The North Stand.

[pipkin112]

The North is of course a den of brutes and freaks and tourettes sufferers

You've just described my wife, have you met her?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

There's no better place to be than standing at the back of the North Stand. You've got the view & the atmosphere along with the sense of pride about being amongst the best fans in the country.

And you get a ringside seat for most of the Albion goals

 

[Puppet Master]

Bit off topic but who looks after our footballgroundguide page? Could do with updating now

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Everyone knows WSU is the best. Don't be jealous North stander's.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

One of the benefits of the North is that it's a template for safe standing. You can still jump around like a loon when we score (as Easy says, usually at our end) but I haven't yet seen one surge or anything remotely dangerous from standing there. (unlike the dear old Goldstone where you were lucky to make it back to your original spot by half time if Wardy had popped one in, let alone the compulsory rib re-alignment from the crush barriers!). It's as if there's an awareness that there's loads of room to jump around in your space without the need to surge forwards. My boys and I are lucky in that we're in the very back row so can stand (and swear) all game and go loopy when we score, but not in an unsafe way.

If, and I know it's a bloody big IF, safe standing is ever seriously considered by the powers that be, they could do worse than see how it works at our place.

 

[bristo]

To me the stands surrounding the hallowed North are like those you see in films that are in fact empty behind the painted on images of people the effects people implant. They seem full of people, but upon closer inspection they're just carbon copies of those in the North, but without characteristics of their own. They jiggle and jive like us, i think, sometimes on repeat, but don't really seem to have any individual human traits. The North is of course a den of brutes and freaks and tourettes sufferers determined to enfire a night with certain sometime charmless howls, and perhaps not for the faintest of heart, but it's a place of general warmth to match its idiocy, and has enough to it to make it a stand worth mentioning.

Reminded me of the openig to Under Milkwood.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Everyone knows WSU is the best. Don't be jealous North stander's.

Booo...Hiss!!!!

 

[Taybha]

Must be great sitting in there, having 3 beautiful stands to look up at.

Feel sorry for the rest of us who have to look at that tiny unfinished end

In the words of my dear old dad ,

" Come and have a go if you think ya hard enough "

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

yeah when they all sing together its loud but to often there are two groups singing in the north stand

Two? More like up to half a dozen, I'd say.

Great place to be but standing where we are (block C, just to the left of the goal as you look at the pitch, about five rows from the back) songs tend to sweep across the stand from left to right or right to left. Lots of enthusiasts to start 'em, but harder to get everyone onto it together.

Would I rather be anywhere else? No way – the North's the place. Now bring on tomorrow night!

 

[catfish]

Everyone knows WSU is the best. Don't be jealous North stander's.

I suppose it is - if you're an OAP.

 

[red star portslade]

To me the stands surrounding the hallowed North are like those you see in films that are in fact empty behind the painted on images of people the effects people implant. They seem full of people, but upon closer inspection they're just carbon copies of those in the North, but without characteristics of their own. They jiggle and jive like us, i think, sometimes on repeat, but don't really seem to have any individual human traits. The North is of course a den of brutes and freaks and tourettes sufferers determined to enfire a night with certain sometime charmless howls, and perhaps not for the faintest of heart, but it's a place of general warmth to match its idiocy, and has enough to it to make it a stand worth mentioning.

Our own Stuart Hall!

 

[Munkfish]

i do feel like the north have little man syndrome, always want to be seen to be the loudest and telling us all how great they are, when we can all see for ourselves.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

I suppose it is - if you're an OAP.

i do feel like the north have little man syndrome, always want to be seen to be the loudest and telling us all how great they are, when we can all see for ourselves.

Little man syndrome! Haha

 

[Nickols4]

Must be great sitting in there, having 3 beautiful stands to look up at.

Feel sorry for the rest of us who have to look at that tiny unfinished end

Have we got to the point where we are that bored of the 'striker signing' that we need to start being petty about our own stadium?

Pathetic thread just looking for an arguement. I stand at the back of the North stand and f*cking love it. Having said that I'd sit or stand anywhere in the ground providing I got to watch the Albion.

Now bore off.

 

[00snook]

Oh good another willy waving contest.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours!

 

[wehatepalace]

I'll show you mine if you show me yours!

Wouldn't want to make you jealous !

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Will be listening in to the game tomorrow evening , the East Stand may surprise us all and be a bit noisy , raising the bar for the North Stand.

 

[00snook]

Wouldn't want to make you jealous !

Tease!

 

[00snook]

Will be listening in to the game tomorrow evening , the East Stand may surprise us all and be a bit noisy , raising the bar for the North Stand.

Can the East stand go one better than the West stand and actually learn more than 1 song though, that is the question.

 

[TrickyOne]

Dunno I stand

this!