Kult & Punk: St Pauli get into the Festive spirit with 3 pints, sorry points.

The boys braved the elements and moved from the pool table to the dart board without incident.  St Pauli return to winning ways, let us hope it becomes a habit again. Kult & Punk would like to apologise to the ladies in Sushi's Bar, they couldn't resist - no, I have no idea either what they mean and best not too, just to be safe. Beautiful night, proper game of football no bribe insight, how we look forward to Russia. F.I.F.A (F**k Integrity Follow Abramovich)

Fc St Pauli 1 FC Kaiserlautern 0

Hamburg - FC. St Pauli finally ended their six-match winless streak with a plucky home victory over 1. FC Kaiserslautern on Friday evening.


On a frosty Millerntor pitch it was the home side who worked the advantage early in the second half thanks to an own goal by Christian Tiffert. The visitors attempted to up the pace for the remainder but were ultimately too lackadaisical in the final third and the Kiezkicker duly held on for the win.

Game peters out

The battle of the two promoted clubs began with a fierce midfield battle that produced its first chance 11 minutes in, Lautern's Jan Moravek turning his marker inside out on the right side of the box before seeing his near-post strike turned away by Thomas Kessler. Pauli soon responded in the form of Marius Ebbers, the blonde striker embarking on an impressive solo run into the box only to be denied by a good save from Tobias Sippel.

Paralysed by the icy cold, neither side managed to build upon those chances for the remainder of the first half, though FCK's Ivo Ilicevic wasn't too far away with a left-foot strike that bent away from goal and Matthias Lehmann struck a powerful free-kick for Pauli which Sippel had to watch all the way.

Tiffert unfortunate

With plenty to be desired in the quality stakes, it was only fitting that the deadlock was broken by an own goal. It arrived within three minutes of the restart as Max Kruse delivered a free-kick from the right flank, Tiffert rose to clear but unwittingly diverted the ball beyond Sippel and into his own net.

Lautern intensified their attacking endeavours in the hope of a quick response, but, other than a snapshot from Moravek from the left, were largely nullified by the solid Fabio Morena and Ralph Gunesch in the heart of the Pauli defence. If anything it was Holger Stanislawski's home side looked the more likely to get the game's second goal, Rouwen Hennings volleyed goalwards following some clever juggling skills and Lehmann struck another fearsome free kick, though both were met by the firm hands of Sippel.

Winless run comes to an end

There was one final threat from Kaiserslautern as Srdjan Lakic took a touch and fired inches over from the edge of the box, but the home side remained dogged at the back and almost finished off the tie in injury time when Ebbers narrowly missed a Lehmann cross with the goalmouth gaping.

The cheers of relief reverberated around the stadium as the final whistle was finally blown, bringing a much-anticipated end to Pauli's miserable recent run. They pick up their second home win of the season to move into 13th, level on points with Lautern who keep their noses in front thanks to their superior goal difference.

Pauli: Kessler - Rothenbach, Gunesch, Morena, Volz - Boll, Lehmann - Bartels (Bruns 75'), Asamoah (Hennings 64'), Kruse (Schultz 89') - Ebbers

Lautern: Sippel - Dick, Amedick, Abel, Bugera - Tiffert (Nemec 88'), Kirch - Ilicevic (Micanski 87'), Moravek, Rivic (Hoffer 64') - Lakic

Goals: 1-0 Tiffert (o.g. 48')

Attendance at the Millerntor: 24,373