thank you to the person who moved the post, I put it in the wrong place. thanks because I realise I did a mistake to put it in the PAOK section where obviously it would cause tension and insults. I was disappointed to see this but it was my mistake.
I want to say something about PAOK - I know AEK has a rivalry with PAOK but at the same time our fans share many similarities and our clubs share an almost exact history....We both have the "Dikefalo" eagle as our emblem, we are both refugee teams from Constantinople who moved to Greece in the 1920s after the troubles. Many AEK fans respect PAOK, I am not a hooligan and I hate to see teams' fans fighting one another over something like football. I was in Belgrade twice to see matches and I have seen the good side of football, what football can achieve and how it brings people together.
I want to add that when I was at this match on 07.04.1999 I felt a great connection to the Partizan fans and it made a great impression on me as a child...So much that since that day I take an interest in Partizan and follow the team in Serbia.
I was proud that football could be used to overcome difficulties that the Serbian people were facing and proud to see people happy and embracing on the football pitch. EVERY AEK fan remembers this day and we regard it as one of the most important pieces of our history. Ask any AEK fan and they will tell you it is worth more to us than a championsip trophy because this is the spirit of our club - AEK was founded as a club for people who overcame immense difficulties of refugeeism and the match in Serbia was the idea of 4 AEK people, among them our star player Demis Nikolaidis, who said at the time:
"We want to show the disgust of the Greek people at the war.....we want to show our support and solidarity with the Serbian people at this time......We wish peace, courage and hope to those who are suffering"
When I returned 10 years later to see Partizan - APOEL, again I saw the same positive reactions from Partizan fans and I was very proud. I sang "Da volim Crno Bele" with pride that day.
So I make these comments with the best intentions and if you were at this game in 1999, or have anything to say I would be glad to hear your comments.
Peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOi7T4HDWo