I'm disagreeing with the notion that it's down to the stadium. Noisy fans are noisy fans, stick them in what is supposed to be considered a design that's not supposed to be conducive to a noisy stadium and they still generate noise ie those I listed. Sure stick them in a small or compact stadium and they'll be noisy their too.
I think there are so many myths build around this and they are largely created by English fans trying to excuse why their stadium is shit, like The Emirates, Woolwich has shit fans when they were are Highbury a small compact stadium, it's nickname was The Libary for a reason. Same with West Ham fans, I've been to Upton Park numerous times to their Cup final with us, if they weren't winning you could hear a pin drop.
English football atmospheres are truly shocking, they've been declining for decades, but following Spurs in Europe over the years most European games bar a small handful have always been played in noisier stadiums than anywhere you would experience in England. Some of it is fucking annoying cheerleader stuff with megaphones from the ultra's, which I understand some don't like this form of our more organic noise but they are always noisey.
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