Texas
As famous as Bursaspor itself, supporters of Bursaspor are well-known in all around Turkey; almost everyone interested in football knows the fanatics group of Bursaspor which is called Texas. The Texas does its job at the southern covered behind-goal grandstand of Bursa Atatürk Stadium.
The name Texas has an interesting story. In 1967, Bursaspor supporters go to Zonguldak, for an away match of Bursaspor versus Zonguldakspor.
Bursaspor fans show great interest to the match, thousands of people set out to Zonguldak; long and long convoys amaze even the police. This is the first time that so many supporters go away for a match in an organized way in Turkey.
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Police officers say “Are this convoys from Texas?”, “This must be a Texas convoy!” as Western movies had a crazy popularity in the 60s. With this match, Bursaspor fanatics become famous with the agnomen “Texas”. It is that the name “Texas” was not deliberately chosen by the Bursaspor fans; they were named “Texas”.
