Stopped going in the southstand when my wife started coming to games she is only 4ft 11 and didn't see much. My prefered standing was the old east terrace at the side of the portacabins. Lots of good memories standing there with my dad and my now departed grandad. I know it was rubbish but I have alot of good memories from there

So disappointed in this thread, having clicked the title I now find that its about a lone trumpeteer and accompanying drummer with a limited set list rather than rlthe most excellent group of musicians to have come out of the 1960srl

Keeps em in one area I suppose. Before I moved into the Carnegie terrace with the mrs I used to stand at the back to the right of where loz stands, wasn't too bad there tbh, just a stream of folk heading over towards the middle, lunchbox kid etc

Do the Special Needs Gang congregate round the "band"?

Unfortunately yes.

You cant blame the band for others acting like t!t$ or for the increase in chavs in the SS.

You can, never was like that till they showed up

TBF, the idiots would be in there anyway. It just bunches them up instead of them being evenly spread out across the Southstand.

As for the band, IMHO the kill the atmosphere rather than make it better. The amount of times pockets of Leeds fans start a chant going and the band start up their own tune. It just drowns out everything else and gets boring and repetitive. They have had their time now. It's hard to get any kind of noise started in the stadium when they are repeating the same 6 notes of 7 nation army for 15 minutes straight with no one joining in.

Instead of re-running the same old pointless argument, I'll simply say that the band and I prefer to persuade people to join in my having something they can join in with, than abusing them for not playing into our little ego trip.

Remember Huddersfield 2010.

2 things i would love to change at headingley is to scrap the band and the song marchin on together

the band is the main reason i dont stand in the south stand now after standing there for many a year , would like to shove that drum over his head especially when you get a single bang to put off an opposing team player , if you had that noise next door at home you would be round like a shot , its anti social in my eyes

the crowd should be allowed to create its own atmosphere and songs , if its such a good thing why not have one in the north stand some how think that wont happen,

marchin on together is a football song and belongs at elland road ,

Why to we have to be forced to listen to whatever the "band" decides to play? It's not organic or spontaneous in the way that crowd chants should be. They've had their day – time to move on.

Someone asked me why I stand with the away supporters not long ago. My answer was two fold – away supporters tend to genuine fans who put effort into supporting their team and you can have a bit banter with them. Also where else can I go? The North stand is where you get when you're getting on a bit and you need a little sit down, not there quite yet – the Carnegie stand is for the posh lot and the terrace has no atmosphere and the Southstand is full of chavs, the Special Needs Crew and that fekking band.

I don't mind the band, but they tend to overdo a song. You might get a good couple of rounds of a chant and then an extra two minutes of the band playing the tune. I always think you get a more vocal and passionate atmosphere at away games. Everyone seems to be on the same page chant wise at your Wigan, Hull, Huddersfield games.

I wouldn't really shed a tear if they weren't there, but it won't stop me from standing in the Southstand if they are.

You ever been in the Carnegie stand? Me, Sam Buca II and Ex Swarcliffe Rhino are hardly posh