February 2025
H erbert Hainer : Welcome to Säbener Straße ! We ‘ ll start with our second youngest guest – and the one with the longest journey : Lisa Duregger , how was the journey from Brixen in South Tyrol to Munich ? Lisa Duregger : My parents drove me here and are now in town doing some Christmas shopping , then they ‘ ll pick me up . I ‘ m going straight back tonight – tomorrow ’ s a school day . I ‘ m delighted to be here today : I ‘ ve been a fan since I was seven years old when I was given Thomas Müller and Bastian Schweinsteiger jerseys . I also play football myself , in a good women ‘ s team – our lowest win in the last few months was 8-0 ( smiles ). HH : Even FC Bayern can take a leaf out of your book … Herr Behrend , at 85 , you ’ re the oldest in this group and are sitting right next to 16-year-old Lisa . How did you end up at FC Bayern ? Hans Behrend : I used to play for Sportfreunde , right next door to FC Bayern . One day , the FC Bayern Over 50s team came to us ″ veterans “ and asked if we wanted to play for them . I even played with Gerd Müller , and afterwards we would all often sit around together . As I did athletics at TSV 1860 , they always had a laugh at my expense when they ( 1860 ) lost again . I played for Bayern right up till Over 60s level – and I ‘ m still there today , even if I ‘ m no longer an active player . HH : Are they allowed to call themselves the Over 60s ? We say 59 + 1 with a wink to avoid the number … Hans Behrend : Maybe we should just name the Over-teams after letters : A , B , C , D and so on ( laughs ). HH : Frau Lubelski , you ’ re not from Munich and bring a different view of FC Bayern to the table . Ilana Lubelski : When the Six-Day War broke out in Israel in 1966 , my father decided we would leave Tel Aviv for Germany until the situation calmed down . I was eight at the time and didn ‘ t want to leave , but he said to me : ″ You ’ ll witness two miracles . Every Christmas , a tree will grow in your living room in Germany – and you ‘ ll get to know Sepp Maier , Gerd Müller and Franz Beckenbauer .“ HH : Were you a football fan ? Ilana Lubelski : Not at the time , but my father was . We ended up in Bremen and , by chance , the first game after our arrival was against Bayern . My father took me by the hand to the Weserstadion . Bayern lost , but I realised that the ″ Reds “ were the right team for me . When I was 12 , my father died and my mother said she wanted to maintain the enthusiasm that brought him and me together through FC Bayern . I don ‘ t know how , but she made it possible for me to go to the home games in Munich every fortnight . Back then , there was no ICE train , I got on the train at eight
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President as moderator : Herbert Hainer put questions to the members for 90 minutes .
in the evening and arrived at Munich Central Station at five in the morning . A great-uncle lived here and he didn ‘ t know what was happening to him because I was always there . I had breakfast at his house and from 11 o ‘ clock I would wait for the bus to arrive with my heroes on board – at the Grünwalder Stadion back then . Incidentally , I went to Bremen ‘ s home games in a red shirt . I always fought for Bayern . Klaus Lunzner : My father was a Sechziger ( TSV 1860 supporter ) so I said to myself that I would be the antithesis . That was during the tough times when the Blues were in the Bundesliga and we were a few levels lower . I ‘ ve been a member for 58 years , membership number 225 , so now I have to make sure I make it to number 1 . HH : There are parallels in our family histories : My brother actually used to play for 1860 , but I was a Red right from the word go . At 15 , Lars Voigt is the youngest person here – we ‘ re looking forward to hearing another view of FC Bayern ! Lars Voigt : During a visit to Säbener Straße in second grade , I really wanted to be hugged by ( club mascot ) Berni at an open training session like the children from the KIDS CLUB – so my parents signed me up two days later . I have to say that sporting success plays a big role , of course , but I also think
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