Monday 16 December 2013

St.Pauli - Celtic - Party 2014

St.Pauli, March 29, 2014. Political songs and banners welcome.

Summary:

For the impatient among you:
Friday: FC St. Pauli home match and warm up in the usual pubs such as the Jolly Roger til the morning
Saturday: Party with 3 live bands, afterwards back to the pubs.

St.Pauli Home Match: Friday, March 28, 6.30 pm this date is confirmed by the German FA and will not be moved

Celtic Match: Will be shown on big screens if not parallel to the St.Pauli match.

We put together a google map of the relevant venues.

Party/Concert Saturday, March 29:

Concert and party at the venue Knust (close to the Millerntor stadium, 10 min walk from Reeperbahn area, about 200 meters from Jolly Roger)

featuring

The Wakes from Glasgow (Website, Facebook)
Kelly's Men from Derry (Facebook)
In Search Of A Rose from Lemgo/Germany ( Website, Facebook)

Address:
Knust im Schlachthof
Neuer Kamp 30

Public transport: Underground Feldstrasse (U3, yellow line)

Admission:

Advance sale Fanladen (international guests only): 13,- Euro + 1 Euro handling/solidarity for the Fanladen
Advance sale in Germany: 13 Euro + usual booking fees. Will start before Christmas, more info to follow
At the door: 15,- Euro (if available)

Most of the last party were sold out relatively early so use the advance sale!

Minimum age 16 or in company of a legal guardian

Doors open: 6 pm, probably earlier if the St. Pauli match is on the Saturday

Charity:

We always calculate the prices as low as possible. If there's a win anyway, most of that will be donated to charity or supporters projects. Recent parties raised quite a bit for good causes in Glasgow, Ireland and St. Pauli! Thanks to all who came to the party and made that possible.

Match: FC St.Pauli vs. Greuther Fürth

FC St.Pauli will play at home to Greuther Fürth, a classic - we've played that time at two previous St. Pauli - Celtic parties and their supporters were very ok. St. Pauli won the away leg 4:2, let's hope for 3 more points to keep our small chance of going up to Bundesliga 1.

Friday, March 28, 6.30 pm this date is confirmed by the German FA and will not be moved

As every season, all St. Pauli home matches sell out, but we managed to reserve a special allocation for this match. For reserving tickets, see the below.

Getting Tickets For Party And Match

Please reserve your tickets by sending an email to party@stpauli-csc.de. We take reservations from now on. You must state the names you want tickets for (to avoid double bookings) and your first and second preference for the match ticket:

North Stand terrace: 12+1 Euro
Gegengerade terrace: 14+1 Euro
South Stand terrace: 12+1 Euro
North Stand seats: 25+1 Euro

In addition to the ticket price, the Fanladen that will hand out the tickets when you pick them up after arrival charges 1 Euro per ticket that go to the social projects of the Fanladen.

We can't guarantee that you'll get the ticket you prefer but we'll do our best. No pre-payment, you'll pay when you pick them up at the Fanladen. As we have had bad experience with significant numbers of people not picking up their tickets we'll have a strict deadline for collecting them! If not picked up in time, they'll be given to those on the waiting list. The deadline will be announced once the match date will have been fixed.

Watching The Celtic FC Match Together

If the match will not be parallel to the St. Pauli match, the Knust (the location of the party) will show the match on big screens, as will the Jolly Roger.

The Jolly Roger

The Jolly Roger is the main St.Pauli supporters pub. It's non-profit, all money goes into supporters projects. It's located at Budapester Straße close to the Millerntor stadium and 5 minutes walk from Reeperbahn.

For the party weekend, the opening hours will be extended, starting at noon til about 6 or 7am.

The Fanladen

The Fanladen team is responsible for taking care of the fan scene and the Fanladen is the key coordination center and one of the central meeting points for the fans as well as the home of many fan organisations (e.g. board of registered supporters clubs, anti-repression group) and fanzines. It offers special assistance to local and international supporters and visitors that want to get in touch and visit an FC St.Pauli match.

The Fanladen offers a small range of merchandise and is a nice place to meet people and have a drink as well. With all the money going into social and supporters projects, money spent here is very good money. ;)

More info on their website.

Security and General Advice

The St.Pauli district is a party and red light area so you should take all the usual precautions such as keeping money safe and having a copy of your passport. Some of the more shady bars along the Reeperbahn might try to fool you with the price of a drink, so if you really wanna go there order from a menu rather than just ordering 'one beer' and never let any of the staff order a champagne on your expense. We have had supporters with 600 Euro bills at lunch time in recent years - there are better ways of spending money.

It's not illegal to consume alcohol on the street in Hamburg, but since recently there's a complete ban of glass bottles at the Reeperbahn and some of the streets and places just off the Reeperbahn. No problem to drink alcohol from plastic bottles, though, and the ban does not apply to the areas further north and south of the Reeperbahn such as where Jolly Roger etc. are. Consumption of alcohol is forbidden on public transport now.

Opening hours: there are no limits for the pubs and bars, some close earlier, others haven't closed in the last 20 years. There will be still enough bars open (almost) all night and all the St.Pauli/Celtic related places should be bouncing til the morning. Ask us or in the hotels for further advise. Supermarkets in the St.Pauli area are open every day except for Sunday.

Be a bit careful in the area south of the Reeperbahn. There are a couple of HSV pubs in that area and while it is not too dangerous in general, it's defo better to remain in groups or rather avoid it during the night. Only very very few good places there anyway, more expensive, touristy etc. Better stick to north of the Reeperbahn and the places we recommend on the map.

Getting to Hamburg/St.Pauli

From Hamburg Airport
Take train S1, departing from one of the terminals, simply follow the signs. You should be able to simply stay on the train til you reach train station Reeperbahn. It's a wee bit quicker if you change trains 2 times, but this way is easiest. Will stop in Wandsbek and at central train station (Hauptbahnhof) as well, if you need to get out in those areas for your hotel. For a single one way ticket choose ticket no 3 which should be about 2.85 Euro. If you are a group of 4 or 5, you can choose the all day group ticket F3 which is about 10 Euro. You can pay by cash or credit card. Depending on traffic, a taxi is about 25 Euro.

From Bremen Airport (Ryan Air)
If you are traveling after 9 am on a work day or on a weekend, you can use the "Niedersachsenticket"/"Lower Saxony Ticket" which costs about 28 Euro and is valid for a group of up to 5 people. You can get it at the airport information (just follow the signs) and it's valid for the tram (line number 6, heading for "Universität", get out at Bremen Hauptbahnhof), the Metronom train to Hamburg (leaving Bremen on .28, e.g. 2.28 pm, 3.28 pm etc.), and public transport in Hamburg.
The alternative is the bus, it costs 14.50 Euro per person if booked online, about 16 Euro on the bus. Departing straight from the terminal and getting you to the Hamburg central bus stop ("ZOB") next to the central train station ("Hauptbahnhof"). https://tickets.bus2fly.de/tickets

From Lübeck Airport (Ryan Air)
Take the bus, departs directly in front of the airport terminal and it's about 10 Euro. You can only pay at the bus.

From Berlin Airport (Schönefeld or Tegel)
The fastest is going by train, but can be costly:
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml

There are bus companies as well:
https://www.adac-postbus.de
http://www.berlinlinie.de/
http://www.berlinlinienbus.de/

After arriving at central bus and train station in Hamburg:
To get to St.Pauli district, you could take either U3 (yellow line) to stop St.Pauli or S1 (green line) to Reeperbahn. Taxi would be 8-10 Euro.

Hotels And Hostels

Most of the more frequent visitors and supporters stay in the St. Pauli Backpacker http://www.backpackers-stpauli.de, ETAP and IBIS St.Pauli, the A&O Reeperbahn (formerly known as Hotel Stern), or Hotel Figaro.
Here is a more complete list of Hotels in alphabetical order, but we cannot rate
how good or bad they are:
http://www.alt-hamburg.com/
http://www.altan-hotel.de/ Etagenduschen und WC's
http://www.auto-parkhotel-hamburg.de/
http://www.backpackers-stpauli.de/preise.html
http://www.buch-ein-bett.de/
http://www.das-feuerschiff.de/pages/accommodation
http://www.east-hamburg.de/ Location
http://www.etaphotel.com/de/hotel-5251-etap-hotel-etap-hotel-hamburg-st-pauli/index.shtml
http://www.hafentor.de/
http://www.hamburg-hotel66.de/
http://www.hansehof.com/
http://www.hotel-aabenraa.de/
http://www.hotel-cafe-keese.de/
http://www.hotel-hanseport.de/
http://www.hotel-pacific.de/
http://www.hotel-village.de/
http://www.hotelaustria-hamburg.de/index2.html
http://www.hotelfigaro.de/beddet.htm
http://www.hotelhanseathamburg.de/
http://www.instantsleep.de/deutsch/raeume.php
http://www.kastanienhotel.de/
http://www.kogge-hamburg.com/
http://www.lindenzimmer.de/
http://www.monopol-hamburg.de/
http://www.motelone.de/
http://www.pension-flehmig.de/
http://www.pjs-hamburg.de/index.php?id=8 PJ's Hotel
http://www.sankt-pauli-lodge.de/de/home.html
http://www.schanzenstern.de/ Altona und Schanzenviertel
http://www.st.joseph-hotels.de/deu/data/index.php
http://www.stern-hamburg.de/ A&O Hotel Stern
http://www.superbude.de/
http://www.thaden88.de/
http://www.zleep.dk/deutsch/hotel_hamborg.php?id=6

We put together a google map of the relevant venues.

TAL astro & Sven for St.Pauli CSC

Friday 5 April 2013

Important info about picking up tickets at the party weekend

Those that have reserved tickets for the match and the party have to pick up their tickets at the Fanladen.
On the map: http://goo.gl/maps/g596B

Opening hours:
Thursday: 3pm to 7pm
Friday: 3pm to 7pm
Saturday: 10am to 11am

If your flight arrives after kick-off, picking up tickets for the party will be possible the one hour directly after the end of the match.

Tickets for the party not picked up will to go those on the waiting list.

If you know you won't make it at all - you getting married, exams, prison sentence or whatever - please let us know asap at party@stpauli-csc.de so that we can sort people on the waiting list for the party as well.

From experience: try to sort the tickets
on Friday, Saturday kick off at 1pm is bad enough to get out of bed in time and it's advisable to get into the ground at least an hour before kick off. We expect that there will be beer (Astra) with normal alcohol inside the stadium, so not that much reason to stay in the pub til the last minute. It's considered a bit impolite to push into the crowds like 5 minutes before kick off. There's a 1.50 Euro deposit on the plastic cups for the beer, a beer is 3.50 Euro per pint, so quite reasonable.

If there are any problems or questions, email us at party@stpauli-csc.de

See you in St. Pauli!

Tuesday 8 January 2013

St.Pauli - Celtic - Party 2013

St.Pauli CSC, the Jolly Roger pub, the Fanladen, the venue Knust and all St.Pauli supporters would like to welcome all Celtic supporters to our city and especially the St.Pauli district. To make your stay as pleasant as possible, we provide a bit of info here. Also check the *about* section of our CSC's page for info about hotels, travel etc.

Why is the party so late this time? Quite simple, easyjet is starting a new route from Edinburgh straight to Hamburg Airport (not bloody Bremen or Lübeck) in March and that is the first appropriate date.

Summary:

For the impatient among you:

Thursday: info event about the Green Brigade, the FAC, and the current situation for football supporters in Scotland. This will be held in German/English and mostly be of interest for people not attending Celtic matches frequently. Venue: Fanräume

Friday: warm-up parties in the usual pubs such as the Jolly Roger or Shebeen til the morning. Depending on the scheduling of the St. Pauli match, we might offer some special event, so stay tuned.

Saturday: Party with 3 live bands and DJs, afterwards back to the pubs.

St.Pauli Home Match: not scheduled yet, can be Friday to Monday (Monday less likely).
Celtic Match: Will be shown on big screens if not parallel to the St.Pauli match.

We put together a of the relevant venues: Google Map CSC

Party/Concert Saturday, April 13:

Concert and party at the venue Knust (close to the Millerntor stadium, 10 min walk from Reeperbahn area, about 200 meters from Jolly Roger)

featuring

Gary Og & The Exiles from Glasgow ( http://www.garyog.com/ http://www.facebook.com/garyogmusic )
The Falperrys from Galicia ( http://www.facebook.com/falperrys http://www.myspace.com/falperrys )
Millerntor Brigade - Folk & Rebel from St. Pauli
After the bands: DJ

Address:
Knust im Schlachthof
Neuer Kamp 30

Public transport: Underground Feldstrasse (U3, yellow line)

Admission: 12,- Euro in advance, 15,- Euro at the door (if still available).
Minimum age 16 or in company of a legal guardian

Doors open: 6.30pm

Charity:

We always calculate the prices as low as possible. If there's a win anyway, most of that will be donated to charity or supporters projects. The party in 2012 including the raffle, auction etc. raised more than 3500 Euro / 3000 GBP for good causes in Glasgow, Ireland and St. Pauli! Thanks to all who came to the party and made that possible.

Match: FC St.Pauli vs. 1860 München

FC St.Pauli will play at home to 1860 München, a classic. St. Pauli just won the away leg 2:0, let's hope for 3 more points.

Time & date of the match:

Saturday, April 13, 1.00pm

As every season, all St. Pauli home matches sell out, but we managed to reserve a special allocation for this match. For reserving tickets, see the below.

Getting Tickets For Party And Match

North Stand terrace: 12+1 Euro
Gegengerade terrace: 14+1 Euro
South Stand terrace: 12+1 Euro
North Stand seats: 28+1 Euro

In addition to the ticket price, the Fanladen that will hand out the tickets when you pick them up after arrival charges 1 Euro per ticket that go to the social projects of the Fanladen.

We can't guarantee that you'll get the ticket you prefer but we'll do our best. No pre-payment, you'll pay when you pick them up at the Fanladen. As we have had bad experience with significant numbers of people not picking up their tickets we'll have a *strict deadline for collecting* them! If not picked up in time, they'll be given to those on the waiting list. The deadline will be announced once the match date will have been fixed.

Watching The Celtic FC Match Together

If the match will not be parallel to the St. Pauli match, the Knust (the location of the party) will show the match on big screens, as will the Jolly Roger.

The Jolly Roger

The Fanladen

Thursday 8 December 2011

St.Pauli - Celtic - Party 2012

St.Pauli, February 25, 2012

Summary:

For the impatient among you:
Friday: warm-up parties in the usual pubs such as the Jolly Roger or Shebeen til the morning.
Saturday: Party with 3 live bands and DJs, afterwards back to the pubs.
St.Pauli Home Match: not scheduled yet, can be Friday to Monday (Monday less likely).
Celtic Match: Will be shown on big screens if not parallel to the St.Pauli match.

We put together a google map of the relevant venues.

Party/Concert Saturday, Feb 25:

Concert and party at the venue Knust (close to the Millerntor stadium, 10 min walk from Reeperbahn area, about 200 meters from Jolly Roger)

featuring

THE BIBLE CODE SUNDAYS from London ( Website Facebook )
Glasnevin from Glasgow ( Facebook )
De Drangdüwels from Holstein, folk-punk in Lower German (Website Facebook)
After the bands: DJ

Address:
Knust im Schlachthof
Neuer Kamp 30

Public transport: Underground Feldstrasse (U3, yellow line)

Admission: 12,- Euro in advance, 15,- Euro at the door (if still available).
Minimum age 16 or in company of a legal guardian

Doors open: tbd, depending on kick-off

Charity:

We always calculate the prices as low as possible. If there's a win anyway, most of that will be donated to charity or supporters projects. The win of the 2011 party went to:

Glasgow: Fans Against Criminalisation Legal Defence Fund
Glasgow: The Unity Center http://unitycentreglasgow.org/
St.Pauli: Legal Defence Fund St.Pauli
St.Pauli: Fanräume e.V., a supporters initiative to build rooms for supporters and social initiatives into a new stand.

Match: FC St.Pauli vs. Eintracht Braunschweig

FC St.Pauli will play at home to Eintracht Braunschweig, a classic and charged derby match.

Possible days & kick-off times:

Friday, Feb 24, 6.00pm
Saturday, Feb 25, 1.00pm
Sunday, Feb 26, 1.30pm
Monday, Feb 27, 8.15pm

Monday is the least likely date, but we can't exclude that possibility.

As every season, all St. Pauli home matches sell out, but we managed to reserve a special allocation for this match. For reserving tickets, see the below.

Getting Tickets For Party And Match

North Stand terrace: 12+1 Euro
Gegengerade terrace: 14+1 Euro
North Stand seats: 25+1 Euro

Watching Celtic FC vs. Motherwell Together

If the match will not be parallel to the St. Pauli match, the Knust (the location of the party) will show the match on big screens. Last year, more than 400 people met up at lunchtime and turned the Celtic win into a mad party, let's hope for the same this year.

The Jolly Roger

The Fanladen

Security and General Advice

The St.Pauli district is a party and red light area so you should take all the usual precautions such as keeping money safe and having a copy of your passport. Some of the more shady bars along the Reeperbahn might try to fool you with the price of a drink, so if you really wanna go there order from a menu rather than just ordering 'one beer' and never let any of the staff order a champagne on your expense. We have had supporters with 600 Euro bills at lunch time in recent years - there are better ways of spending money.

It's not illegal to consume alcohol on the street in Hamburg, but since recently there's a complete ban of glass bottles at the Reeperbahn and some of the streets and places just off the Reeperbahn. No problem to drink alcohol from plastic bottles, though, and the ban does not apply to the areas further north and south of the Reeperbahn such as where Jolly Roger etc. are.

Opening hours: there are no limits for the pubs and bars, some close earlier, others haven't closed in the last 20 years. There will be still enough bars open (almost) all night and all the St.Pauli/Celtic related places should be bouncing til the morning. Ask us or in the hotels for further advise. Supermarkets in the St.Pauli area are open every day except for Sunday.

Be a bit careful in the area south of the Reeperbahn. There are a couple of HSV pubs in that area and while it is not too dangerous in general, it's defo better to remain in groups or rather avoid it during the night. Only very very few good places there anyway, more expensive, touristy etc. Better stick to north of the Reeperbahn and the places we recommend on the map.

Getting to Hamburg/St.Pauli

From Hamburg Airport
Take train S1, departing from one of the terminals, simply follow the signs. You should be able to simply stay on the train til you reach train station Reeperbahn. It's a wee bit quicker if you change trains 2 times, but this way is easiest. Will stop in Wandsbek and at central train station (Hauptbahnhof) as well, if you need to get out in those areas for your hotel.

From Bremen Airport (Ryan Air)
It's advisable to take the train, as the Autobahn is full of road works, so the bus will need longer than usual to Hamburg. If you are traveling after 9 am on a work day or on a weekend, you can use the "Niedersachsenticket"/"Lower Saxony Ticket" which costs about 28 Euro and is valid for a group of up to 5 people. You can get it at the airport information (just follow the signs) and it's valid for the tram (line number 6, get out at Bremen Hauptbahnhof), the Metronom train to Hamburg (leaving Bremen on .28, e.g. 2.28 pm, 3.28 pm etc.), and public transport in Hamburg.
The alternative is the bus, it costs 14.50 Euro per person if booked online, ?? Euro on the bus. Departing straight from the terminal and getting you to the Hamburg central bus stop ("ZOB") next to the central train station ("Hauptbahnhof"). https://tickets.bus2fly.de/tickets

From Lübeck Airport (Ryan Air)
Take the bus, departs directly in front of the airport terminal and it's about 10 Euro. You can only pay at the bus.

From Berlin Airport (Schönefeld or Tegel)
The fastest is going by train, but can be costly:
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml

There are two bus companies as well:
http://www.berlinlinie.de/
http://www.berlinlinienbus.de/

After arriving at central bus and train station in Hamburg:
To get to St.Pauli district, you could take either U3 (yellow line) to stop St.Pauli or S1 (green line) to Reeperbahn. Taxi would be 8-10 Euro.

Hotels And Hostels

Most of the more frequent visitors and supporters stay in the ETAP and IBIS St.Pauli, the A&O Reeperbahn (formerly known as Hotel Stern), Hotel Budapester Hof (directly next door to the Jolly Roger) or Hotel Figaro.
Here is a more complete list of Hotels in alphabetical order, but we cannot rate
how good or bad they are:
http://www.alt-hamburg.com/
http://www.altan-hotel.de/ Etagenduschen und WC's
http://www.auto-parkhotel-hamburg.de/
http://www.backpackers-stpauli.de/preise.html
http://www.buch-ein-bett.de/
http://www.das-feuerschiff.de/pages/accommodation
http://www.east-hamburg.de/ Location
http://www.etaphotel.com/de/hotel-5251-etap-hotel-etap-hotel-hamburg-st-pauli/index.shtml
http://www.hafentor.de/
http://www.hamburg-hotel66.de/
http://www.hansehof.com/
http://www.hotel-aabenraa.de/
http://www.hotel-cafe-keese.de/
http://www.hotel-hanseport.de/
http://www.hotel-pacific.de/
http://www.hotel-village.de/
http://www.hotelaustria-hamburg.de/index2.html
http://www.hotelbudapesterhof.de/
http://www.hotelfigaro.de/beddet.htm
http://www.hotelhanseathamburg.de/
http://www.instantsleep.de/deutsch/raeume.php
http://www.kastanienhotel.de/
http://www.kogge-hamburg.com/
http://www.lindenzimmer.de/
http://www.monopol-hamburg.de/
http://www.motelone.de/
http://www.pension-flehmig.de/
http://www.pjs-hamburg.de/index.php?id=8 PJ's Hotel
http://www.sankt-pauli-lodge.de/de/home.html
http://www.schanzenstern.de/ Altona und Schanzenviertel
http://www.st.joseph-hotels.de/deu/data/index.php
http://www.stern-hamburg.de/ A&O Hotel Stern
http://www.superbude.de/
http://www.thaden88.de/
http://www.zleep.dk/deutsch/hotel_hamborg.php?id=6

We put together a google map of the relevant venues.

TAL astro & Sven for St.Pauli CSC

Thursday 24 November 2011

Letter Of Support To FAC & Green Brigade

St.Pauli CSC is a Celtic supporters club from St.Pauli, a district of the city of Hamburg, Germany. It is open to all local Celtic fans that believe in and support anti-racism, anti-facism, and anti-sexism. Currently, all members support the local club FC St. Pauli in Bundesliga 2.

For more than 20 years, supporters from St. Pauli travel to Celtic matches all over Europe and Scotland, from Donezk to Dublin and Glasgow to Inverness. Never did any of us witness any kind of racism or sectarianism of the Celtic supporters. Religion is hardly ever a topic and never an issue, the inclusiveness of the Celtic support regarding faith or ethnicity cannot be overstated.

The coercion and criminalization Celtic supporters face for singing songs commemorating an important part of their and the club's heritage, exercising the right of free speech and showing normal human behaviour such as standing up during a match, is a shame for any constitutional democracy. We understand that the current legislation which already allows for a wide range of oppressive measures executed by state authorities and private institutions such as Celtic FC, will be further extended to make supposedly "offensive" behaviour punishable. This legislation will give the police an almost limitless scope of interpretation when trying to justify arrests or other measures. It has to be doubted that it is really just about certain songs, standing, or truly "offensive" chanting, but more about control. The vague nature of the current and especially the proposed legislation is intended to make people feel intimidated and not just abandon behaviour that could be defined as wrong in any way, but even exercising a self-control that goes beyond what could be put into a regulation openly. This treatment of one specific social group – football supporters all over Scotland – would rather fit to a dictatorship.

Football supporters in Scotland are not alone in this – both state and footballing authorities in many countries are trying to put pressure on the fans to take total control, to sanitise and polish a sport and its culture for total marketing and maximum profitability. A culture that grew from a mostly working class background to a culture that has a place for everyone from ultrà to big business, from punk to tradesman, shall become an entertainment industry. By many in Scotland or the UK in general, the German Bundesliga is seen as a paradise for football supporters, but we are faced with similar threats and in a struggle to keep what we have and to win back what we have lost already. What has happened to football culture in Great Britain – the home of modern football – in the past and the unbelievable current developments in Scotland that put football supporters even further beyond the sphere of some basic human rights, is a warning to us all.

We offer solidarity and support to Fans Against Criminalisation and all organisations behind that, especially our comrades of the Green Brigade. To give more than just words, we donated to the FAC Legal Defence Fund and hope that many more will do so. We have a similar fund for supporters of FC St. Pauli for years; it is all important to help people that are challenged by state authorities or powerful organisations such as football clubs to defend themselves with the help of competent experts. A lot of the intimidation is created by threats that will prove to be a mere chimaera if fought properly and with the necessary resources. Solidarity is a weapon!

St. Pauli CSC, November 24, 2011