Another worthless draw for Wuppertal, and a negative record as well. Officially, only 725 fans showed up (other sources gave a generous 753, but the lower number are official WSV numbers). It’s been pretty pathetic since the days of 30,000+ in battles against Düsseldorf and Bayern München, but this has got to take the cake. You figured things might suck when the club announced that it was temporarily banning all “flags and banners” because of fan behaviour at the last match against Essen. (Supposedly smoke bombs and rockets were hidden among the banners). Anyway, the WSV-Ultras responsible announced they would boycott, and since they’re about the only folks that even show up these days, I guess it would suck at the gate. Another silly direction by WSV, especially since they announced that they were going to allow banners and flags at later matches anyway. A game of chicken where both sides get the big “L”.
As for the match itself, not much to report except the usual suckitude. WSV started brightly, especially Tom Moosmayer pulling strings in midfield. Marco Neppe crossed in, and Christian Knappmann rose above everyone and headed in from 14 meters. His 12th goal, off last season’s pace, but still respectable. WSV had a few chances, but as usual wasted them disgracefully. Meanwhile, Verl barely crossed midfield, but eventually managed to get a shot off and equalized. Then they pulled everything back and dared WSV to do anything, clearly a suckers bet, since obviously WSV wouldn’t be able to score again, despite some decent opportunities.
BTW, if you’d like a nice perspective of WSV and Regionalliga football, check out Lenny Barea’s description of the WSV-Essen match last weekend: http://gomadorstopcaring.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/away-day-diary-wuppertaler-sv-borussia_30.html
WSV: Semmler – Schumacher, Reichert, Wiwerink, El Hammouchi – Neppe (81. Abel), Meier, Fleßers, Moosmayer, Quotschalla (75. Knetsch) – Knappmann. Trainer: Jörg Jung SC Verl: Mellwig – Reekers, Schmidt, Capretti, Kaminski – Bömer Schulte, Schröder – Brinker (55. Krause), Haeder (83. Manstein), Großeschallau – Kunstmann (89. Betram). Trainer: Raimund Bertels Scoring: 1:0 Knappmann (30.) 1:1 Großeschallau (54.) Yellow cards: Brinker, Capretti, Krause, Haeder Referee: Niolaus Athanassiadis (Bad Salzdetfurth) Attendance: 725 (Stadion-Am-Zoo, Wuppertal) REGIONALLIGA WEST SpFr Siegen - Rot-Weiss Essen 5:1 (4:0) 2,384 SpFr Lotte - SSVg Velbert 2:0 (0:0) 473 Wuppertaler SV - SC Verl 1:1 (1:0) 753 Borussia M'gladbach II - Fortuna Köln 0:3 (0:0) 380 FC Viktoria Köln - SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 4:4 (3:1) 915 SC Wiedenbrück 2000 - VfB Hüls 2:1 (0:1) 207 FC Schalke 04 II - Bayer Leverkusen II 0:0 (0:0) 125 FC Kray - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1:0 (0:0) 590 VfL Bochum II - 1. FC Köln II 1:3 (0:2) 150 MSV Duisburg II - Fortuna Düsseldorf II 0:0 (0:0) 100 1 Fortuna Köln 19 13 2 4 38:16 +22 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 FC Viktoria Köln (N) 19 12 4 3 46:24 +22 40 3 Sportfreunde Lotte 19 11 5 3 36:19 +17 38 4 FC Schalke 04 II 19 11 5 3 32:16 +16 38 5 Sportfreunde Siegen (N) 20 11 4 5 35:18 +17 37 6 Rot-Weiss Essen 19 10 6 3 31:24 +7 36 7 SC Verl 20 7 7 6 40:30 +10 28 8 Wuppertaler SV 19 7 7 5 31:26 +5 28 9 1. FC Köln II 19 7 6 6 35:32 +3 27 10 VfL Bochum II 19 7 3 9 21:26 -5 24 11 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (A) 19 7 2 10 28:36 -8 23 12 Bayer Leverkusen II 19 6 4 9 24:29 -5 22 13 SSVg Velbert (N) 19 6 4 9 18:29 -11 22 14 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 (N) 19 6 3 10 20:34 -14 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 SC Wiedenbrück 2000 19 5 5 9 27:34 -7 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 MSV Duisburg II (N) 19 4 7 8 20:27 -7 19 17 Borussia M'gladbach II 19 5 3 11 17:33 -16 18 18 FC Kray (N) 19 5 2 12 20:38 -18 17 19 VfB Hüls (N) 19 4 4 11 19:36 -17 16 20 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 19 3 5 11 20:31 -11 14 Top club to playoffs. Bottom 5 clubs relegated, 15th relegated depending on 3.Liga
So what’s up with Siegen and Viktoria Koeln? Two rookies challenging for the top?
Meanwhile, FC Kray, which should be “my team” (at least proximity-wise) are grinding out results while still looking doomed. Incidentally, they hate Rot-Weiss Essen too… I watched a Youtube video documenting Kray’s relegation game against KFC Uerdingen: at some point, an anti-RW-Essen chant breaks out, apparently supported by both sides. It’s crass, but the censored version goes something like this:
Rot-Weiss Essen!
F***** und vergessen!
Hehehe. Perhaps FC Kray can become a “Kult” club. As a WSV fan, the RWE “cheer” seems reasonable…