Atmosphere Thread | 2025/26

[borassic]

Sounded good on the box tonight well done blues

 

[James2401125]

Decent atmosphere in SSL3. Not many usual faces round me but the fans that attended instead made for a better atmosphere I thought.

 

[CΛL]

Was good tonight, much less in the way of tourists, I was actually complaining the other day about the difficulty in transferring tickets but if the crackdown means more nights like tonight, I’ll stop complaining

 

[BringBackSwales]

Pretty good atmosphere tonight

 

[.db.]

Yeah miles better feel about tonight compared to usual CL games. Didn’t feel like the usual CL tourist attraction. Had some lads to my right, possibly speaking Romanian (at a guess), but they were Stone Island wearing lads with no half’n’halves and weren’t watching the game through their phones and fully behind City.

Loads of good banter atmosphere with their fans. ‘You only sing when he tells yer!’

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Not sure if you could pick it up on the TV, but our fans were fantastic today at Arsenal.

They were awful

 

[Chris Holmes]

Not sure if you could pick it up on the TV, but our fans were fantastic today at Arsenal.

They were awful

Gooners only got involved when they scored. Library Forever before that

 

[Goater=Legend]

What was the 'rule britannia' song they played pre match?

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Only a couple of songs on the TV and both very quiet but, that means fuck all with microphone control.

 

[blubanjo]

Not sure if you could pick it up on the TV, but our fans were fantastic today at Arsenal.

They were awful

Thought it was a good away end for a high profile London game that normally attracts the tourists.
City fans were in decent voice and as you say the Arsenal support was shocking.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Thought it was a good away end for a high profile London game that normally attracts the tourists.
City fans were in decent voice and as you say the Arsenal support was shocking.

Arsenal fans were very nervous and very quiet. I met a lot before and after the game. To be fair they all said they believe Liverpool will walk the league. They seem resigned to it. Their new striker looks very poor. Slow with no awareness off the ball.

 

[jrb]

So, it's not only the Etihad that can be quiet for the lesser games. As for the big games, the atmosphere at the Etihad can look after itself.

 

[jrb]

Fantastic support tonight.

Singing all the way through the match.

 

[cheddar404]

Fantastic support tonight.

Singing all the way through the match.

Couldn't believe how quiet the rest of the stadium was. I thought they'd be well up for it. As bad as anywhere I've been.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Fantastic support tonight.

Singing all the way through the match.

It was typical telly stuff, I could hear individual people talking/shouting at the home end of the ground but, our fans although audible almost all game, (I was chanting at the telly over a large range of songs with them) were as far away from the microphones ot they were turned to 0.5 throughout the game at our end.

The commentator even passed comment on the Huddersfield fans giving Phillips grief which I didn't hear, I just heard 'in the distance ' our mob singing that he'd won more than you to them.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Really good away end last night. A Wednesday night league cup game at Huddersfield, not a tourist in sight. A bit like the old days, without the violence. But what the fuck was the fiasco with getting in? Go to the ground at 7pm but didn’t get in until 7 mins past kick off

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

I thought it was finally going to happen. Foden scores and I could hear his chant for about 30 seconds. I don’t understand why his chant hasn’t taken off. It’s brilliant and it’s an original by us. (Can’t start a fire)

Let’s get it going against Burnley. It’s madness that one of our own and arguably our best player isnt sung about.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

What was the 'rule britannia' song they played pre match?

It’s one their fans used to sing way back when. Good old Arsenal, we’re proud to sing the name, while we sing this song, we’ll win the game. Or words to that effect.

 

[.db.]

It was typical telly stuff, I could hear individual people talking/shouting at the home end of the ground but, our fans although audible almost all game, (I was chanting at the telly over a large range of songs with them) were as far away from the microphones ot they were turned to 0.5 throughout the game at our end.

The commentator even passed comment on the Huddersfield fans giving Phillips grief which I didn't hear, I just heard 'in the distance ' our mob singing that he'd won more than you to them.

You could tell last night that the commentary team were in a studio watching the game (probably in the Sky Sports studios in London), not at the stadium. Stadium sound is just on in the background when that happens.

Happens a lot with English comms for foreign sport, but noticing it’s happening more with domestic games like early rounds of the EFL Cup now n’all.

 

[willipp]

You could tell last night that the commentary team were in a studio watching the game (probably in the Sky Sports studios in London), not at the stadium. Stadium sound is just on in the background when that happens.

Happens a lot with English comms for foreign sport, but noticing it’s happening more with domestic games like early rounds of the EFL Cup now n’all.

I had to listen to it on the radio last night and all you could hear for the whole game was City. Literally from kick off all you could hear was City fans going through every song we have and it sounded amazing and loud. Compare that to TV where it’s just a muffled feint hum in the background shows how they manipulate the sound.