A unique friendship
The Liverpool FC/Borussia Moenchengladbach fourth consecutive Fan party in Liverpool has been declared 'an outstanding success'.
Fan party organiser Graham Agg said it was an honour for the Liverpool supporters to once again host our friends from the Borussia Moenchengladbach Official Supporters Club.
The Gladbach fans were making their 20th consecutive friendship visit to Liverpool to support the Reds since 1992, and after watching Kenny Dalglish's side beat Newcastle United, they continued their celebrations with a party in town.
This special Friendship started in 1991 when a delegation of Borussia Moenchengladbach supporters flew to Liverpool to present a cheque for 21,000 Deutsch Marks (approximately £7000) to the families of the Hillsborough disaster - an amazing gesture that has never been forgotten on Merseyside.
This year the Borussia supporters even brought their own band from Germany, 'The Drunken Lullabies'.
They sang Irish folk music and were truly outstanding as the packed audience in Flanagans Irish pub on Mathew Street were soon dancing along to their music.
Legendary Borussia supporter Jonny Polcher, who is the solitary supporter who has attended every single friendship visit to Liverpool since 1992, addressed the assembled audience.
Organiser Agg, also spoke and and thanked the Borussia supporters for their continual support and friendship.
Agg said: "Borussia Moenchengladbach are currently riding high in fourth position in the German Bundesliga with real hopes of qualifying for the 2012-2013 Champions League.
"With Liverpool also just outside the Champions League qualifying places it is real hope for these supporters that possibly both clubs could meet in Europe's Premier competition next season and show the rest of Europe a friendship that is absolutely unique in world football."
The 2012 and sixth consecutive LFC supporters friendship visit to Moenchengladbach will take place from Friday, April 27, to Monday, April 30, when Borussia are hosting FC Augsburg in their last home match of the 2011-2012 Bundesliga season.
Any LFC supporters wishing to join the LFC fans on their next friendship visit should contact organiser Graham Agg via grahamlfc@aol.com for further information.