o/t Plymouth manager joining Schalke 04

[sawmiller]

Blow for them but the Bundesliga a bigger draw than L1

Still think they?ll go back up

[Stansmate]

Argyles nearest me - he came across as a really nice genuine bloke and the fans loved him.

Little help for him tho - no real money to finance new players, he was doing everything himself.

No surprise he?s gone to a club who?s ground is 3 times Plymouths and huge support - his family stayed abroad anyway.

Fans divided on him goin - many understanding why tho.

Shame cos the fans are some of the noisiest I?ve heard

UTM

[Nardendee]

Bundeslega 2 is now the top attended second tier in the world.

Taking also Bundeslega 1 into account, these were the top average attendances in 2024/25 just finished:

Average attendances in Germany in 2024/25:

Borussia Dortmund - 81,365
Bayern Munich - 75,000
SCHALKE 04 - 61,655
VfB Stuttgart - 59,265
Eintracht Frankfurt - 57,600
HAMBURG - 56,323
Hertha Berlin - 53,190
Borussia M?nchengladbach - 53,139
COLOGNE - 49,929
FC KAISERSLAUTERN 46,312

** CAPITALS means a Bundesliga 2 club. Note Cologne & Hamburg have just won automatic promotion to the top division, whereas SCHALKE only avoided relegation to the third tier in the last couple of games, which makes their average attendance staggering.

I worked for a German company for 30 years with head offices based firstly in Hamburg and then out of Frankfurt so I knew a few colleagues who followed Hamburg and Kaiserslautern + 1 who was an ardent SCHALKE fan. They were one of the top clubs but have experienced major financial difficulties in recent years. They lost their major sponsor due to the war in Ukraine.
A little more about them here:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...20soon%20after.

I have recently started watching it on Sky and downloaded the Bundeslega app which covers the top two divisions, and the crowds and atmosphere is phenomenal.

[Nardendee]

The thread I provided is actually a couple years old done when they were in the Bundeslega but are now in the lower reaches of Bundeslega 2 which makes their attendances astonishing and is extremely difficult to get a ticket.