SK1 question
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DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
Plus it’s easy for them to get in and out, much better than getting them all to file up the back of the east stand.
Atmosphere at the Spurs game last night was excellent Fans getting behind the side
when the Going got tough However there was a lot of action happening
Having 700 passes and having to wait till the 93rd minute for a shot on target
don’t seem the receipe for a great atmosphere and this sort of stuff has been going on
for years
when the Going got tough However there was a lot of action happening
Having 700 passes and having to wait till the 93rd minute for a shot on target
don’t seem the receipe for a great atmosphere and this sort of stuff has been going on
for years
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
There’s not much Union FS can do about what happens on the pitch.Atmosphere at the Spurs game last night was excellent Fans getting behind the side
when the Going got tough However there was a lot of action happening
Having 700 passes and having to wait till the 93rd minute for a shot on target
don’t seem the receipe for a great atmosphere and this sort of stuff has been going on
for years
courtslcfc
The Leper of the board.
Maybe this a question to come back to when the redevelopment takes place. Poll your members about relocating to the new stand, or hope enough st holders decide to relocate to the "New Seats" opening up new areas in the "old" stands to relocate to and spread the atmosphere around 
Elsie Heffsey
Roofer
I couldn't disagree more.
Would Liverpool want to move their Kop to be next to the away fans
Would the same happen at Old Trafford, Goodison, St James Park, White Hart Lane, Villa Park or even at Selhurst
To have to move to next to away fans to create 'atmosphere' in my view makes us look small fry.
The problem we have is what other new stadiums have encountered - singers become scattered and it takes years to sort out.
Making the back of the kop safe standing would be the first step, moving UFS to the centre of the kop would be the second step - giving incentives to season ticket holders currently occupying that area, who don't neither want to stand or sing, to move seats would be the third. And perhaps having cheaper seating there for under 20s would be the fourth.
It needs the club to realise what a vibrant home end looks like, the advantage of gives the team and to embrace that and make appropriate changes.
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
I agree with you especially about the standing part. Other clubs have whole ends now as safe standing. For some reason they just don’t want it here.
hackneyfox
Roofer
How have other clubs introduced it?
How does a club work out how many will use safe standing?
How do they find spaces for those who don't want to be forced to stand?
I'm all for safe standing, it would definitely improve the atmosphere.
Harwichfox
Roofer
Cheer leaders?
Adders
Registered
We try Kev but agree and never known so many shouts of sit down even when there’s a break in play.
SemperEadem
Roofer
We must be the only country in the world obsessed by that.
buz_not_buzz
Occasional Poster
Yeah, who wouldn't want to rush over there to be told to sit down.
SK24U
Roofer
I get where you're coming from but I see it from what we've had before. In the 70s the away support was in the Filbert Street/pop side corner. When it was moved SK1 (1978?) to my young ears the singing and volume from our Koppites improved. During the resurgence under Jock you couldn't feel the terracing under your feet in SK2 and SK3 was the same a lot of the time.
Elsie Heffsey
Roofer
I thought it was a dreadful decision by the club to hand over part of the kop to visiting fans.
Made worse by the fact that when games were televised, because of the position of the cameras viewers got to see more of the visiting fans than Leicester fans in the kop.
SK24U
Roofer
Yes you're right on that. This continued until the Oxford Tony James game in 91 when the whole Kop was ours again. Maybe the real issue is standing, rather than location in the ground.
Adders
Registered
I’d imagine we’re one of the only clubs in the country where the kop singing area is put in the corner of the ground.
Wonder why that is?
hackneyfox
Roofer
Most other clubs are the same.
Nagerz
Registered
Just started teaching my daughter Abigale the words to WYS. She will be joining you all soon to belt it out! BLUE ARMY!I wish I could be more positive but you appear boxed in
In the short term very few different supporters will be located near you
than what are now
The demographics are against you I don’t see many clubs with an older
or family based fan set up
For example Leeds the other night seemed predominately male in the
18-35 bracket , compare that to our away fanbase
On a positive note the singing of WYS seems to be improving and although
a small step forward it is positive