I have to admit that I’m always a little jealous of the Leeds fans and ‘Marching on Together’. I’d love us to have a song that would get the atmosphere building like that. I know we had the ‘Boys in the Primrose and Blue’ but it didn’t seem to catch on when they tried relaunching it a few years ago.

Glory Hunters LOL. Let's cut it back to the Boulevard 51.

Drums are a complete blight on atmosphere. I hate them!

And it’s even worse then people bang the corrugated back of the stand out of time with the drum n’all.

Drums reduce sets of fans to inane Euro pop chants where the words stretch as far as “der der der der der” “oooah woooaaah woooahaa oooh” accompanied by the monotonous beat *bang ba bang bang, band ba bang bang* over and over and over and over and over.....

It’s the worst thing about our support. I wish all grounds banned musical instruments in the stands.

Primrose and Blue would be a great drumless chant. But drums have created this dumbing down of atmospheres and the thick buggers who love the drum lead atmospheres wouldn’t be able to learn so many words.

The "der der der" is inane, infantile gibberish. The hallmark of unimaginative

The drum is puerile as is the constant music and announcements at the game.

A crowd left to its own devices will create atmosphere of it's own, like it used to do in the 80s and 90s.

Whatever is wrong with

Gimme a W
She wore
Warry Warry
And the now forgotton "Warr --- ing --- ton"

I'll concede the time has probably passed for A G AGR AGRO

I have no idea why sports clubs think that cranking up the music as loud as it will go, creates an atmosphere. Music over the tannoy (usually at Volume 12 when it only goes up to 10 as well) really creates silence in the stands. It just drowns out any noise the crowd makes and stops them bothering.

And music after tries is just cheesy as !

Must admit, I hate the fact that the club seem to think that we need constant external stimulation to enjoy the "matchday experience" (whatever the hell that means?!)

Let the crowd make their own atmosphere, have a chat, whatever they like - we've paid money to watch rugby, not listen to loud & inane music.

As for chants you don't hear any more...."Who's your father, who's your father, who's your father referee? Hasn't got one, hasn't got one, you're a b@st@rd referee"

It's strange, but the quality of atmosphere has waxed and waned over the years, not always in line with the performances on the field. Sometimes, quite the opposite. I was a regular up till 2013 when I moved down south, so I can't comment on the last few years, but for me there were a few "peaks" in the atmosphere at home games, from when I started in 1989/90:

- My very first memories, in late 1989 when we beat Widnes just after they had won the WCC and won the Lancashire Cup. Also the run to Wembley that season.
- The Jonathan Davies era, 1993 to 1995.
- The later DVDV era, 1999 to 2001. We were inconsistent as heck but pulled off some big wins over top teams at home and the atmosphere on those games especially evening games on Sky, was buzzing.
- The early Cullen era: last year at Wilderspool and first year or two at the HJ, similar to the later DVDV era with some cracking individual wins over big clubs or Widnes, Nat Wood to the fore.
- The turnaround in fortunes in 2009 from the point TS took over to winning at Wembley. This also continued in to 2010 which was the first time we'd had a season where we could look forward to home games expecting to win most weeks.

One thing I had noticed starting to affect the atmosphere most weeks from 2011 onwards, was a change in mindset that only the playoffs really count. Before we were really contenders, every week mattered more. We didn't expect to win trophies and so winning derbies or turning over top teams in league games meant a lot more back then. That cliche of "beating a big club is their cup final" is used in a derogatory way, but it really boosts the atmosphere for supporters of less successful clubs, at league games.

Drums. Just leave them to Phil Collins, Chester Thompson, Neil Peart etc.

Other musical instruments. Seriously. WTF? Just go away.

Someone previously mentioned THAT Leeds song. God, I'm envious. I know it's the height of 70's kitsch, but it's FANTASTIC. Whenever I hear it on Sky, I'm almost singing it myself.

Times change, so do team's locations. We're never going to recreate the Fletcher End. Those days are gone, as now our fan base has moved from a hugely predominant young to old male base, to a more family based support. Imagine someone striking up "Oh Warrington, is wonderful. It's full of......"nowadays. There'd be be 6 heartattacks, and a string of Millennials crying "you can't sing that" into their iced lattes.

Again, someone mentioned a forced atmosphere. Don't get me started on that Godawfull 5 second bugle call, after every time we score/need motivating.

Play decent, attractive rugby, which excites the crowd, and the atmosphere will return. It wasn't exactly a library, under Smith's open rugby years.

Taking each paragraph on, sally
1. That night against Widnes, is amongst the best ever. Our peak (for atmosphere) was probably the early Boyd years. Cold Sunday afternoons, coupled with the stench of pie and peas and Greenall's Bitter farts, seemed to bring the best out of the crowds. No wonder opposition players used to call it The Zoo

2. The Monday night game (when the floodlights failed) v Fax, and (one of the several) Davies wonder tries.

That Saturday afternoon at Knowsley Rd 93 on Grandstand in the Regal Trophy, at the Kop end, was SENSATIONAL. I had perfect strangers coming up to me in the Time Square that night, after getting my ugly mug on the telly, a couple of times.

Oh, and the Brian Johnson's Barmy Army chant for 80 mins, v Sheffield in 94

Which leads onto 3, and where I believe the problem lies.
Expectation
We now expect to win most games, so most people don't have the motivation to cheer/shout etc as much. Its almost as if we're lazy. When we were the [iplucky underdog, [/ithe crowd raised their game. Since a few CCs and LLSs, there's been an air of apathy.

My missus is a Salford fan and I've been to a few games at the AJ Bell.

Trust me, it could be a lot worse . . .

Spectators would be nice, let alone an atmosphere

You get served really quickly though.

Swings and roundabouts.

You're always going to be on to a lose with the atmosphere when you can't hear yourself think because of the loud music before the game and at half time.

This was mentioned to the club when we we first got to the play offs on a regular basis. They turned the music off for the Leeds game (I think) and it worked. God knows why they reverted back.