Different crowd wasn’t it. Loved those types of nights . No one was in the south stand with a pizza on their lap!
Football is moving on. Like life does. Nice to reminisce anyway!
I suppose so. For the worse for the most part.
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Different crowd wasn’t it. Loved those types of nights . No one was in the south stand with a pizza on their lap!
Football is moving on. Like life does. Nice to reminisce anyway!
Different supporter base. Weren't such entitled bastards back then, who felt top 4 was a bare minimum goal that showed no ambition and whinged incessantly about not spending hundreds of millions of pounds on transfers or not winning everything under the sun.Different crowd wasn’t it. Loved those types of nights . No one was in the south stand with a pizza on their lap!
Football is moving on. Like life does. Nice to reminisce anyway!
This discussion is about the great atmosphere at a Europa League game ffs, a competition that's generally come to be regarded as not even worth our time now.
I just hope when we do end up back in the Europa we give it a proper go and our supporters enjoy it rather than moan the whole time.And one we will surely be heading back to at some point.
UEFA cup final night at the Lane probably one of the greatest memories for plenty of our fans as well.
Circles.
I just hope when we do end up back in the Europa we give it a proper go and our supporters enjoy it rather than moan the whole time.
I just hope when we do end up back in the Europa we give it a proper go and our supporters enjoy it rather than moan the whole time.
I've been going to 95% or so of home games since 2006. And I think already some are looking back at the late Redknapp/AVB/Sherwood eras with rose-tinted glasses. The atmosphere was generally poor, barring pockets, not much different to now. Those Europa etc games everyone remember were part of a concerted effort to create an atmosphere that otherwise didn't exist and to enjoy the football for the sake of it rather than the modern "if it's not Real Madrid in the Champions League it's below us and doesn't matter" attitude. Personally I think this is exactly the time we need to make that effort again.
Apologies Bangkok, meant the fanaticism of support shown by fans is less, not the total numbers.Not all old cunts are dead from the neck down, plenty still stand, shout, sing and give it 100% certainly the entire SCS do and that goes from old cunts to young bloods ... the problem is the entitled cunts who demand we score after 5 minutes, spend the entire game moaning when we don't, are to important to make fools of themselves but still complain about lack of atmosphere, you know the sort, the ones who can't wait to jump on a website to slag of players, manager, owners, club ...
Our support has grown massively (you are 100% wrong about that) but all that growth is in foreign fans who get their fix from the TV with the odd 'pilgrimage' to WHL, believe me at 5:30am Thursday after watching through the small hours the Thai fan club had real tears when we lost, they do care ...
It's the prawn-sandwich brigade of entitled woke wankers that are ruining the enjoyment, but I'm afraid that's what money does to a lot of people ...
Don't give up, otherwise the whinging cunts win ... which sadly now happens far to often
LOL. Did it not quite make it onto that new jacket of yours? My aim must’ve been offWas you one of those prats that threw beer around in the concourse at away games ?
I nearly laid into the idiots at newcastle one year, had to be dragged away.
Well John, pleasures all mine then.You sound like a bit of a prick.
You make some good points.
Apart from the last one. Ageist prick. My replacement hip and angina don’t stop me sucking on a werthers original while watching spurs.
Anyway I digress.
Took my boy and nephew Wednesday and I said exactly that. Years ago full of teenagers out having a laugh. Took a photo. Bald heads and grey hair the most prevalent feature you can see.
Things will change over time.
A singing section is needed IMO. Come for the party and to make some noise or fuck off.
Was immense when I went to PSV while working in Holland. But the Dutch do know how to have fun I guess.
Agree we need to be in Europe. Still remember the year when Martin Jol was here, no Europe and knocked out of both cups in first round we entered. 40 matches that year. Rarely any midweek matches and gaps between matches. No need for rotation and so fringe players not needed. This is not good.I just hope when we do end up back in the Europa we give it a proper go and our supporters enjoy it rather than moan the whole time.
Yup - That was a superb night. As was the one in '72.And one we will surely be heading back to at some point.
UEFA cup final night at the Lane probably one of the greatest memories for plenty of our fans as well.
Circles.
I've been going to 95% or so of home games since 2006. And I think already some are looking back at the late Redknapp/AVB/Sherwood eras with rose-tinted glasses. The atmosphere was generally poor, barring pockets, not much different to now. Those Europa etc games everyone remember were part of a concerted effort to create an atmosphere that otherwise didn't exist and to enjoy the football for the sake of it rather than the modern "if it's not Real Madrid in the Champions League it's below us and doesn't matter" attitude. Personally I think this is exactly the time we need to make that effort again.
Not all old cunts are dead from the neck down, plenty still stand, shout, sing and give it 100% certainly the entire SCS do and that goes from old cunts to young bloods ... the problem is the entitled cunts who demand we score after 5 minutes, spend the entire game moaning when we don't, are to important to make fools of themselves but still complain about lack of atmosphere, you know the sort, the ones who can't wait to jump on a website to slag of players, manager, owners, club ...
Our support has grown massively (you are 100% wrong about that) but all that growth is in foreign fans who get their fix from the TV with the odd 'pilgrimage' to WHL, believe me at 5:30am Thursday after watching through the small hours the Thai fan club had real tears when we lost, they do care ...
It's the prawn-sandwich brigade of entitled woke wankers that are ruining the enjoyment, but I'm afraid that's what money does to a lot of people ...
Don't give up, otherwise the whinging cunts win ... which sadly now happens far to often
Your post certainly made me chuckle...appreciate the response. The post was mildly on the ageist side, I must admit, my humblest apologies, sir.
Yeah, it’s the sea of grey hair that I’m referring too. It’s just a bit, come on now, let others have a chance. Don’t get me wrong, and this is where I take some of what I said back, some of these guys have spent a hell of a lot of money over their lifetime and probably even more in emotions (probably yourself included?) And it’s a bit rich of me to tell em to fuck off. BUT, we do need lads to have a laugh, or all that will be left will be the ‘there for the experience’ spectator and to me, that just ain’t football.