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Dunno, who the hell these guys are supporting, but its our song damnit.
I like it though.
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I thnk it isiwantmeseats wrote:Maybe we need a bit of this sort of organised stuff. It would need more than just the moorabbin wing though!![]()
Dunno, who the hell these guys are supporting, but its our song damnit.
I like it though.
Jesus! You would think they wouldnt allow that wouldnt you? As in, the stands could well fall down.mick13 wrote:How about this:
Send tingles down my spine lol.
gooner wrote:Having been a football (soccer) boy all my life growing up in London the crowd noise is one of the biggest differences between the two spectacles.
One thing you have to remember is that in their dimensions soccer stadiums are about 1/3 the size of footy grounds. This means that soccer crowds are closer together and so more intense and noisier. At Highbury we used to chant songs to the opposite wing who used to reply back. This is an impossibility at AFL grounds.
Another thing I have noticed and very rarely gets mentioned in these debates is that at least half of the chants at soccer games are about the fan's hatred of other teams. And not only the teams. I can give you a dozen examples of songs or chants about how sh*t the North of England is, how poor they are and how they've no jobs. This is common in soccer but I cannot see it being accepted in the AFL.
Imagine a song where we are singing about Port Adelaide fans not having teeth. It would have a few people join in maybe and a few wry grins. In the UK this would get the whole stadium on its feet.
At the end of the day it comes down to culture. People here do not come to sing and chant (abuse or otherwise). At the soccer you stand out if you don't.
That is awsome. We could definetly get that going at a saints same and should. Who has the organisational skill to make this happen.iwantmeseats wrote:Maybe we need a bit of this sort of organised stuff. It would need more than just the moorabbin wing though!![]()
Dunno, who the hell these guys are supporting, but its our song damnit.
I like it though.
i cant get a beer at a game over here!!!St.Kenny wrote:we are far too Americanised and politically correct to allow anything remotely provocative at a game. Inevitably the Caroline Wilsons of this world will criticise it and everyone will get on the bandwagon and its dead in the water. As the atmoshpere at an AFL game gets more and more stifled its no wonder we look in amazement at what they get away with at the soccer games in Europe. And to think you cant get a beer at game over there.
RACIST!Armoooo wrote:IMO all this talk about atmosphere at games is a load of crap...
I know this is a common argument and a lot of soccer lovers disagree (I am one myself, mind you) but there is less going on in a soccer match, you have to find a way to keep yourself entertained, at footy there is usually something going on on the field to keep your attention.
I also love the culture of footy over soccer, I love how I can go to a footy macth with mates that are supporting the other team and I know we can sit together, have a laugh, get stuck into each other based on the results and you don't have to fear for your own safety.
Sport is like a religion, and european soccer fans are the fundamentalists, I wouldn't swap our situations in a million years...
"Clock End Clock End do the job"gooner wrote:Having been a football (soccer) boy all my life growing up in London the crowd noise is one of the biggest differences between the two spectacles.
One thing you have to remember is that in their dimensions soccer stadiums are about 1/3 the size of footy grounds. This means that soccer crowds are closer together and so more intense and noisier. At Highbury we used to chant songs to the opposite wing who used to reply back. This is an impossibility at AFL grounds.
Tell me you are joking. If we ever have to be segrated like those losers at the soccer in England well that is the end of this great game as we know it. The great thing about footy is the banter between spectators. Never had ant real trouble at footy in 40 years of going. I would suggest if you dont like how we Aussies go about in the great game of Aussie rules then maybe you head over to England and watch that other stupid game.hilairehinshelwood wrote:"Clock End Clock End do the job"gooner wrote:Having been a football (soccer) boy all my life growing up in London the crowd noise is one of the biggest differences between the two spectacles.
One thing you have to remember is that in their dimensions soccer stadiums are about 1/3 the size of footy grounds. This means that soccer crowds are closer together and so more intense and noisier. At Highbury we used to chant songs to the opposite wing who used to reply back. This is an impossibility at AFL grounds.
I felt safer at the Soccer, because the crowd was segregated, and you were able to say or chant at the opposition or their fans without any fear.
At an AFL game invariably fans of one team are sitting to my left and fans of the other team to the right. One lot comment about the game aloud and the opposition fans sitting to the other side snipe back. The antagonism builds up and sometimes there is trouble. It's just that Europe won't put up with that, and fans are segregated.
It's this segregation that adds to the atmosphere, no lame cheer squads needed.
So maybe one day we will hear the Coventry End (North Bank) give encouragement to the Lockett End (clock End). No problem unless you are a member of the thin blue line.
Both codes are great, in their different ways. But an important element is atmosphere to the experience of watching a sports event. Any sports action won't seem half as good played in front of a dispassionate empty crowd. i think Collingwood are the most supported club, because of the passion and the roar of their crowd. A self perpetuation of their fan base. It could hardly be their last half century of success accounting for their support.plugger66 wrote:Tell me you are joking. If we ever have to be segrated like those losers at the soccer in England well that is the end of this great game as we know it. The great thing about footy is the banter between spectators. Never had ant real trouble at footy in 40 years of going. I would suggest if you dont like how we Aussies go about in the great game of Aussie rules then maybe you head over to England and watch that other stupid game.hilairehinshelwood wrote:"Clock End Clock End do the job"gooner wrote:Having been a football (soccer) boy all my life growing up in London the crowd noise is one of the biggest differences between the two spectacles.
One thing you have to remember is that in their dimensions soccer stadiums are about 1/3 the size of footy grounds. This means that soccer crowds are closer together and so more intense and noisier. At Highbury we used to chant songs to the opposite wing who used to reply back. This is an impossibility at AFL grounds.
I felt safer at the Soccer, because the crowd was segregated, and you were able to say or chant at the opposition or their fans without any fear.
At an AFL game invariably fans of one team are sitting to my left and fans of the other team to the right. One lot comment about the game aloud and the opposition fans sitting to the other side snipe back. The antagonism builds up and sometimes there is trouble. It's just that Europe won't put up with that, and fans are segregated.
It's this segregation that adds to the atmosphere, no lame cheer squads needed.
So maybe one day we will hear the Coventry End (North Bank) give encouragement to the Lockett End (clock End). No problem unless you are a member of the thin blue line.
So boring that the AFL are sh*tting their pants about its rise in Australia.spert wrote:I suppose you need lots of crowd noise at soccer, as the game itself is so goddam boring.