The derby is over and the atmosphere was great. Will the atmosphere for the Chelsea game be good or will it slide back to the more "normal" Goodison experience of the last few seasons especially bearing in mind the Newcastle result last weekend? The originals apparently have something planned and good luck to them.
When I started going to the game I stated in the Paddock, then "evolved" to the Street End with my friends, and later ended up sitting in the Upper Bulllens. That used to be relatively simple so when young we stood where we wanted and shouted what we wanted, and it was easy to move away from fans you did not want to be near.With the ground be largely largely sold out to season ticket holders and with it being all seated it is harder now to move to a different spec either to be where the singing/flag waving is, or to get away from it when it is not your thing any more, or you have kids etc. Another problem is of course that with seating is that whilst the club might want to endorse a singing section I doubt they would endorse a standing section.
Maybe an idea would be to endorse the Street End as a Whole as the "Home Section" - I know everywhere in the ground is for Home fans apart from the away section where it is known that the most vocal/demonstrative (flags/banners) sit. Have one section (the middle probably) where a season ticket is purchased for a section rather than an individual seat, which would encourage fans to get in early and enable them to sit with their mates. Where like minded fans can sit together and hopefully improve the atmosphere.If successful this could be expanded.
