Match Atmosphere

[Wallsendmag]

21 minutes ago, Superior Acuña said:

This the same match they were fuming saying Ginola dived?

 

Aye.

[Tross]

2 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

Assume you're talking about that infamous Lague Cup match when you mentioned Stoke!

 

 

Gillespie lost a few bob that night by all accounts

[Paully]

Lou Macari - moaning Manc bellend!

 

Ha ha aye, GIllespie had Pedro 3-0 I think? Didn't celebrate our 4th!

 

Ginola was unreal that day - would have been one of the best goals I've seen with the outside of his right from miles out that just went wide!

 

Didn't Sir Les equal the record for consecutive games scored in - which Isak has just broken?!

[Nucasol]

22:23 for a burst of nostalgia.

[Earp]

On 26/01/2025 at 14:49, SteV said:

Yep, it doesn’t add to the atmosphere if it becomes the atmosphere.

Also has no relation at all to what's going on on the pitch. Fella with the megaphone is facing the crowd.

[LFEE]

2 hours ago, Paully said:

 

Exact same for me mate - bedlam it was.

 

Sure it came out that rumours were that a NUFC fan had stabbed a female Stoke fan (which didn't happen!) and then came the utter chaos!

 

I’d forgotten about that. Vaguely remember that story now.

[Whitley mag]

5 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

Assume you're talking about that infamous Lague Cup match when you mentioned Stoke!

 

Still to this day the worst crowd violence I've ever seen at a football match. Minibuses being tipped onto their side the lot. It was a full scale riot. I drove down with 3 of my mates. Was only 17 at the time and hadn't long past my test.

 

Got talking to a QPR fan walking back to the car. He'd travelled up from London especially to watch his hero He's Ferdinand play. Next thing we know there's a Stoke fan coming up to us telling us to turn around quickly. Barely got the words out his mouth and a crowd of around 40/50 Stoke fans stood up against a wall just piled into us. The 4 of us ended up getting a police escort back to the car covered in blood 

 

Atmosphere was pure poison right from arriving. I remember winding the window down and asking a group of lasses for directions. "Fuck off you Geordie bastards!" was the response. Couldn't get into any of the pubs so we ended up getting a burger from a burger van. My mate hadn't even taken a bite and a Stoke fan came over and knocked it out his hands. We knew then we were in for a long night!

 

The most menacing atmosphere inside a football ground I can remember. We were behind the goal and I can still recall loads of Stoke fans in the adjacent Paddock not even watching the game. Just stood there staring at us for the entire game. Didn't help their mood when we beat them 4-0 either. A totally bizarre evening.

 

Hated them ever since.

Aye was some night 6k plus on a cold dark Wednesday in October and every man for himself before and after the game.

 

Would love to have seen Adam P and these YouTube goons filming their content outside for that one.

 

 

 

 

[bobbydazzla]

6 hours ago, LFEE said:

There’s one to debate. If you could have football atmospheres of the 90’s back but no Internet/Newcastle Online which would you choose…

 

Personally, I'm a big fan of using the internet to mass debate and I couldn't live without it

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 16:37 by bobbydazzla

[Nucasol]

23 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Would love to have seen Adam P and these YouTube goons filming their content outside for that one.

Pearson “Mussolini’d” from a lamp post near the old Vic Ground.

[Jonas]

Watch that Stoke game every year, such lush football, like a bunch of solo performances (everybody did something class) and yet a team performance in one - including one of the best fullback displays you'll ever see from Barton who'd have been man of the match in any game that didn't include an unplayable Beardsley, so you know it was the case.

 

Agree, not to kill the thread, but atmosphere has gone and none of these ideas will bring it back. Its a cultural and country wide thing (the mackems with their cheap tickets, no glory hunters, different contoured stadium are admitting their atmosphere is the pits) and its generations now since football was for better and worse sanitised and since the hardcore of every club was doubled and watered down.

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 18:35 by Jonas

[shorty]

That hasn't half brought back some memories. Remember it being half term for me and I'd badgered my dad for ages to start going to some of the more local away games (we're in Stockport) and this was the first one he agreed to  very lucky it wasnt the last -  as a 12 year old I just found it so exciting absolute electric in the air all evening - now I'm older I would probably be scared shitless mind. They both looked nailed on yellow cards too don't know what they were moaning about. Can remember Ginola pinging some amazing passes right from one wing to the other as well fell even more in love with him that night. 

 

Was at the Wimbledon game before it as well (sat with the away fans who were good craic) when Vinnie Jones ended up in net. What a week that was! 

 

Back on topic I've got a ticket for the Forest game in the safe standing in the corner. First time in there will I be impressed with the atmosphere?