All say that German football is fan-friendly, if yes, then why is it being introduced with some tighter security measures. It clears the doubt of many that all is not well with German Football.

The announcements of tighter security measures for the German football have come from the top two divisions, who have recently agreed upon same following the fact of a sharp rise in violence.

While explaining about the background of the move, BBC World's Mr. Andrew Lindsay, detailed in Frankfurt (for the decision) about a recent instance of a Wednesday, when around 1.30pm in freezing Frankfurt, many football fans gathered outside one of the German city's business hotels not for any new signing to emerge in a sports car but to reveal their traditional rivals with different colored hats and scarves. Yes, and with it ended their 12:12 campaign, on the day after which it is named.

According to reports, the 12th day of the 12th month was since several weeks set as the day to announce about the new security proposals by the German football authorities.

"What we're critical of is that there were no fans involved in the entire process," says Mr. Johannes Liebnau. "The German fan culture is very important for the German football culture - unlike in England, for example", continues Mr. Liebnau, a spokesman for Hamburger SV's Ultras group.