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The 'Safe Stadium Experience'

12/12/2012

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Last week  found the Bundesliga in the English press with  a couple on interesting articles that are quite current both in the Bundesliga and the EPL

Borussia Dortmund boss attacks Premier League's oligarch owners  A article in The Guardian where Hans-Joachim Watzke ("CEO" of Borussia Dortmund) comments on clubs owned not by there members but rather wealthy groups or perhaps even worse, individuals.

Germany's Bundesliga takes a stand by keeping faith with noisy fans  An article about the fan protests against the "Safe Stadium Experience" proposals that will be voted on in just nine days time.

I think perhaps the article dilutes the significance of what is happening in Germany. I am old enough to remember stands in the UK and have stood watching games.  I perhaps wouldn't do so now but, I appreciate the vibrancy added by the Ultras with their chanting, drums and flags and what has been lost in England because of the changes that have been made there.  In some ways, in many clubs the soul of the EPL has been lost. It would be tragedy if "central interests" cause the Bundesliga to go the same way for reasons that have little to do with the people who go to the matches. I fear a small change now could lead to a drip, drip, drip which would change the league for ever and loose the traditional club experience.

There are dangers with flares, only an idiot would deny that but,  do not "throw the baby out with the bath water" and ruin the gem that is the Bundesliga and its fan culture.  I hope the banners saying Ohne Stimme Keine Stimmung are seen and listened to by DfB et al and they pull back from the brink.

Post Meeting
Well on 12/12 thirty one of the thirty six Bundesliga clubs supported the "Secure Stadium Experience" regulations in Frankfurt. So, the bath water has been firmly thrown out. It just remains to see if we can still find that baby . . .

Now where can it be. . .
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