May be they could sing nursery rhymes in the family section .

get Russ Abbott in. He loves a party with a happy atmosphere.

Did anyone of this thread go to the Swinton match tonight? If you did you might have noticed the Whitehaven fans (a particular group of about 20 lads) showing the way to do it. No drums. No foul language. No abusive chants or threatening behaviour. But boy were they noisy! Didn't stop singing and chanting all through the game and you could see the players appreciated it.

I always find good away support raises any atmosphere as the challenge on the pitch is taken up on the terraces. What's the away support like in SL it's poor in the championship now

No what I'm saying is that if there was a family section then families would not be subjected directly to foul language ect. I'm not saying we should have a firm and go round kicking off and abusing the opposition. all I'm saying that IMO its the little things the club do that go a long way in killing the game atmosphere:

1) Foul language ect.
2) Drink.
3) The music before a game.
4) The Try music.
5) No half time challenge.
6) Marketing from the club. (Every single game should be plastered all over the town, get more people in)
7) Plus the amount of new fans we have who don't know any charts apart from the god awful 'Oh warry warry' and they can't hear the other chants because no one joins in! Its a vicious circle.

I have seen a grown man ejected from the stadium for shouting 'You're a f***ing joke ref' Does everyone on here that throwing him out was really necessary? It's like being back in school, If people want to blow off steam from a hard week by effing and jeffing to the ref, team or other fans then why not? what major disaster will come of it? what act of terror has been committed there? We never used to be a stadium or club so that was so full of rules. Back in the day we kids used to go, I used to go with the old man. And I was taught 'Whatever you see or hear at the game you never repeat or do' and I never did. It was expected, people knew what happened at games as did the children and everyone still had fun, no one got hurt... It just confuses me




Yes you would think so, however Wigan at home last season their fans put us the shame as did saints this season. Dead as a door nail the HJ

Just need as many people in that new corner as possible. The more join in and sing the better the atmosphere will be. I hope word gets around and we do attract some people to the corner. But then on the 20 metre line where we were surrounded by 12 year olds who are on their fones for the whole 80 minutes. And i definately agree that people go there to let off some steam so if they want to shout and scream as long as there are no punches and racism then it should be allowed.

I am sure some of the little treasures that go to the matches will know words that will make most peoples hair curl.

I'm naturally curly :/

I don't understand this fascination with 'atmosphere' at matches.

Surely the most important thing is the rugby match itself?

I don't go to a match to sing or bang a drum. I go to watch a rugby match.

Adds to the experience. Some people want to sit and watch in silence, clapping when we score with a nice boveril and a prawn sandwich. (Imagine that?)

And there are those who want to get behind the team, showing support to them, drink, blow away all the e from work you've had all week, Yanno... Have fun

weird isnt it..... some people want to shout, swear and act in an aggressive way.

apparently, if you cant do these things... there's no fun to be had... INFACT by trying to stamp these things out, the club are 'killing the fun'.

you couldn't make it up.

Exactly that's what some want to do at the match. We think you're killing the fun by just sitting there. there is no right and wrong really.