Football

bit misanthropic lads. football is nothing without fans

For the sake of balance, fans bring the good times too.

One of my best football memories is Arsenal beating Dortmund away from home and then ending up on the lash with the various Dortmund supporters clubs until sunrise the next day. Proper shirt swapping, song teaching, heavy drinking fun. We had such a good time that 30ish of us go to Dortmund games every year....we've become good friends.

There were two sets of Arsenal fans that day. The set who headed to an "English pub" for two days straight, trashed the place while throwing lancaster bomber gliders at the police in a city where 7,000 people died and 70% of all buildings were destroyed by the RAF and the group that were mortified by this behaviour and accepted the amazingly friendly hospitality on offer from proper football fans.

Tbh, i've experienced that at a few German clubs, its not just Dortmund.