Energie Cottbus' players will reimburse the entrance fee of their 600 fans who made the trip to Gelsenkirchen to watch their team lose 4-0 at Schalke 04, the Bundesliga club said on Saturday.

"By refunding the cost of admission for their supporters, the red and whites would like to apologise for the pitiful performance which they displayed at the Veltins Arena," explained the club in a press release entitled "Sorry".

Roughly 600 fans travelled from Cottbus, in east Germany near the Polish border, on Friday night to Gelsenkirchen - a journey of some 610 kilometres - to see their team suffer their sixth defeat in their last seven league games.

Cottbus are second from bottom of the Bundesliga table and are in danger of being relegated at the end of the season.

"We lost at Schalke, but we were very timid against our opponents," said Cottbus manager Steffen Heidrich.




Some people will be better off now!!
Maybe Leeds should do this when they dont play to there potential!!

Shouldn't that be something Bradford should be doing. It might even tempt them to come and support again, been free.

Just when you think its safe.

Hows about every time we win you pay extra

I pay enough already going everywhere like.
If i was Bradford that would be different though.

Maybe thats where thier money has gone?

maybe gawwy should put the club in debt due to the utter tedness of some of the supporters!

me thinks its time to start the campaign to flatten the southstand whilst full again!

That's a bit harsh to reduce the human gene pool by three brain cells.

a full three in there? you've suprised me! pushing it by at least 2 there me thinks!

Benefit of the doubt.

You are Terry Halibut and i claim my 2 euros.

Cod off or I'll knock you off that perch.

That was while Eddie & Stevo were commentating