Adding to the atmosphere at Falmer

[Sheebo]

Allow everyone to bring a:

:vuvu2:

f***. Off.

 

[fire&skill]

Hangings of criminals at half time!

I actually enjoy watching kids penalty shoot outs, or a healthy game of 'Crossbar Challenge' with prizes for the winners. I've seen them do a similar thing at the 20/20 with people [mainly kids] having a go at hitting the wickets.

Edit: I've turned into Alan Partridge

 

[Giraffe]

No need for an atmosphere committee really.

I agree, frankly I think that is just plain daft. The issue will be sensible stewarding which allows people to have fun. Coming up with other daft ideas from a committee will just be papering over the cracks of the bigger stewarding issue.

 

[Sheebo]

Agreed. I'd just like to see a tacit acknowledgment that football crowds are NOT an androgenous (sp) mass of indentikit humans and that we're all different with different expectations of what we want from the 'matchday experience'.

For example I think we're all agreed that it will be brilliant that there will be a proper Family Stand. This can be a complete zero-tolerance area with no swearing, indeed if you even stand up and shout "COME ON ALBION!" at the top of your voice you should be escorted out as it might frighten some little kids. Those people with young families (and even stuck-up, toffee-nosed cissy snobs like Ninja Elephant) can happily sit in that stand and wave their foam fingers and cuddly seagulls to their hearts' content knowing that they will never be exposed to the seamier, grittier side of football fandom.

On the other hand there should be an area where if you're NOT standing up, swearing you balls off and shouting "COME ON ALBION" at the top of your voice then you should be escorted outn. And yes I know all about the rules on standing, but as has been proved time and time again at grounds up and down the country if enough people do it then it IS tolerated.

Nail, head and spot on (except I would like some singing from the family stand! Just not the swearing!).

Brov - we're going in the North - end of! And we'll create a brilliant atmo.

 

[fire&skill]

Or showing pornography on the big screens

 

[Albion Dan]

How about a massive flag to pass around the stands? Oh hang on didnt we have one of those? Actually as it got thrown away whilst in the clubs care maybe they should buy us a new one?

 

[Badger]

I am guessing that being able to consume alcohol at the ground will add to the atmosphere somewhat

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

Being allowed to stand up without being hasseled

that.

nothing ruins an atmosphere more that the buckets of p1ss being poured over you that is being asked to sit down. i firmly believe that the degree to which falmer becomes an intimidating place for teams to come is very much in the stewards' hands.

i hope they get this right.

 

[The Large One]

I hope that his 'Atmosphere Committee' is nothing more than a meeting which rubber stamps the banning of dumb-arse ideas like music after goals or NHL-style organ-grinding, and that atmosphere is best left to the thousands of people who are past-masters at knowing when and how to create it.

 

[Martinf]

Agreed. I'd just like to see a tacit acknowledgment that football crowds are NOT an androgenous (sp) mass of indentikit humans and that we're all different with different expectations of what we want from the 'matchday experience'.

For example I think we're all agreed that it will be brilliant that there will be a proper Family Stand. This can be a complete zero-tolerance area with no swearing, indeed if you even stand up and shout "COME ON ALBION!" at the top of your voice you should be escorted out as it might frighten some little kids. Those people with young families (and even stuck-up, toffee-nosed cissy snobs like Ninja Elephant) can happily sit in that stand and wave their foam fingers and cuddly seagulls to their hearts' content knowing that they will never be exposed to the seamier, grittier side of football fandom.

On the other hand there should be an area where if you're NOT standing up, swearing you balls off and shouting "COME ON ALBION" at the top of your voice then you should be escorted outn. And yes I know all about the rules on standing, but as has been proved time and time again at grounds up and down the country if enough people do it then it IS tolerated.

Mmmm. You forget that many of us dads (and a few mums!) have been through the 'seamier, grittier side of football fandom'. I agree with the no swearing but Kids, dads and mums should be allowed to get involved in the atmosphere - jump up and down, shout, scream and sing. I actually see it as training the youngsters for the future - remember, these young uns will eventually want to join you seamier, grittier supporters in the northstand when they decide the family stand is 'way uncool'. Us parents can then retire gracefully to the west stand!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I actually enjoy watching kids penalty shoot outs, or a healthy game of 'Crossbar Challenge' with prizes for the winners. I've seen them do a similar thing at the 20/20 with people [mainly kids] having a go at hitting the wickets.

Edit: I've turned into Alan Partridge

Best pre-match I've ever seen is two blokes, two tree stumps, two huge nails and two hammers. First one to bury the nail wins. Simple, and effective and certainly got the crowd going.

 

[severnside gull]

I agree, frankly I think that is just plain daft. The issue will be sensible stewarding which allows people to have fun. Coming up with other daft ideas from a committee will just be papering over the cracks of the bigger stewarding issue.

Indeed - the club have a very long way to go considering that as yet they don't seem to be prepared to acknowledge that perceived over-zealous stewarding is a major issue for fans.

 

[Vicar!]

Hangings of criminals at half time!

Hanging of Archer

 

[Brovion]

Mmmm. You forget that many of us dads (and a few mums!) have been through the 'seamier, grittier side of football fandom'. I agree with the no swearing but Kids, dads and mums should be allowed to get involved in the atmosphere - jump up and down, shout, scream and sing. I actually see it as training the youngsters for the future - remember, these young uns will eventually want to join you seamier, grittier supporters in the northstand when they decide the family stand is 'way uncool'. Us parents can then retire gracefully to the west stand!

Fair enough!

 

[Sheebo]

Mmmm. You forget that many of us dads (and a few mums!) have been through the 'seamier, grittier side of football fandom'. I agree with the no swearing but Kids, dads and mums should be allowed to get involved in the atmosphere - jump up and down, shout, scream and sing. I actually see it as training the youngsters for the future - remember, these young uns will eventually want to join you seamier, grittier supporters in the northstand when they decide the family stand is 'way uncool'. Us parents can then retire gracefully to the west stand!

There will be NO retiring in the West stand matey - that's the sort of Prawn sarnie Withdean feeling - You gotta cheer em on in Family and West!!!

 

[Marc]

"its a knock out!" That would be amazing!

 

[upthealbion1970]

streakers

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

f***. Off.

How rude!

:vuvu2:

 

[Sheebo]

How rude!

:vuvu2:

 

[portlock seagull]

3 serious suggestions:

1. stewards turning blind eye towards what is deemed fun by the vast majority of sensible law-abiding citizens, which includes not prosecuting people lobbing toilet rolls at goalkeepers when the teams come out etc

2. Letting the crowd make the noise and preventing any wannabee DJ from screaming and drowning out the noise on the PA system with dance music everytime the team comes out, a goal is scored etc

3. allowing home-made banners and flags e.g with poles rather than those flimsey homebase sticks like the clubs ones which will never support anything Anfield-esque. Of course, that would require stewards not to view every fan who brings one as a would-be terrorist wanting to gorge the eyes out of everyone around them which is why the stupid rules exist in the first place e.g. another hangover from treating fans as 80's hooligans before any crime has been committed when we're 30years on from all that now. Besides, just how many skinheads used to take giant flags on poles into grounds? None. I think you'll find only the proper fans went to the trouble of making those superb banners that old Wembley and other special european night grounds used to be filled with. Wait for it, Richard Hebberb and his paramilitary knobs will shortly be telling me that section 8.1 of the Taylor report forbides the use of......