At Borussia Dortmund's 20th home game of the 2014/15 season, the club welcomed their 1.5 millionth spectator at competitive matches this season. And the man himself had not been to the stadium for 20 years!

When Peter Blacha became the 30,259th person to pass through the turnstiles prior to the home game against SC Paderborn, Borussia Dortmund reached the landmark of 1,500,000 spectators at their last 20 home games (14 in the Bundesliga, four in the UEFA Champions League, one in the DFB Cup and one in the DFL Super Cup).

In fact, his daughter-in-law Stefanie Blacha should have been the honoured guest. But when she had to look after her four-month-old daughter Lotte at home, she gave her season ticket to her stepfather, who said: "I haven't been to the stadium for 20 years. But I'm delighted to be back here again. Not a lot has changed....!"  (br)

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Carsten Cramer (l.) and Matthias Naversnik stand either side of Peter Blacha.