FC St Pauli - Germany's "Pirate" Football Club

from Sporting Witness · host BBC World Service

In the 1980s, punks and squatters in the run-down port district of Hamburg began to adopt the local football team, FC St Pauli. They turned the club into a champion of left-wing politics and created such a good atmosphere at matches that FC St Pauli now attracts supporters from around the world. Results on the pitch are still poor, but on one memorable occasion in 2002, the team beat German giants, Bayern Munich. Claire Bowes talks to FC St Pauli fan, Sven Brux.PHOTO: FC St Pauli fans flying their Pirate flags (Getty Images)

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