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Seventy five Borussia Moenchengladbach supporters will leave the town of Moenchengladbach on a Christmas Day coach on their annual pilgrimage to support the Reds at Anfield.

It is the 25th year in a row the German supporters will come to watch Liverpool, this year taking in the Boxing Day clash with Swansea City.

Other supporters will arrive via flights from Germany to support the Reds, part of a friendship between two football clubs which is as strong as any.

It is almost 45 years since Liverpool played Borussia Moenchengladbach in the 1972/73 UEFA cup final when the first friendships were formed. Liverpool triumphing 3-2 on aggregate.

In 1977 of course the two clubs were to meet again in the famous European Cup final in Rome, with Liverpool winning their first European Cup with a 3-1 victory.

The two clubs seemingly couldn't avoid each other and faced each other again in the following year in the 1977/78 European Cup semi-final, with Borussia winning the first leg 2-1 and Liverpool taking the return leg 3-0 at Anfield.

The fans formed friendships that have lasted to this present day.

Since 2007 the friendship has grown stronger as LFC season ticket holder Graham Agg has organised a reciprocal visit from Liverpool to Gladbach where fans "are treated like royalty".l

On Boxing Day after the Swansea home match there will be a pub tour with the Moenchengladbach fans in Liverpool City Centre.

Any Reds wishing to celebrate the friendship and attend should contact Graham Agg via his email s grahamlfc@aol.com for further information.

Mr Agg said: "I am proud that we have a friendship of more than 40 years with such a great and esteemed world famous club as Borussia Moenchengladbach.

"The friendship and hospitality that has been shown to me and my fellow Reds supporters during our annual friendship visits to Gladbach has to be seen to be believed. They are without a shadow of a doubt the greatest fans in Germany from a working class city with a working class background and a love of their team which is certainly on a par with the Liverpool supporters love of our team.

"It is a friendship absolutely unique in world football and let us never forget their donation of over £7,000 for the Hillsborough families back in 1991.

"I'd also like to thank Thomas 'Jonny' Polcher & Thomas 'Tower' Weinmann from the BMG Fan Projekt, and also lifelong Borussia supporters Willi Hartmann and Dirk Kramer for all their help in consolidating even further the BMG/LFC friendship. I'd also like to thank Liverpool Football Club for recognising and enhancing the friendship and every year since 2007 the hierarchy of LFC have presented me with a gift to present to our Borussia friends during the official presentations in Germany.

"This year is very special as it is the 25th consecutive visit they have travelled to Anfield to support the Reds, let us greet them as they greet us in Germany, with open arms and friendship and show them once again the famous Scouse hospitality and share a few pints together in the Albert where they have always congregated before and after the match for the last 25 years."