I will always talk about Goodison because it is a big part of the history of the club and football in general. It was a big part of my life for many years, and a big part of peoples lives a lot longer than my time there.
There is no harm in...
Just a bit awkward when it's a midweek game sometimes but I'll do my best to have a pint afterwards if it eases the congestion at Sandhills. Take one for the team so to speak
An area behind each goal in most grounds could be comfy standing room The grandstand seat was always at the back - no one like siting down in my day as - if you were in a seated area any attack on the goal you were behind people stood up in front...
People should have complained then about where they put the rail seats. Standing areas at the front are suiyed to Ultras. Standing areas at the back are suited to the traditional way.
With unreserved seating you could only have 90% of the capacity for the area. Well better though...if youre into the atmosphere that is, crap if youre not.
As Bramley Moore has the seating at the front it actually suits Ultra style support. So...
One reason the aways are better is because you're by different groups of people each time. When it's the same people it goes a bit stale. Always better when it was unreserved seating. We should do that here.
Yeah it is on them to provide the atmosphere now. Quite often people go in wanting the atmosphere but not prepared to anything about it themselves. They just want to join in, but not help start it. When everyone does that then it's silence, after...
That's my concern too. You'll still get the chants the whole ground sing along with but my favourite was at the back of the Gwladys Street when there'll just be that area singing, relentless, song after song and all the less obvious chants got...
One thing that needs to be got rid of is blasting music before games and reading team sheets when players are already out. While it ended well club effed up derby atmosphere blasting "we built this city". They got it right for derby game in 2019...