I've seen this mentioned somewhere, might have been on here or another forum, but I think it deserves its own thread anyway.. This is a new initiative started up before the Charlton FA Youth Cup game. Obviously the term sounds like it's some sort of violent firm, but it's not like that at all. The idea is get as big and loud a crowd as possible to youth/reserve team games (primarily youth) and give the young lads a taste of what it's like in the first team. This was a huge success at the Valley on Thursday night, and I heard there were more Yids there than Charlton fans. They all met at pubs before the game and headed down together. All the lads came over at full time and saluted the crowd. This looked like a great night, so next time this happens, I'm definitely going to try and go! More info: http://www.thefightingcock.co.uk/blo...k-project.html Also a forum link to the thread in which it's all being organised: http://www.thefightingcock.co.uk/for...t1152-700.html Couple of great chants from the Charlton game: "We want you to stay, we want you to stay, Arsene Wenger, we want you to stay", and "I love number 2, number 2 loves me" Did anyone go on Thursday? Good night?
Sounds good. I've heard of other clubs doing similar things for their first team matches to bring a more continental atmosphere with flags and flares, etc which I don't really like but they've worked well. As long as it's all positive I'm all for it and hopefully it'll creep into our first team match atmosphere which has been a bit quiet at times for a couple of seasons now.
It's a good way for those that can't afford to attend our first team games or can't get tickets to still watch a Spurs team in the flesh, too. If we can continue to progress our academy and not play ineligible players in the Nextgen Series, then it might work well. More games at the Matchroom Stadium (Brisbane Road!) with a decent crowd would help the kids to adjust.
