Atmosphere - 2023/24

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Ideal weather for a game really. Rained all day so the pitch should be slick, but nice weather out here now (it’s quite a pleasant evening).

You know you're from Manchester when you describe miserable grey skies as "quite a pleasant evening"

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Hopefully we carry on with what we did in the KO stages last season and don’t allow the away fans to bring a drum in.

Those atmosphere on those nights without the incessant shite sounding twatting of the pig skin were much better.

Oh fucking hell I forgot about the drums. I hate these nights usually.

Just setting off.

 

[blue44]

lovely here in ashton comin down
up the fkin blues

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Flat as a pancake first half. But a good atmosphere second half. Was an enjoyable one after the break.

Red Star fans were a laugh, and a miles better bunch than the Dynamo Zagreb fans from their neighbouring Croatia who came a few years ago (thought they’d be a right set of cunts throwing seats and bottles of piss like them but they weren’t at all).

They were singing what sounded like ‘Viva Manchester’ at one point and something about ‘Manchester City, “something-something” City’. They’d also chanted ‘Oh Red Star We Love You’ in English.

And they enjoyed 110+111 joining in with that ‘oooh…aaah…na na na na na na na’ with them. And all holding arms up and going ‘oooooooooooaaaaaaaaaah’.

They seemed not to take themselves too seriously. A lot of other Europop fanbases proper take offence when we take the piss out of their cheerleading malarkey.

SSL1 belted out some decent singing second half n’all. ‘Old Trafford is falling down’ is gaining some traction now.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Oh fucking hell I forgot about the drums. I hate these nights usually.

Just setting off.

How much better are these nights without the drums? I really enjoy the CL nights now. The drumming used to ruin the night, I was always sick of it after 5 minutes.

 

[There is a Light]

I sat closer to the front of tier 3 tonight and could hear the noise from tier 1 pretty well. Some singing in tier 3 and 111 combined with the Red Star fans made for a good second half atmosphere as you say. Definitely agree about the drums too, that was a great shout to ban them it’s acted as a good leveller between home fans and the away European fans.

 

[oldhamblue]

Seen some Red Star fans waving rag shirts in 2nd half. Obviously oblivious to the fact they are now a laughing stock

 

[Northblue]

Anyone get a pic of the Rodri banner in ss1 before ko? Im just under the edge of them so can never see what the actually look like

 

[Northblue]

Flat as a pancake first half. But a good atmosphere second half. Was an enjoyable one after the break.

Red Star fans were a laugh, and a miles better bunch than the Dynamo Zagreb fans from their neighbouring Croatia who came a few years ago (thought they’d be a right set of cunts throwing seats and bottles of piss like them but they weren’t at all).

They were singing what sounded like ‘Viva Manchester’ at one point and something about ‘Manchester City, “something-something” City’. They’d also chanted ‘Oh Red Star We Love You’ in English.

And they enjoyed 110+111 joining in with that ‘oooh…aaah…na na na na na na na’ with them. And all holding arms up and going ‘oooooooooooaaaaaaaaaah’.

They seemed not to take themselves too seriously. A lot of other Europop fanbases proper take offence when we take the piss out of their cheerleading malarkey.

SSL1 belted out some decent singing second half n’all. ‘Old Trafford is falling down’ is gaining some traction now.

“Fuck you city fuck you” was the only one I could properly make out. The I think what you heard as viva Manchester might have been “Fake Manchester” but not 100% sure.. if that was the case then they must’ve got their clubs mixed up

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

You know you're from Manchester when you describe miserable grey skies as "quite a pleasant evening"

Ain’t it the truth! As retirement looms your post is quite poignant: I’m contemplating there may be more pleasant climes away from our Mancunianism. Who knows? They may look great in the brochure but fuckin hell Manchester is mint!