A few years ago I went to a German regional league match, Carl Zeiss Jena v FSV Zwickau, which was played on a freezing Monday night because it was on TV. For the first 17 minutes of the match neither set of ultras (good Zwickau presence, local-ish derby) made a sound, in protest at TV trying to kill the atmosphere. We were very confused until it was explained to us, but I can’t remember why it was 17 minutes of silence. Then it returned to raucous normality, and really kicked off close to the end when the Zwickau ultras (Red Kaos) got tear gassed. Happy days.
Looks like Rohl is taking it on, he's well versed in handling basket cases after Chanseri. Probably too good a manager for that squad...
It does make laugh when I hear fans called 'Ultras'. Down here the Palace Ultras have been in the news over the spat with UEFA and there was a big demo outside on a Tuesday evening at the ground. The local joke was that Nigel and Kevin had been allowed to play out by their Mum and Dad but had to be home by 10.00 or their Play Stations would be confiscated...
English fans? Absolutely. The old ‘firms’ weren’t/ aren’t like the European ultras either, don’t carry colours, only really interested in fighting each other away from the grounds. The European ones are genuinely strange and sometimes scary groupings. Always prepared to fight but not necessarily looking for it.
Nothing wrong with playing games for cash (Oops I mean grow the game) overseas if qpr get sent back down here to the colonies to play a game in Wellington
A feel good story from Sweden as tiny Mjallby clinch their first ever League title after being 500/1 outsiders at the start... https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/37076403/mjallby-sweden-champions-fishing-village-champions-league/
It'll be the end for Chansiri though, which the fans will be happy about. Heard a couple of their fans talking on the Open All Rs podcast before we played them, and they hoped that administration would be the start of a long road to recovery - good luck to them, except when they play us
Terrible mess for their fans and they will be happier having been pushed into administration to get rid of Chansiri. I’m sure they would rather the 12pt gap to recover now and know what they have to scramble back if they can. All starts tomorrow with a home game where I’m sure the fans will be in good mood and looking to put the worst of times behind them. As Steels says, good luck to them (except when they play us).
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