No.13 v Pompey

[blue_army1871]

Thought is was a good performence from No.13 today, particulary in the second half with the 'Barmy Army'. Nice to see that we can get a song going which isnt just abusing the other team and lasts for more that 20 seconds. Pompeys support was dissapointing considering their lead though.

[Royalshow]

people like to clap

[Row Z Royal]

Thought is was a good performence from No.13 today, particulary in the second half with the 'Barmy Army'. Nice to see that we can get a song going which isnt just abusing the other team and lasts for more that 20 seconds. Pompeys support was dissapointing considering their lead though.

As a B18er, I assumed the Y25/6 led barmy army stuff was because stewards were telling them to sit down...

RFC take note: People standing and enjoying themselves don't die and do make a lot of noise for their team.

[juanpablo]

our fans grasp of both the offside rule and general fouls isnt great

[Adz1871]

our fans grasp of both the offside rule and general fouls isnt great

Nor was the officials on show today either

[RG30]

Would be nice to drop this "Number 13 - Reading fans everywhere" bullshit, served a purpose a few years ago, now it's just an embarssment

[West Stand Flash]

Thought is was a good performence from No.13 today, particulary in the second half with the 'Barmy Army'. Nice to see that we can get a song going which isnt just abusing the other team and lasts for more that 20 seconds. Pompeys support was dissapointing considering their lead though.

Oh dear - Apart from the Pompey fans & the odd clappin from the home fans the atmosphere was nil.

Reading fans quietest in the league. Shock horror.

[rg6royal]

The songs are so boring thats why. we havn't any good songs like most other clubs just the plain clap clap reading songs

[Sharpy]

i disagree..the start of the 2nd half y26/25 was jumping...continuous singing for 20 or so minutes

[Dirk Gently]

Would be nice to drop this "Number 13 - Reading fans everywhere" bullshit, served a purpose a few years ago, now it's just an embarssment

I'd argue if it even served a purpose a few years ago. IMHO it's always been pointless and embarrassing.

[Jerry St Clair]

Oh dear - Apart from the Pompey fans & the odd clappin from the home fans the atmosphere was nil.

Reading fans quietest in the league. Shock horror.

That's what you get when you have a stadium full of accountants and software engineers.

Throw in RFC's maximum irritation stewarding policy and you have lots of people sat down clapping their hands a lot. Everyone around me claps along to "Blarmy" like an automaton, but no-one sings it. Which just about sums it up.

[westendgirl]

Oh dear - Apart from the Pompey fans & the odd clappin from the home fans the atmosphere was nil.

Reading fans quietest in the league. Shock horror.

If that is meant as a criticism I would say physician heal thyself as you obviously sit near me and quietly as I know the people around me who do make a noise.

[rotherwick_royal]

Reading fans quietest in the league. Shock horror.

Not according to Fergie - he's been having a go at the Old Trafford fans.

[Gloria Gooner]

i disagree..the start of the 2nd half y26/25 was jumping...continuous singing for 20 or so minutes

Agreed - more atmosphere in that area of the ground for all games, and the most noise I've ever heard in any stand.

[Newbie]

Your going down on a sailor...down on a sailor...

[Gloria Gooner]

Your going down on a sailor...down on a sailor...

That made me LOL!

[fridays child]

'we want one, we want one'

[79Royal]

The atmosphere in Y25/26 was good second half. It was loud and even when Pompey tried to get something going, they got drowned out.

[Don Finch]

The atmosphere (Y25/26 anyway) has been good the last three home games and been able to stand for much of the game, cause or effect I'm not sure. Either way it's sounded pretty loud to me.

Stevie Coppell's Barmy Army!

The wheels on your house go round and round


PS. Make sure you boo number 13 when it's read out by Peter Plum the announcer, it's catching on round us - was met a with a chorus of boos yesterday.

[RoyalBlue]

I really don't see why our fans are getting stick for their support yesterday.

I thought they did really well getting behind the team and drowning out the 'famously loud Pompey support'. Yes, it went a bit quiet after the killer second goal but after a while picked up again.

Who cares whether it's clapping, Stand up for Steve Coppell, Blue Army or whatever - just so long as it's loud and constant, which it was for quite a bit yesterday.

As has been said before, there are a number of factors that can get the crowd going, including outstanding team and/or individual effort, heroic backs against the wall stuff, David v Goliath, surging runs, crunching tackles, cheating opponents, crap officials/decisions - and we had most of those yesterday!