a season.. Am completely split on the megaphone at the front thing.. It means that only one or two people decide the songs to be sung and there is less spontaneity.. But it can really help pick up the atmosphere..

Very true, I went to a game in Sydney, Australia and they had a megaphone, it did keep everyone singing together.

 

[TS90]

All pissed up blokes, couldn't spot a woman or child in the masses. English football, rightly or wrongly, is more "family orientated" now, more expensive and obviously less of an atmosphere created as a result. Sometimes i miss it from back in the 80's at the Goldstone, mostly i don't.

Doesn't German football have the largest number of female match goers in Europe? I love German fan culture because they've retained what made English football so popular in the first place. You can go to the game and stand with your mates, you don't have to pay an absolute fortune to get in and you can have a beer without being treated like a criminal.

It is disgusting the treatment fans get in England.