Assuming this was meant for me. I was in the northam last season but loads of people there aren't interested. Full of atmosphere tourists or geared up knobheads staring at their phone for 90 minutes.
While we're at it. Can I just say the whole 'Woooooooah you fat bastard' sung to the keeper thing is so irritating. It makes zero sense. I could tolerate it if the atmosphere was lively and it was just thrown in amongst a load of other bantery songs, but it's not. And it's the loudest thing that comes out of the Northam, like everyone is sleeping until they see the oppo goalie lining up a goal kick, and then suddenly they all get excited for it. Am I just growing old? I remember we used to do it back in the day, but only on the few occassions when keepers were visibly a bit paunchy (quite common back then).
They very much reminded me of our away support of recent years tbh. 10-15 minutes of going through the songbook followed by hardly anything but singing about libraries and the oppositions rivals etc with the odd rendition of a main song (land of my fathers to our owts). But yeah it does make me laugh hearing a team with a two thirds empty away end singing about **** support. Even noise wise by far the worst down here this season though.
Haha that's exactly what it is. There were people near me who only ever really joined in with that or singing about Tall Paul's penis (cos it was obviously the most hilarious banter thing ever FFS). I might be imagining it but didn't "you fat bastard!" actually used to be "you're ****! AHHHHHH!" Much prefer that version.
I must admit that people staring into their phones for best part of 90 mins, for whatever reason seems a peculiar way to spend £50 for the privilege? It’s not just football though, this obsession with ‘being elsewhere’ when with others, pubs/restaurants shop checkouts (!!!!). Moan over, sorry!!
I think you can say that for every part of our ground & likely at all / most other clubs as well (especially when you’re not “riding the wave”!)
And I'm sure no work place changes at your job has any effect on you, mentally or otherwise. Sports psychologists exist for a reason.
