Atmosphere 2024/25

[Eric Hitchmough]

If we’ve lost our gallows humour we’ve totally lost who we are

Agree 100%. It’s in our DNA, and frankly it kept many of us sane in the dark days.

 

[BrianW]

Football isn't what it was. I expect it never will be again.

For many of City's punters, it's now an expensive 'experience'. A thing to do that just happens to include a football match but certainly includes a meal and drink. It's a class thing, I suppose. Increasingly the crowd is like the County Stand at York Races whereas it used to be more like the Clocktower Enclosure. (The Silver Ring at some places.)

It's all about money and the management by choice and necessity wants to generate as many ££££s as possible. If they can sell a seat for £500 rather than £20 they will. But the folks paying £500 won't contribute much to the fabled 'atmosphere.' It's not what they're there for, quite frankly.

I'll not say the 'traditional' fan isn't wanted. They are tolerated, and fleeced for what they can be. Rags are charging £66 for kids and OAPs. That's the direction of travel.

 

[Craig]

That's the bottom line, the tourists are killing it ..... and the more vociferous City fans of yesteryear are fast disappearing, or have already disappeared .... it's gonna be extremely difficult to improve that side of things now .... maybe if they had given us a proper kop or singing section at one end of the ground we could have 'bunched' all the more nosier fans together, if they'd been willing .. but I really can't see that happening now.

We've probably had loads of fans who simply given up going because they simply just don't enjoy the atmosphere, or lack of it anymore ..... people don't mind spending their hard earned money, but they want some enjoyment after spending it!

Yeah i know loads who i never thought would stop going who’ve gave their season tickets up in the last few. All different ages and all say they don’t miss it for a lot of the reasons posted in this thread

 

[Worsleyweb]

I used to play the bugle in the boys brigade and still have it!

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

It isn’t the English clubs’ way. We all marvel at what the European clubs’ fans do when they visit. That’s their thing. It isn’t ours.

 

[Mike N]

Agreed. Pathetic. The time for gallows humour was 1998.

It wasn’t even funny then, to be fair.

 

[Elliot houghton]

It isn’t the English clubs’ way. We all marvel at what the European clubs’ fans do when they visit. That’s their thing. It isn’t ours.

The European way is slower coming in to our game lower leagues especially many clubs have them type of fans at games with drums, flags, think it’s a matter of time as the English culture in football does definitely not feel the same as it used to even 10 years ago only a matter of time before it happens at more PL clubs

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

The European way is slower coming in to our game lower leagues especially many clubs have them type of fans at games with drums, flags, think it’s a matter of time as the English culture in football does definitely not feel the same as it used to even 10 years ago

10 years ago it was exactly the same as it is now. 20 years ago. 30.

The only club who has any kind of fan base that tries to replicate our European counterparts is Crystal Palace, and even that is only about 10% successful.

Our culture is different. It’s as simple as that and it has never changed and never will.

 

[uwerosler28]

The entitled twats, half and half scarf wearing tourists and twats filming themselves are killing the atmosphere.

Are they bollocks is was shit since we moved to the Etihad and thise guys were nowhere to be seen under Pearce ect.

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

Are they bollocks is was shit since we moved to the Etihad and thise guys were nowhere to be seen under Pearce ect.

City fans are to blame for the lack of atmosphere NOT tourists. WE need to own this problem not pass on blame ffs