When SC Tegel grew to become German newbie champion: The feeling in the “Stadion am Zoo”

Very several still know about the dramatic game specifically 60 a long time back in Wuppertal’s “Stadion am Zoo”, in which the little SC Tegel reached the biggest shock accomplishment in Berlin’s football heritage at the time. With a pretty slender 1- win from the massive preferred Tura Bonn, the Berlin club secured the German novice championship for the initially time on June 30, 1962.

One human being who was there at the time however has fond memories of that day: Volker Behnke. “The folks of Bonn snuck away like watered poodles, and we have been unbelievably happy,” says the now 82-12 months-aged. For the 50th anniversary ten years back, Behnke had drummed up some of his teammates from again then and performed a track he had written himself, mainly consisting of the names of the to start with eleven, to the melody of Greek wine by Udo Jürgens, which he still likes to sing right now: “Faist was in goal, defender Jan Hahn, Lehmann, Mrosek, Daring ended up our runners.”

Behnke tells of the political great importance that this game experienced at that time, due to the fact Bonn was the money of the Federal Republic in 1962 and very much anyone was certain that Tura would get. Just not the staff from SC Tegel, who thought in the wonder. “For us, with eight Reinickendorfers in the starting up XI, it was a enormous event,” claimed Behnke. “You can be a very little proud that you can be so productive devoid of dollars and only with camaraderie, ambition and talent.”

Bonn, on the other hand, arrived to Wuppertal a tiny arrogant, the ribbons of the wreaths previously bore the inscription “Deutscher Meister Tura”, and goalkeeper Schattulat didn’t assume it essential in the center of the next half to place up a wall for a no cost kick from all over 20 meters. A error, as it speedily turned out, because Karl Bölk transformed to Tegel’s lead, which the sports club held right up until the finish. “They had all designed the wreaths for Tura Bonn and we ended up the undergrounds from West Berlin, completely without having a prospect,” suggests Behnke. “But we experienced the will, a person for all under the motto: You have to be eleven friends.”

SC Tegel no more time exists, because the merger with SC Heiligensee the club has been known as Nordberliner SC, which has also contributed to the simple fact that the Berlin champions are a lot more and far more neglected. But Behnke never tires of remembering the championship and has set himself the aim of nonetheless being equipped to sing about the superb instances of the compact club from Tegel at the age of 85.