Hanover fans yesterday

[Jack Daniels]

I went to the Berlin derby last night: 1FC Union against Hertha BSC and the atmosphere pissed over any game I have been to. 3 sides of the ground are terraced and the ground was rammed 45 minutes before KO. I guess this latter point is because you can drink freely in German grounds so no need to go to a pub before hand. And every stand regularly joined in the singing and chanting for sustained periods; rarely see this on such a scale in the UK....if at all. The Union 'fan displays' before the game were amusing as well, poking fun at the Hertha fans. Interestingly the club seem to have installed a scaffolding rig which goes up and down to help with these displays. Excellent stuff.

Ah. That's where we wanted to go but kicked off as we left. We did take in a visit to the Olympic stadium whilst in Berlin. Very impressive!