Atmosphere Thread | 2025/26

Not been any good for a while now. Was freezing in the ground today but thought a chance to go top just before xmas would have led to a decent atmosphere. Don't even know what the answer is, just need to hope the north sta

Singing sections too disjointed so often singing different chants at the same time. We’ve had the opportunity to change it internally but not taken advantage of.
Agree, I was in 111 today, singing at the same time as the South Stand but different songs, I usually sit in SS3 and it's difficult to hear what the 2 other sections are singing. This can lead to 3 different groups singing different songs.
 
I just think it's a case of us being totally spoilt with fantastic football over the years, now we're still winning but the football is nowhere near as enjoyable to watch. That might have something to do with it, I'm not sure

It was a cold one today for sure. A good win, but let’s be totally honest here, it’s not bums off seats football. Sterling and Sane, used to excite and get the crowd going.It’s effective football but not one to get the blood flowing. Not giving the fans an excuse, but the passing back when we have a break on, doesn’t help the noise in the stadium. You could hear the clatter of seats, when Sane was beating a player.
 
Another example of how the South stand has changed. Before the new bar opened all the singers would gather next to the away end on the concourse behind block 115 and sing City songs, which included banter with the away fans behind the metal barrier in the away end concourse. That doesn’t happen anymore. The new bar and the DJ music has killed that. Even on derby day it’s nothing like it used to be.
 
Agree, I was in 111 today, singing at the same time as the South Stand but different songs, I usually sit in SS3 and it's difficult to hear what the 2 other sections are singing. This can lead to 3 different groups singing different songs.
The problem is that this is the problem but the people in the problem areas don’t recognise that it’s a problem because they don’t see it from an external perspective.

There’s a reason that our away supporters is better than our home support and that’s because our away supporters is 3000 vocal fans in one area singing the same songs. These same fans are at the Etihad every single week but spread around several areas.

The answer is within touching distance but when it’s gone it’s gone forever and nothing will ever change.
 
It was a cold one today for sure. A good win, but let’s be totally honest here, it’s not bums off seats football. Sterling and Sane, used to excite and get the crowd going.It’s effective football but not one to get the blood flowing. Not giving the fans an excuse, but the passing back when we have a break on, doesn’t help the noise in the stadium. You could hear the clatter of seats, when Sane was beating a player.

I agree.

Cherki and Doku bring pace, skill and excitement to the team in spurts, which is what the fans want to see.

Watching City atm is like looking at the mechanism of an expensive Swiss watch.
 
Scrap the music under the stands. Same songs played on a reel. Let people talk to each other.

I see plenty of fans still singing along to the same tunes the DJ plays during every home game. He must have set list of 5 tunes on his lap top that he plays on a loop. It’s probably the easiest DJ job in the world.
 
The problem is that this is the problem but the people in the problem areas don’t recognise that it’s a problem because they don’t see it from an external perspective.

I don’t think that’s true. My seat is in block 015. It’s very clear that you can’t hear the kippax corner from there (you can see them clapping and gesturing but no noise).

People in my block try to listen out for songs from other areas and join in. It’s not through a lack of trying.

If all the singers from SSL3 relocate to NSL2, then that will go some way to helping.

My final point though, is that whenever European ultras come, they have no issues hearing each other in other tiers because they all sing!! We have hundreds of people in what’s meant to be the main singing block who don’t make any noise! They need to be moved out (but that’s obviously never going to happen).
 
SSL1 might get worse if the singers who have been in SSL1 for years move to the new NSL2, and they are replaced by more new fans who can get tickets in SSL1 and don’t sing.
 
The atmosphere really only got going 2nd half when the team came under pressure a bit.
I think the problem in getting the atmosphere going 1st half is that everything pre match is blasted out full blast on the tannoy and non-stop. Once the match kicks off they attack the South Stand the generally 75% patient possession and the fans sit back expecting the break through.
 
Shocking number of fans missing as the second half kicked off. Haaland and Pep walking off to an empty stadium. They deserve so much better. Fuck Knows why the club wants to add another stand.
Went for a **** at half time...thousands still on the south stand concourse drinking while the second half is about to start....
But let's blame tourists, ticket prices etc etc for the shit atmosphere...
It's actually closer to home, a lot closer....
 
It was a cold one today for sure. A good win, but let’s be totally honest here, it’s not bums off seats football. Sterling and Sane, used to excite and get the crowd going.It’s effective football but not one to get the blood flowing. Not giving the fans an excuse, but the passing back when we have a break on, doesn’t help the noise in the stadium. You could hear the clatter of seats, when Sane was beating a player.
Exactly, it was so slow today even on our breaks forward it was just too pedestrian
 
Shocking number of fans missing as the second half kicked off. Haaland and Pep walking off to an empty stadium. They deserve so much better. Fuck Knows why the club wants to add another stand.
Went for a **** at half time...thousands still on the south stand concourse drinking while the second half is about to start....
But let's blame tourists, ticket prices etc etc for the shit atmosphere...
It's actually closer to home, a lot closer
Agree City fans moan about the atmosphere but we are no worse or no better then any other pl clubs.

All hardcore fans from all clubs moan about their lack of atmosphere.

The problem is the pl and who the clubs sell tickets to.
Is it fuck, thousands of our local fans would rather drink in the concourse....APATHY ON A HUGE SCALE has arrived at the ETIHAD
 
Don’t know how many are affected by this but my mate who stood at the back of SSL0 since 2003 was banned after the Liverpool home game last season. He was pinpointed by the stewards for punching someone when he wasn’t one of the ones who punched him and then the stewards said he punched one of the stewards when he didn’t do that either.

He was banned pending Police investigation, but the Police were basically not interested at all and it dragged on past the ST renewal window and it was all just in limbo so he didn’t even get to renew his ST and is now just a lapsed fan.

Wonder how may singers in SSL0 this has happened to.
 
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Another example of how the South stand has changed. Before the new bar opened all the singers would gather next to the away end on the concourse behind block 115 and sing City songs, which included banter with the away fans behind the metal barrier in the away end concourse. That doesn’t happen anymore. The new bar and the DJ music has killed that. Even on derby day it’s nothing like it used to be.
No the FANS have killed it NOT the bar.
 
Don’t know how many are affected by this but my mate who stood at the back of SSL0 was banned after the Liverpool home game last season. He was pinpointed by the stewards for punching someone when he wasn’t one of the ones who punched him and then the stewards said he picked one of the stewards when he didn’t do that either.

He was banned pending Police investigation, but thr Police were basically not interested at all and it dragged on past the ST renewal window and it was all just in limbo so he didn’t even get to renew his ST and is now just a lapsed fan.

Wonder how may singers in SSL0 this has happened to.
Er 2 or 3, so not missed much #ScrapingTheBarrel
 
Er 2 or 3, so not missed much #ScapingTheBarrel
There were easily a dozen caught up in that incident and my mate wasn’t even one of those who was yet he’s was still banned. Take a dozen singers out of the core area for singing and the singing will be much worse.

Take Palace’s 12 core singers out of their ground last week and they’d have had no singers.
 
You went at half time ?
Yes I did.
Today was the second time I've been this season.
Even though I have a season ticket.
Ive been up and down the country watching city since I was a kd.
Cut a long story short I had my dad's ticket today.
After 20 minutes I couldn't believe it could be as quite and as shit as it was.
I thought I might miss going when I stopped.
 
Yes I did.
Today was the second time I've been this season.
Even though I have a season ticket.
Ive been up and down the country watching city since I was a kd.
Cut a long story short I had my dad's ticket today.
After 20 minutes I couldn't believe it could be as quite and as shit as it was.
I thought I might miss going when I stopped.
Fucking hell, so because the atmosphere was poor you fucked off ? Now that is embarassing mate.
 

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