The visit to the children's hospital was followed by another, perhaps even more traditional calendar event for the BVB first-team squad on Monday evening: the fan club Christmas party.

All 809 BVB fan clubs received an invitation and were each allowed – due to space constraints – to send two representatives. Over 1,400 of them gathered together at the bar area in Signal Iduna Park on Monday evening and shared an evening with the first-team players, who seized the opportunity to get behind the bar themselves and pour a cold pint of Brinkhoff's beer for the fans. (br)