Hennes Billy Goat is the mascot of the football club first FC Köln and the longest-living mascot of a German professional association. Contents
1 Origin 2 Further Development 3 Hennes today 4 Data 01.04 Official time 2.4 Accommodation and support 5 External links 6 References
Formation
On 13 February 1950, exactly two years after the founding of the association, presented the circus director Carol Williams with the actual creative director John Thelen, who was employed at the time as a ringmaster, with one in her tent held carnival meeting the FC a young goat with the addition that the club still lacks a good luck charm. The gift was accepted, and the animal by player-coach Hennes Weisweiler "Hennes" baptized.
Within a few years, the Billy Goat, which at the home games of the club was always there for identification object of the association. The team was nicknamed "The Billy Goats". Also, the club crest has been added: the goat is in it to spring out of the cathedral towers shown. Further development of
With the construction of new facilities at the club Decksteiner pond in Cologne Sülz Hennes moved into a shed at the new "Geißbockheim" field. Founding president Franz Kremer could be on the sidelines often personally see with the goat on a leash.
On the death of the first Geißbocks the question of the continuation of the tradition. Hennes Weisweiler had left the club and coach of the competition. After experiments with "Oscar" and "Heinzchen" we quickly returned to the old name "Hennes" back, accompanied by the words "the second", as it is usual for Carnival in Cologne Prince. The Billy Goats FC are not bred separately and are not related. Death of a goat is chosen a new one.
Sensation was caused by the death Hennes II, who was found one morning, lifeless in his stable. Cause of death was, according to the then penetrated into the enclosure supervisor the shepherd. [1] Under FC fans hold up today, killing rumors about death from poisoning by Gladbach football fans. The club decided to leave the animal for the clubhouse stuff, where it can be seen since. For fear of further such incidents was the goat in farmer Wilhelm Schaefer († 2006) placed on the court in Cologne-Ram village. Since the animal is only seen at home games and special events at the club.
A hallmark of the Billy Goat was also the enemy of the association, which usually refer to him as a "goat".
Hennes IV could ride after winning the doubles in the season 1977/78 in the motorcade. Since the task of Geißbocks to bring luck, is taken quite seriously by many people, will be whether his "whose successes" like recalls.
Little success as a good luck charm, however, had Hennes VII During his tenure include all of the first descents FC Cologne in the first Bundesliga.
After the death of longtime breeder and maintainer of the Cologne Billy Goats, William Schaefer, 11 June 2006 will now shepherd's wife continued with the help of Ingo Reipka this office.
On 28 May 2008 it was announced that Hennes VII for health reasons (arthritis) is no longer playing at the 1st FC Cologne could be present. Thus ended his tenure began in 1996. Hennes VII was on 13 March 2009 because of his advanced illness euthanized. [2]
His successor was Hennes VIII of the club members on the homepage of the 1st FC Köln through online voting selected from four candidates. It continued "buck with no name" from Bergisch Gladbach by nearly 70 percent of the 8,000 votes cast and was on 24 July 2008 officially launched. Hennes today
The commercialization of football business has not halted in front of the Billy Goat. Previously only a mascot and lucky charm, he is now a fixed point of the marketing strategy of the organization. There are countless memorabilia, which depict him, represent him in a stylized form or refer to him or his name. The media hype about Hennes has increased and the marketing campaigns of FC in recent years used it as an eye catcher. He was a protagonist of some of cinema commercials of the association. Although the balance Hennes VII for good luck rather negative, its use is considered as object recognition and advertising figure to be successful.
Even on TV it has already done Hennes - as a murder victim in the crime series SK Kolsch Sat.1. He also played in a satellite with a series of Pastewka, where he was from Bastian Pastewka hit by car.
At the end of the 90s more and more football clubs mascot in the form of introduced animals as costumed people, also sent the first FC Cologne in addition to an employee in Hennes goat costume to the sidelines. This was not accepted by the fans and often pelted with objects. After some years he was withdrawn and since then only as part of the FC-Kids club, the FC fan club for children on.
The association was supported by a sponsor to install a webcam in front of Hennes' stable, so that the goat, at least theoretically, could always be observed. She was rarely available and their operation has now been set.
The club has changed its marketing strategy in October 2006 fundamentally. Hennes is less advertise the club and only his good luck charm.
btw, google translator is massive. transferring the word order to another language where it is completely different... but it should sound funny to you, at least.
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