Raith Rovers Jan 27th

[Leaky Blinder]

12 hours ago, lizi said:

Once again a very very enjoyable away game - atmosphere first class, away support loud and positive.   That’s why away games are so much more appreciated than at Inverness where atmosphere is nil, any singing is in very distanced groups.  Can we find anyone within ICT (or anyone anywhere) willing to suggest some constructive ideas to replicate the atmosphere within ICT fans who were at Raith today ?     

As money has made the game elitist in certain parts of the world so society has moved on and the well established working class ritual of attending a football match has been diminished by the removal of terracing to comply with "requirements". Perhaps if proper inspections had been introduced by the Taylor Report for clubs of a certain size safe terracing could then have been introduced incrementally instead of going from one extreme of dilapidation to plastic central on a budget. The legacy is we are left with half empty stadiums everywhere devoid of atmosphere as costs of regular attendance have risen and the attraction has paled. Away fans buck this seating requirement by standing up for 90 minutes and making a day of it.  Historically If you wanted to sweetie rustle there was always the main stand. Fans historically were also left to get the atmosphere going.. without pyros as we couldn't crowd fund back in the day or source them they were the preserve of foreign clubs .. (ironically health and safety now doesn't extend in reality beyond plastic seating & bovril being served luke warm ) you also weren't choreographed over the head and reminded it was happening " Right here Right now" or whatever guff at full volume. Fair enough a club tune as teams come out but loud music on a loop pre kick off is just awful. Should we trust clubs to get even more innovative we'll probably get music blaring from an electric organ every time the ball goes out for a shy or a corner, ice hockey esque 

Rant over

 

 

[tm4tj]

Aye, as long as yer happy mun 

 

[Leaky Blinder]

5 minutes ago, tm4tj said:

Aye, as long as yer happy mun 

 

Not particularly but we are where we are eh .. 

[Satan]

No mention of the cup final and the horses at hampden..

 

[Leaky Blinder]

16 minutes ago, Satan said:

No mention of the cup final and the horses at hampden..

 

1980 ( terracing) or 2016 (seating) ? 

[Satan]

The one  where the horses charged the rioting bigots, and still means you cannot enjoy a pint whilst attending football in this country.

[Leaky Blinder]

Atmosphere inside grounds wasn't in decline in the decade after the alcohol  banning order. Punters may have been thirstier I accept. 

[robbo1985]

5 hours ago, Leaky Blinder said:

As money has made the game elitist in certain parts of the world so society has moved on and the well established working class ritual of attending a football match has been diminished by the removal of terracing to comply with "requirements". Perhaps if proper inspections had been introduced by the Taylor Report for clubs of a certain size safe terracing could then have been introduced incrementally instead of going from one extreme of dilapidation to plastic central on a budget. The legacy is we are left with half empty stadiums everywhere devoid of atmosphere as costs of regular attendance have risen and the attraction has paled. Away fans buck this seating requirement by standing up for 90 minutes and making a day of it.  Historically If you wanted to sweetie rustle there was always the main stand. Fans historically were also left to get the atmosphere going.. without pyros as we couldn't crowd fund back in the day or source them they were the preserve of foreign clubs .. (ironically health and safety now doesn't extend in reality beyond plastic seating & bovril being served luke warm ) you also weren't choreographed over the head and reminded it was happening " Right here Right now" or whatever guff at full volume. Fair enough a club tune as teams come out but loud music on a loop pre kick off is just awful. Should we trust clubs to get even more innovative we'll probably get music blaring from an electric organ every time the ball goes out for a shy or a corner, ice hockey esque 

Rant over

 

 

The tannoy/sound system operating at in the north stand at Caley stadium is terrible.  It is absolutely deafening too.  I take my ear plugs which makes it just about bearable... Why oh why does it have to be so loud?... It certainly doesn't help to create an atmosphere.  Indeed it drowns out any attempts by the fans to create an atmosphere pre match which the youngsters attempted to do at the Dundee Utd game recently.  The guy who sits beside me has been season ticket holder for years and said he's complained to the club about it but to no avail.

Maybe something the supporters trust could take forward if there is a general agreement.

Edited January 28 by robbo1985

[Ronaldo]

3 hours ago, Leaky Blinder said:

1980 ( terracing) or 2016 (seating) ? 

I recall the 1980 cup final, it was a very interesting day out…….

[Robert]

Alex Samuel named as Star Man in the SPFL Team of the Week:

https://spfl.co.uk/news/team-of-the-week-49737