Football fans ‘gagging’ over raw fish herring sandwich being sold in stadium

Football fans have been left retching at the sight of a raw fish and onions sandwich sold by German club Hamburger SV.

The German second division side offers a herring sandwich for the price of £4.30 (€5). But even for the price, which is considerably cheaper than half-time grub at football stadiums in the UK, plenty of fans turned their nose up in disgust at the sarnie.

Hamburg, believed to be the city behind the inspiration for the hamburger after the city became famous in the 19th century for their beef from cows raised in the regional countryside. Have come in for plenty of stick after popular social media page ‘Footy Scrans’ posted the herring sandwich to their account with over 560,000 followers.

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Followers of the page, who usually swoon over pictures of locally sourced burgers to oriental box meals, were left disgusted by Hamburger’s raw fish grub. One comment on Twitter read: “Is it supposed to be cooked all the way or no?” A second added: “Is that herring and raw onions in a roll? Jesus Christ man.”

While others said they felt ill just looking at the picture, another comment read: “I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth,” with another adding: "I'm literally gagging looking at it."

Would you eat Hamburger’s herring sandwich? Let us know in the comments section.

But some fearless fans in the comments section argued back that they would look forward to eating it, although herring sarnies are unlikely to be a common hit at football grounds across the UK anytime soon. One fan claimed: “Am I the only Brit who thinks it looks tasty? Definitely would eat that,” whilst a second said: “The cheeseburger brigade in the comments don't know what they're missing – This and a pint would go down lovely.”

Hamburger were relegated to the 2.Bundesliga in 2018 for the first time in the Bundesliga’s 55-year history, sparking riots from fans in the stands. The 1983 European Cup winners are currently in their 6th campaign in the second-tier and currently sit 3rd in the table behind Dusseldorf and St. Pauli.

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