the atmosphere

[stinkyblade]

what away team has been the best in your view, mine is reading, and the best home game has to be bolton at 2-2 what you think?????

 

[S64 Blade]

Away team to come to lane - Man Utd.

Best home fans on an away visit - Watford/Tottenham

 

[mightyblade88]

One of the best atmospheres this season has to be the Liverpool game just because we were back in the Premiership after being away for so long

 

[Rodley]

Have the Ultras / standing section made much difference to the atmosphere overall? The product isn’t great on the pitch but does the noise level feel any better?

 

[JPBrods]

I was 13 when this thread was made.

 

[Good Pinch Of Snuff]

 

[54yrblade]

Have the Ultras / standing section made much difference to the atmosphere overall? The product isn’t great on the pitch but does the noise level feel any better?

Absolutely not.

It's apathetic mostly.

People are going through the motions and their routines/ family/ friends/ a pint with the focus far less on expecting to be entertained or excited.

But 2k less ST holders have sacked it off.

 

[Cheeky Blade]

Couple or so weeks after this thread was made…2006 1-0 win over Arsenal with Jags in net was a banger.

 

[Blade In Flame]

Have the Ultras / standing section made much difference to the atmosphere overall? The product isn’t great on the pitch but does the noise level feel any better?

They've made the mistake of installing the barriers facing the pitch.

 

[Gin&Juice]

halcyon times. Was a real fortress 20 years ago. Even yer grandad were giving rods to the away fans..

 

[Working Class Hero]

Absolutely not.

It's apathetic mostly.

People are going through the motions and their routines/ family/ friends/ a pint with the focus far less on expecting to be entertained or excited.

But 2k less ST holders have sacked it off.

I think it's deeper than that, because even in the last promotion season when we were winning and being very much entertained by Iliman Ndiaye (if not particularly the rest of the team), the atmosphere was still pants.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Couple or so weeks after this thread was made…2006 1-0 win over Arsenal with Jags in net was a banger.

I don't think I'll ever experience an atmosphere like that again. The worlds changed

 

[54yrblade]

I think it's deeper than that, because even in the last promotion season when we were winning and being very much entertained by Iliman Ndiaye (if not particularly the rest of the team), the atmosphere was still pants.

My best times for atmosphere was the Basset days and then Warnock's triple assault season. The years under CW don't get near those under Warnock, for me.

I'm very glad I saw those times, before social media and death by podcast

 

[William Large]

My best times for atmosphere was the Basset days and then Warnock's triple assault season. The years under CW don't get near those under Warnock, for me.

I'm very glad I saw those times, before social media and death by podcast

The triple assault season was truly special with some great nights under the lights.
Typically ended up with fuck all but my favourite season of all.

 

[54yrblade]

The triple assault season was truly special with some great nights under the lights.
Typically ended up with fuck all but my favourite season of all.

Loved the games but even more that my then 11 yr old lad was with me, and got to see him almost spontaneously combust on more than one occasion. Yeah, looking back, it does feel like a lot of games were under the lights - the League cup run particularly. I still have the Radio Sheffield CD of the highlights of that season.

 

[Cheets]

Sadly the triple assault season atmosphere was ruined by the Tom Hark goal music.

 

[54yrblade]

Sadly the triple assault season atmosphere was ruined by the Tom Hark goal music.

Kids loved it
Der de der
Der de der
Der de der der
Der de der ....

 

[HeySethUTB]

Cannon

 

[ancientblade]

agree with all the above comments the lane really is like a library on matchdays nowadays oh for the hostile atmosphere of back in the days mobile phones a big culprit but i do have to say wilderball isnt getting fans off their seats and what has happened to our away support 21.5k season ticket holders and we can only take 1k to blackburn we would have taken 4k there years back attendance police already all over this mind the 1k tonight are true fans

 

[Bill the Butcher]

Things really changed after covid imo

For me though personally that FA cup match against forest 1-0 down and won 3-1

"If Porter scores we're on the pitch"

 

[Æthelstan]

Find it fun how people casually bring back threads that are two decades old

 

[borg elite]

agree with all the above comments the lane really is like a library on matchdays nowadays oh for the hostile atmosphere of back in the days mobile phones a big culprit but i do have to say wilderball isnt getting fans off their seats and what has happened to our away support 21.5k season ticket holders and we can only take 1k to blackburn we would have taken 4k there years back attendance police already all over this mind the 1k tonight are true fans

Yep it's truly depressing what's happened to our away numbers. We used to have a real reputation for making noise at home as well. That sadly died out a long time ago. It was even poor, relatively speaking, during the Wilder promotion years. People say it's the same everywhere, which is true up to a point, but go to somewhere like Elland Road and they still make a racket. In fact most grounds still have a block of fans making a noise throughout.

 

[AnstonBlade1]

The footballs that boring it could sent a glass eye to sleep
Phones are one of the factors people spend more time checking bets or more bothered about how Wednesday are getting on.
Atmosphere in the Warnock days was brilliant

 

[DifferentClass]

I was 13 when this thread was made.
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OP last posted in 2010

 

[S64 Blade]

Yep it's truly depressing what's happened to our away numbers. We used to have a real reputation for making noise at home as well. That sadly died out a long time ago. It was even poor, relatively speaking, during the Wilder promotion years. People say it's the same everywhere, which is true up to a point, but go to somewhere like Elland Road and they still make a racket. In fact most grounds still have a block of fans making a noise throughout.

Need to scrap the staggering of sales with loyalty points for games like last night or the likes of Cardiff/Swansea. Just use it for away games that may actually sell out quickly.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

OP last posted in 2010

Might’ve died….

 

[ancientblade]

The footballs that boring it could sent a glass eye to sleep
Phones are one of the factors people spend more time checking bets or more bothered about how Wednesday are getting on.
Atmosphere in the Warnock days was brilliant

yes dont think the style of football wilder is playing helps at all but there just doesnt seem to be the enthusiasm amongst united fans thesedays and its not the same all over the country many grounds still have the atmospheres of the lane back in the day

 

[nottingham blades]

There is a general apathy around the club led by higher expectations pre Covid due to wilders initial success. Limited success is always followed with huge disappointment, play off finals, cup semis, premier league has been torture, selling best players, wasted money, etc
majority of fans now turning up out of habit with little enthusiasm and general style of football, even the last promotion was relatively boring apart from illiman.
I think the Sunderland game sums it up.
Once we have bottomed out, style of play changes and we can start looking forward it will improve again and get back to top 8 atmospheres. Could be a long journey

 

[103SecondsOfMagic]

Things really changed after covid imo

For me though personally that FA cup match against forest 1-0 down and won 3-1

"If Porter scores we're on the pitch"

The inspiration behind my user name!
103 seconds between Porter's goals, immortalized in the programme at the Wembley semi

'103 Seconds of Magic'

 

[sportsmanblade]

Crystal Palace gotta be up there for best home atmospheres

Triple assault season atmosphere will forever be unrivalled for our home atmospheres, was a hostile south stand just before modernisation from when the FA closed it for the flare incident. Stunk of ganja and cigarette smoke and was almost guaranteed kicking off after every game and wasnt many empty seats on G and H. Then came the football bans for the next 10 years, and that element of the club died out, along with the atmosphere at home games.