You wanna be silent go to a library... or just watch it on tv like you already do

No, I dont, I go to as many games as I can.

But crack on, you keep the stereotype of FC fans alive and well.

With you on this standee.

If you were at the scoreboard end then you could hear the muffled noise of the 100 or so who actually sang in the standing part of the 3d.

Anyone who thinks all those in that part of the stand sung are just plain wrong. A bit like anyone who thinks one third of one stand could generate a great atmoshere are deluded.

For the poster who claimed being close to the pitch contributes more to the atmosphere rather then the fans, needs to visit The Brittania in Stoke (not that close to the pitch but unreal atmosphere) and Loftus Road (very cramped and quieter than a parlour of rest. Also, I seem to remember the atmosphere at the old Wembley was good despite being miles from the pitch.

Just had a quick look in [iHull and 1968 was the last Christmas Day derby. Upto then it had been a traditional date for the game.

Standee wrote: Never read such crap in my life, you want to sing, join a choir.


FoD FC Army wrote:"You wanna be silent go to a library... or just watch it on tv like you already do.

Stereotypically being a Hull fan in and from the Forest of Dean?

this sums up the present issues with the club as it stands.
Singing cheers and lifts the players. Your silent moronicity is damaging to the club
And I don't care if that word is made up!

Really?

I'd say we had larger and more pressing issues than whether or not some supporters prefer to shout rather than sing TBH.

I'm guessing but I think he means there is a lot of supporters who prefer to moan about any and everything,see conspiracies every where and who sit in the stands and moan throughout the full game rather than others .who seem to go to most away games who like a good sing as well!

Spot on, but I get what Kosh is saying. However, if you stand by the fact that supporters are the club, then the OP to this thread has a very valid point. There can be no doubt that the boulevard was more intimidating and a better atmos than the KC, on a more frequent basis. I think the OP was advocating more partisan chanting to spur the team on and I for one agree

I think sterile, characterless people will tend to prefer sterile, characterless grounds. It's like the passionate, partisan fan are being phased out by Super League along with the heartland clubs. We're dinosaurs mate! It's amazing how standing up together at away games can bring it all back though! How many can we stand at now though?

Ha, you can actually correlate super league success with standing! Saints, Leeds and Bradford eh!
Maybe we need to rip a few amber seats out of the KC

That's partly to do with the differences in the designs of the stadia and the relative fullness of the grounds though. When you had proportionately the same crowd (same number of people per seat of capacity) there was very little difference in atmosphere.

In other words, a small stadium near capacity is always going to have a better atmosphere than a large stadium with the same number of fans in it.

The Boulevard was intimidating for the opposition because it was an extremely unpleasant place to visit. It looked like it was going to fall down, the visitors changing rooms looked like it had never been repaired after the blitz and the visiting team had to run a gauntlet of hate when they came through the tunnel.

In the last 5 years of the Boulevard (1997-2002) the only games where the atmosphere was anything like what it had been before the old 3d was demolished were

1997 rovers in the league - first derby for 3 years, big away following
1998 Leeds and Bradford in the league - good away following, closely fought games
1999 NONE
2000 Wigan, cup game
2001 St Helens play offs
2002 NONE

5 games over 6 years. Is that what so many lament back to?

The Boulevards atmosphere was as flat as a pancake for the vast majority of games unless you were actually within the 3d standing, which the majority in the ground were not.

This myth needs to be put to bed once and for all.