St Pauli triumph over Union Berlin to drop anchor in the Bundesliga | Andy Brassell Morgan Guilavogui’s double edged Alexander Blessin’s side towards safety as they try to become a top-flight fixture.
It’s a red heart with an anchor piercing the top, a nod to the city of Hamburg’s maritime heritage resembling a sailor’s tattoo (which is why it always looked so satisfying on the upper arm of St Pauli’s jerseys).
They have always known that staying up this season would be touch and go, given their model and their beliefs, that have been addressed by their innovative model of future funding, selling their Millentor stadium to a cooperative of supporters.
One of the familiar tells of St Pauli’s standalone attitude to their kit, until recently, was the sleeve patch advertising a local brewer.
They are six points clear of Heidenheim, the current occupiers of the third-from-bottom relegation playoff spot, where they won last week, and leapfrogged Union Berlin on goal difference with Sunday’s 3-0 home victory.
