i dont mind the 'ole' mexican tune though, quite like it!

maybe its our fans that have an attitude problem like the players do sometimes and thinking we are going to just win easy..sure if it was leeds or one of the big clubs we would of have more chanting, some fans have the wrong attitude it should be chanting for every game london..catalans whoever

just because it was widnes people couldnt be bothered

People are saying about more chanting but this is part of the point i'm making - because of the blasts of music/announcements/random drumming any kind of chant is drowned out immediately so there is no point trying to sing over something booming out over the tannoy.

Like has been said with the Bruno chant, people were shouting it but it just couldnt be heard.
The singers want to sing but at the moment its a losing battle against this Odsal-esque din so they tend not to bother which means people further down dont bother.

I dont mind the 'ole' music itself its just the timing of it - its almost like someone just decided to press a button and play it randomly at 20 minute intervals.
We never used to have music and the atmosphere was loads better as the songs could grow as people joined in.

Also agree with you Brearley about people only singing against teams with bigger away followings. Many times yesterday there was me and maybe 3 others trying to get songs going and no one at all joining in.

how does it improve the atmosphere and bring new people in exactly?
people are deserting us in the droves and the atmosphere at home games is poor,and the music and gimmicks are probably a last gasp attempt to get people back.

Fans will only return when they see Danny Brough on the town hall balcony with some silverware. As for the "music" totally irrelevant and distracting sound as though someone has accidentaly pushed a button on P.A. (not Paul Anderson)

Because the fans are split into various different groupings old men who remember the 50s, die hards who were there when the team was crap in the 80s and 90s and newcomers.

Many of the newcomers are women and kids and families.

They are the future for the club. The other two groups are the past.

It is always the other two groups who are the ones who moan. They knock the different coloured shirts, they knock the music, they think of Fartown not the Giants, they dont like the halftime entertainment.

The newcomers are the opposite. The kids love the modern music, they like different coloured shirts, they like big G and banging a drum.

There needs to be more done to attract fans and to make the whole day more interesting and FUN.

If it is FUN and exciting parents will pay to bring their kids along to keep them entertained. The balloons last season were really popular for the kids.

£ 24 for an adult seems like a lot. £24 for an adult and two kids seems like a bargain that is the sort of marketing that will get people through the doors

I have repeated ad nauseum things the club could do to add atmosphere AND IMPROVE THE GAME DAY EXPERIENCE with little or no cost but it gets nowhere.


There are things that can be done that do not include the defeatist attitude that we have to win a trophy or nothing

By Monday l was totally fasinated by the rainbows, flashing lights, little pink fishes swimming by, and the blue shooting stars, you lot should really try this stuff.

Durham - I sit amongst 'newcomers' who have stated they hate the music and drum banging, so i dont think its correct to just put everyone in a bracket.
The rugby is my only weekly social activity and i spend a lot of money for this so i want to enjoy myself. At the moment home games are not enjoyable - for me - because of the reasons i've given, i much prefer away games where we can enjoy ourselves more, the atmosphere is generally loads better among the travelling fans.

I spend a lot of money following this club and the way i see it if i dont think i am getting value for it i will voice my reasons. some people might want to try and recreate 90's Odsal but i dont, i want to be able to get songs going and chant players names etc like we used to be able to.

Durham I've been following home and away for the best part of 50 years and am getting cheeses off with being bracketed as being part of the past and Don't count now. I'm all for the club trying anything to help the atmosphere but sympathise with the choir who get drowned out. Perhaps it's a lot of the new fans (say last 5years) who deserted after last season and the price increases. I on the other hand am still going! Silly me, me being part of the past and all that!

The atmosphere at away games and the singing is better because the singers congregate together.

There has been no real atmosphere at the galpharm / jogn Smiths for years because it is so big, the singers are all spread out etc.

If the singers were singing i would agree with you about not having music BUT there is only a few die hards that sing and because we are all spread out others dont join in. Was it you or your bro who said that out of the group of 20 who used to sing at the back of the stands only 2 or 3 attend now. Many of your singing partners seem to have gone.

If you want atmosphere then the fans have to make it. If the fans cannot the club have to do something.

I would rather not have the music and have loads of people singing. But if people are not singing i would rather have music than sit in a morgue.

DESIGNATING 3 BLOCKS OF 50 SEATS for singers to congregate may be a start. I dont know if it would work but it is worth trying. 1 in the centre to the back of your stand and one each on either side of the Riverside stand. There are so few season tickets it would not be difficult for the club to do it without causing much upset to people. I would sing all game if others joined in but all that happens is me and Tansy start a song, sing 4 lines others join in and then feel isolated so give up. If we were all sat together you do not feel as isolated and would feel more comfortable singing

But every time i suggest it people like you come on and say it wont work, i dont want to move seats , come and join us at the back of the stand etc etc.

You cannot have it both ways.

If you want atmosphere get people together to do it. That means the CLUB being proactive in promoting it

I am not having a go at individuals but the reality is that for the club to survive it NEEDS NEW FANS with NEW MONEY to add to us old fookers who turn up week in and week out.

Many of these newer fans IMHO want atmosphere. If the fans are not providing it dont knock the club for trying.

I just do not see this thing where the music has killed the singers. I cannot remember many good atmospheres at the Galpharm ever. Every memory i have of good atmospheres in the last 10 years was at away games.

My nephew who i dragged along to Giants games over the last 6 or 7 years has a season ticket for Town but prefers rugby but has not got a season ticket for the Giants because he thinks home games are boring. He would rather go to away games that have atmosphere but the reality is that he ends up putting money into the pockets of cas and Wakey and Leeds rather than Huddersfield

Ever since the ground has been built the Fartown singing section has been in the same place. GD & meast have been at the centre of it from day 1. The folk that have been going since the first game at the new stadium know this, surely.

There already is a singing section. It is well known and it's not up to the singing section to move; it's up to those that want to sing to move to the singing section. The traditional singing section is still the area most densely populated with singers. This, IMO, is obvious to anyone who attends although it's fair to say that this season the ground has never been as quiet. Ever.

I accept that which is why i mentioned having one section in the centre towards the back of the Kilner stand where they congregate. and i know that those two you mention put a lot into it but there is not an equivalent in the other stand.

I also think that if the club were to tell the ST holders how important the singing etc is and that they were to designate sections and people could swap their season ticket seats to be closer together then it might just be that little extra boost that people need.

I just feel so demoralised that people slag the club off for doing things when they are just trying to address some of the problems they see. Yet i do think there are alternatives if people were little bit more open minded.

The club are doing the music beacuse the surrent atmosphere is so dire.

I'm not wanting to slag the club off, merely pointing out what i , and as it turns out, a few others on here dont like about the matchday experience.
The atmosphere has being going downhill for a while now and the fact that any singing nowadays is drowned out by the music is a big factor.....the music wasnt brought in because the singing had stopped its the other way round !!.

There is no point trying to get a song going if someone decides to blurt we will rock you out over the top of it or trying to celebrate a try with Tom Hark blaring out - that isn't how our fans celebrate tries.

I personally dont think it is helping the atmosphere one bit, quite the opposite therefore as one of the 'leading singers' feel i need to voice my concern that it is hindering the atmosphere.
I accept people have differrent opinions, some people may like it but i cant see how anyone can say it is helping !!.

I don't think there could be anything but good things come from congregating singers together but people don't want to move.

The way things are going atmosphere wise this season there may well be a moment where people decide to make a change. If the singing section gets up a bit for the next couple of games and make a point of making some noise then maybe that will attract people from elsewhere in the ground.

Negativity breeds negativity. We need a bit of positivity in the stands as well as on the pitch.

We sit at the back of the Britannia and might be regarded as part of the 'singing' section so it is easy to look down over the stand and see how supporters respond to what is going on. Although we have been hard-pressed to get any sort of singing/chanting going (and our numbers in this section have also declined alarmingly from previous seasons - our row from being almost fully occupied now has about 6 people in it) we have noticed that any chants that do get going the response seems to have spread/be spreading throughout the stand directly in front of us and outwards so the potential is definitely there. I think people do want to join in but are too shy/embarassed/reluctant/isolated to do so. On the other hand I can accept that people watch and support the game how they wish but there are several that sit in front of us that can't even manage to clap when we score and the disapproval that radiates for even daring to shout/chant/cheer/clap can be quite off-putting - how they think their almost complete silence encourages the team on the pitch I don't know. I'm not sure what the answer is - perhaps the club could organise a brain-storming get together specifically to put forward suggestions for increasing crowd participation and hopefully gates too. I know people on the boards/social networks often put forward suggestions and there are some good ones but perhaps this needs to be co-ordinated and centralised..