Straight (In &) Outta Sankt Pauli

A day trip to the Millerntor to watch a 0-4 defeat and to interview the President. Read all about it here.

Royalty time!

It's always nice when a royalty cheque drops through the letterbox. It's the only time you get an idea of how well books sales are holding up (especially as we are discouraging people as much as possible from using am*z*n, so their sales rankings don't hold much truck). But also, it is great to then be able to forward my royalties on to the 1910.eV. Museum project. This time I was able to send a payment of €480, meaning the book has raised nearly €3000 in total. Pleased with that! Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy.

'Gladbach all over!

Click here for a few words about FCSP's annual first round Cupxit. Lost 1-4 at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Third edition

Just unpacked a batch of books and noticed we are on the third edition. Look forward to the next sales update and sending another cheque to the 1910 e.V. Museum.

Safe from relegation! #Klassehalten

FC St. Pauli avoided relegation to 3.Liga on the final day of the 2014/15 season. It was nail-biting stuff, losing 1-0 to Darmstadt (who secured promotion to the Bundesliga), we had to rely on other results, after a tense wait (the mobile network had long since collapsed under the weight of people frantically refreshing the phones) news came through that we were safe. All this drama was conducted in the middle of the annual Sonderzug – a bonkers 13 hour round trip on the disco train. Read about it here.

A trip to Karlsruhe with floodlights and elephants...

Read about my trip to Karlsruhe for a routine 3-0 defeat here. There were elephants. And floodlights. So, above is a picture of neither. Well, there is a tantalizing hint of floodlight...

€2500 donated to the Museum

It's that time of year when book publishers forward royalty cheques to their authors. Delighted to announce that UK book sales of Pirates, Punks & Politics have raised around €2500 for 1910 - Museum für den FC St. Pauli e.V. 

Happy World Book Day!

A lovely #WorldBookDay mention from the Football Beyond Borders crew. In some pretty esteemed company there... Goldblatt, Zirin! Although, quite rightly, I'm at the bottom of the pile! 

25-years of the Fanladen

TWENTY. FIVE. YEARS. It's hard to believe, that a quarter of a century has passed since Sven Brux established Fanladen St. Pauli (there's a great photo on the club website that even shows the container where it all began). The fantastic work for the local community and for football has been documented brilliantly elsewhere. I'd just like to add a more personal thanks as - quite simply - without the Fanladen, I'd never have got that ticket for the Gegengerade. I'd never have fallen in love with FCSP. I'd never have met the fantastic people that I've met through St. Pauli. Thank you.

Now available in the Museum's online shop

The 1910 e.V. Museum now have an online shop. If you are in Germany, this is the best place to buy your copy as it maximises the amount of money that goes back to the project.
Here's the link.