I wish people would stop going on about atmosphere at football games - back in the 90s id go down the north stand steps at half time into the concourse and they’d be a thick layer of smoke and 100s of pissed men singing city songs.
thats the key difference - alcohol!
a massive % of the crowd now are driving/children/women who basically dont drink at the games. Or they are guys who dont want to get pissed up for whatever reason. And i’m the same, will get to the game and have one pint snd then go sit in my seat.
the liklihood of me getting on my feet and starting a song is basically zero because like a normal sober english person i’d be self concious about it.
especially at a 12:30 kick off.