Hamburg SV Go Down with an Ultra-Bang
This has been coming for a few seasons, now.
Since the Bundesliga's founding in 1963, only one side has remained a fixture in it.
Not even the mighty Bayern München can make that claim because they weren't deemed worthy enough to be included until two seasons later.
It was Hamburger SV.
No.
That uniquely American cuisine was so named because the meat-mongers who created them were immigrants from Hamburg, better known to everyone else as home to the Reeperbahn ...
... and where the Beatles actually morphed into the phenomenon that rocked the world.
And then there was Der Dino, the mainstay in German football through the years.
Until now, when they needed a victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach combined with a loss by VfL Wolfsburg to avoid the drop.
What with a few seasons of poor results prior to this one, the Ultra faction had time to prepare for the occasion.
And prepared they were, along with die Polizei:
Ten minutes of that.
Meanwhile, look at the stadium's attendance. Have those fans seen enough, or have they seen too much of too little already?
Speaking of what's gonna be a rekindled intra-city rivalry with FC St Pauli, a clash of cultures will surely be on the cards:
It's gonna be a new, unimaginable world for Der Dino.
But they did it to themselves. Big time.