12-03-2021, 00:00
Thanks for that, Matt; interesting stuff. I did read somewhere that RB Leipzig were pretty much universally despised in Germany and that the normal model over there was for fan rather than private ownership, as it is in a few other countries. (I`m all for that, by the way; should bring it in over here.) I didn`t know the other stuff, though.
The only St Pauli I`ve heard of over there is the red-light district of Hamburg – allegedly. I only know this, of course, because I erm, erm, read it somewhere. Never been there, obviously, and at my age there`d be no bloody point in going there now. Is it the same St Pauli (he asks out of nothing more than academic interest)? Do they play in red?
My interest in European football only extends as far as Spain, really. I spent some time in Salamanca as a student many, many moons ago and I used to watch the local team UDS Salamanca whilst I was there. Sadly, they went into liquidation – about 10 years ago, I think - but a couple of new clubs were formed out of their ashes, as it were, a few years later; Unionistas de Salamanca and Salamanca UDS. They`ve both been climbing steadily up the leagues the last few years and are in the third tier now Unionistas could be going up again at the end of the season as things stand but UDS could be going the other way.
We seem to have digressed somewhat from Dancing`s original thread title of “Can we do it?” but what the hell. Threads are supposed to wander; this one certainly has.
The only St Pauli I`ve heard of over there is the red-light district of Hamburg – allegedly. I only know this, of course, because I erm, erm, read it somewhere. Never been there, obviously, and at my age there`d be no bloody point in going there now. Is it the same St Pauli (he asks out of nothing more than academic interest)? Do they play in red?
My interest in European football only extends as far as Spain, really. I spent some time in Salamanca as a student many, many moons ago and I used to watch the local team UDS Salamanca whilst I was there. Sadly, they went into liquidation – about 10 years ago, I think - but a couple of new clubs were formed out of their ashes, as it were, a few years later; Unionistas de Salamanca and Salamanca UDS. They`ve both been climbing steadily up the leagues the last few years and are in the third tier now Unionistas could be going up again at the end of the season as things stand but UDS could be going the other way.
We seem to have digressed somewhat from Dancing`s original thread title of “Can we do it?” but what the hell. Threads are supposed to wander; this one certainly has.