THE DERBY GAME

The first known soccer ?derby? game took place in 1880 in England. It was between Darwen and Blackburn Rovers and the match was described as ?derby? because both sides were located within 4 miles from each other.
Throughout the years, more and more games acquired the name derby. There is one rule, if a game is to be called this way. Both teams have to be located very close - in a geographical sense - and it is best when sides come from the same town or city.

As there are two soccer teams in Debica, obviously a game between them has the full right to be called a derby. However, most fans from our town do not even remember a game like this, because the last one took place twenty one years ago, in 1983.

October 10, 2004 was a date much anticipated for all fans of Wisloka. On that Sunday, at 3 PM, started THE GAME - KS Wisloka Debica, a visitor, was playing LKS Igloopol Debica - a host. Unfortunately, our beloved team - Wisloka - lost this important game. But on the stands white and green fans were more numerous and more visible.

This is the description of this unforgettable event, written by one of Wisloka?s fans.

On the day of the Derby, Wisloka?s fans were gathering on Debica?s central market square since morning. There, one could buy tickets for the game of which, until 12:30, we sold around 550.

As the time passed by, more and more Wisloka?s suporters were showing up on the square. Most of them wore a scarf, a T-shirt or a hat - obviously all these garments were white and green. Later on, two buses full of supporters joined us. One came a long way from Zabrze, carrying fans of our best ally - Gornik Zabrze. The second one came from Ropczyce, with dudes from our fan-club.

The atmosphere on the square was very good. People were singing and drinking beer as well as other beverages. Police presence was noticeable, but cops were not disturbing us. Despite the fact that some Igloopol?s supporters usually cross the square on their way to the stadium, none of them were ever noticed. The center of the town as well as areas around rail station were patrolled by Wisloka?s and Gornik?s fans, but with no success.

It is difficult to assess our number on that day, but it is most probable that altogether there were about 750 of Wisloka?s fanatics. At about 1 pm the crowd started out slowly towards Igloopol?s stadium. Alongside us there were 80 guys from Zabrze, 30 from Ropczyce and 20 from Pilzno.
On the way to the stadium nothing exciting happened. At one moment we saw from a distance a group of guys dressed in white and blue, running away in panic. It soon turned out that a bunch of hooligans from Zabrze wanted to get acquainted with them, but Igloopol?s fans were not eager to get to know our friends? fists.

When we reached the guests? gate, the situation got chaotic. There was only one narrow passage for such a huge crowd and it took a long time before all of us entered the stands. A few minutes before the first blow of the referee, our section was filled with Wisloka?s fanatics. We displayed on the fence three our flags and one of Gornik?s. We also had ten big white-and-green flags on sticks, which we fly for the whole 90 minutes.

There also were two huge banners: IGLOOPOLICE 997 and something ?nice? about the mayor of our town, who is also the head of Igloopol.
On the other side of the stadium, opposite to us, we saw a group of about 100 Igloopol?s fans. Only after a while they were joined by a large group of their buddies. Altogether there were around 400 of them, with some flags displayed on the fence.

During the game, both sides presented a top-quality ultra show. Our presentation is generally regared as better, however guys from Igloopol should also be praised for their efforts. At the beginning of the game we threw out lots of paper streamers. We also had lettering WISLOKA DEBICA, cut out of foamed polystyrene, white and green cardboards and plenty of fireworks, including 130 flares. Some of them were thrown on the field, which interrupted the game for a while.

During the game we were chanting numeorus songs, but our cheering sometimes got out of control, for a simple reason - on that day there were far too many of us. In the second half of the game we burned shirts and scarves of Igloopol, which had been displayed on the fence. Once in a while somebody tried to initiate smear songs against Igloopol, but hardy anybody joined in.

Unfortunately, our team lost this important game, which was a sad surprise for everybody. Our players deserved victory - they were a better team throughout the game, with numerous occacions to score a goal, but it was Igloopol that managed to score once and this settled the whole match.
The way back towards the railroad station was calm and later the group separated. Some people went home, but majority decided to hit the main square. As far as I know, a few riots happened there with Wisloka?s fans fighting the police as well as fans of Igloopol.

Generally, the derby was a great show of our strenght and ability to organize. Never in the history of our town so many fans were supporting a team and our superiority in all fields was visible to all observers.

Great thanks to all our friends from Zabrze and other towns for coming by and joining us. Thank you again!

THE DERBY GAME - SECOND LEG, MAY 21, 2005 

Unfortunately, the second leg of this important game again took place at the Municipal Stadium (former statium of LKS Igloopol), because the police stated that Wisloka?s Stadium was not safe enough for such an event. 
Like in the fall, this time we also gathered on Debica?s main square. Altogether there were about 1000 of us (including around 60 friends who came from Zabrze plus our fan clubs - 50 lads from Ropczyce and 25 lads from Pilzno). About an hour before the game we started off towards the stadium. There was some mess at the gates because only one entrance was open and the whole process was very slow. 

Because of a broken loudspeaker we had to initiate chants by shouting them which was a real problem as the crowd was too huge. 
The first half of the game was calm. During the break a bunch of people hit a nearby store. On their way they met some fans of Igloopol, giving them a few punches and taking a few scarves. As the police showed up immediately, our guys returned to the stands. 

In the second half from part of stands occupied by Igloopol stands some 2-3 lads entered the field but they were quickly removed by the security. We noticed this and after breaking the fence around 40-50 of us entered the field. Guys from security got a heavy beating so the police had to help them by shooting rubber bullets at us. Three security guys ended up in hospital - one of them with a broken jaw. 

We went back to the stands but the police kept on shooting so the crowd hid behind the benches. After a while the situation calmed down, lads returned to the stands and we took our flags off the fence (Igloopol?s fans did the same). Then we started off 165 flares of which some flied toward the cops who in return started to shoot again. The game was terminated for another time and after this interval the remaining part of the match was calm. 

Together with us about 1000 fans of Wisloka sitting on neighboring stands supported our team by singing and clapping their hands. We all sang very loudly and it all came out really great. 

After the game, on our way back, there was a brawl with the police - we destroyed one of their vehicles, a few lads were caught and incarcerated. In the evening we had a huge party, hosting our friends from Zabrze. 
It is hard to tell the number of Igloopol?s fans. According to us, there were around 550 of them, standing within a yard from each other which gave an impression of a larger crowd. Generally speaking, the game was a very interesting one - both from hooligan and ultras point of view. As far as ultras is concerned, we did not present all planned elements, but still we were not worse than Igloopol?s fans. All ultras stuff was prepared by Ultra Fanatics 04 with support of The Association OUR KS and fans of Wisloka from Chicago, USA.

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