I don’t think it has full ties into atmosphere. Plenty of clubs follow this suit of creating an all round match day experience for fans and gain atmosphere. As someone who’s been to games on the continent including Germany they’re doing it with fan parks now.
Like the Etihad.
Well, whatever they are doing there is more atmosphere there. Watching the occasional German game they are in the stadium well before kick off whilst we have empty seats filling up at kick off as people arrive with a bucket of food.No wonder there is less atmosphere here.
Won’t happen in Hull. Police and council find a lot of football fans gathering in one place and having a drink a threat to law and order and the end of civilisation as we know it.
I'm always in my seat well before kick off, for a 3 pm start I'm there for 2-58 pm.Well, whatever they are doing there is more atmosphere there. Watching the occasional German game they are in the stadium well before kick off whilst we have empty seats filling up at kick off as people arrive with a bucket of food.No wonder there is less atmosphere here.
All this street food stuff is fine .... but imo should be for pre match fan park and concourses etc, not for bringing to your seat. It's a football match, not a dining venue. Of course it's a (albeit just one) contributory factor toward why the atmosphere is mostly poor nowadays.
A fan park was toyed with but the club themselves decided against it as there’s not a suitable space with the stadium ring. Police were ok with the idea from what I was told
It was just an observation about the view police and council usually have.
Massive difference between a pie (like they used to be decades back and a bovril v's what is essentially now like a proper meal).Pies and the like have always been taken into the stand? And we’re now at the point where clubs are trialling beer in the stands again. It’s personal choice.
Massive difference between a pie (like they used to be decades back and a bovril v's what is essentially now like a proper meal).
Yep, it's personal choice, I'm just saying that in my personal opinion, it's not what inside a football stadium (as in past the concourse, if even there) should be about.

to be fair about the food the amount of dinner time kick offs weve had this season, its probably good they have a few options.
ive never understood how so many people are hungry at a 3pm game, right bang in middle of dinner and tea innit , i always wonder which one the food is for people![]()
The club wouldn’t want a fan park unless they owned all the food stallsAll this street food stuff is fine .... but imo should be for pre match fan park and concourses etc, not for bringing to your seat. It's a football match, not a dining venue. Of course it's a (albeit just one) contributory factor toward why the atmosphere is mostly poor nowadays.
Are some arguing the lack of atmosphere is down to the food served?
Well, you don’t atmosphere from people stuffing their faces whilst sat down then dashing off 10 minutes before half time to queue for some more and sit down eating again.
Well, you don’t atmosphere from people stuffing their faces whilst sat down then dashing off 10 minutes before half time to queue for some more and sit down eating again.
Food has nothing to do with it.
It's traditional to have a pie at the football it's just the catering has got better. Even if it was the reason that would only affect pre match and maybe 5 mins at half time.
