Ever since the ground has been built the Fartown singing section has been in the same place. GD & meast have been at the centre of it from day 1. The folk that have been going since the first game at the new stadium know this, surely.

There already is a singing section. It is well known and it's not up to the singing section to move; it's up to those that want to sing to move to the singing section. The traditional singing section is still the area most densely populated with singers. This, IMO, is obvious to anyone who attends although it's fair to say that this season the ground has never been as quiet. Ever.

I accept that which is why i mentioned having one section in the centre towards the back of the Kilner stand where they congregate. and i know that those two you mention put a lot into it but there is not an equivalent in the other stand.

I also think that if the club were to tell the ST holders how important the singing etc is and that they were to designate sections and people could swap their season ticket seats to be closer together then it might just be that little extra boost that people need.

I just feel so demoralised that people slag the club off for doing things when they are just trying to address some of the problems they see. Yet i do think there are alternatives if people were little bit more open minded.

The club are doing the music beacuse the surrent atmosphere is so dire.

I'm not wanting to slag the club off, merely pointing out what i , and as it turns out, a few others on here dont like about the matchday experience.
The atmosphere has being going downhill for a while now and the fact that any singing nowadays is drowned out by the music is a big factor.....the music wasnt brought in because the singing had stopped its the other way round !!.

There is no point trying to get a song going if someone decides to blurt we will rock you out over the top of it or trying to celebrate a try with Tom Hark blaring out - that isn't how our fans celebrate tries.

I personally dont think it is helping the atmosphere one bit, quite the opposite therefore as one of the 'leading singers' feel i need to voice my concern that it is hindering the atmosphere.
I accept people have differrent opinions, some people may like it but i cant see how anyone can say it is helping !!.

I don't think there could be anything but good things come from congregating singers together but people don't want to move.

The way things are going atmosphere wise this season there may well be a moment where people decide to make a change. If the singing section gets up a bit for the next couple of games and make a point of making some noise then maybe that will attract people from elsewhere in the ground.

Negativity breeds negativity. We need a bit of positivity in the stands as well as on the pitch.

We sit at the back of the Britannia and might be regarded as part of the 'singing' section so it is easy to look down over the stand and see how supporters respond to what is going on. Although we have been hard-pressed to get any sort of singing/chanting going (and our numbers in this section have also declined alarmingly from previous seasons - our row from being almost fully occupied now has about 6 people in it) we have noticed that any chants that do get going the response seems to have spread/be spreading throughout the stand directly in front of us and outwards so the potential is definitely there. I think people do want to join in but are too shy/embarassed/reluctant/isolated to do so. On the other hand I can accept that people watch and support the game how they wish but there are several that sit in front of us that can't even manage to clap when we score and the disapproval that radiates for even daring to shout/chant/cheer/clap can be quite off-putting - how they think their almost complete silence encourages the team on the pitch I don't know. I'm not sure what the answer is - perhaps the club could organise a brain-storming get together specifically to put forward suggestions for increasing crowd participation and hopefully gates too. I know people on the boards/social networks often put forward suggestions and there are some good ones but perhaps this needs to be co-ordinated and centralised..

I understand that i dont want to move to the Britannia mainly bercause i go with my family and there are a few kids we bring along so would rather be in the Family stand. I am not really happy with our new seats so have moved back to our old seats which are unresrved but as Fifi says if the club want to make a suggestion for singers to congregate in some seats maybe some people will be willing to move. even just getting 10 singers together in the Riverside stand would improve my enjoyment. I would love to be with a few people who want to sing and hopefully inspire others around us.

Something has to be done i just hope the club can try something.

Dont forget though that traditionally the Kilner bank stand always housed the singers and noiser fans while the riverside tended to be the more quieter fans so that probably explains why its harder for you over there to get some singers.

So no one wants to move from their seats. Stalemate.

my issue isn't with people moving to different parts of the ground - just that god awful din that is produced while the match is on.

Playing music when we score isnt something new- the players at one time used to have there own theme tune played when they scored- thormans was spandau ballets gold!
It happens at a lot of grounds that music is played when the home team scores.
why are you objecting to it now?

Usually there are 5 of us, l,m 65, my son 44, son in law 41 grandsons, 5,7,so a good cross section, and we are all different, l just want to see the game and l like singing and chanting, the kids obviously like any noise and all the razmataz, so there,s no way you can please everybody, l,l just go with the flow

I am happy to move seats but would wish to stay in the same stand. I think may others would if the club were seen to be getting behind the idea.

I've never liked music after a try......i hate it, in times gone by though they have waited for the crowd to cheer before playing it and its not just after a try its the bits during the game that we have suddenly introduced that i dont see the need for.

needs to be stopped after a try

You know what I hate at games


All the bloody whining

Here's a suggest sing/chant along to the music played. That way everyone is happy.

Job done.

Next topic please.

i would if we were warrington

or if it had any relevance to our club/players etc

Barracuda by Heart?
Something by They Might Be Giants?
Apart from "When Wrigley puts his little foot in the centre of the ball" I'm struggling to think of any songs that are relevant to the club or players.

Haha!

Surely Bird House in Your Soul is our next club anthem!

It wouldn't actually be a bad chant!

Well at least we are in good company re atmosphere problems even Manchester United looked at setting up a singing section. www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013 ... atmosphere

Well at least we are in good company re atmosphere problems even Manchester United looked at setting up a singing section. www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013 ... atmosphere

Stadium atmosphere is a modern age problem caused by the introduction of all-seater stadia and the human psyche.

Because we buy a ticket for a specific seat, we feel the need to sit on it. Therefore the crowd is spread out and the pockets of singers further apart. We don't want to move to a different seat because we need the 'comfort' of the regularity.

When we're away from home this comfort isn't there so different people crowd together and thus an atmosphere is formed.

Something definitely needs to be done about improving the atmosphere at home games. What's happened to the guys at the back of the stand that used to start most of the chants off? We're at the top of the league looking as consistent as ever in SL yet hardly anyone wants to get behind the boys which is unbelievable when you hear the players say how much it lifts them to hear us singing and cheering them on. I'm not having a go at you guys at the back but it's more likely to start a chant going if you're at the back chanting over peoples heads rather than someone at the front chanting to the pitch alone. How about some of our pre recorded chants over the tannoy to start off some atmosphere?

most of us are still there ponner,albeit in depleted numbers.
and we do start chants but as this thread has alluded to most chants get drowned out by music blaring out or big g's drum being constantly banged,as we saw at cas yesterday if the team is playing well and lots of people are grouped together then people will join in with the chants and songs.
at home games too many people are spread out all over the ground.

Then the club needs to promote some areas for singers to congregate in the two main stands