Match Atmosphere

[PCW1983]

9 minutes ago, Wandy said:

Just reading the comments on NUSC twitter and seems like there was real chaos in the terraced away end. Some of our younger folk getting a taster of football in the 1980s. Except without the great atmosphere in this instance.

It was very uncomfortable, we were in 60 and it was jam packed. 
If we’d have scored it would have been chaotic, one chance early on and it all surged forward, that was bad enough. 
 

Saw people pissing in glasses, one lad pissed down some poor blokes leg….he got moved and just started pissing everywhere. 
 

If that’s safe standing, keep it for me. 

[Wandy]

5 minutes ago, PCW1983 said:

It was very uncomfortable, we were in 60 and it was jam packed. 
If we’d have scored it would have been chaotic, one chance early on and it all surged forward, that was bad enough. 
 

Saw people pissing in glasses, one lad pissed down some poor blokes leg….he got moved and just started pissing everywhere. 
 

If that’s safe standing, keep it for me. 

 

Dortmund don't have safe standing like the UK though, do they? It's literally just traditional terracing. 

[PCW1983]

1 minute ago, Wandy said:

 

Dortmund don't have safe standing like the UK though, do they? It's literally just traditional terracing. 

Yeah, it’s traditional. Looking up to the left at the Dortmund fans it looked like safe standing. 
 

I just meant if we’re to have standing it need much tighter controls around it….and some sensible people. 

[Wandy]

12 minutes ago, brummie said:

Reading about fans who've hardly been to matches getting tickets for this match and the club organising it badly, the usual faces not being there, full of daytrippers etc

 

How is this happening?

 

How is the ticket allocation handled for your games in Europe? Ours is a fucking impossibility if you haven't been at almost every match since the year dot.

 

Although I guess you've been playing in grounds with larger allocations.

 

 

It's happening mainly because the ticketing has been handled shambolically this season. A system has been created whereby people who were nowhere to be seen two years ago are now getting tickets ahead of those who have been going for years through all of the hard times.

 

I have some sympathy for the hierarchy at the moment. The club has become an absolute monster again, like the 90s on speed, and it must be bewildering for them trying to keep up with the progress. But this cannot continue, & by the start of next season this has to be sorted. A proper loyalty system need to be in place for away matches so that dedicated away fans get priority over johnny-come-latelys who go for a day on the piss. And the ballot for home games needs binning off, with the queue brought back together with freedom of seat selection. 

[Tsunami]

We flew to Weeze, all trains cancelled after the 8:45 in the morning, we had to get a taxi to Dortmund after waiting nearly 2 hours for non existent trains to turn up and no announcements, €300 between 5 of us.

 

Another mates train broke down in Arnhem, the Newcastle supporters (and there were 100 or so) were eventually given a bus replacement service, that took them to Düsseldorf. He got to Dortmund after I’d left to go to the match.

 

We were in Section 60, it was a bit chaotic, the terracing wasn’t great. The atmosphere was ok, too many pissed up fans. Got to say the Yellow Wall came across as a bit manufactured which was a bit disappointing.

 

[gbandit]

The common theme appears to be large numbers of our fans really drunk to the point that they weren’t able to focus on the match. Don’t get it personally but I’m not a big drinker. I know it’s a big occasion and easy to get carried away but surely just a few would be optimum

[Bellis80]

The away games in the league i’ve seen or heard plenty of people who it seemed like hadn’t been to many games. But it wasn’t like that last night.

[BlueStar]

This version we've got of Man City's 'Old Trafford is falling down', why sing "Ritchie's here for ten more years"? Odd

[Optimistic Nut]

Just now, BlueStar said:

This version we've got of Man City's 'Old Trafford is falling down', why sing "Ritchie's here for ten more years"? Odd

 

What's the rest of the words? 

[Wandy]

2 minutes ago, BlueStar said:

This version we've got of Man City's 'Old Trafford is falling down', why sing "Ritchie's here for ten more years"? Odd

Surely you misheard that?  It’s “Glazers staying 10 more years”….

[NE27]

Just now, Wandy said:

Surely you misheard that?  It’s “Glazers staying 10 more years”….

 

I think there was a video going around with some lads singing a version with Ritchie in it mind.

[Wandy]

4 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

What's the rest of the words? 

 

 

[Wandy]

1 minute ago, NE27 said:

 

I think there was a video going around with some lads singing a version with Ritchie in it mind.

Jesus, we have some doylems in our ranks mind. It’s not difficult to work out what the proper words are.

[Optimistic Nut]

Aye heard that one, was the Ritchie one I was wondering about.

[mondonewc]

3 minutes ago, Wandy said:

Surely you misheard that?  It’s “Glazers staying 10 more years”….

He didn't mishear haha....

 

Kraft and Dummett at the back duh duh...

Tino on the overlap duh duh...

Ritchie's staying 10 more years duh duh...

Geordie boys are on the beers duh duh...

[Bellis80]

Krafth and Dummett at the back, Tino on the overlap they were singing

[Wandy]

 

2 minutes ago, mondonewc said:

He didn't mishear haha....

 

Kraft and Dummett at the back duh duh...

Tino on the overlap duh duh...

Ritchie's staying 10 more years duh duh...

Geordie boys are on the beers duh duh...

Dear me, that’s fucking shite.

[Tsunami]

Definitely singing Ritchie wherever I went yesterday.

[ponsaelius]

It's obviously just a bit of a pisstake.

 

Singing the Glazers one outside of the context of Old Trafford when they're not our rivals is embarrassing.

 

 

Edited November 8, 2023 by ponsaelius

[OCOCOL]

3 hours ago, TheGuv said:

I remember coming back from the ground after being marched by their police and was slightly gutted I missed the square in all honesty 

 

It looked mental 

 

I was with my little brother and he hadn't been to any European aways at that point so me and my mate gave him and his pals our tickets - they had to endure a 4 mile round trip escorted by the police to the ground whilst we watched it with a crate of lager and about 2000 other ticketless fans in teh square - after that was drinking in basement bars and it was lights out. I think we got the better deal.

 

On the subject of mortal fans - this has always been the case and you generally see more states at European games than Domestic away games due to the length of the session. I know its not for everyone but that pseudo Shakespeare at TF Sam Dalling was appalled at someone pissing in a pint glass - god knows what he would have made of the portal urinals at Bruges or being pelted with bottles of piss in the San Siro 20 years ago. Football as an experience for the supporter has improved immeasurably and no-one wnats to go back to the 1980s but being horrified at someone pissing in a pint glass might mean you'd be better off watching on the tele. 

[Wandy]

10 minutes ago, ponsaelius said:

It's obviously just a bit of a pisstake.

 

Singing the Glazers one outside of the context of Old Trafford when they're not our rivals is embarrassing.

 

They absolutely are our rivals now, especially when we play them. The City version is superb and Man U should have it thrown at them by every team they play, as payback for the mocking their support dished out at various stadiums for 20 years. Payback time.

[ponsaelius]

I'm fine to sing it when we're playing them and agree every team should be rubbing their noses in it at OT. But singing it randomly elsewhere is weird IMO.

[ponsaelius]

I'm probably (definitely) a miserable twat but I personally don't understand going to an away game unless you're actually going to the match.

 

I had a great time in Brugge during the day but certainly didn't have any FOMO for those that just stayed in the square. I was there to see the game

 

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

[OCOCOL]

3 minutes ago, ponsaelius said:

I'm probably (definitely) a miserable twat but I personally don't understand going to an away game unless you're actually going to the match.

 

I had a great time in Brugge during the day but certainly didn't have any FOMO for those that just stayed in the square. I was there to see the game

 

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

 

Different strokes for different folks I agree. I actually drink less at games now because the football is actually enjoyable - if I am honest I went to games home and away under Fat Sam, Roeder, JFK, McLaren, Bruce etc. out of misplaced loyalty and valuing the times spent pre and post match with a group of lads that I didn't see much outside of attending Newcastle games.

 

Away games for many have always been about showing support in numbers and voice even away from the ground - taking over pubs, town centres etc - I guess (crosses fingers) that as some of these games become more commonplace people will not just go for the sake of it - unfortunately one result of increased success is that we will have a larger number of people with deeper pockets and connections to the club that will take tickets from legacy regulars - but this is pretty unavoidable. 

[Wallsendmag]

10 minutes ago, ponsaelius said:

I'm probably (definitely) a miserable twat but I personally don't understand going to an away game unless you're actually going to the match.

 

I had a great time in Brugge during the day but certainly didn't have any FOMO for those that just stayed in the square. I was there to see the game

 

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

 

That was always my way of thinking but after hearing stories about Dortmund, and having a ticket for Wembley in February when a lot of the lads I travelled with didn't, it appears that on both occasions the better time was had by those who didn't enter the stadiums.

 

This seasons ticketing fiasco has turned me into more of an armchair fan and whilst years ago that would have horrified me, I quite enjoy having a few pints beforehand, watching the match in a pub and and then meeting up with those who went to the match afterwards.

 

Nowadays actually being there isn't the be all and and all for me. A lot of the time it's a bit of a hassle which the experience inside doesn't really warrant. If we played in a city which I really fancied visiting I'd happily travel to it ticketless.