For All You Get Out Of Our Club Haters...

[Guest Mighty Toon Army]

 

TANZO! 

 

 

this is what i miss about away games

 

There's a better atmosphere in Level 7 now than away games. 

[broonalegeordie]

 

TANZO! 

 

 

this is what i miss about away games

 

There's a better atmosphere in Level 7 now than away games. 

 

aye... it was going downhill a few year back. SJP was shit (thats why we started gathering at the back of L7) away games were getting shit.... euro aways were the only decent atmospheres...

[eddco]

I sit in the East Stand and last night i could hear plenty people singing and trying to join in, obviously people were unaware of some of the new songs but they will catch after a couple of games.

 

Its a shame some people who sit in L7 seem to have the were better than everyone else attitude

 

I would say on the contrary. I would consider The East Stand to have the attitude problem. (my evidence is based on the majority)

 

Why do they feel they need not to join in with the rest of the Ground when we "stand up if we love the Toon"? loads of people stand up when singing stand up if you love the toon

 

Why do they feel they need not to wave their free Black and white flags as a sign of defiance, commanded to by none other than Sir Alan of Shearer, live on TV as the teams emerge into the arena of a relegation 6 pointer? yes we did, alot of the east stand were waving flags, i was there waving my flag too

 

Why do patrons feel they need to tell you to "sit down" if you happen to still be on your feet more than 4 seconds after KO? no idea what you mean here

 

Why does the place still smell of piss after nearly 40 years  childish dig or due to neither current or previous chairman have invested in redecorating inside as it is desperatly outdated.

 

Why do patrons take a novel to read at half time? majority go inside at h/t its a small stand and usually difficult to move around

 

Why is there little animation towards a player/referee from patrons close to a controversial touchline incident? People get chucked out of the Gallowgate for such protests? people who get annoyed, stand up, swear & shout towards players & referees, maybe the stewards are more lenient in the East Stand due to there never being much bother cause its not full of chav kids

 

And most importantly of all...why is there very little atmosphere at all in a compact stand with 6000 people in it? ive sat there since i was 5, im now 22 & id say there is an atmosphere in the East Stand but due to it being the smallest stand its normally deafened by the rest of the ground

 

Now, it cant be down to the fact that members of the East Stand dont love the toon as much as the other stands! So logically it can only be down to...

 

A...the East Stand has an attitude, not wanting to join in with everyone else.    

 

or

 

B. Laziness/boring b****** disease.

 

Another childish dig which serves no purpose to your arguement

 

I bet I could find atleast 25,000 people who will disagree with you.

 

The rest of it was mainly  tbh. I used to sit in the East Stand...hence I know about the being tapped on the shoulder and being told to sit down 2 seconds after K.O.

 

The Shearer flag thing against Boro last year was embarrasing. You may have been waving your flag but there were thousands who simply didnt!

 

As Malandro said

A lot of the supporters in the east stand have been supporting the club longer than most the people in the LC have been alive. They’ve seen it all before and grew out of the ‘shoes off’ stage years ago, just because they haven’t got their heads stuck up their arse doesn’t make them lesser supporters. It may take a lot to get them excited but don’t confuse that with a lack of passion.

 

I dont care how old and decrepit they are? I dont care how much it takes to get excited? 5-0 obviously does nowt???  But if your manager tells you to wave a flag on the brink of relegation in a 6 point local Derby and it is too much trouble...then they should think about handing over their tickets to the youth and let them get behind the team. Then East Standians  can "support" the team just as "passionately" sitting at home with their Tartan Blankets, Cherry Bakewells, Slippers and Pipes listening to the Wireless!

I was in the Leazes for the Boro game and there were plenty of flags being waved in the ES, and despite bring quieter than other parts of the ground the ES does contribute to the atmosphere. 

 

The 6000 in the ES also contribute about 4 times as much money to the clubs coffers as the LC does, if they all stayed at home the club would have to quadruple the cost of a ticket in the LC to claw back the lost revenue.... how would you fancy paying £1000+ for a ST in the LC?

 

 

I think you have hit the nail on the head there! 

[Guest toonlass]

I sit in the East Stand and last night i could hear plenty people singing and trying to join in, obviously people were unaware of some of the new songs but they will catch after a couple of games.

 

Its a shame some people who sit in L7 seem to have the were better than everyone else attitude

 

I would say on the contrary. I would consider The East Stand to have the attitude problem. (my evidence is based on the majority)

 

Why do they feel they need not to join in with the rest of the Ground when we "stand up if we love the Toon"? loads of people stand up when singing stand up if you love the toon

 

Why do they feel they need not to wave their free Black and white flags as a sign of defiance, commanded to by none other than Sir Alan of Shearer, live on TV as the teams emerge into the arena of a relegation 6 pointer? yes we did, alot of the east stand were waving flags, i was there waving my flag too

 

Why do patrons feel they need to tell you to "sit down" if you happen to still be on your feet more than 4 seconds after KO? no idea what you mean here

 

Why does the place still smell of piss after nearly 40 years  childish dig or due to neither current or previous chairman have invested in redecorating inside as it is desperatly outdated.

 

Why do patrons take a novel to read at half time? majority go inside at h/t its a small stand and usually difficult to move around

 

Why is there little animation towards a player/referee from patrons close to a controversial touchline incident? People get chucked out of the Gallowgate for such protests? people who get annoyed, stand up, swear & shout towards players & referees, maybe the stewards are more lenient in the East Stand due to there never being much bother cause its not full of chav kids

 

And most importantly of all...why is there very little atmosphere at all in a compact stand with 6000 people in it? ive sat there since i was 5, im now 22 & id say there is an atmosphere in the East Stand but due to it being the smallest stand its normally deafened by the rest of the ground

 

Now, it cant be down to the fact that members of the East Stand dont love the toon as much as the other stands! So logically it can only be down to...

 

A...the East Stand has an attitude, not wanting to join in with everyone else.    

 

or

 

B. Laziness/boring b****** disease.

 

Another childish dig which serves no purpose to your arguement

 

I bet I could find atleast 25,000 people who will disagree with you.

 

The rest of it was mainly  tbh. I used to sit in the East Stand...hence I know about the being tapped on the shoulder and being told to sit down 2 seconds after K.O.

 

The Shearer flag thing against Boro last year was embarrasing. You may have been waving your flag but there were thousands who simply didnt!

 

As Malandro said

A lot of the supporters in the east stand have been supporting the club longer than most the people in the LC have been alive. They’ve seen it all before and grew out of the ‘shoes off’ stage years ago, just because they haven’t got their heads stuck up their arse doesn’t make them lesser supporters. It may take a lot to get them excited but don’t confuse that with a lack of passion.

 

I dont care how old and decrepit they are? I dont care how much it takes to get excited? 5-0 obviously does nowt???  But if your manager tells you to wave a flag on the brink of relegation in a 6 point local Derby and it is too much trouble...then they should think about handing over their tickets to the youth and let them get behind the team. Then East Standians  can "support" the team just as "passionately" sitting at home with their Tartan Blankets, Cherry Bakewells, Slippers and Pipes listening to the Wireless!

I was in the Leazes for the Boro game and there were plenty of flags being waved in the ES, and despite bring quieter than other parts of the ground the ES does contribute to the atmosphere. 

 

The 6000 in the ES also contribute about 4 times as much money to the clubs coffers as the LC does, if they all stayed at home the club would have to quadruple the cost of a ticket in the LC to claw back the lost revenue.... how would you fancy paying £1000+ for a ST in the LC?

 

 

I think you have hit the nail on the head there! 

 

No fucking way is a season ticket in the East Stand over £1200 like 

[Guest malandro]

I take your point, but generalisations are hard to avoid and the average age in the LC has to be significantly lower than the rest of the ground.  Apart from the ever expanding family section, which is another contributing factor to the decline in the atmosphere as it acts as barrier to the chants emanating from the LC reaching the Gallowgate, and vice versa.

 

The real problem with the singing section is the location. It doesn’t really connect with the rest of the ground and is so far from the pitch that many long time supporters simply wouldn’t consider moving there. If you’ve grown up being able to see the detail of the play upping sticks to L7 is a big sacrifice. So we’ve ended up with a singing section that doesn’t accurately represent the crowd as a whole. It isn’t a catalyst for getting chants going, it’s just its own little world. Again this isn’t a criticism of its occupants; it’s not their fault Ashley decided to stick the singing section in the remotest part of the ground.

 

The important thing is to remember we all support the club and the reason there’s more noise from the LC isn’t because it’s jammed packed with uber supporters. We’d be far better off campaigning for the singing section to be extended into the lower corner of the Leazes (or something like that) than slagging each other off.  In an ideal world this is the kind of stuff NUST would be getting involved in but for whatever reason they’re not.

 

 

The Leazes corner became the singing section for two reasons.  The first was that the away fans who were put in the corner made a massive amount of noise and it was thought that the acoustics were better in the corner.  That's probably right as the corner has two walls for the sound to bounce off and it's thrown towards the pitch.  The other reason was to put the away fans at the end of the Leazes which meant that we had less empty seats due to segregation.  That was a good move by the club and it wasn't Ashley who made the decision, it was the Chairman at the time.

 

Without trying to blow 'our' own trumpets the 'Ultras' did their upmost to obtain a singing section. Two blocks, three-quarter full next to the away fans led to us taking a full portfolio or whatever you want to call it to the clubs officials, asking for a singing section - a certain Russell Cushion (?) was who we took it to. A year later the singing section was introduced and the re-jigging of sections of the ground began.

 

They obviously recognised the need for the atmosphere to change and addressed it. Fair enough, it would be better in the lower parts of the ground - but as many 'East Standians' would put it who would want thousands of Charvas singing cringeworthy s**** next to the pitch. (Or to put it my way, why would the club want to charge £5 less than what they could charge people for sitting/standing in that section of the ground.)

 

The whole ground is fast becoming more positive, and the Leazes Corner is respected by most imo. (Which isn't the Ultras because they just make a tiny minority of it). But those interested in making a vocal backing have fast gone to the heavens and it's been the best decision the board have made in the last 2 or 3 years.

 

I must admit, I get pissed off with the attitude of Level 7 being full of kiddy charvas with little sense or wit, simply because a lot of people who say that have probably never experienced it before. Then again, I would be pissed off thinking I paid £1,000 for a season ticket and told I was a s*** fan because I barely sang. In reality, that is football these days and we should all learn to get along. We all support the same team, whether it be financially or vocally.

 

Two final things to consider though, those who sit in the East Stand have probably been there, done that and done all the vocal s****, relegations and promotions. BUT - those in Level 7 might be there one day - you can't exactly hold our f***ing age against us, because believe me when I say that at least 90% of that lot up there will be there in 30years time, just like the elder lot in the East Stand, so years of support is irrelevant. Also, those in Level 7, I would say are the vast majority of our away contingency, so while a lot of us sit back saying our fans are great they took 6,000 to Barnsley and basically made it their own, please remember where these are likely to be sat at home games.

 

All an opinion like...but I'm trying to balance things out here.

I’d agree that it’s unfair to brand LC as some kind of chav haven that’s devoid of wit, and I don’t think anyone holds the age of the supporters up there against them. It only becomes an issue when ‘older’ fans start getting branded shit supporters by somebody who has only been turning up for few years - as opposed to few decades.

 

I’m not at all convinced that LC makes up the majority of our away support either – it only holds 3000 and there were 7000 at Barnsley for a start. I don’t want this to be fight though. I just think some of the LC regulars need to think a bit about why there’s more singing in a singing section and cut out the everybody else is shit supporters nonsense. Reflect on the role they play as part of the support as whole; be a little bit less self-absorbed.  In the same way a small minority of posters on here can give a bad impression of the LC, the LC corner can in turn create a bad impression of the SJP faithful. By default the LC has been handed a position of responsibility, and it’ll all end in tears if they fail to understand this.

 

The atmosphere has been more positive this season, but so have results so it’s hard to draw any conclusions about how effective the LC has been in helping generate a better atmosphere. It was there last season and the atmosphere was largely crap. Time will tell if the creation of the LC has been a success. There’s been too much crap over the last few years to really tell what effect it has had.

 

[Pav]

I’m not at all convinced that LC makes up the majority of our away support either – it only holds 3000 and there were 7000 at Barnsley for a start. I don’t want this to be fight though. I just think some of the LC regulars need to think a bit about why there’s more singing in a singing section and cut out the everybody else is s*** supporters nonsense. Reflect on the role they play as part of the support as whole; be a little bit less self-absorbed.  In the same way a small minority of posters on here can give a bad impression of the LC, the LC corner can in turn create a bad impression of the SJP faithful. By default the LC has been handed a position of responsibility, and it’ll all end in tears if they fail to understand this.

 

Seriously, what the fuck are you going on about? Create a bad impression? To who, the away fans? Do you actually give a fuck what others think? Are we talking about the same club that has been ridiculed up and down the country for years already? 

 

Without trying to fit this stereotype you're giving people in the LC (and I'll get onto that in a second), if anything those giving a bad impression are the ones that stay sat on their hands for 90 minutes. Where's your famous atmosphere indeed!

 

I'm pretty sure the vast majority don't think they're better fans. Plenty moan like fuck that the rest of the ground doesn't sing - and rightfully so - but this doesn't mean anyone thinks they're better than the rest. And here's your problem -  you're basing your very arguement on something which isn't at all true. Infact you're just making the assumption that because we complain you don't sing we think you're worse fans. What you're doing is just as bad as what you're claming people in the LC are doing - you're making a broad generalization about thousands of people. Just because you seem to be sticking up for this silent majority (pun intended) doesn't make you right. 

 

"I just think some of the LC regulars need to think a bit about why there’s more singing in a singing section and cut out the everybody else is s*** supporters nonsense" - Please, feel free to point out a match where fans in the leazes corner have chanted about the rest of our support being shit. Oh wait, you can't. So who's the one making false accusations here, because it certainly isn't us. It is you, sir, who needs to cut out the nonsense. Good day.

[Guest toonlass]

I’m not at all convinced that LC makes up the majority of our away support either – it only holds 3000 and there were 7000 at Barnsley for a start. I don’t want this to be fight though. I just think some of the LC regulars need to think a bit about why there’s more singing in a singing section and cut out the everybody else is s*** supporters nonsense. Reflect on the role they play as part of the support as whole; be a little bit less self-absorbed.  In the same way a small minority of posters on here can give a bad impression of the LC, the LC corner can in turn create a bad impression of the SJP faithful. By default the LC has been handed a position of responsibility, and it’ll all end in tears if they fail to understand this.

 

Seriously, what the fuck are you going on about? Create a bad impression? To who, the away fans? Do you actually give a fuck what others think? Are we talking about the same club that has been ridiculed up and down the country for years already? 

 

Without trying to fit this stereotype you're giving people in the LC (and I'll get onto that in a second), if anything those giving a bad impression are the ones that stay sat on their hands for 90 minutes. Where's your famous atmosphere indeed!

 

I'm pretty sure the vast majority don't think they're better fans. Plenty moan like fuck that the rest of the ground doesn't sing - and rightfully so - but this doesn't mean anyone thinks they're better than the rest. And here's your problem -  you're basing your very arguement on something which isn't at all true. Infact you're just making the assumption that because we complain you don't sing we think you're worse fans. What you're doing is just as bad as what you're claming people in the LC are doing - you're making a broad generalization about thousands of people. Just because you seem to be sticking up for this silent majority (pun intended) doesn't make you right.   

 

"I just think some of the LC regulars need to think a bit about why there’s more singing in a singing section and cut out the everybody else is s*** supporters nonsense" - Please, feel free to point out a match where fans in the leazes corner have chanted about the rest of our support being shit. Oh wait, you can't. So who's the one making false accusations here, because it certainly isn't us. It is you, sir, who needs to cut out the nonsense. Good day.

 

Well said Pav!

[Guest malandro]

I’m not at all convinced that LC makes up the majority of our away support either – it only holds 3000 and there were 7000 at Barnsley for a start. I don’t want this to be fight though. I just think some of the LC regulars need to think a bit about why there’s more singing in a singing section and cut out the everybody else is s*** supporters nonsense. Reflect on the role they play as part of the support as whole; be a little bit less self-absorbed.  In the same way a small minority of posters on here can give a bad impression of the LC, the LC corner can in turn create a bad impression of the SJP faithful. By default the LC has been handed a position of responsibility, and it’ll all end in tears if they fail to understand this.

 

Seriously, what the f*** are you going on about? Create a bad impression? To who, the away fans? Do you actually give a f*** what others think? Are we talking about the same club that has been ridiculed up and down the country for years already? 

 

Without trying to fit this stereotype you're giving people in the LC (and I'll get onto that in a second), if anything those giving a bad impression are the ones that stay sat on their hands for 90 minutes. Where's your famous atmosphere indeed!

 

I'm pretty sure the vast majority don't think they're better fans. Plenty moan like f*** that the rest of the ground doesn't sing - and rightfully so - but this doesn't mean anyone thinks they're better than the rest. And here's your problem -  you're basing your very arguement on something which isn't at all true. Infact you're just making the assumption that because we complain you don't sing we think you're worse fans. What you're doing is just as bad as what you're claming people in the LC are doing - you're making a broad generalization about thousands of people. Just because you seem to be sticking up for this silent majority (pun intended) doesn't make you right.   

 

"I just think some of the LC regulars need to think a bit about why there’s more singing in a singing section and cut out the everybody else is s*** supporters nonsense" - Please, feel free to point out a match where fans in the leazes corner have chanted about the rest of our support being s***. Oh wait, you can't. So who's the one making false accusations here, because it certainly isn't us. It is you, sir, who needs to cut out the nonsense. Good day.

Based on what I read on this forum that’s blatantly not true. Based on this thread alone the rest of the support doesn’t sing or go to away games, are too old to stand up and might as well not bother turning up. If you can’t see how that comes across as thinking your better than everyone else it can only be because you don’t want to.

 

The LC have chanted your support is FKNS at every set of away fans to have visited SJP this season. These fans will leave Newcastle thinking NUFC supporters are dickheads when in reality many of us appreciate that supporters of most CCC clubs are in fact proper football fans who follow their team through thin and thinner. They can hardly be accused of being glory seekers can they? So in it’s eagerness to prove how big and clever it is the LC creates a bad impression of all NUFC supporters.

 

You may not have been following football long enough to understand that fortunes ebb and flow, that what comes around goes around and that in the long run it’s better to treat people with respect. Be it groundlessly taunting away supporters or needlessly berating the East Stand at some point the boot will be on the other foot. If the LC doesn’t learn to show some respect it’ll end up getting shut down.

 

I’ve tried to put forward a balanced view of the LC and its influence at SJP. If you chose to bury your head in the sand that’s up to you. What I will say is that SJP was capable of generating one of the best atmospheres in football before the LC was created and it doesn’t need a singing section... just a decent team and decent owner. 

 

[David Icke - Son of God]

I think I need to point out I was taking the piss when I said that I was better than everyone else because I sat in the LC

 

 

[David Icke - Son of God]

I’m not at all convinced that LC makes up the majority of our away support either – it only holds 3000 and there were 7000 at Barnsley for a start. I don’t want this to be fight though. I just think some of the LC regulars need to think a bit about why there’s more singing in a singing section and cut out the everybody else is s*** supporters nonsense. Reflect on the role they play as part of the support as whole; be a little bit less self-absorbed. In the same way a small minority of posters on here can give a bad impression of the LC, the LC corner can in turn create a bad impression of the SJP faithful. By default the LC has been handed a position of responsibility, and it’ll all end in tears if they fail to understand this.

 

Seriously, what the f*** are you going on about? Create a bad impression? To who, the away fans? Do you actually give a f*** what others think? Are we talking about the same club that has been ridiculed up and down the country for years already?

 

Without trying to fit this stereotype you're giving people in the LC (and I'll get onto that in a second), if anything those giving a bad impression are the ones that stay sat on their hands for 90 minutes. Where's your famous atmosphere indeed!

 

I'm pretty sure the vast majority don't think they're better fans. Plenty moan like f*** that the rest of the ground doesn't sing - and rightfully so - but this doesn't mean anyone thinks they're better than the rest. And here's your problem - you're basing your very arguement on something which isn't at all true. Infact you're just making the assumption that because we complain you don't sing we think you're worse fans. What you're doing is just as bad as what you're claming people in the LC are doing - you're making a broad generalization about thousands of people. Just because you seem to be sticking up for this silent majority (pun intended) doesn't make you right.

 

"I just think some of the LC regulars need to think a bit about why there’s more singing in a singing section and cut out the everybody else is s*** supporters nonsense" - Please, feel free to point out a match where fans in the leazes corner have chanted about the rest of our support being s***. Oh wait, you can't. So who's the one making false accusations here, because it certainly isn't us. It is you, sir, who needs to cut out the nonsense. Good day.

Based on what I read on this forum that’s blatantly not true. Based on this thread alone the rest of the support doesn’t sing or go to away games, are too old to stand up and might as well not bother turning up. If you can’t see how that comes across as thinking your better than everyone else it can only be because you don’t want to.

 

The LC have chanted your support is FKNS at every set of away fans to have visited SJP this season. These fans will leave Newcastle thinking NUFC supporters are dickheads when in reality many of us appreciate that supporters of most CCC clubs are in fact proper football fans who follow their team through thin and thinner. They can hardly be accused of being glory seekers can they? So in it’s eagerness to prove how big and clever it is the LC creates a bad impression of all NUFC supporters.

 

You may not have been following football long enough to understand that fortunes ebb and flow, that what comes around goes around and that in the long run it’s better to treat people with respect. Be it groundlessly taunting away supporters or needlessly berating the East Stand at some point the boot will be on the other foot. If the LC doesn’t learn to show some respect it’ll end up getting shut down.

 

I’ve tried to put forward a balanced view of the LC and its influence at SJP. If you chose to bury your head in the sand that’s up to you. What I will say is that SJP was capable of generating one of the best atmospheres in football before the LC was created and it doesn’t need a singing section... just a decent team and decent owner.

 

 

Did someone from the Leazes Corner fuck your lass or something?

 

You might have the smallest sliver of a point but it's hidden away in your patronising tone and horse shite reasoning.

[Guest toonlass]

I think I need to point out I was taking the piss when I said that I was better than everyone else because I sat in the LC

 

 

 

Same here. All tongue in cheek. And for as many times as we have sang "Your support is fucking shit" there have been fans of the away team singing similar, if not the same chants to us up there. Malandro, no-one really thinks they are better than anyone else here (well apart from Ronaldo but hey  ). Your views on the people in the LC are as warped as you seem to think our pisstaking of the East stand is. Sure we say "Aye the old codgers don't bother singing in the East Stand" but I can't think of anyone I know from the LC that would say he/she is a better fan than anyone else.

[David Icke - Son of God]

To be fair I don't sing YSIFS, but that's due to the fact I find it utterly cringeworthy and not because Doncaster fans might come away and think we're twats.

[Pav]

Based on what I read on this forum that’s blatantly not true. Based on this thread alone the rest of the support doesn’t sing or go to away games, are too old to stand up and might as well not bother turning up. If you can’t see how that comes across as thinking your better than everyone else it can only be because you don’t want to.

 

The LC have chanted your support is FKNS at every set of away fans to have visited SJP this season. These fans will leave Newcastle thinking NUFC supporters are dickheads when in reality many of us appreciate that supporters of most CCC clubs are in fact proper football fans who follow their team through thin and thinner. They can hardly be accused of being glory seekers can they? So in it’s eagerness to prove how big and clever it is the LC creates a bad impression of all NUFC supporters.

 

You may not have been following football long enough to understand that fortunes ebb and flow, that what comes around goes around and that in the long run it’s better to treat people with respect. Be it groundlessly taunting away supporters or needlessly berating the East Stand at some point the boot will be on the other foot. If the LC doesn’t learn to show some respect it’ll end up getting shut down.

 

I’ve tried to put forward a balanced view of the LC and its influence at SJP. If you chose to bury your head in the sand that’s up to you. What I will say is that SJP was capable of generating one of the best atmospheres in football before the LC was created and it doesn’t need a singing section... just a decent team and decent owner. 

 

Brilliant. Where to start. Maybe with the fact you didn't reply to a single point I made because I was right? Quite frankly what's said on a forum means nothing if the same sentiment isn't felt in the ground. And again, there you go, a few people on here have said something and you're tarring 3,000 people with the same brush, ace 

 

Secondly, whilst your support is fucking shit is cringeworthy as fuck, I really don't give 2 fucks about away fans, sorry. And by the way, this is the same support who were out causing trouble in our city all day/night and were chanting 'you're not famous anymore'. I highly doubt they gave a flying fuck about us singing YSIFS. I have never understood this arguement, it's pathetic, I don't go to away games expecting a warm welcome and neither should fans at SJP, is this what modern football has come to? Let's start inviting them for a pre game cup of tea while we're at it.

 

And lastly, most CCC clubs have proper fans? This is fucking ace. Here you are complaining about people in the LC branding themselves as better fans than the rest of the ground, but then you go and make a statement like that. Hypocrite much? Well done mate, you've made yourself look a right knob  ;D

[eddco]

I think I need to point out I was taking the piss when I said that I was better than everyone else because I sat in the LC

 

 

 

Same here. All tongue in cheek. And for as many times as we have sang "Your support is fucking shit" there have been fans of the away team singing similar, if not the same chants to us up there. Malandro, no-one really thinks they are better than anyone else here (well apart from Ronaldo but hey  ). Your views on the people in the LC are as warped as you seem to think our pisstaking of the East stand is. Sure we say "Aye the old codgers don't bother singing in the East Stand" but I can't think of anyone I know from the LC that would say he/she is a better fan than anyone else.

 

This to a tee 

 

My one and only gripe is why wont members of the ES stand up during "stand up if you love the Toon"?

 

Still havn't received a satisfactory answer after many, many years. For that reason I shall continue to actively "berate" The East Stand   

[Guest Howaythetoon]

Was stood in Leazes corner L7 myself the other neet, canny atmosphere and a good mix of younguns, not so younguns-olduns and really olduns. There were a few charvers mind who get right on your tits but by and large they are a small minority.

[David Icke - Son of God]

Was stood in Leazes corner L7 myself the other neet, canny atmosphere and a good mix of younguns, not so younguns-olduns and really olduns. There were a few charvers mind who get right on your tits but by and large they are a small minority.

 

The thing is the charvas are on rotation. You never see the same one twice in a row.

 

Fair weather cunts

[Liam Liam Liam O]

Was stood in Leazes corner L7 myself the other neet, canny atmosphere and a good mix of younguns, not so younguns-olduns and really olduns. There were a few charvers mind who get right on your tits but by and large they are a small minority.

 

The thing is the charvas are on rotation. You never see the same one twice in a row.

 

Fair weather cunts

 

They all look alike to me.

 

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[eddco]

Was stood in Leazes corner L7 myself the other neet, canny atmosphere and a good mix of younguns, not so younguns-olduns and really olduns. There were a few charvers mind who get right on your tits but by and large they are a small minority.

 

The thing is the charvas are on rotation. You never see the same one twice in a row.

 

Fair weather cunts

 

They all look alike to me.

 

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Fuckin' Raaaaageeeees! 

[Jamie]

Where i sit in the leazes corner (block D) there doesn't seem to be that many kids. I stand on the concourse for about half an hour at half time and never seem to see that many. I think its people who don't come to the games before, charvers in their 20's who are mortal drunk. We've had bother before with people like that

[Guest toonlass]

That one four along the row isn't really a charver though is he? You can tell because he is able to read, he is just pretending to look like one to make up numbers

[Liam Liam Liam O]

That one four along the row isn't really a charver though is he? You can tell because he is able to read, he is just pretending to look like one to make up numbers

 

He's holding it upside down tbh.

[eddco]

The one in the foreground has waxa "Short back n' Shields"!!! 

[mattypnufc]

I love my seat/stand in L7.

 

Best atmosphere, crack and banter in the ground.

 

The odd mong here and there occasionally, however its the most fun place to be to watch a game and get behind the team.

 

I get tarred by the 'mong' brush by work colleagues and mates because I'm up with the 'shoes off' crowd and the 'blazing squad'.  I simply say to them to come up to the heavens and sample the atmosphere.  They still have not been and continue to mock. If only they knew.

 

Its not that we think we are better than the rest of our supporters...well certainly the people I've spoken too anyhow.  

 

Is it so hard to want to sing and chant and support the team and genuinely wish to enjoy a match day?  Is it so hard to want the rest of the ground to have the same feeling and enjoyment?

 

It's a strange sensation.  Our own fans seem to want to have a go at LC however the majority are only trying to get behind the team, and inspire the rest of the ground into some life yet rarely wish to partake.  I know some people go to games to watch the football...but to remain highly muted throughout is baffling.  

 

I for one am always happy when the rest of the ground joins in.  When the whole place is singing it still to this day makes the hairs on my neck stand up.  I just wish it happened more than once in a blue moon.

 

Anyhow.  The crowd you get up there are a fine mix...working class, charvas, normal people, young, old, middle aged and a fair few lasses mixed in with the sweaty lads.

 

As for singing YSIFS, it is cringe worthy as hell and I personally don't sing it.  Not 'cause I don't like taunting the away fans, mainly for the fact that all of last season we'd sing it and then the other team would score.  

 

But as others have said about goading away fans.  Isn't that one of the many beauties of football....it being a tribal/territorial thing being on our turf, in our city and generally getting a hard time of things.  Its animalistic, but only to a point of self restraint that society has instilled on the public so that violence rarely spills over.

 

I could rant for ages.

 

I love my seat/standing area and as long as it remains as fun, loud and the best place to be in the ground will I stay.  Or at least until the bloody stairs finish me off.

 

 

[TRon]

Where is all this patronising shit coming from? I've sat in all four stands (although it was standing in the Gallowgate at the time) and while it was great to have a good view in the East and West stands, the atmosphere in the Gallowgate and Leazes is what it's all about. So what if they sing "your support is fucking shite"? This is Newcastle not fucking Wimbledon.

[Pilko]

Where is all this patronising shit coming from? I've sat in all four stands (although it was standing in the Gallowgate at the time) and while it was great to have a good view in the East and West stands, the atmosphere in the Gallowgate and Leazes is what it's all about. So what if they sing "your support is fucking shite"? This is Newcastle not fucking Wimbledon.

 

This. I've sampled most areas of the ground and the Gallowgate is my favourite; although I ain't been in L7 for about four years now. The East stand is where I'd probably sit in afternoon pre-season games, when I want a view over a sing. Otherwise, Gallowgate for me.