BVB received a major shove from FC Schalke 04. At the start of 1974 the Ruhr club were toiling in the second-tier Regionalliga West. President Heinz Guenter had imposed a rigid austerity course. The opening match in the new Westfalenstadion on April 2, 1974 against archrivals Schalke drew around 50,000 spectators and gave BVB a badly needed cash injection.\n\nThings were in poor shape at Borussia in those days.