More than a thousand Union supporters had travelled by train and by car and now waved their flags in delight. The papers honoured the sensation. “Crowning end to a successful season,” wrote Berliner Zeitung.\n\n“No dream: Union are cup winners,” announced the front page of the football supplement to Neue Fußballwoche. The players were received at the Red Town Hall, signed the city’s golden book and were shown a new team bus emblazoned in huge letters with the words 1. FC Union Berlin.