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The Ball at Café Nerly, Erfurt

Written on Friday, February 5th, 2010 by Andrew Aris

It was a snug little meeting at Café Nerly in Erfurt on Wednesday night which was organized by students from Uni Erfurt (Paul, Christiane, Robert, Robin, Marius). Johannes from Spirit of Football e.V. organized the festivities for the Ball and its arrival in Erfurt. The Ball wants to say a massive thank you to all of you lads.

The Ball had a special sightseeing trip on Tuesday through Erfurt’s old city (here’s how the Thüriger Allgemeine saw it.

Andrew and Sven gave a presentation about the journey thus far. Later the Erfurt Band “Roots of Liberty Life” released the song “Fans will be Friends” which is deticated to The Ball 2010. Nice job ROLL!

See the Video from the evening:

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“Fans werden Freunde sein. Nicht nur ein Motto sondern auch der Geist einer grenzenlosen Reise. Mit ihrem Song “Fans will be friends” drückt die Band “Roots of Liberty Life” genau das aus, was Andrew Aris fühlt, wenn er sich mit “The Ball” auf die lange Reise begibt.”

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    What a great idea. Way easier to give out, but a lot harder to sign!

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    Thanks for the fine compliment, Henk. Hope that following The Ball brings a smile to your face...

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    Great blog post guys. My memory of Senegal is there are plenty of table football...

  • Frank Julian said:

    What an amazing journey!

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    Great! love the originality of the idea, cheers

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