The best idea ever!

[Radders]

I think this has got great potential of working = creating an ubelivebale atmosphere so this is what you need!

1) A decent drummer = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj17J1rn ... re=related

2) Have a safe standing area = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05fno4fr ... re=related

3) Bring in a trumpet player to play some tunes = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ17hlEv ... re=related

4) Get a guy who will start chants= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmOHTBx9 ... re=related

Thats all I think to make the atmosphere 10 times better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With more games next season, mostly at 3pm on a Saturday, this spanner won't be coming or commenting on the atmosphere any more. Sorted.

[Rawlie19]

[So it had nothing to with the fact that NOT A SINGLE Reading fan even turned up?

Hit the nail on the head there. You're right, no it didn't have anything to do with it. We could've had 22,000 Luciano Pavarottis and 5,000 brass bands, and given everyone a free bell, and still lost. Do you expect the fans to raise the team when it's clear they're not putting the effort in? I tried my best to sing throughout the game, but some fans around me, quite justifiably, didn't, and it didn't make any difference.

Fans respond to effort on the pitch, some people will sing whatever but most won't.

That's cute.

Your attitude has sadly confirmed that we deserve no more than Championship footy.

I'm getting bored of this line. DESERVING to play in one league or another has NOTHING to do with how good or bad the fans are. It has EVERYTHING to do with how many points a team wins during a season.

[mattmartin89]

From the BBC gossip column;

Relegated Birmingham City are to introduce a singing section at St Andrews next season after fans contacted the club with ideas. A club spokesman said: "One that stood out was having an area of the ground designated for supporters who like a good old sing-song."

[Rawlie19]

From the BBC gossip column;

Relegated Birmingham City are to introduce a singing section at St Andrews next season after fans contacted the club with ideas. A club spokesman said: "One that stood out was having an area of the ground designated for supporters who like a good old sing-song. We are going to call it 'the chapel."

[earleyroyal]

So it had nothing to with the fact that NOT A SINGLE Reading fan even turned up?

Hit the nail on the head there. You're right, no it didn't have anything to do with it. We could've had 22,000 Luciano Pavarottis and 5,000 brass bands, and given everyone a free bell, and still lost. Do you expect the fans to raise the team when it's clear they're not putting the effort in? I tried my best to sing throughout the game, but some fans around me, quite justifiably, didn't, and it didn't make any difference.

Fans respond to effort on the pitch, some people will sing whatever but most won't.

That's cute.

Your attitude has sadly confirmed that we deserve no more than Championship footy.

Again, take this slowly. Well supported football team =/= that team deserving to be in a certain division.

[AbovetheI]

RTFC drummer = DUMP.

[Laura Norder]

i like a drum but not at footy it keeps bang bang bank all the time and i want to see the match not have it all the time a li

[Alan Partridge]

RTFC drummer = DUMP.

the worst poster ever anywhere on the internet.

[Dirk Gently]

Just as an update on the Safe Standing campaign (which was last debated on this thread), th Lib Dems will be debating safe standing later today at their Conference in Bournemouth. If, as looks likely, they decide in favour of the concept, this will break the 3-party consensus and move the debate forward a long way.

More info and background at : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7613442.stm

If fans want to stand, and clubs want to let them, we should at least explore safe ways of achieving it."

This is a sensitive issue but we cannot ignore the large numbers of fans who want to stand and are doing so in seating areas, despite the existing regulations and the danger it causes.

Given the seeming impossibility of policing existing regulations, and recognising that some passionate fans want to be able to jump up and down, then we need to look at technologies that allow them to do that safely.

[Terminal Boardom]

Just as an update on the Safe Standing campaign (which was last debated on this thread), th Lib Dems will be debating safe standing later today at their Conference in Bournemouth. If, as looks likely, they decide in favour of the concept, this will break the 3-party consensus and move the debate forward a long way.

I am curious. Does anyone know which ground in League 1 has the largest - capacity wise - terrace?