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Town fans drunk The Hive dry on Saturday (and presumably did a lot of drinking on trains, minibuses and pubs before even getting there) which I imagine somewhat contributed to last Saturday's atmosphere. I'd hazard a guess that most Town fans don't spend several hours drinking heavily in the run up to a Tuesday night game against Telford. Also Blundell Park is full of miserable old moaning girl privates (you can usually hear a couple of them sat near John Tondeur when he's commentating).
Oh yeah we barely ever get anything approaching a sizable away crowd at home so that doesn't really help matters either. The solution to this is getting promoted back into the league.
you are right there, one of then started moaning around 9 mins in and never stopped. He was on Lenny's back form start to finish, plus hurling instructions to PH. I know he pays his money and is entitled to his opinion, but I really do not know why he bothers going.
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grimsby pete |
February 25, 2015, 5:57pm |
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I got an idea, I put it on another thread, Go to the Town bar and get tanked up watching Eastleigh and Macclesfield, Then go and STAND in the Ponny and sing your hearts out, That's the Braintree game sorted just the other 4 games now.
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moosey_club |
February 25, 2015, 9:42pm |
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Free bar....classic match video's on the tv.....a couple of strippers....and Roberts your fathers brother
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February 25, 2015, 10:18pm |
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The atmosphere will get better, not sure about the Telford game I wasn't there, but against Barnet and Bristol Rovers the fans in the pontoon were great and we're hoping to create the same kind of atmosphere or better on Saturday. We're encouraging as many as possible to come stand in the pontoon and get behind the team, and make as much noise as we can. It WILL be noisy on Saturday.
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February 25, 2015, 11:38pm |
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I was in the ponny on tuesday, my "8 and its the conga" chant near the end didn't quite catch on as much as i thought it would! Miserable feckers
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grimps |
February 26, 2015, 4:37am |
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The best atmosphere years ago while we was still getting smallish crowds was when the away fans was put in the corner next to the Pontoon. Being right up against each other always made good fun during the game, to be fair most of the chants on those days was threats about never making the coaches , come in a taxi, gonna get your fuffing head kicked in , ect I belive this is why the singing part of the Pontoon is still situated in the top corner today.
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grimsby pete |
February 26, 2015, 10:53am |
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The atmosphere will get better, not sure about the Telford game I wasn't there, but against Barnet and Bristol Rovers the fans in the pontoon were great and we're hoping to create the same kind of atmosphere or better on Saturday. We're encouraging as many as possible to come stand in the pontoon and get behind the team, and make as much noise as we can. It WILL be noisy on Saturday.
Good lad Gary, sing loud and proud mate
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RichMariner |
February 26, 2015, 12:12pm |
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There's a sense of expectation when people turn up at BP. There's no excuse for losing at home to anyone in this division, given our budget, league placing and (arguably) history.
Whether that's right or wrong is up for debate, but I suggest that's what the majority think. They pay £16 upwards and expect to be entertained.
Going back just a few years when we were in the Championship, it was different. It was more like the siege mentality that was mentioned at the start of this thread. We had hundreds, sometimes thousands, of opposition fans coming onto our patch, expecting to win, and we were there to ruin their day.
A defeat was more excusable back then, given the division, budgets and league placing etc. As long as the players put a shift in, and we competed for 90 minutes, fans went home happy. A victory was brilliant, but not always expected.
You won't get that now at BP. The atmosphere in the home match v Barnet was decent, with the flags etc, but I suspect that's as good as you're going to get unless a team brings about 800 fans with them to create a bit of hostility.
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