Atmosphere Thread | 2025/26

Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
There are plenty of clubs with two singing/ standing ends. Leeds probably being the best example of that.

Why can’t we have that? We have more than enough fans around the ground. Most people can’t get into ss1 either - not in large groups
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Because Leeds tickets are incredibly hard to get if you arent a long time fan. Their ticketing process is incredibly rewarding to their regulars.

Ours is...not.
 
jamielowndes said:
Because Leeds tickets are incredibly hard to get if you arent a long time fan. Their ticketing process is incredibly rewarding to their regulars.

Ours is...not.
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I've got a mate who's a Leeds fan.
He lives in Glasgow.
He tries to get to as many Leeds home matches as he can get to.
He's a Leeds member.
He can't get a ticket through Leeds.
He can only get tickets from ticket touting websites paying extra.
As a rule he ends up in the main stand.
 
jrb said:
I've got a mate who's a Leeds fan.
He lives in Glasgow.
He tries to get to as many Leeds home matches as he can get to.
He's a Leeds member.
He can't get a ticket through Leeds.
He can only get tickets from ticket touting websites paying extra.
As a rule he ends up in the main stand.
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Yeah, my brother is a Leeds fan and he's tried in the past. He can't even get close to getting tickets. There's so many tiers to accessibility and then ballots that come after. Outside of cup games against rollover opponents, they don't get close to general sale.
 
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jamielowndes said:
Because Leeds tickets are incredibly hard to get if you arent a long time fan. Their ticketing process is incredibly rewarding to their regulars.

Ours is...not.
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That’s a fair point and something we need to change. However my point of two ends is so common in the league.

Villa, spurs, arsenal, Liverpool, Leeds, Chelsea, United and loads of other teams have two ends. Going off some of the posts on here you’d think we wouldn’t be able to replicate that.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
That’s a fair point and something we need to change. However my point of two ends is so common in the league.

Villa, spurs, arsenal, Liverpool, Leeds, Chelsea, United and loads of other teams have two ends. Going off some of the posts on here you’d think we wouldn’t be able to replicate that.
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Agree completely. But it's something I've complained about on here before.

For all the shit that the plastics and tourists get, there are regulars that I've been sat near whenever I've gone to games that show up 10 mins late, shake hands with everyone around them, talk about literally anything other than the game, go to the bar 5 mins early, come back 5 mins late then leave on 80 mins.

A lot of our fanbase has become complacent.

Although I will say I got to the derby in 2023/24 and was sat next to a kid around 10 years old who was very vocal about how much he absolutely despised United. Have to respect it.
 
jamielowndes said:
Agree completely. But it's something I've complained about on here before.

For all the shit that the plastics and tourists get, there are regulars that I've been sat near whenever I've gone to games that show up 10 mins late, shake hands with everyone around them, talk about literally anything other than the game, go to the bar 5 mins early, come back 5 mins late then leave on 80 mins.

A lot of our fanbase has become complacent.

Although I will say I got to the derby in 2023/24 and was sat next to a kid around 10 years old who was very vocal about how much he absolutely despised United. Have to respect it.
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I've got a whole a row, who sit just in front of me in 219 and they're exactly how you describe.

Even stranger, they were the ones who seemed most irate when Leeds equalised last week.

However I think the atmosphere issue runs far deeper than that, as even the fans that do sing at home games can't seem to get past "Oh Pablo Zabaleta" and a couple of self deprecating songs, one of which was funny in the mid 80s, but not anymore.

We have lots of songs but lack the drive and desire to pick the right ones for the right occasion

Even at Fulham, when 5-1 quickly became 5-2 and 5-3, we were singing about Yaya Toure and Balotelli

That was the time for an aggressive COME ON CITY!
 
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