++ [ originally posted by DIF1891
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Hello
I feel that I have to tell you the story about Djurgårdens IF.
Yes, we have a zoo on the island of Djurgården.
But our team´s name, and the name of the island was named after a king in sweden that sometime in the 1700´s brought several exotic animals to the island. We had tigers, zebras, elephants and lions.
Djur=animal and gården=farm or yard if you prefer.
You can see many statues with lions in stockholm.
The "monkey-thing" is something that Hammarby-supporters and another rival has made up in lack of self-confidence.
The Hammarby-supporters say that is a tradition to throw bananas on us.
But it´s not under a racist undertone or something they say.
But I can´t say that it looks good when they throw bananas on our keeper that is from Africa. So do not waste your time on these lowlife creatures.
Lets keep this thread clean so we can have a normal discussion about the 2 upcoming matches.
For me its a dream to se my #1 team Djurgårdens IF against my #2 team Juventus. No matter of the result, this will be the biggest event for our supporters, perhaps for a long time.
http://www.dif.se/english/
Djurgårdens official website on english if you want to take a look.
cheers