Being quite a new fan compared to most people on this board i'd just thought i'd ask about atmospehere say 5 or 10 years ago?

What was it like? - Better/Worse than now? More/less songs & chants for now? What was done differently?

I'm just wondering because I know it's hard to generate an atmosphere at somewhere as big as Bramall Lane but Fev and Halifax managed to do it last year and Widnes did it a few weeks ago all with around 500-1000 fans.

They all haves drums, do we need one? Do we need to have everyone who wants to sing & chant to congregate in the same area?

I'm not having a moan (which I tend to do

) it's just i've not met many of you and would like to get chanting & don't fancy getting outsung by Halifax on Sunday!

The best atmospheres are at close-ish away games, Batley, Dewsbury, Fev, Hunslet, Halifax all seem to be decent atmospheres generated by us as away supporters, I've followed the Eagles all my life and never known the atmosphere to be brilliant at home to be honest, with the exception of a few big games.

The atmosphere used to be better during the super league days even at DV. we were famous for our Drum - I had never know anyone to have one before then now everyone has one. I can't say I have ever found an atmosphere at Fax, Cas always seemed to be a pressure kettle - a few fans who stirred up trouble. Batley and dewsbury always good and Leeds used to be OK - but I used to like the atmosphere at the reserve games at that little ground down the road (with the flood lit six a side footie pitches) just a nice little crowd with lots of noise.

Woodbourn Road ....

Who did we play there was it Workington? We lost didn't we? I remember watching the game sat on a piece of grass. Strange.

yes thank you - won't pass the alzemiers test and I'm not anywhere near 75!

We won I think, just. Even worse as a ground than Don Valley.

You might make something of the ground but you'd need to rip up the track because the site is bounded tight up to the tram lines.

And then you'd have parking problems. It wouldn't be easy.

The ideal spot to build a new little ground is the Don Valley bowl. Ample parking, near the motorway, right next to the tram and bus routes.

Only problem is that the stormtroopers on the city council would say "theres already a ground two mimnutes away, why do we need another?"

I've been watching them for 23 years, it's fair to say when we were in SL we were better supported, therefor there was more of an atmosphere. It's been suggested so many times we sit together at home, but it's never been done and I doubt will ever happen. We were the first team in SL to have a drum, it was my Dad's idea and Kath who was the designated drummer, recently retired from the Job with limp wrists

I love going to the close away game, the atmosphere is great and that's because we are all together. We've never had any new songs, there's not enough ppl to sing them when you are almost singing them on your own. So unless we did all congregate in the same place, there will never be a really great atmosphere, that said I always enjoy myself

haha.

NO EAGLES WON



Season - 2005
SHEFFIELD EAGLES (12) 31 WORKINGTON TOWN (1icon_cool.gif 28

LHF NL2 played on Sun 11th June at Woodburn Road against WORKINGTON TOWN.
Team: John CRAWFORD (2T,5G); Rob WORRINCY; Was SOVATABUA(T); Alex DICKINSON; James FORD(T) - Home debut; Gavin BROWN (dg); Jon PRESLEY; Jack HOWIESON; Liam BRENTLEY; Damien LYNCH; Nick TURNBULL; Craig BROWN; Sean DICKINSON (T); Greg HURST; Simon TILLYER; Lynton STOTT; Simon MORTON.

Penalties : Sheffield 4 Workington 10
Referee: P. Carr: Touch Judges : M.Worrall & A. Dugdale: 4th Official : P. Wroe
Match Commissioner : Steve Presley

WORKINGTON TEAM: Wilson, Woodcock, Frazer, Johnson, Chilton, Kiddie, Maninera, Beaumont, Limmer, Tuimauluga, Vaughan, Miller, Roper, Robinson, McGuinness, Lavulavu, Armstrong
Scorers: Woodcock, Frazer, Maninera, Limmer(2) ; Goals: Roper 3/5 & Penalty goals1/1 +1 missed dg

Vice Presidents' Man of The Match : John Crawford
Crowd 650.
Weather : Bright, warm and sunny

Eagles tries scored on 10 min (Dickinson); 14 min (crawford); 57 min (Sovatabua); 63 min (crawford); 73 min (Ford);
All converted by Crawford. DG scored on 66 min by Gavin Brown.

Another ground on which we're unbeaten - Wembley, Old Trafford, Stade de Minimes, Darwin (not Lancs) ... Woodbourn Road.

Dont forget Bloomfield Road


Just watched the Toulouse highlights on eaglestv, the Lanes like a morgue. Just an awful atmosphere.

Why's that funny?

I'm pretty impressed that I remembered our opponents to be honest, even if I was slightly out with the result!!

Oh and the weather is of complete irrelevance, can we stop going off topic please.

It's within the summary of the game

Well why don't we do this?

I'm up for it, anyone else?

Also is the supporters club still up and running? Seem to remember meetings being spoke about on here in the Royal Standard pub but not heard nothing for this year. Would be a good way to discuss stuff like this

Surely the atmosphere is everything to do with the weather.

You don't need a small ground or a big crowd to have a good atmosphere. See Doncaster RLFC, Keepmoat stadium. Maybe we've all got big gobs but we don't mind making ourselves heard in Donny!

I must be thinking of a different Keepmoat Stadium in a different Doncaster, every time I've been the atmosphere's been rubbish!!

Choose your ground as carefully as you like - what you need is people in it.

Maybe that's when we had arubbish team.

To be fair that's about a ten year time scale.