Author Topic: Our fantastic away support (Read 1520021 times)

Thomas · « **Reply #9080 on:** January 27, 2020, 12:03:12 pm »

very subdued away end yesterday

Ossie T · « **Reply #9081 on:** January 27, 2020, 12:29:57 pm »

Quote from: Fromola on January 27, 2020, 11:14:59 am

These away games in the cup at lower divisions are always awful yet to qualify for a ticket you have to have a ridiculous credit history.

The mentality of going to an away game and not making noise i don't really get. If you can't be arsed getting behind the team sell your ticket to someone who will. Even the goal celebrations were half hearted at best.

I do agree to the mentality aspect of it, but then again most of the support who would have been there no doubt are cracking reds who've followed them over the years so I'm not sure how you solve it.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #9082 on:** January 27, 2020, 12:31:56 pm »

Quote from: Thomas on January 27, 2020, 12:03:12 pm

very subdued away end yesterday

Bit like the team performance to be fair

Fromola · « **Reply #9083 on:** January 27, 2020, 12:43:52 pm »

Quote from: Ossie T on January 27, 2020, 12:29:57 pm

I do agree to the mentality aspect of it, but then again most of the support who would have been there no doubt are cracking reds who've followed them over the years so I'm not sure how you solve it.

Most of them will be time served by sheer nature of credit requirements. But if they're getting old or blase you need younger fans and fresh faces who will be excited enough about an away day to actually make noise and celebrate goals.

Problem with the cup games as well is it's just a chance to tick a new ground off for many, rather than be all that bothered about the game .

A noisy away support could have lifted the players a bit, rather than stood there like mutes. It might as well have been empty.

Thomas · « **Reply #9084 on:** January 27, 2020, 01:01:00 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on January 27, 2020, 12:31:56 pm

Bit like the team performance to be fair

couldn't agree more mate

Buck Pete · « **Reply #9085 on:** January 27, 2020, 01:19:39 pm »

Quote from: Thomas on January 27, 2020, 01:01:00 pm

couldn't agree more mate

Lets be honest, a cold night in the arse end of nowhere against a lower league club playing in arguably the biggest game in their history

Let them hammer the drum and have their moment and make all the noise. Fair do's to them.

Its always been the same and won't change. Lot of lads just ticking the ground off their list and a few pints in a new town.

Koplass · « **Reply #9086 on:** January 27, 2020, 02:48:32 pm »

Quote from: Fromola on January 27, 2020, 12:43:52 pm

Most of them will be time served by sheer nature of credit requirements. But if they're getting old or blase you need younger fans and fresh faces who will be excited enough about an away day to actually make noise and celebrate goals.

Problem with the cup games as well is it's just a chance to tick a new ground off for many, rather than be all that bothered about the game .

A noisy away support could have lifted the players a bit, rather than stood there like mutes. It might as well have been empty.

I've said it before but it's the closed shop nature of away games. Our away support is getting steadily worse the more difficult it becomes for anyone else to get tickets.

Red_Mist · « **Reply #9087 on:** January 27, 2020, 05:27:16 pm »

I did like the old your support is fkin shit, instantly met with a rendition of fuck the tories

monkeyharris · « **Reply #9088 on:** January 29, 2020, 11:56:29 pm »

Simply the worst ground in the premiership to watch footy
Was really subdued in the stands..some gave it a go but loads of times a song started it was out of time with the next section

Best was after the game under the stands as we all left..that bit kept the noise in and was boss fun

MKB · « **Reply #9089 on:** January 30, 2020, 12:25:14 am »

Quote from: monkeyharris on January 29, 2020, 11:56:29 pm

Simply the worst ground in the premiership to watch footy

Agreed. And £6.00/pint Heineken. Not surprised their own fans want to oust the owners. Imagine having to go there every home game.

Bobbyf9kungfu · « **Reply #9090 on:** January 30, 2020, 12:59:03 am »

Quote from: Koplass on January 27, 2020, 02:48:32 pm

I've said it before but it's the closed shop nature of away games. Our away support is getting steadily worse the more difficult it becomes for anyone else to get tickets.

Yep. Something needs to be done about the closed shop of away tickets. Maybe ballot some each game.

Red_Mist · « **Reply #9091 on:** January 30, 2020, 06:52:49 am »

Quote from: monkeyharris on January 29, 2020, 11:56:29 pm

Simply the worst ground in the premiership to watch footy
Was really subdued in the stands..some gave it a go but loads of times a song started it was out of time with the next section

Best was after the game under the stands as we all left..that bit kept the noise in and was boss fun

Sounded really loud on the stream I was watching, so don’t do yourselves down too much

monkeyharris · « **Reply #9092 on:** January 30, 2020, 08:51:20 am »

Just remembered the brilliantly cocky change being made to A Liverbird upon my chest

A team that plays the Libpool way
Will win the championship in....March😀

weebroalan · « **Reply #9093 on:** January 30, 2020, 09:17:55 am »

Quote from: monkeyharris on January 29, 2020, 11:56:29 pm

Simply the worst ground in the premiership to watch footy
Was really subdued in the stands..some gave it a go but loads of times a song started it was out of time with the next section

Best was after the game under the stands as we all left..that bit kept the noise in and was boss fun

Really poor stadium that for singing. It felt like loads were giving it a go in the upper but the noise just disappears. Could see people's arms going in the lower but so hard to pick up any sound which meanst it was difficult to join in at the same time. It actually sounds better on TV than in the ground.

And yeah the singing on the courcourse was boss afterwards and a good bit of singing on the walk back to Westfield

RainbowFlick · « **Reply #9094 on:** January 30, 2020, 10:06:47 am »

Awful stadium. Hope they get relegated so we don't have to go there again for a while.

Got myself into the lower as my eyesight is shite but it sounded like the upper was louder and busier. There was a noticeable amount of empty seats in the lower I thought but maybe people bunched together in the upper.

kavah · « **Reply #9095 on:** January 30, 2020, 10:16:54 am »

Quote from: monkeyharris on January 30, 2020, 08:51:20 am

Just remembered the brilliantly cocky change being made to A Liverbird upon my chest

A team that plays the Libpool way
Will win the championship in....March😀

Ha - great improv

redgriffin73 · « **Reply #9096 on:** January 30, 2020, 11:14:30 am »

Quote from: monkeyharris on January 30, 2020, 08:51:20 am

Just remembered the brilliantly cocky change being made to A Liverbird upon my chest

A team that plays the Libpool way
Will win the championship in....March😀

redgriffin73 · « **Reply #9097 on:** January 30, 2020, 11:15:51 am »

Quote from: RainbowFlick on January 30, 2020, 10:06:47 am

Awful stadium. Hope they get relegated so we don't have to go there again for a while.

Got myself into the lower as my eyesight is shite but it sounded like the upper was louder and busier. There was a noticeable amount of empty seats in the lower I thought but maybe people bunched together in the upper.

Yeah, it's easy there to go into the upper/lower without the right ticket so sounds like people went where they liked. I'd always choose the lower there though.

sambhi92 · « **Reply #9098 on:** January 30, 2020, 01:48:22 pm »

hadn't been to an away in a while until yesterday but how comes we only seem to sing song based off the "we're gonna win the league" tune, seems like every other song was that just different words lol

CHOPPER · « **Reply #9099 on:** February 2, 2020, 10:24:46 am »

kavah · « **Reply #9100 on:** February 2, 2020, 11:05:23 am »

^ love it

Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly ...

Fromola · « **Reply #9101 on:** February 2, 2020, 11:47:08 am »

Our away support isn't up to much these days (the closed shop etc) but at least we're not like the likes of Southampton. Let's turn up and sing absolute bollocks for 90 minutes and be as obnoxious as possible and not sing for our own team. Why bother?

Shanklygates · « **Reply #9102 on:** February 2, 2020, 12:01:39 pm »

Quote from: Fromola on February 2, 2020, 11:47:08 am

Our away support isn't up to much these days (the closed shop etc) but at least we're not like the likes of Southampton. Let's turn up and sing absolute bollocks for 90 minutes and be as obnoxious as possible and not sing for our own team. Why bother?

I never heard them once yesterday. Just noticed they din't bring many

Theoldkopite · « **Reply #9103 on:** February 2, 2020, 01:28:31 pm »

Quote from: CHOPPER on February 2, 2020, 10:24:46 am

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Lol. It was always a bit feisty at Blackburn in the 60’s. Don’t think they liked us much! (police rather than the supporters) You used to be able to walk round the inside of the ground and stand behind the goal that the Reds were attacking. When they put fences up to prevent that from happening loads of our lot just ran across the pitch at halftime pursued by Lancashire Constabulary’s finest.

bradders1011 · « **Reply #9104 on:** February 3, 2020, 04:05:56 am »

Quote from: Shanklygates on February 2, 2020, 12:01:39 pm

I never heard them once yesterday. Just noticed they din't bring many

I remember being in the Road End for Southampton in 2013 when Lovren scored for them and they had the full half stand. I know it's a bloody long way, but they've definitely brought thousands more before. Considering they've been shooting up the table last few weeks you'd have thought they'd have been in better voice.

This sounds dead patronising doesn't it? But you'd have thought sides turning up at Anfield this year, City last, United in the 90s etc. would think "fuck it, we'll probably get battered, let's just have a sing-song anyway."

kavah · « **Reply #9105 on:** February 16, 2020, 06:41:56 am »

Hand it over Manchester

Espresso Bar · « **Reply #9106 on:** February 16, 2020, 10:36:54 am »

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Medellin · « **Reply #9107 on:** February 16, 2020, 11:00:56 am »

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RedPat · « **Reply #9108 on:** February 16, 2020, 11:44:52 am »

What was the aggro in their end closest to us about ?Couldn't handle a few reds in the home end ?

Jon2lfc · « **Reply #9109 on:** February 16, 2020, 12:48:37 pm »

Quote from: Medellin on February 16, 2020, 11:00:56 am

Nice clip.

Hated the half n half scarf at the front though.
For a moment felt like i was watching Man U away!

Then I realised it couldn't be.
They got nothing to sing about haha

monkeyharris · « **Reply #9110 on:** February 16, 2020, 01:22:30 pm »

Everyone goes wild there ..except for the bloke they zoom in on at 10 seconds...odd reaction?
Decent away that..concourse was buzzy..crowd was good and in sync in the stands
The waterfront is a good place for prematch but could do with more staff serving...and less said about Great Anglia trains the better

stuartheal · « **Reply #9111 on:** February 16, 2020, 03:19:54 pm »

Was really good after we scored. Always fun seeing people fucking over seats celebrating too.

Shanklygates · « **Reply #9112 on:** February 16, 2020, 04:15:36 pm »

It was one of the strangest football crowds we'd seen yesterday at first. Drunk woman turns up and spent the first half all over the fella next to her, hands everywhere! You'd think we'd been in a club.

Her hands were sliding up and down his legs - he passed his wallet to his mate in case

And she spent a lot of time facing people behind her and telling them to singer louder - whilst not joining in when we sang. There were comments from guys all around us.
We were all just trying to watch the match and she was just annoying.. Then she went, climbing up over the railings to get out...minus her coat. She never came back. The fella she'd been groping followed her out to get his cap back off her and gave her her coat. My mate said she was sitting on the sinks in the toilets at HT!
Not sure she'll remember much about the game!

But apart from that it wasn't back around us. There was a lad of about 12 who was so wound up and angry before we scored he'll be lucky to reach 16!! But he left with a smile on his face

rakey_lfc · « **Reply #9113 on:** February 16, 2020, 07:06:57 pm »

Quote from: RedPat on February 16, 2020, 11:44:52 am

What was the aggro in their end closest to us about ?Couldn't handle a few reds in the home end ?

That's where their younger generation of fans sit. Basically pissed up knobheads who know fuck all about football. My closest mate is a city fan and he got rid of his season ticket in there because of them.

Most likely a red in there that they didn't like. I was sat pretty much next to the away fans (more families there) and the noise all game was good. Erupted after the goal until the end, me and my lad celebrated and turned out there was about 8 reds around us too.

meady1981 · « **Reply #9114 on:** February 16, 2020, 08:02:04 pm »

Had a great time at the game yesterday, though my wife went missing before the game and I found her at full time with a wet arse.

storkfoot · « **Reply #9115 on:** February 16, 2020, 08:38:06 pm »

Quote from: meady1981 on February 16, 2020, 08:02:04 pm

Had a great time at the game yesterday, though my wife went missing before the game and I found her at full time with a wet arse.

funniest post I have read in weeks

Medellin · « **Reply #9116 on:** February 16, 2020, 09:55:32 pm »

Quote from: meady1981 on February 16, 2020, 08:02:04 pm

Had a great time at the game yesterday, though my wife went missing before the game and I found her at full time with a wet arse.

kavah · « **Reply #9117 on:** February 16, 2020, 11:37:35 pm »

Quote from: meady1981 on February 16, 2020, 08:02:04 pm

Had a great time at the game yesterday, though my wife went missing before the game and I found her at full time with a wet arse.

cheshiremike · « **Reply #9118 on:** February 17, 2020, 02:44:21 pm »

This 'limbs everywhere' generation needs to fuck off.

RainbowFlick · « **Reply #9119 on:** February 17, 2020, 02:50:40 pm »

Quote from: cheshiremike on February 17, 2020, 02:44:21 pm

This 'limbs everywhere' generation needs to fuck off.

Is a bit forced sometimes. See people randomly piling on to their mates. But when it's unexpected it's not bad. Was a bit of a heavy fall when Sadio scored.

I'm more of a fan of just waving hands and embracing strangers (or just shaking the life out of them).