A declaration of love to the greatest football club in the world – updated and expanded new edition. With eleven bonus reasons! Other clubs have their fans, at Union Berlin the fans have a club. Several times they saved his existence in spectacular actions. A Union designed the new construction of the legendary stadium At the Old Forestry, Unioners built it with their hands work, financed the new main stands. One unioner sits on the presidential chair, others edit metal, turning movies, writing songs, stories or plays about their club. In the stadium, they stand shoulder to shoulder and sing iron, especially when their team is behind. Unioners were never the darlings of the authorities. Yesterday as today, they live their own culture, which – although it calls itself pure football – far beyond that ball sport. SOME REASONS Because my civic education teacher worshipped the unspeakable. Because the hero of Torsten Mattushka song is our best man. Because unioners are sick according to their own diagnosis. Because Unions club anthem is intoned by the best choir in the world. Because every opponent player is called “Na and!”. Because everyone who runs up for Union is a football god. Because hoarseness is the muscle soreness of Union fans. Because: We stand! Because the bratwurst at the stand tastes better than the one in the VIP tent. Because we managed to stop peeing on the fence. Because iron girls are the coolest. Because union victories are something foreign. Because unioners retain their humour even when clapping. Because the locksmith boys from Oberschöneweide stayed iron. Because Unioners performed the miracle on the Elbe. Because wine red strikers don’t like Matthies. Because Potti Matthies didn’t like wine red. Because the love God is a Unioner. Because Union qualified as the only third league for the European Cup. Because Odysseus was a naughty package traveler towards travelling unioners. Because Union fans bleed for their club. Because Böni committed the most honest foul in football history. Because Unioners renovated their stadium themselves. Because Union without a single home game in the 2nd Bundesliga rise. Because we defeated Hertha BSC in the Olympic Stadium. Because Union Berlin sold its soul to itself. Because “Einmal Unioner – immer Unioner” is not an empty saying. Because one of us was proven to mess with God. Because you experience a pure football festival every now and then at the old forestery.
