Please tell me more - it is good to hear foreign fans attending our games.Did anyone else see them singing in the fan park, in front of the Ayresome Park gates?
They had scarves and a flag for some German club but can't quite remember who.
Yeah, in hindsight I wish we'd gone over and spoken to them but we were just passing through at the time and noticed them.Please tell me more - it is good to hear foreign fans attending our games.
Ah yeah, think it was Oberhausen actually. I was thinking it was Au....something.Maybe from Oberhausen?
Twin towns.What's the connection to us?
Twinned townWhat's the connection to us?
I believe some go a couple times a yearHave boro fans been to watch Oberhausen
As much as that’s a nice story for Boro fans, I’ll never quite understand what attracts fans to support clubs in another country. Obviously I welcome his support, I just don’t quite get it!I met a German fan of Boro when in Eindhover. In fact he sold my mate a ticket for the final after he joined us in a pub.He told me he had been across Europe watching us and had been to the Riverside several times.
He had seen a program a German program that was called the club that wouldn't die. It was all about us going under and being saved by Steve Gibson. It followed us going up from Div 3 to 1 and focused a lot on Pally.
I'm still in touch with him by e mail and he had said he was coming over with a few mates. His name was Dieter.
He just said the story the way it was told intrigued him. When he went to his first game he was hooked. He reckoned we celebrated differently to other clubs in the games he went to. He said when teams score in big games their fans jump up and down shout scream and cheer and clap. He said when he first saw us score everyone went mental and went off in different directions not knowing what they are doing. I have seen this since he mentioned it when tv cameras are watching us. He also liked that when we beat Liverpool in the cup semi strangers were leaping on him and made him feel like he was from here afterwards in the celebrations...As much as that’s a nice story for Boro fans, I’ll never quite understand what attracts fans to support clubs in another country. Obviously I welcome his support, I just don’t quite get it!