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Sporting Witness: FC St Pauli - Germany's "Pirate" Football Club

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11/02/2017 GMT

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

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, FC St Pauli - Germany's "Pirate" Football Club

The story of the Hamburg football team adopted by punks and fans from around the world.

The story of the unglamorous Hamburg football team adopted by punks and fans from around the world.

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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