A Leg for Tony: Anthony Baffoe’s move from Fortuna Köln to Fortuna Düsseldorf in 1989 was partly financed by Die Toten Hosen. The band contributed a share of the 100,000 euro fee and, during a tour under the slogan “A Leg for Tony Baffoe”, passed the collection bag around. Baffoe, the Ghanaian son of a diplomat from Bonn, gave an interview during his time at Fortuna in the 1989/90 season that made the pampered football world sit up. “If I really think about it, I didn’t play well today,” he said, and even made it into ZDF’s Bundesliga review. “Self-criticism, almost as rare as…” was how the clip was introduced there.
Equally cool was his line to a referee after being booked: “Man, we black guys have got to stick together.”
