I just want to say thank you to Schalke fans. From the moment I walked in, I was sucked into the atmosphere. A club this big belongs in the top tier of German football. I will be looking out next season. 🔵⚪

Sind halt der GEilste Club der Welt 💙🤍

glück auf

Come Back next season. Surely Broski or I can sort something out.

Schalke ist die Macht 💙🤍

Even the 2nd Division bundesliga stadiums have the most incredible atmospheres like no other

Its because many of the german Bundesliga teams have money problems so they got down to 2. Bundesliga and now they try to get back.

German Stadiums in general are crazy. Even in the third division there are clubs which sometimes sell out a Stadium of 49.000

Even in the 4th league, you have more than 10.000 spectators, e.g. at Rot Weiss Essen (neighbour city of Gelsenkirchen)

Actually, Schalke is not a real second-division team. They played 30 years straight in the Bundesliga before relegation in 2021, the Bundesliga is currently playing its 60th season, and Schalke has played a total of 54 years in the Bundesliga. The club was relegated because serious mistakes were made by the club's leadership years before relegation. These people were all fired, and the new management put together a completely new team with a very small team budget of only €20 million in salaries.

Never been to a German football game, but you can tell this is one amazing atmosphere. Also what a stadium they have.

VELTINS ARENA 💙🤍

62.271 Capacity Veltins Arena ❤️

They simply aren't a second devision Club you know... schalke played Champions league knock out stage a few years ago

It’s also the fact how this atmosphere is the 2. Bundesliga. I would love to go to a German game someday

@sidosjunge Still hoping this will change tbh They should rip out all seating on the northern side, would make it a whole lot more intimidating

💙💙

Krasse Atmosphäre beim Hallenturnier😉

Krass viel Meinung für so wenig Ahnung 😉

@Michael Newel war doch nicht mal bös gemeint von ihm lul

You’re the goat my friend 🤝

broski 💙🤍💪

The German second divison is one of the craziest leagues in the world

Yes vut only beacause they have big teams who played sheit

@Pas call wdym Look at Dresden,Pauli, KSC, Nürnberg

And sweden first league

Yeah and one of the best Fans they have

@PoyPoyLM bästa ligan nånsin

as an american. i can only dream of atmospheres like this. we need a promotion/relegation system

Definitely, there’s nothing like a relegation/promotion scrap. It creates competition and elates emotions you’ve never felt.

@M 100%. i wish i could support my local club like in do european clubs. but there is just no passion in american sports honestly.

I love American Football, but I cant't get used to the league system.

people‘s society vs corporate's society

American sports are run by franchises, not clubs. There’s the difference.

16:27 he’s a legend. Everyone knows him In Germany he gets on TV everytime He’s in the stadium

There ist even a small docu about him

Mohamed Mohamed is his name.. he is a legend 🙌

I am german and never saw him before 🤷‍♂️

@Ma Nu Look harder then

@Xofurs I will, i promise

I don't know about you guys but the passion and the amount of love that Germans have towards football even if it's Third Division or Fourth Division is something stunning.....Real Football Fans that's the Germans....♥️🤍♥️.... Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

You have to watch rot weiß essen at the channel breilmannswiese. 4th division and they have such good fans

Liebe Grüße zurück aus Deutschland

we even celebrate in Kreisliga C, so

Love back to Bangladesh.🇩🇪

love back to the big population country from aachen

I’m a chelsea fan and went to schalke away in the UCL about 8 years ago and of all the grounds I’ve been too it’s the only time I was blown away by the support and the ground itself. Incredible fans great football club good to see them back in the top flight a big club that deserves to be amongst the best in Germany.

As a Schalke fan (who also got same Chelsea jerseys in his closet😉) thanks a lot mate. All the best for Chelsea next season👌🏻

The atmosphere in German stadiums is just incredible

It is, but that is also Schalke. Football in the Ruhr Area is an experience in itself.

@swanpride And Frankfurt, Dresden,.... İ could go on the next few hours

@Patrick Dortmund…

@Max Marl mehr Touristen als auf Malle

The return of Schalke! Glad to see them promoted back to the Bundesliga where they rightfully belong!

Being from the U.S but part German makes me happy to see Schalke back into the bundesliga

sd

Schalke, Hamburg and Bremen not only should be back in the Bundesliga but they should be challenging for a spot in Europe. Leverkusen and Villarreal are great examples of consistently being competitive despite being deemed the "smaller" which shows it's all about leadership from the top.

Mit der Herner Legende unterwegs 🙏🏼

Wanne-Eickel

Watched Man City-Schalke champions league last 16 match a few years ago and the Schalke fans were loudly cheering their team on despite being multiple goals down. Very happy for Schalke to be back!

@Karl-Heinz Grabowski manchester ist nicht london🤣🤣

Das koennig blau - from an English Schalke fan!!!!

@Phillip Liggins 🤭🤭🤭😂😂😂. => Königsblau; Greetings from Lübeck (Germany)

@Mc Die Don't laugh at him man

German people are so friendly and love their football, brilliant country

💙

W

🇩🇪♥️

As a Schalke fan living in Scotland thank you for bringing the atmosphere to me through from this video ⚒

A crossover I never thought I needed! What a great video

The best game I've ever watched as a Schalke fan 💙💙

4:4 Derby ?

Bin Dortmunder, aber freue mich soooo sehr das Schalke back ist.... Glückwunsch

@Foxcub HD It was awesome as well, but the promotion is so important for us

fg

nothing compared to Vélodrome

As a Fan on FC Twente, I'm happy our friends are promoted back to the top!🎉

Schaaaaalke und der FCT 💙❤

The second Bundesliga promotion race (and usually relegation too) is so close nearly every single season. People don't know just how competitive and fun that League actually is. Plus it hosts some of Germanys greatest Fans. For example Rostock, Dresden, next season Magdeburg and St. Pauli. It's always worth a watch or visit imo. Glad Schalke is back. I can finally travel to Gelsenkirchen next season. We'll leave our Red and White Mark though. Greetings from Berlin 🇮🇩

2. Bundesliga will host HSV for another season :) until they get promoted nobody knows when

It’s mad how German 2nd division has a higher average attendance than the first div in Spain or Italy…

I think every league in europa. Premier league? No no ma friend

@Abso I saw the stats some weeks ago… but I think for that particular gameday Bundesliga was first than the premier league, Lig1 and than the 2nd Bundesliga… but it depends on which teams playing at home on that particular gameday… if Bayern,BVB for example play away the attendance is obvs lower… and to be fair the 2nd Bundesliga is as high this year cuz Schalke,HSV and Bremen are in it which are normally Bundesliga clubs… I think in 18/19 Premier league had a higher attendance than Bundesliga but if ur looking at this season since fans are back the Bundesliga is the highest… The problem is there are no stats for the past 2 season due to Covid… but even if 2nd Bundesliga has overall a few thousand less than Seria A or Premiera Division it’s still impresiv

@Karl Albrecht bundesliga has always been a little bit higher than PL

@austriana yeah since there are no stats due to Covid in past 2 seasons and even this season is not comparable as BPL played with max. capacity since the start and buli since March it’s hard to say… when it comes to average utilization Buli is definitely higher when it comes to overall attendance it depends from season to season… this season overall attendance is not as high as the years before Covid cuz with Schalke and Bremen to big stadiums are not in 1st div and quite small stadiums like Fürth,Bielefeld are in first div…

Even third division. Kaiserslautern for example. 50k

16:35 he´s a legend, every German Football Fan loves him

Wer ist das?

@Philip Mothersole denke er meint den Kollegen bei 16:25 mit dem Bier auf dem kopf

@Philip Mothersole der heißt mohammed , cooler typ

@Philip Mothersole Wer kennt Ralle nicht digga

@Liebes Wölkchen saß neben ihm bei Fortuna gegen Schalke hahaha

Massive credit to the Schalke Fans. Incredible !! Respect from a Hammers Fan.

Come on you Irons from a Schalke Fan 😎🤘🏻

Amazing game, amazing stadium, amazing fanbase. As a celtic fan I would love to play them in Europe at some point

Youre right but 4 years ago Schalke was 2. Place in the Bundesliga and we won 2014 15 4 3 in Madrid

You guys can't play anyone in Europe without getting thumped 😂

schalke - celtic would be an amazing game

@Dwayne Chalmers Bayern, Dortmund...

as a Dortmund fan, congratulations Schalke, we see us next season!

'we see us', feinstes Denglisch ausgepackt 😂

@js99 u’s changes it ha maybe that’s what he meant

Schalke deserve to be in the Bundesliga after so many terrible years. Great to see them back.

Hamburg next

do you realize the paradox in your sentence or is it by accident.?

Forza Frankfurt 2:3🦅🦅

"He's definetly going onto the pitch" You're god damn right

haha GEil man glück auf

@Patrick H Glück auf!

Ehre

nice 🤣🤣

🎣🎣🎣

Hi Thogden, i am a German St.Pauli Fan and i was in the stadium too. No doubt Schalke04 deserved to win. Well done Schalke ! I watched you already before in some other vlogs or predictions. I mean travelling with your Dad is really special and an experience for life enjoying together. Keep healthy ! Btw A lot of Germans had been happy that Rangers had won against Leipzig. You cant buy Tradition as you have seen " AUF SCHALKE " !

FANS Final ⚫️⚪️🦅

Danke für Deine Worte... und bitte: Kommt nächstes Jahr hinterher! Der Wermutstropfen am Samstag war, dass ihr der Gegner wart... und wir die, die Euch die letzte Hoffnung nehmen mussten. Bis hoffentlich bald.

Bester Mann.

To be honest, the audio in this video still doesnt quite do justice to how the atmosphere actually was inside the stadium. Never ever experience such a loud crowd. It really was amazing watching this game live. Great stadiumvlog nonetheless.

So isset!

Theo, I always enjoy your Vlogs 👌 Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

Free tayk

@Free Me true call 🐐

as an FC Twente fan i love seeing schalke succeed and im glad to see them back in the bundesliga where they belong

Schalke & Twente ❤️💙❤️💙

Schalke und der FCT

@himms71 freunde für immer

@Jan de Ruiter will be in Enschede v Vitesse... looking forward to it 🍻

@himms71 i was there too, great match! i might visit the veltins arena for the first time this year

Thogden you absolute legend!!! I've followed you for a while and always thought: how do you always manage to be at the best games? As a die hard Schalke supporter I lost my mind last night watching this, and then to find that you managed to even show up at a Bundesliga 2 epic like this...👏!

Thogden this is a great video and it seriously brings back some incredible memories for me because I went to Schalke v Chelsea when we won 5-0 there in 2014 and that City it’s football club it’s stadium The Veltins and tbe people are incredible second to nobody I have been all over Europe watching Chelsea and following England and Schalke has made the biggest impression on me it’s truly a beautiful unspoilt place It’s a working class area an industrial area and the town centre is so lovely, tbe people are mega friendly and it’s true Schalke have the best fans in the world full stop it’s like a huge community a Schalke family and people don’t realise how big Schalke are, they are huge their fan base sings for 90 minutes most of the chants sung at palace and Watford etc come from Schalke and the whole Schalke experience is incredible There are so many people especially old school supporters from England that go to matches in Germany because English football doesn’t offer what the experience in Germany does I love Chelsea but I’d love to go back to Schalke and Gelsenkirchen and I definitely want to go to a Dortmund v Schalke game with the Schalke supporters though So well done Thogden and well done Schalke

That's a briliant sum up of the culture here, the football cult in the ruhr valley is omething else. Glück Auf to you and hope you will see your derby (and a Schalke win ofc)

Visitors are always welcome! People who love the beautiful game will love Schalke, always said it. Derby against Dortmund is truly something special, hope you will be able to experience it one day and see a win for us🔵⚪️

I've been sitting on my fathers shoulders in the stands of their old Parkstadion when I was 2 years old, I can't even put into words what this last saturday meant to me. You will probably never get to see the best football at Schalke but being a fan you know that it doesn't matter as long as you have a stadium full of people whose hearts burn for the club. Hope to have you back at Veltins Arena next season, you're always welcome bro💙

I swear I live like 10 Mimutes away from the stadium and I could hear the fans singing and celebrating all night. The hole city was partying through the night.

I've heard the Nordkurve up in Buer, only experienced this with some real loud concerts before

Thank you Theo,for putting together this amazing vlog,just love the atmosphere. German football rocks xx 🐻🐻

Not a schalke fan but the passion was just something else something more something special❤❤❤

I love your vlogs and Videos man, always happy to see you in German stadiums. You're welcomed here

As an American I only discovered European football a couple years ago. I have mostly just watched the Premier league and Champions League. But recently I started watching other leagues too and was confused why every time a player gets touched it’s not called a foul. They actually let them play the game and it makes the flow so much better to watch. Also it seems like they spend wayyyyy less time on the ground crying. My friends hate European football so to make it interesting for them we usually place bets on how many times in the game a player will role around on the ground crying. It turns something that usually triggers them into something that entertains them. But it’s usually around 15 times for a premier league game but it has only been around 5 for other leagues. I’m glad I discovered these other leagues, sooooo much better to watch

Schalke 04 and my local team FC Twente have a close friendship when Twente was about to go bankrupt they organised a benefit match for us. Schalke belongs in the 1.Bundesliga All the best from Enschede

Schalke und der FCT 😎🤘🏻Come in Twente Enschede

Thank you Thogden for videos like these, its really helping me through my struggles with anxiety amd mental health right now, congratulations to Schalke on returning to Bundesliga!

Im going to nearly every Schalke game into the stadium but i never felt that athmosphere like yesterday. this was just amazing and i had to cry after the end

i just said to my mates in halftime, we are gonna get promoted! And after every goal we said to each other, today is the day we gonna get promoted! after the third goal we shout out so loud, i cant speak today and feel to have to cry after watching every vlog today

Whats amazing is that there are so many comebacks lately in all of european football, so since youre always there your vlogs are pure passion and emotion. Great vlog

18:31 he is a legend. Whole Football germany Loves him

13:52 Ko Itakura is a beast, he's actually on loan from Manchester City, i think he could be a top defender in the next few years (he's only 25, still quite young for a centerback), he played very well with Groningen in Eredivisie too and he's a solid starter for Japan National Team, along with Tomiyasu it could be a top defence.

13:41

We might be able to trigger buying clause of around 4 million because of promotion. Would be a crazy investment given our financial situation but was ridiculously good this season, he is my player of the season even ahead of terodde

Thank you so much for this video! We live in Canada, used to have seasons tickets, lived 7km away from the Arena. To have missed this, really hurts.....

Perfect timing for you to watch a Schalke game! Glück Auf 💙 Love your editing style btw

9 out of 10 games you go to are great games. Your killing it. Respect from Pittsburgh,PA

From a fan in South Africa, danke Schalke 04

Wow, this atmosphere is incredible and Schalke have just got a new fan

Thogden you really have a skill to pick amazing games to watch! Its incredible! Two of the BVB games you went to I also was in the stadion and its a pleasure to rewatch these from your pov. But all of your vlogs are a lot of fun. Just great stuff keep on going!!

@ Thogden thank you so much for your videos; it really makes me feel like I’m in the stands and I’m part of the game. I’m a Brentford season ticket holder I think our stadium has a great atmosphere and we’re such a great community club. Even though I’m 11 I love going with my grandad and I feel so amazing in that stadium; I would love to see you next season. If you decide to go please tell me because I might go as well. BIGGEST respect Will

The St. Pauli fans and Schalke fans were amazing. Those are two clubs that really deserve promotion. However, the stadium begs a few questions. Since there was so much pyro and so little fresh air coming in, how long did it take for the smoke to disappear? Also, how do they grow natural grass? Anyway, those do not overshadow an amazing year for Schalke and a crazy year in the 2. Bundesliga! Thanks for taking us along!

The field can be moved out of the stadium to give the grass enough fresh air, technically.

The roof was opened completely during the game, it was closed because it rained in the afternoon, the pitch should provide the best conditions. Of course, ventilation has been thought of, the closable roof has vents, there are four tunnels (4x4 meters) from outside into the stadium, which serve for ventilation and access for spectators at concerts. However, since this stadium also hosts a lot of concerts, where a lot of pyrotechnics are also used, this had to be taken into account during construction. By the way, the retractable roof is exactly the same size as the pitch 105 x 68 meters. Here a Rammstein concert, these guys love fire: https://youtu.be/zhuUwqphcSg

the movable pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUTHVNC_ERc

@Mariban Very cool! Retractable pitches and fields are amazing. You don't see them too often in soccer as well.

I knew about how fanatic Schalke fans are, and how they always had full stadium when they played in the Bundesliga, i mean the first division. But it is crazy to have the same attendance even when you are playing in the second league. Basically say, we do not care who we are playing against, we came to watch our team. Amazing this culture of supporting your club no matter the circumstances. I read down in the comments how even in the second league Germans have amazing stadiums, sure but Schalke is not really a 2nd division club, it is one of the biggest clubs in Germany and they are not really used to playing 2nd division. They were relegated because of financial difficulties and not being able to pay big money for better players, at least i think that was the reason they ended there.

What a game, great atmosphere, the support was unreal, some stadium that mate, wow 🫶🫶

I'm very happy Shalke is still in Bundesliga!!! What a fans, and what a team!!!!!!

I born in Gelsenkirchen.. my grandfather was a schalker , my father is a schalker.. my mother..my brother.. my whole family and all of my friends .. for me one of the best and most important days in my lifetime

As a Schalke Fan i am so Happy about yesterday 🔵⚪️

I watched it just now again and I had tears in my eyes. Again.. What a game

It’s crazy how thogden always finds himself at the most insane games!

@Thogden As a Bayern fan, I was even excited that Schalke would still turn this game around. These fans are incredible.

Mia san mia ❤🤍

What an amazing video and amazing fans good luck in the bundesliga!

Bruh how is this possible? How can someone visit 4 matches in 4 different countries in just 4 days?! Where does he always get the tickets from?! How can he have time 24/7 ? How can he fly like 8 times every week?! All he needs to think about is when he will visit the next football match ... what a great life he has ... 0 problems, much money, he gets sponsored literally everything and he visits multiple citys every week ... just think about this, on Wednesday at 24 o glock he is in Madrid, and on Thursday at 17 o glock he is already in Marseille ... and on Saturday in Gelsenkirchen....

18:04 He simply said "To the german viewers, go subscribe to him, he is one of the kindest people I've met so far" Glück Auf⚒️

Thanks, I managed the first sentence but then it got a bit fast 😂

As a Fortuna Düsseldorf fan, we kind of made this scenes possible for you. Glad you had fun, bye bye Schalke :)

Danke Fortuna. So wie es mit dem neuen Trainer läuft, seid ihr nächste Saison dran

For all the non german speakers: In the end he said that Thogden is a great guy and all the german people watching should go subscribe

What an atmosphere. Best I’ve seen in any football stadium….very unfortunate they’ll be back down in 2 next season

Thank you for your work, hope German football gets more attention in England through you.

This match wasn't incredible, this match was typical FC Schalke 04. Schalke isn't a normal club. My heart breaks every season. Greats from Gelsenkirchen/Germany the home of FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 1904 I'm so happy. Thanks for your video, I feel it like Saturday afternoon in the stadium in the Nordkurve

Schalke always a spiritual experience….what a club

Soy aficionado del Fc Bayern y me alegra mucho que el Schalke 04 regrese a la Bundesliga

I hoped you were at the game. Awesome that you visited a Schalke game. I am so glad to see this vlog! You are amazing.

As a non german schalke fan i am proud❤️

This season, with Schalke, Werder Bremen, Hamburger SV, St. Pauli, Düsseldorf, Nuremberg, Darmstadt, Karlsruhe, Dresden… so much tradition, better than the Bundesliga! Show me a better 2nd League! Glückwunsch Schalke, schön, dass Ihr zurück seid, Grüße aus Gladbach! 👍

You should have come to the last game in that season between nurmeberg and Schalke where the both fangroups are friends and this friendship was celebrated over the course of three days before the match. And the second promotion party after game where despite a loss against Schalke every Nuremberg Fan was celebrating with our friends.

What an amazing video what an atmosphere what a club and what an experience thank you for Sharing it my guy

dude the guy juggling the beers on his head went way under the radar, nice catch tho. what an absolute legend.

Directly relegated as the champion. Imagine the scenes ❤️🤣

13:40 Ko Itakura. What a legend he is. I support his former club, FC Groningen (in the northern part of the Netherlands)

schalke is the 2nd biggest team in Germany in terms of members, and are one of the biggest tradition clubs in Germany. Bundesliga without them isn’t Bundesliga. glad they’re back!

As always Theo, great video mate. Great atmosphere and supporters too.

Definitely a stadium I want to visit🔥🔥

come in a Enschede jersey and you will collect new friends

You will love it! I'm Schalke fan💙🤍⚒️

Love this video, im from The Netherlands and are Schalke fan scince i was 2 years old. Schalke belongs in the Bundesliga and i dont think anyone can disagree with that. Great video! 🔵🔵🔵

💙🤍Hup Schalke Hup💙🤍

German football in general is great. The teams have incredible support and the stadiums are brilliant

That atmosphere gave me goosebumps!

Amazing video. Really enjoying your German matchday videos.... Even though one was in East London lol. Great content

Glad to see Schalke back, great video pure class!

Thank-Q Thogden awesome bringing the crowd and City to our TV's. Football truly is the beautiful game

Amazing Documentation of the moment, but really the audio doesent do the loudness of the fans no justice. I was there and its was incredible loud for the whole 90min. Even had some beeping in the ear afterwards like going to a club it was completly insane. What a match!

Such a nice Video, just got goosebumps again..this day was so amazing 🔥😍 Schalke!

What an experience 🔥

A little tip for you: Schalke = S04 ; St. Pauli = STP. Thanks for the amazing vlogs!

Man idk what to say, yesterday was special. Been watching you since the euros and never would i have thought to watch my favorite club promote again with you at the pitch invasion. Life‘s crazy, keep on with the vids man. You’re smashing it. Lot’s of love from germany 💙🤍

Listen, i'm Werder Bremen supporter, i watched the game and first i was a bit upset because of that turnaround. I mean, look at the table, if Schalke would have left points behind it would have been the best for Bremen. BUT first of all I need to point out, that I'm so proud of these Schalke Fans - THIS is german football and i'm glad that you english people saw a piece of it. Fans like that are making the difference and believe me if i say, that not only Schalke can create atmospheres like this. And second of all congrats to Schalke, Werder will follow next week :D

Fingers crossed for Werder , from a Schalke Fan , Glück auf .

..and Hamburg in the relegation hopefully

@Jakob you got heard :D

F.C Schalke is One of my Lovely Foot Ball Club in Europe behind Real Madrid, Liverpool, Marseille and Fenerbahce. ❤ from Jakarta Indonesia. Cogratulation for Promoted to Bundes League.

glad you came to germany for this crazy 2. bundesliga

Fabulous video!!! Insane atmosphere 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 well done schalke!!

Greetings from Germany. Would love to see you at schalke vs bvb next season.

Don’t you prefer that a real Schalke fan goes? I really like this guy Thodgen but tickets should go in the first place to the local fans and not some tourists that are able to pay way more.

@Suppliers Real fans should of course have priority. However, he takes everyone with him who cannot be there, for example because of work or illness. I understand what you mean.

Now people come to know how German teams score such heavy amounts of goals. Crowd like this and every player is bound to give his best performance on pitch, there's and enthrallment and a supernatural spirit within the supporters ... clearly,the meaning of what FOOTBALL has to offer.

Insane! Damn, I also traveled from London to Schalke for the match, we even went in through the same security gate :D and didnt know you were attending! :0

I think Thogden is a new member of Schalke… the crazy emotions in this arena catched him away :D

again, thanks a lot for the video and taking us less fortunate along for these fantastic experiences!