Match Atmosphere

[OpenC]

1 hour ago, LFEE said:

 

The lack of contact allowed these days and technical fouling etc is killing the enthusiasm bit by bit.

 

I don't think you can understate how much VAR has changed the feel of premier league games as well. Time was, all you had to do was make sure you weren't the only one bouncing around like a loon in a silent Gallowgate with everyone else looking at the raised offside flag. All the traditional stuff that fans used to make a noise about is now up for debate.

 

The game has changed and the fans that are going have changed. I honestly don't think it's any more complicated than that; epic atmospheres can still exist but are the result of exceptional circumstances rather than the rule now. At lower league games where it's cheap and easy to get in and the goals and blood and thunder challenges are decided on then and there, you still get some of that old atmosphere given enough spectators and a bar, I think.

 

 

Edited Sunday at 16:04 by OpenC

[bobbydazzla]

People waving their phones around in front of their face isn’t conductive to a decent atmosphere either 

 

 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 16:20 by bobbydazzla

[Dr.Spaceman]

How else would they know the current xG score?

[bobbydazzla]

5 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

How else would they know the current xG score?

Eddie Howe’s Spreadsheet Army 

[geordiesteve710]

13 hours ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

"1-0 to the empty seats" and the Wembley stuff had me properly cringing like. Outside of a few "Hello, hello, we are the Geordie boys" chants it was an absolutely cack experience.

 

I heard this from my left and assumed it was a witty retort from their fans after us singing about empty seats. Couldn't believe my fucking eyes when I turned and saw it was our fans actually singing it. The lowest point of a particularly grim afternoon.

[geordiesteve710]

9 hours ago, Whitley mag said:

The away end at the Etihad has never been a great one for atmosphere, but our support is grim at times these days, fully expecting the Bruno in the middle chant to become the default of the masses at Wembley which will be horrific.

 

 

 

 

 

I would honestly take that at the minute as I'd rather that than long periods of silence again.

 

Baby steps, and getting people singing anything (and not at a speed that sounds ike they're amphetamined up to their eyeballs) would be a start.

[LFEE]

Just now, geordiesteve710 said:

 

I would honestly take that at the minute as I'd rather that than long periods of silence again.

 

Baby steps, and getting people singing anything (and not at a speed that sounds ike they're amphetamined up to their eyeballs) would be a start.

Which block did you book?

[LionOfGosforth]

19 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

Aye seen a few people on twitter complaining that nobody seemed arsed today. Suppose the performance wouldn't have helped but in days gone by that wouldn't have mattered.

 

100% right. I remember being at Goodison, Easter 87, they were basically crowned champions that day (Liverpool lost at Man Utd same day) and twatted us 3 nowt. Didn't matter, the Toon fans made it a point of pride that even though we got scudded on the pitch, we were not going to be second best off it. One of the best away atmospheres i've ever been a part of, out-sang 45k Everton fans and it came in a rotten defeat. Different days.

[geordiesteve710]

21 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Which block did you book?

547

[NUFC91]

You notice the difference in attendees v how away end going to be, Brentford this season was alot more old lads less Newcastle tops (not that I'm saying you shouldn't wear strip) more on a Xmas day out and away end was great. 

 

Think back to championship was a lot of younger fans who propped up away ends who now are often ticketless, I do think the songbook was far better too then.

 

 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 18:49 by NUFC91

[geordiesteve710]

I'm going to get pelters for saying it but the atmosphere is notably worse the more lasses are in the crowd.

 

To clarify, I do know some lasses in the hard-core fanbase who know and sing all the songs. I'm not saying that lasses are inherently shit fans.

 

It's maybe more the dynamic that when there's more lasses in attendance it means there's more people have come as a couple and people are less likely to be rowdy in front of their lass?

[Wolfcastle]

1 hour ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

100% right. I remember being at Goodison, Easter 87, they were basically crowned champions that day (Liverpool lost at Man Utd same day) and twatted us 3 nowt. Didn't matter, the Toon fans made it a point of pride that even though we got scudded on the pitch, we were not going to be second best off it. One of the best away atmospheres i've ever been a part of, out-sang 45k Everton fans and it came in a rotten defeat. Different days.

End of story really. 

Just going around in circles with anything else.

[LionOfGosforth]

54 minutes ago, Wolfcastle said:

End of story really. 

Just going around in circles with anything else.

 

I feel for the young modern fan in a lot of ways, not getting to experience that and only knowing mostly sterile atmospheres and stupid prices. Even though we were largely shit on the pitch, I still treasure the memories of following them in the 80s and being part of large standing crowds. It wasn't always particularly safe (Spurs in the cup in 87 stands out, 15k away fans) but it was unforgettable.

[Whitley mag]

Best away support I’ve ever been part of was Derby away at Easter under Keegan when it looked like we were heading for relegation, relentless support that day which made the hairs stand up.

[LFEE]

5 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

I feel for the young modern fan in a lot of ways, not getting to experience that and only knowing mostly sterile atmospheres and stupid prices. Even though we were largely shit on the pitch, I still treasure the memories of following them in the 80s and being part of large standing crowds. It wasn't always particularly safe (Spurs in the cup in 87 stands out, 15k away fans) but it was unforgettable.

80’s was fun but had a bit of an ugly side to it to. 90’s- early 00’s probably peak for me. 

[LionOfGosforth]

13 minutes ago, LFEE said:

80’s was fun but had a bit of an ugly side to it to. 90’s- early 00’s probably peak for me. 

 

Fair, it was definitely edgier. Maybe 92/93 was my favorite year in general, away games that year were fantastic and it was still cheap pre-PL.

[LionOfGosforth]

17 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Best away support I’ve ever been part of was Derby away at Easter under Keegan when it looked like we were heading for relegation, relentless support that day which made the hairs stand up.

 

Brian Coddington, Christ. If you think officiating is bad these days (it is), he took the biscuit the daft cunt.

[TheBrownBottle]

15 hours ago, Whitley mag said:

The away end at the Etihad has never been a great one for atmosphere, but our support is grim at times these days, fully expecting the Bruno in the middle chant to become the default of the masses at Wembley which will be horrific.

 

 

 

 

That ‘Bruno in the middle’ chant is the only ‘regular’ chant I can remember in NUFC that makes me actively cringe.  It is fucking dreadful - I’ve no idea why anyone is happy to sing it.

[TheBrownBottle]

3 hours ago, LFEE said:

80’s was fun but had a bit of an ugly side to it to. 90’s- early 00’s probably peak for me. 

The Mag was filled to the brim with articles in the mid- to late-‘90s complaining about the atmosphere, which definitely took a noticeable down-swing when we became all-seater after 94/95.  

 

 

Edited Sunday at 23:28 by TheBrownBottle

[HaydnNUFC]

8 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

That ‘Bruno in the middle’ chant is the only ‘regular’ chant I can remember in NUFC that makes me actively cringe.  It is fucking dreadful - I’ve no idea why anyone is happy to sing it.

 

Its been gone over before but our songbook is pretty shite. That the best striker we've had in 25 years only has 1 chant as poor as 'who put the ball in the mackems' net'...tut tut.

[TheBrownBottle]

Just now, HaydnNUFC said:

 

Its been gone over before but our songbook is pretty shite. That the best striker we've had in 25 years only has 1 chant as poor as 'who put the ball in the mackems' net'...tut tut.

Yep, it’s shite.  Mind, ‘Gimme gimme gimme a striker from Sweden’ is right up there with the worst of them as well.  Embarrassing stuff  

[Danh1]

Sadly you can’t expect the fanbase that can’t even get the “UNITED” chant right or sing the correct words to our anthem to come up with something decent or original. 

[Jonas]

43 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

The Mag was filled to the brim with articles in the mid- to late-‘90s complaining about the atmosphere, which definitely took a noticeable down-swing when we became all-seater after 94/95.  

 

 

 

That's where I always place it.

With the Gallowgate of all things, because the year before with the new Leazes and the exact same stand as the jumpingest part even with a reduced Gallowgate and the year before that with two gaping open ends the atmosphere was great.

[Wolfcastle]

4 hours ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

I feel for the young modern fan in a lot of ways, not getting to experience that and only knowing mostly sterile atmospheres and stupid prices. Even though we were largely shit on the pitch, I still treasure the memories of following them in the 80s and being part of large standing crowds. It wasn't always particularly safe (Spurs in the cup in 87 stands out, 15k away fans) but it was unforgettable.

As someone above has mentioned Derby in 92, I was at the same fixture early on the next season, saw next to nothing (put in a paddock by then) and loved every bit of it.  Fans since cant understand that because its completely changed, was never really about the entertainment as a spectacle but the occasion.

A bit of the hairyness and rivallry going probably hasn't helped, felt like total enemies and personal for 90minutes, even somewhere like Derby or at home to Wolves, feels more like bants since.

 

 

 

Edited Monday at 00:28 by Wolfcastle

[Big River]

53 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said:

 

Its been gone over before but our songbook is pretty shite. That the best striker we've had in 25 years only has 1 chant as poor as 'who put the ball in the mackems' net'...tut tut.

 

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