Jackson Irvine

So basically the biggest club in...

the city is Hamburger SV, HSV Hamburg.

They are monsters.

They've won champions leagues.

They've, you know, had Ballon d'Or winners.

They are one of the biggest clubs in Europe and we're kind of the noisy neighbor.

And during the kind of football hooliganism rise of the 70s and 80s,

And a big branch of fans, you know, didn't like where the other club was going and they kind of rebelled.

And as I said, they kind of became the antithesis of that football organism culture and became the anti-fascist football club about that.

Right.

Forming an inclusive environment that was based on, you know, those values.

And that's kind of how the club, the culture of the club was formed.

The sporting history of the club has never been grand.

You know, we've had five, six promotions to the Bundesliga in its 115, 116 year history.

Never managed to stay more than two, more than the second season, which is the aim of us now.

And yeah, for me, that's the connection to Celtic as well, because Celtic are also a very left wing football club.

And I came over with Celtic to play in a friendly game here.

And yeah, it's funny how things can come full circle.

I often tell the story of, you know, during that time when I was in Hull living with my now wife and she turned to me at one point during, you know, with this time of uncertainty and was like to me, can't you just go play for that punk club?

Very exactly like that.