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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