Sex May 1997 — St Pauli

The night air in during May 1997 carried a heavy, humid mix of cheap beer, exhaust from the Reeperbahn , and the stinging realization that FC St. Pauli was sliding out of the Bundesliga .

The "Kiez" didn’t care about rankings, though. On , the stadium at Millerntor had been a sea of brown and white, mourning a 1–3 loss to Mönchengladbach . But by midnight, the heartbreak had transmuted into the neighborhood's usual frantic energy. Neon signs for strip clubs and burlesque bars on Große Freiheit pulsed in rhythmic pinks and yellows, casting long shadows over the cobblestones where sailors once walked and punks now ruled. Results & Matches on: Sat, 10 May 1997 - Soccerbase St Pauli Sex May 1997