That Arminia Bielefeld’s fans can really deliver is nothing new. It felt like they went the extra mile today ahead of the derby cracker against VfL Bochum.
And the reasons for that are not just the relegation battle or the opponent — there is also another very special occasion.
This year marks the stadium on the Alm’s 100th anniversary. The first league match played there was in 1926 against Arminia Hamburg; back then, the ground probably looked more like a meadow, and you would have searched in vain for a stand.
Things look different now. To mark the 100th birthday, the SchücoArena, as it is now called, became the Alm once again — and the fans congratulated their own stadium with an incredible choreo stretching across the entire arena.
That would probably give even the odd neutral football fan a slight case of goosebumps.
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