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Smug in Boots said:
The atmosphere at Maine Road was excellent, scary place to go on night matches.
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Bloke on our bus got filled in before the 4-0 win 1980. He wasn't with the rest of us in a pub as he was with his 10 year old son and he wanted to have a look around before the game. ****ing cowards braying a bloke in front of his kid.
 
DH4 said:
Bloke on our bus got filled in before the 4-0 win 1980. He wasn't with the rest of us in a pub as he was with his 10 year old son and he wanted to have a look around before the game. ****ing cowards braying a bloke in front of his kid.
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I was at that match, very edgy all night.
 
Smug in Boots said:
I'm sure we all know the answer but don't like to say or admit it to ourselves.

The away support and the home support are entirely different.

One puts in considerable time, money and effort so is totally invested in the club, often going into a hostile environment along with the players.

The other pops along to the entertainment, sits on their hands and leaves early to 'beat the traffic'.

The away support has had many more knocks, this season, at far flung places like Stoke, Plymouth, Watford, but still keep selling out, cheering the players and have never, to my knowledge, booed the players off the pitch. Everyone packed into the away section is 'in it together' and that includes the players.

The home crowd get in cheap, take bored kids playing on their phones, whinge about the catering, queue for pints but moan about the quality and are there to be entertained. Those who don't sing and cheer are spread out amongst those who do which dilutes the atmosphere. I usually sit in the East Stand and have actually had people turn round and frown when I've blasted out a big HA'WAY!!! ...

... because the stadium is often quiet the bigmouth moaners, and 'amateur experts', can be easily heard which, again, dilutes the atmosphere.

At Roker Park the crowd would encourage the players, now it's usually the other way round. We didn't need orchestrated singing and pre-match entertainment. An hour before the game the young 'non drinking' lads would get into the centre of the Fulwell and start to wind up the atmosphere. Before the players even came out they'd have heard the noise from the dressing room, then the place would start filling up ... it always seemed full even when it wasn't and people would sing.

The current pre-match music is fine but it actually kills the real atmosphere in my opinion.

I can't wait to cheer the players onto the pitch at Hillsborough. Anyone watching will see what support is, the TV cameras will mention us and the players will come over to the away end at the final whistle. Just imagine if the SOL was always like that.
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I agree with this, the away support is exactly that, getting behind the team regardless with loads of noise, whereas the home support is so quiet unless a goal is scored. I sit in row 10 of the North Stand and hear the away support getting behind their team just like we do away (in less numbers obviously).
I will be at Hillsborough on Friday for my 11th away match, the most I have done for years and can't wait to sing my heart out for the lads, even at my old age <laugh>
 
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This demand for instant success in sport is just the way things have become in the world, nobody seems to have any patience at all. Especially the younger generation.

Everything has to happen right now, be it success on the pitch or a new TV show. Honestly believe the old days of constantly packed stadiums with incredible atmosphere is becoming a thing of the past. Partly due to this demand for instant success but also many people simply can't afford it each week so when they go they expect to be entertained.

The stupid kick off times are certainly not helping, how many on Saturday would have usually been out for a few hours before the game, having a beer, meeting up with friends and family and getting to the match in high spirits...that helps the atmosphere too.
 
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