Topic: Atmosphere at Anfield

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Saw some people on my Snapchat sending some snaps from the Maribor game which was bad enough. But the atmosphere came across so bad, I've seen more atmosphere at a morgue. I know Maribor aren't exactly the most glamorous of sides but come on, it's a Champions League night ffs.

[Medellin]

..is a top post Timbo.

The crowd shouldnt have to be inspired by the team,this should be a joint effort.
I do fear for the future & have done for many years simply because i believe average joe has been priced out of the game.
The soul has already been ripped out of the game mainly because of this,i have many ardent red mates who went home an away every week who barely get to a few home games now.
Fucking grim i tell ya.
Seen an headline on the bbc earlier saying Lfc is now rivalling Arsenal for the most expensive seat in the prem..didnt read it,the headline was enough to make me sick.

[Fromola]

maribor was the worst european night atmosphere iv witnessed, was in upper centenary mind.... although it seems a case of someone waiting for the songs to start then it develops i joined in with the kop and others seemed keen to join in

although this "scousers want the atmosphere more" is rubbish
i heard 1 lad get laughed at by locals because he "even brought his scarf for YNWA" ??

they never sang a word then moaned for half hour,

its not about where your from its all about backing the team and having a positive impact deffo some locals doing the opposite

Although we're in the CL Maribor was always going to have the feel of a mundane Europa League group game, especially after we'd just beat them 7-0.

We need the atmosphere highly charged for Spartak which will probably be a decider for getting through. We're then capable of raising it again for the knockouts.

It's domestic games that are the problem with us.

[Sir Psycho Sexy]

https://twitter.com/TheFamousKop/status/931090601092763650

[gazzam1963]

https://twitter.com/TheFamousKop/status/931090601092763650

One of the comments about having 25000 passionate rather than a full house with day-trippers , one of the best European atmospheres was with a gate of about 30000 against auxerre

[davidsteventon]

How many renditions of FOAR we predicting today?

I'll go for 7.

[Fromola]

How many renditions of FOAR we predicting today?

I'll go for 7.

Be surprised if there's any 7 chants all game.

[ChrisLFCKOP]

How many renditions of FOAR we predicting today?

I'll go for 7.

Maybe if you are going start something else then???

Also its the only thing that seems to peak the interest of the other stands.

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Maybe if you are going start something else then???

Also its the only thing that seems to peak the interest of the other stands.

Pique.

[CraigDS]

Pique.

Not sure hes the sort of signing to excite the crowd mate.

[jillcwhomever]

Oliver Kay has done an excellent piece on match day atmosphere's across the Premier League. Sadly its the Times though, so I can't link it here. 

[davidsteventon]

Maybe if you are going start something else then???

We'll fight for Alun Evans,
We'll fight for Ian St John,
We'll fight the fight for Liverpool,
The pride of division one,
Two, three, four,
Listen to the Kopites roar,
LIV-ER-POOL........


I'd like to get something like the above. Long before my time but it's a good one that needs adapting.

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Not sure hes the sort of signing to excite the crowd mate.

Depends if he brings Shakira...

[sirKennyDaggers]

The crowd shouldnt have to be inspired by the team,this should be a joint effort.
I do fear for the future & have done for many years simply because i believe average joe has been priced out of the game.
The soul has already been ripped out of the game mainly because of this,i have many ardent red mates who went home an away every week who barely get to a few home games now.
Fucking grim i tell ya.
Seen an headline on the bbc earlier saying Lfc is now rivalling Arsenal for the most expensive seat in the prem..didnt read it,the headline was enough to make me sick.

[/quote]

Yep,used to be a group of us stood in the Kop where the old boys pen was,nearly every home game for 30 years.
Now its a handful of games,be honest would rather watch the match in the pub,much better atmosphere.
Some genius is going to have to work out how we get the young fans back to  Anfield ,and create some semblance of support,my generation were the lucky ones

[Redsnappa]

We'll fight for Alun Evans,
We'll fight for Ian St John,
We'll fight the fight for Liverpool,
The pride of division one,
Two, three, four,
Listen to the Kopites roar,
LIV-ER-POOL........


I'd like to get something like the above. Long before my time but it's a good one that needs adapting.

Yes, a fabulous song, with the later version us 70's lot sang - or maybe this was just a second verse of the original?

We'll fight and no surrender
We'll fight for the boys in Red
We'll fight the fight for Liverpool
The team that Shankly bred.

I'd like to hear the Dambusters March going ... seems like it got retired once Leeds became shite. It was better when there were no words anyway 

[I am new]

Is it just me or is YNWA being started earlier and earlier each match?

[ScubaSteve]

Depends if he brings Shakira...

Yes please 

[MKB]

Is it just me or is YNWA being started earlier and earlier each match?

Yeah at my seat by 14:52 and I'd missed it.

[ArthurDooley82]

Was in the centenary today and two welsh geezers behind me was talking about fkn rugby, Chester fc and holidays all game  didn’t talk about the match until the fkn 81st minute  why even bother going the fkn match

[AnnieRoad93]

Quite possibly the worst sung YNWA I’ve heard in 25 years of going today.

[kevlumley]

What i always admired about the Kop was the spontanaiety of everything, the reaction, or prediction of things unfolding or about to happen. That of course and the amazing wit of some key individuals who used to shout out the funniest of things, that used to make me smile like a Cheshire cat.

We have got so much tradition and so many songs, thats what the club has to try to keep before its gone and restore what has been lost so far. Its everyones responsibility, don't think its someone elses.

[andy07]

We'll fight for Alun Evans,
We'll fight for Ian St John,
We'll fight the fight for Liverpool,
The pride of division one,
Two, three, four,
Listen to the Kopites roar,
LIV-ER-POOL........


I'd like to get something like the above. Long before my time but it's a good one that needs adapting.

Indeed, an excellent adaptation of Derry's Walls, needs reinvigorating.

[andy07]

Was in U1 today, after forking out £9 for a ticket.  Thank fuck I didn't buy a Kop ticket for £40,  the Kop looked so miserable, all sat down in apathetic silent collusion.  Oh dear oh dear!   I imagine we will see an improvement next week against the plastics.

[only6times]

Was in U1 today, after forking out £9 for a ticket.  Thank fuck I didn't buy a Kop ticket for £40,  the Kop looked so miserable, all sat down in apathetic silent collusion.  Oh dear oh dear!   I imagine we will see an improvement next week against the plastics.

in 208. We tried getting it going and it seemed livelier by us than it usually is. Maybe it didn't.

[free_at_last]

Yeah at my seat by 14:52 and I'd missed it.

I noticed YNWA is starting earlier recently. Didn't Gerrard ask for it to be sang while the teams are on the pitch for maximum effect?
That could explain the weaker renditions recently - fans are creatures of habit so are ready to go when the teams are on the pitch and the team has been announced.  I thought it was good at that timing - can't think why we'd change it.

[storkfoot]

I am sure it has been mentioned before but, until some point in the ‘90s ??, it was only the first few bars of YNwA  that were played over the PA. The Kop sang the rest.  If you’d have talked about starting it too early then, folk would have just laughed in your face.

[SingFongFC]

I noticed YNWA is starting earlier recently. Didn't Gerrard ask for it to be sang while the teams are on the pitch for maximum effect?
That could explain the weaker renditions recently - fans are creatures of habit so are ready to go when the teams are on the pitch and the team has been announced.  I thought it was good at that timing - can't think why we'd change it.

It's absolutely baffling why they've started playing it before the teams are out. That's three league games in a row now, started at the United game.

Hope that idea is ditched VERY soon because it just doesn't have the same impact. Played at 2.54 today, terrible rendition (slightly better than at the Huddersfield game, but not by much)

Then there's the bizarre sight of the team stood about while there's silence from the stands for a few minutes before ko in the time slot where YNWA would normally be!

Put it back to when the teams have shaken hands, and are taking their sides of the pitch please, powers that be!!

[skivvy10]

It was good to hear the main stand near the away fans, after a long rendition from the away fans asking Lovren why he's such a c*** they responded with Dejan Lovren, he's winning 3-0 and cheered his every touch.

[Upinsmoke]

The last two YNWA's have been fucking bizzare. Firstly the early timing of it and secondly it's descended into a half arsed effort.

[CraigDS]

Was in U1 today, after forking out £9 for a ticket.  Thank fuck I didn't buy a Kop ticket for £40,  the Kop looked so miserable, all sat down in apathetic silent collusion.  Oh dear oh dear!   I imagine we will see an improvement next week against the plastics.

What’s the atmosphere up there like out of interest mate?

[Alonso_The_Assassin]

It was good to hear the main stand near the away fans, after a long rendition from the away fans asking Lovren why he's such a c*** they responded with Dejan Lovren, he's winning 3-0 and cheered his every touch.

To be fair, those c*nts were giving him stick from the off and we just sat there saying fuck all for the most part.

This playing of YNWA before the players enter the pitch needs to stop. Quite frankly, it's a shit idea and needs to be knocked on the head.

Nice banner floating down the Annie Road end before the kick-off. First time I've seen that.

Overall, it was better than Huddersfield, but really, a near empty stadium would've toppled the atmosphere on that day.

[24/7]

Nice banner floating down the Annie Road end before the kick-off. First time I've seen that.

Was that the RAWK surfer by any chance? As for YNWA, yeah, sounds like a really shit idea for timing. Yo'd think the TV wankers would be all over it - "No! Keep it going where it was! The pics look just great! Think of the marketing figures! Ka-CHING!".......

[number 168]

To be fair, those c*nts were giving him stick from the off and we just sat there saying fuck all for the most part.

This playing of YNWA before the players enter the pitch needs to stop. Quite frankly, it's a shit idea and needs to be knocked on the head.

Nice banner floating down the Annie Road end before the kick-off. First time I've seen that.

Overall, it was better than Huddersfield, but really, a near empty stadium would've toppled the atmosphere on that day.

YNWA was always played 5 minutes before the players came out and that allowed the Kop to chant individual players' names before kick off. It was Rafa who changed the tradition. Being an auld arse I prefer the original format particularly as any new chants could be aired and joined in with. It was especially good when a player who didn't usually have a song heard a new one and sometimes responded with a wave.

[Medellin]

YNWA was always played 5 minutes before the players came out and that allowed the Kop to chant individual players' names before kick off. It was Rafa who changed the tradition. Being an auld arse I prefer the original format particularly as any new chants could be aired and joined in with. It was especially good when a player who didn't usually have a song heard a new one and sometimes responded with a wave.

Quickly forgotten eh how that pre-match ritual of the Kop trying to get thro the individual songs prior to kickoff,that interaction/wave would have defo given them a boost.
Sorely miss seeing the Kenny vs 'Keeper close up sharpness drill ritual pre-match too.

[Alonso_The_Assassin]

Was that the RAWK surfer by any chance? As for YNWA, yeah, sounds like a really shit idea for timing. Yo'd think the TV wankers would be all over it - "No! Keep it going where it was! The pics look just great! Think of the marketing figures! Ka-CHING!".......

I believe it was, mate. Looked really good, too.

[SingFongFC]

YNWA was always played 5 minutes before the players came out and that allowed the Kop to chant individual players' names before kick off. It was Rafa who changed the tradition. Being an auld arse I prefer the original format particularly as any new chants could be aired and joined in with. It was especially good when a player who didn't usually have a song heard a new one and sometimes responded with a wave.

Bet that was class when it used to happen like that! 

Unfortunately I’m guessing that’s from an era where even if the internet had been around, pretty sure there wouldn’t have been a 222 page thread needed about improving the atmosphere!

As it is now, the decision to move YNWA is killing off one of the few genuinely atmospheric moments you were guaranteed at every game - even if it’s just your ‘regular’ Saturday 3pm PL game

[Dark_Horse]

I have to agree about YNWA being odd as f*ck. It was played well earlier than usual & there was just a whole lack of enthusiasm with it.

As always, people bailing on 80 mins. Bizarre.

[free_at_last]

Bet that was class when it used to happen like that! 

Unfortunately I’m guessing that’s from an era where even if the internet had been around, pretty sure there wouldn’t have been a 222 page thread needed about improving the atmosphere!

As it is now, the decision to move YNWA is killing off one of the few genuinely atmospheric moments you were guaranteed at every game - even if it’s just your ‘regular’ Saturday 3pm PL game

Maybe the F.A or one of our rivals have complained about it holding up the kickoff - it is a unique event that gets beamed round the world and would get up a lot of people's noses 

[SingFongFC]

Maybe the F.A or one of our rivals have complained about it holding up the kickoff - it is a unique event that gets beamed round the world and would get up a lot of people's noses 

Definitely not a timing issue - games always used to kick off dead on time.

And as I said in an earlier post, now there’s this weird time where there’s just nothing, while the captains are in the centre circle with the ref etc

[Beerbelly]

your all just potificating stuck in the 90’s 00’s telling people how it was no music was played in 70s and 80s it just happen. My take,shut the fuck up and stop critising it gets boring, change it or shut the fuck up typing bollocks on internet gets tiedious. Go do it people will follow if they dont fuck them finish dont type on here abour too early too late, too many day trippers its being going on for years and is boring, stale and old. just fucking do and dont  tell me your shy because no one sing next to you. years ago i would stand in home end when we away and sing what i want. like i say do it or stop moaning simple. boring twats talking about YNWA played too early you are the actual tourists or you would do your own thing. times have changed call a spade a spade or dont compare to 30 years ago. your all experts on creating a fuckin atmosphere but never been in one. when it happens you will create it not type about it. rant over. come on red men....