Atmosphere Thread | 2025/26

Tim of the Oak said:
I see it like you mate. I used the term tourist as it was the subject of the conversation but these fans have as much right as us to be there.

Tourists are people not supporting City in my book and neutrals are people we just try to convince to become Blues.
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As a young man I took a lad from college to a game, a neutral, or what they would call a tourist. He fell in love that day with life on the Kippax, hardly missed a game at home whilst he lived in Manchester.
40 years on he lives in Auckland and phones after every Cup final or big match. He watches every City match and has made some City supporting mates to meet up with.
Personally I spend time in Spain and love going to different grounds, I don't feel this angst against me over there.
 
asahartford1 said:
As a young man I took a lad from college to a game, a neutral, or what they would call a tourist. He fell in love that day with life on the Kippax, hardly missed a game at home whilst he lived in Manchester.
40 years on he lives in Auckland and phones after every Cup final or big match. He watches every City match and has made some City supporting mates to meet up with.
Personally I spend time in Spain and love going to different grounds, I don't feel this angst against me over there.
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Thanks and that’s a great effort with your mate in Auckland.

FWIW, we spoke to the Japanese couple at the end of the match and encouraged them to comeback for another game. I’ve no idea if their circumstances will support that or not.

As someone running an OSC Branch, City get several free hours work out of me every week, trying to grow our fanbase. It’s harder when we are not serial winners lol.
 
Citycity76 said:
Just heard the radio advert for Brentford at home “no membership required” apparently only 36k sold which is a good effort.
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FFS, there will be Brentford fans all over the home ends. ;-)

Let's hope this is repeated for Exeter City in the FA Cup.

It would be great if City trialed it for one of the lesser PL games in 2026, just to see what the reaction and take up is from City fans.
 
Chaps, I know it’s cringey and sounds horrible but watching the Liverpool inter match - the guy on the microphone does get the fans going.

As a last resort to improve our atmosphere would anyone be for this?

Not for the whole match but just a few intros to get the crowd going
 
Giovinco said:
Chaps, I know it’s cringey and sounds horrible but watching the Liverpool inter match - the guy on the microphone does get the fans going.

As a last resort to improve our atmosphere would anyone be for this?

Not for the whole match but just a few intros to get the crowd going
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It’s been tried for a few CL matches recently, but the one that 1894 have isn’t the loudest. I believe the ones that Dortmund used would cost quite a bit, especially if it will only be used a few times a season (I doubt there would be any desire to use it in PL games)
 
Giovinco said:
Chaps, I know it’s cringey and sounds horrible but watching the Liverpool inter match - the guy on the microphone does get the fans going.

As a last resort to improve our atmosphere would anyone be for this?

Not for the whole match but just a few intros to get the crowd going
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I think 1894 are trying to introduce it slowly. I think it's a good idea and definitely worth a proper try, as I think it could potentially help link some of the different areas of SS0 and get them singing in unison.
 
Giovinco said:
Chaps, I know it’s cringey and sounds horrible but watching the Liverpool inter match - the guy on the microphone does get the fans going.

As a last resort to improve our atmosphere would anyone be for this?

Not for the whole match but just a few intros to get the crowd going
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I trialed the megaphone in SSL1 for a game. I got dogs abuse from some of the fans behind me.

Whereas in block 110, before moving to 115, I didn’t get any abuse using the megaphone.
 
EastMidlandsBlue said:
I think 1894 are trying to introduce it slowly. I think it's a good idea and definitely worth a proper try, as I think it could potentially help link some of the different areas of SS0 and get them singing in unison.
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The 1894 lads are not adverse to trying things. But there is no point in trying things if the fans won’t buy into it, otherwise you are flogging a dead horse, a megaphone, a drum, and not getting singing sections singing to each other, etc.

When 20 fans are trying to start chants at the back of 115, and hundreds of other fans in 115 are stood there in silence, not singing, what can you do?
 
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jrb said:
The 1894 lads are not adverse to trying things. But there is no point in trying things if the fans won’t buy into it, otherwise you are flogging a dead horse, a megaphone, a drum, and not getting singing sections singing to each other, etc.

When 20 fans are trying to start chants at the back of 115, and hundreds of other fans in 115 are stood there in silence, not singing, what can you do?
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Disheartening to know that there are many people who stand in our singing section and either don't sing, or just complain when someone tries something new that could improve the atmosphere.

A Megaphone was used in that away game at PSG in January, and I thought it did a really good job of getting chants spread around the end.
 
bladdered said:
Someone should just bring back that fog horn that we had in the Kippax BITD.

...De, de, de, de, de, de, de. de, de....CITY!

Simple but quite effective and got everyone involved.
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You wouldn't be allowed in with an sir horn.

If you sneaked it in and used it in the ground the stewards would be all over you.

You'd probably get dragged out, have your season ticket suspended, face a ban, and possibly end up court?

The club and authorities don't want anything like that in the ground.
 
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