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date: 2026-03-19
link: https://emptystands.me/en/
title: Empty Stands - Fans with ME+
cited: Empty Stands
tags: [ME]

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Love this.

> We are Empty Stands -- a support group of football fans from Germany, Austria and Switzerland so far living with ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), Long COVID and Post-Vac.
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> Due to our disease, we can only express our passion for football to a very limited extent. Some of us are occasionally able to attend matches in the stadium, but we often have to accept a deterioration in our condition ("crash") in the following days. However, for most of us going to stadiums remains just a dream. Some of us no longer even have the energy to watch our clubs' matches on TV or listen to them on the radio.
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> We are currently organizing campaigns with various fan groups in support of the ME/CFS Research Foundation to raise more awareness and funding for ME/CFS research. As football is our shared passion, we want to use it to raise awareness of the disease, encourage donations and to voice our demands to the public.