Clubhouse "Bosch"
Backroom negotiations late into the night
Where is Ernst today? The guests try to catch a glimpse of the table in the far right corner through the clouds of smoke. He usually sits there every day after closing up shop and enjoys his beer, schnapps and cigar. But 7 p.m. is already over. Kuzorra's Tobacco Shop is only a five-minute walk from here. But innkeepers are always well informed. This one is even a close confidant of Ernst Kuzorra: he played alongside Kuzorra and Szepan in all nine German championship finals. Ötte Tibulsky running the clubhouse since 1947. Guests ask him where Ernst could be. But he shakes his head: he hasn't heard anything either.
A souvenir photo with the greatest Schalke player
To the AR photoÖtte Tibulsky made the right choice when he opened the clubhouse right next to the entrance to the Glückauf Stadium: his pub quickly became the new home of the Schalke club family. Officials, players, members and spectators sat together here over a beer and discussed the latest match. It wasn't the stars who met their fans here, but the players were meeting their neighbours, school friends and former work colleagues. The clubhouse was thus the successor to the Kaiserhalle at Schalke Market. But Ötte Tibulsky also proved to be lucky in other respects with his pub: his financial mainstay - football - literally collapsed a year after opening his pub. On 12 December 1948, in a match against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, he had to be carried off the pitch by his team-mates with a double shin fracture. It was his last football match.
The building in which the "Bosch" is located today is no longer the original one from 1947. The old building had to make way for the Berlin Bridge and the widening of Kurt-Schumacher-Straße (then still König-Wilhelm-Straße) in 1963. A modern tower block was built - and of course "Ötte" Tibulsky became the first tenant here too. In 1971, Gerd Bosch and his wife Marlene took over the clubhouse. The pub's nickname also dates from this time. It is still known locally as the "Bosch" to this day, even though the man who gave it its name died in 1998. Even after the change of ownership, the players would drop in for a beer after home matches. Even when the Parkstadion was the new venue, they still came in. And contracts for young players were negotiated in the back room until around the turn of the millennium. The parties sometimes sat here until the early hours of the morning. To this day, the pub is still a central meeting point for Schalke fans on match days. Today, they are welcomed by owner Roy Heiligert.
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