... don't bother voting - Adrian Durham and talkSPORT have done it for you http://talksport.com/football/adria...league-grounds-ranked-atmosphere-151111173955
I thought Stoke's gound was meant to have the best atmosphere? As long as the Emirates are not in there, I can't argue against these. Surprised by West Ham, hissing Gas chambers are not my idea of a good atmosphere.
Selhurst Park's been very good recently. I think they threaten to turn the eagle on the quietest fan or something. "There is nothing quite like the scene and sounds at Upton Park when they sing 'bubbles' just before kick off." I'm going to assume that The Moose wrote that one.
I think Palace set aside a singing section in the ground and the club gave them money for banners and stuff. They put us (Watford) to shame at Wembley in 2013 so our owners then did the same. It's a good idea as you can then choose whether you want to be there or sit somewhere you're not going to have to get up and down all the time if you do not want to.
Stamford Bridge, when they are piping the fake applause and crowd noises through the PA at top volume, is rocking!
Actually considering the season we have had, the fans have been pretty vocal and very supportive. It has actually been noisier than last season
I stopped at Adrian Durham. CFC you have never been to a game, so why comment? Small stadiums often have a good atmosphere, so you can see why Leicester is No 1, small tiny stadium with vocal fans = good atmosphere, but small stadium no fans = Chavbus and ££££ = poor atmosphere. Huge Stadium prawn eating fans = Old Trafford, until the score then it makes all the other stadiums sound crap.
... "small tiny" ... excessive use of adjective ... Alternative view ... Leicester City has the best atmosphere because ... it has the best atmosphere ... simples - ... the KP stadium literally rocks ... only time that happens at Old Trafford is when it hosts a rock concert
A few years ago Wigan had the best atmosphere, its all to do with stadium size. Also Leicester are doing very well 3rd in the table, so I would expect you to have a buzz, now put Leicester in the bottom 3 and see what the atmosphere is like then. See Chavbus FC for that, relegation fodder and the stadium atmosphere is dire, last season top of the league and it was buzzing (For a small club with limited fans)
... perhaps for 2/3rds of a season? ... like last season? ... home sections completely sold-out, place absolutely rocking, despite being seemeingly doomed to relegation... wouldn't really want to do it again tbf ... ... I suspect that period is a large component of the author's take
I don't think that it's all about stadium size. Very few fans will go to unfashionable sides, unless they really want to be there. A lot of the bigger sides have fans that just want to say that they've been and post pictures of it online. It's also easy to get complacent when you're used to winning a lot of your games.
This is true, at St Marys now if we're up against a team we should beat then we get groans for misplaced passes from about the 20th minute onwards!! Think we got to used to winning most home games during our 2 league 1 seasons and the championship one. Though I will say I think the atmosphere at St Marys was better with 18-20k in league 1 than what it is with 30k now. To be honest most Prem grounds are **** atmosphere these days, you'll get one stand/section at every ground that sings but for the whole part it's generally shocking. I personally think that the fans that wanna go n make atmosphere are for the most part priced out.
That's what happens though. Newly promoted sides are all bright eyed and bushy tailed for a season or 2, then the bar is raised and expectation increases, winning games becomes expected and people start moaning about the style of play, when 2 seasons earlier it didn't matter a stuff. For the long established top end sides this is then magnified further and the crowds wait to be entertained, as opposed to creating a bouncing atmosphere irrespective.
Spot on seen it from so many promoted sides over the years. Particuarly agree with your last paragraph and that seems to be getting more true by the year.
Isn't that just the sound of your manager having a meltdown at the ref, the 4th official, the physio and the players. Very noisy
