Right:
25 July 2015: ‘Niemand siegt am Millerntor’(‘Nobody wins at the Millerntor’): the teams kick off for the first time in the completely reconstructed stadium (FC St. Pauli – Arminia Bielefeld 0:0). After the South Stand (2007-8), Main Stand (2010) and Gegengerade (2012), the North Curve has now also been completed.
Above:
Clean-up work at the snow-covered Millerntor in the ‘noughties’. On the right, the ‘provisional’ seating stand from 1988 above the Gegengerade, in the background a mast of the floodlight system inaugurated in 1989 and the Heiligengeistfeld bunker from the Second World War.
At the top:
League: third class. Atmosphere: first class. Floodlit match at the Millerntor in the 2003/4 season.
Below: Long-serving equipment manager Klaus-Peter ‘Bubu’ Bubke at the entrance to the ‘cult cabins’ under the old Clubheim (club house). In the 1960s, they were considered ‘state of the art’, complete with a relaxation pool and sauna. Decades later, they looked like they had fallen out of time – and taught opponents the meaning of fear. At times, hot water was only available for the home team.
Top left:
The first post-war Millerntor, inaugurated in November 1946. The concrete coat of arms above its main entrance, shown here with the Brazilian national amateur team (1959), was initially grey. Today it stands on Harald-Stender-Platz, painted in the club’s colours.
Centre left: View in the direction of ‘Hamburger Dom’ towards the old clubhouse, inaugurated in 1960.
Bottom left:
When it was inaugurated in 1961, the predecessor of today’s Millerntor Stadium was considered Hamburg’s most modern stadium. Later, fans loved it for its ramshackle charm – and the ‘VIP seats’ on the stadium trees. Right: Completely off the rails – ticket sales in the late 1980s.