And finally… the one and only

Posted on 24th February 2012

This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.

Many fans have experience of being in a sparsely populated away end but we’re betting no FSF members can match Santa Cruz fan Tiago Rech. He was the ONLY fan in the away end at his club’s 4-1 defeat to Grêmio (that’s Brazil by the way). "When I got in I realised it was just me and four police. But it was worth it. When we scored I didn’t care I was alone. I screamed and went for it."

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