After the fall of the dictatorship, Greek society was dominated by the demand for the active participation of citizens in all political and social sectors.

The members who supported a more active presence in the life of the group left and founded the Genuine Gate 21, the Original 21, led by Dimitris Hatzichristos, who gradually developed into a leading figure and a key exponent of the association.

Original 21 was the first fan organization that, in 1982, raised the skull and crossbones as their flag, a symbol that can still be seen in almost all stadiums in Greece today.

Original 21 has a total of 60 sub-links/clubs in various parts of the world, in Greece, Cyprus, London and two important Greek communities in Australia, Sydney and Melbourne.

[1] A historic moment in the course of the organization was the departure of its natural leader, Dimitris Hatzichristos, who left its ranks with the relegation of AEK FC in 2013.

[8] Again in 2018, in the Champions League game against Ajax, AEK fans displayed Palestine and Hezbollah flags along with violent hooligan clashes against Ajax ultras, including a petrol bomb, and a controversial banner against UEFA and FIFA that said: “A LA CARTE FFP APPLICATION – PANAMA PAPERS SCANDAL – TAX EVASION – BRIBERIES – MONEY LAUNDERING – OFFSHORE FRAUD DEALS – BACKHANDERS FROM TV SPONSORSHIPS": THESE ARE THE REAL CRIMES AGAINST FOOTBALL!

[10] In 2019, in the game against Volos, Original 21 raised a banner about the October 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria and solidarity towards the people of Kurdistan.

Well before the match, the Anti-Fascist movement was on alert, with the anarchist collective Rouvikonas warning that Dynamo fans and members of the Right Sector, a paramilitary group, constitute a Nazi army supported by the US and the EU, responsible for thousands of crimes, such as the arson attack on a building in Odesa, Ukraine that resulted in the burning alive of 46 people.

The presence of organized Dynamo Kyiv fans is a challenge to the entire anti-fascist world, whether it is related to football or not.

"[12] The tension ultimately did not manifest against the local anti-fascist but rather against a group of Russians in Kolonaki, Athens, resulting in unprecedented incidents for the area.

[13] However, AEK fans did not stand idly by, and even before the game, they posted an Anti-Nazi message on Facebook that concluded: "Today, all together - one kick - we score against the neo-Nazis!

"[14] At the Olympic Stadium (OAKA), the Anti-Fascist stance continued with the display of banners that read "LOVE AEK, HATE RACISM.

Additionally, another banner raised at OAKA stated in Ukrainian: "In 1942, the Nazis hanged your football players, in 2018 you disrespect your history," referring to the Death Match during World War II.

The SYRIZA MP suffered fatal blows to the head outside the Olympic Stadium during halftime, from three individuals who, upon recognizing him, declared themselves as members of Golden Dawn, telling him, 'Now we will kill you.'

"[18] A few days later, in January 2013, Original 21 fans were attacked by members of Golden Dawn in Corinth while they were collecting food and clothing for needy, immigrants, and detainees.

[19] "On Thursday afternoon, while five individuals were depositing the food they had previously purchased, five fascists disembarked from two cars and attacked them, wielding folding knives.

[20] On the day of Pavlos Fyssas' death, the announcement by Original 21 has since demonstrated the prevailing presence of anti-fascists in the stands of the club.

AEK was among the teams that took a stance following the murder of Pavlos Fyssas' by Golden Dawn and raised a banner that read: "Fascists kill, cops collaborate, and the 300[21] play with our lives.

According to reports, over 500 AEK fans chanted anti-fascist slogans and threw stones, bricks, and flares at the offices after conducting a march in the city.