Goodison Singing Section

[Dithering Dougie]

Hoping one of the requests will be 'Can you drop Howard' ROFL

Amirite Douglas? *High fives self*

I was thinking we could do that Levellers song for Gibson.

 

[dead_soft]

I have noticed when the park end are singing everyone else joins in almost immediately, certaintly from were I sit in the gwladys, yet most of the time the gwladys start singing the park end just sit there. I prefer the GP cauldron were everybody just goes mental.

Park End is sometimes a bit quieter because they're watching the game rather than doing the back turned, 14 year old, don't care what's happening as long as we get to shout that Gwladys does. But when it matters Park End is much better.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

All for it

I'm very much of the opinion that not every football supporter is the same

I'm happy for there to be a dedicated area where people can go to chant, stand, wave banners etc

My experience from going to places like Selhurst Park and Park Head is that they generally help the atmosphere in the rest of the stadium and not just the section they are in

The only problem with a designated singing section is that the club would have to keep an eye on them to make sure they didn't go too far (The Green Brigade and some of their exploits come to mind)

 

[Kiwi]

As long as I don't have to hear any drums whatever is fine by me.

 

[AaronTheBlue]

bit cringey, so a no from me.

If people want to be grouped together to sing all day there are plenty of churches around.


Goodison is a reactive crowd, not a proactive one, so it wouldn't work anyway it'd just be an excuse for these wannabe ultras to pretend theyre on mad ones with the flares etc.

 

[Big Neville Southall]

bit cringey, so a no from me.

If people want to be grouped together to sing all day there are plenty of churches around.


Goodison is a reactive crowd, not a proactive one, so it wouldn't work anyway it'd just be an excuse for these wannabe ultras to pretend theyre on mad ones with the flares etc.

When everyone who wants to sing groups together in the concourses at the aways I don't see what's wrong with that?
It's just the same as that but in the stands, rather than than being spread about being forced to sit.

 

[jal123]

Those absolute blerts at Crystal Palace are embarrassing. Ultras have never been a thing in English football, it is all so fake and forced.

So for me, it's a no.

 

[atrottel]

As long as I don't have to hear any drums whatever is fine by me.

Exactly. Singing is one thing but this choreographed message/response, banging on a drum the whole game, and doing whatever some overweight biff with tattoos and a megaphone wants you to is cringeworthy. The reverse of genuine 'atmosphere' admired by soccerball fans who watch too much Bundesliga instead of getting out in the fresh air.

Oh, and can someone tow the whole Ingerlund brass band out into the Atlantic and torpedo them please?

 

[TheFinnFan]

Those absolute blerts at Crystal Palace are embarrassing. Ultras have never been a thing in English football, it is all so fake and forced.

So for me, it's a no.

Like Kop

 

[composter]

Will I get chucked out for singing outside the designated zone

 

[jal123]

When everyone who wants to sing groups together in the concourses at the aways I don't see what's wrong with that?
It's just the same as that but in the stands, rather than than being spread about being forced to sit.

Always are a completely different beast. There's a reason why the away fans are always louder in just about every ground in the country despite being outnumbered 9/1 at least.

 

[AaronTheBlue]

When everyone who wants to sing groups together in the concourses at the aways I don't see what's wrong with that?
It's just the same as that but in the stands, rather than than being spread about being forced to sit.

People at goodison can sing literally whenever they want, a singing section wouldn't suddenly make people go 'OH YOU KNOW WHAT I FANCY IT NOW LIDS' it'd just be the same as any other section but attract to more of the divs.

Nothing is stopping people from singing right now, it's the fact were a reactive crowd.

 

[TheFinnFan]

...but I quess it is a thingy of modern times

 

[Lifelong-Toffee]

Those absolute blerts at Crystal Palace are embarrassing. Ultras have never been a thing in English football, it is all so fake and forced.

So for me, it's a no.

That's right. It's like the reinvention or manufacturing of supposed 'tradition' / fan culture. It's just the thing that the sorry lot from across Stanley Park tie themselves in knots about -- making banners and flags to be 'different' and hurl abuse at their fellow fans fans who don't want to do exactly what they want at a match.

 

[Big Neville Southall]

Always are a completely different beast. There's a reason why the away fans are always louder in just about every ground in the country despite being outnumbered 9/1 at least.

That's only a recent thing though, the homes used to be better than the aways for singing. Most if not all the fans who go away go at home as well, and I'm sure some of those want to do the same at home games as well but they may be surrounded by families or non singers so are more likely to be subdued.