Hi there
I am from St.Gallen in Switzerland, where Liverpool will be playing its first preseason match. Since I can't generally contribute a lot from far away, I thought, that I could introduce our club a bit to you, since you might not now it at all.
FC St.Gallen was founded 1879 and is the oldest, still existing football club on continental Europe. Some of the most successful period of the club was around 2000, when the team become Swiss Champion - the 2ND time after a long wait of 96 years !! That says already a lot about the club, which has a long list of lost important games
The last time, when they were relegated at the end of last season, just when the new stadium was ready.
That said, the club has also one of the best and most faithful fans in Switzerland, with about 12000 on average this season in the second division (4rd best all over Switzerland, only 3 clubs have more in first division). This season we are leading the tables and with 3 matches to go, we hopes to get back to the top-league.
So Liverpool will be playing in the new AFG Arena in St.Gallen which has room for nearly 20'000 spectators. St.Gallen is in the east part of Switzerland between Zurich and the lake of Constance, has about 66'000 inhabitants.
BTW: also in autumn 2000 St.Gallen won in UefaCup against Chelsea (0:1 away; 2:0 home), which was there biggest international success.
Ok, Hope this gives you an idea.
Also hope, I can see the game and will not be on holiday -especially since I could not get tickets for anfield road so far.
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