Making an atmosphere at Withdean?

[seagullsovergrimsby]

The whole of the crowd needs to get behind the team. If you can build up a barrage of noise half an hour before kick off this can continue throughout the match. The bobble hat brigade need to shout as well instead of murmuring - get them to remember what it was like at the Goldstone thirty years ago, you knew there was an atmosphere in the ground when you could hear the Chicken Run and the West Stand together from the North Stand.

 

[Jim in the West]

The whole of the crowd needs to get behind the team. If you can build up a barrage of noise half an hour before kick off this can continue throughout the match. The bobble hat brigade need to shout as well instead of murmuring - get them to remember what it was like at the Goldstone thirty years ago, you knew there was an atmosphere in the ground when you could hear the Chicken Run and the West Stand together from the North Stand.

Won't happen 30 mins before kick-off, but can certainly start when the teams come onto the pitch. I am not a natural cheerleader, and don't want to look a prat in front of the whole of E Block by starting a song which no-one else joins in on. So, I am seeking strength in numbers by trying to rope in other E Blockers who sit near me - the idea is that we all agree to join in as soon as one of us starts a song!! I suggest everyone on NSC who doesn't sit with a bunch of natural cheerleaders does the same

 

[wagsforever]

I couldn't disagree more. Some rousing tunes can only help.

Yes but the tunes don't let the atmosphere build itself.

They turn off just before kick off and people aren't chanting ect.

No build up music let's the crowd get it going

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

Have checked everywhere I can think of for the beach balls I thought I had, but couldn't find them. Will try and look in a couple of shops see if they have any yet.

 

[Pikey]

Get some drums and a megaphone.

 

[Jim in the West]

Have sourced 2,000 balloons - hopefully a few of you will be on hand to blow them up

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Let's all hope we don't go 1-0 down after five minutes then... cos all the balloons in all the world won't stop the snarling

THPP, Party Pooper

 

[dougdeep]

Wear your kilt Tom. We all need a laugh.

 

[Yorkie]

Let's all hope we don't go 1-0 down after five minutes then... cos all the balloons in all the world won't stop the snarling

THPP, Party Pooper

That's what the PP stands for

 

[Jim in the West]

I get the feeling we're not as organised as we could be:

- No beach balls/inflatables
- No one knows where the giant flag is
- Not many other commitments to actually DO anything

Or am I being pessimistic?

I will definitely have the balloons, though.

 

[Caveman]

Well here we go then! Day before the game and as usual my optimism has returned yet again.

Come on the Albion!

 

[dougdeep]

 

[CoventrySeagull]

I don't give a **** what everyone else thinks, I'm going to the game tomorrow to get behind the lads and try to give them my full support - whatever happens on the pitch!!!

Anyone in Block D (RHS of steps) who wishes to join in, please do!!

SEAAAAAA-GULLSSSSSSSSSS!!

Albion, Albion, Albion, ALBION!!

WE ARE BRIGHTON, SUPER BRIGHTON, FROM THE SOUTH!!

La, La, La, La-la-lahhhhh, BRIGHTON!!

COME ON!!!!!

 

[Caveman]

Good man.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

airhorns are loud enough to get the chants going and we definitely need some drums.

 

[Uncle Buck]

airhorns are loud enough to get the chants going and we definitely need some drums.

No drums.

We have taken the piss out of teams like Reading and Orient over this, there is no way we can have drums.

Drums and bands are dreadful.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

No drums.

We have taken the piss out of teams like Reading and Orient over this, there is no way we can have drums.

Drums and bands are dreadful.

a few officially endorsed fan "leaders" (each with their own platform and megaphone), traditional chanting with lots of clapping, airhorns and a bit of scarf/flag/balloon display are all that would be required to revolutionise the home atmosphere...

 

[dougdeep]

The weather should be good anyway so that will help. Have we sold out yet?

 

[Uncle Buck]

a few officially endorsed fan "leaders" (each with their own platform and megaphone), traditional chanting with lots of clapping, airhorns and a bit of scarf/flag/balloon display are all that would be required to revolutionise the home atmosphere...

I do see where you are coming from, but I guess chanting has always been a sort of spontaneous thing. The problem with Withdean is you old northstanders mixed in with people who used to sit in the West or South Stands and they tend not to be singers etc.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

I do see where you are coming from, but I guess chanting has always been a sort of spontaneous thing. The problem with Withdean is you old northstanders mixed in with people who used to sit in the West or South Stands and they tend not to be singers etc.

agreed about "the problem"... but the old West and South stands did used to roar quite well and would join in with the standard chants on occasion... i reckon if the blokes with the megaphones were willing to stick to the traditional fare then they would get a lot of people joining in...the spontanaeity (sp?) issue is also interesting - you don't want anything plastic - but the example i saw in germany just didn't feel like that and the megaphone just means a wider block of people can hear the chant starting and join in...