We talk about the lack of atmosphere at bp and having just watched the Fulham semi final highlights ( some say the best atmosphere ever ) and noticed we no longer have the horn d d ddd dddd GRIMSBY there nothing like a good horn to get the crowd going

That one just before our goal was me aged 10. Remember my dad borrowed it from work & I tried to test it out in his van going up Scartho Road on the way to the match.

Might bring it back this season.

Quoted from ska face

That one just before our goal was me aged 10. Remember my dad borrowed it from work & I tried to test it out in his van going up Scartho Road on the way to the match.

Might bring it back this season.

I took one to Braintree…and Gateshead but they were quickly thrown…think we’ve talked about the Fulham one before…

I took one to the 2016 play off final and the confiscated it as I went through the turnstile. Well they said I could take the plastic horn bit in, but not the can that went with it. As if I could blow the sodding thing. They said I might throw the can at somebody. Really?

I'd paid £4.99 for it the day before. As they wouldn't let me take it in I said that I would use it up to get my moneys worth. So I stood there and blew it continually for about a minute or so before I was told to stop it or get ejected. So I had to give it to them.

Just jobsworths using their 'power'.  

Quoted from ska face

That one just before our goal was me aged 10. Remember my dad borrowed it from work & I tried to test it out in his van going up Scartho Road on the way to the match.

Might bring it back this season.

Brilliant timing

Quoted from ska face

That one just before our goal was me aged 10. Remember my dad borrowed it from work & I tried to test it out in his van going up Scartho Road on the way to the match.

Might bring it back this season.

Have you still got that actual horn ? If so it needs to go in a glass cabinet in the trust bar lol

The atmosphere is crap because the away support is generally crap and the football ain't great . It's still division 4 how ever you dress it up . Grimsby and Fulham were both great teams and we were the underdogs and it was the second leg .

Quoted from It Bites

The atmosphere is crap because the away support is generally crap and the football ain't great . It's still division 4 how ever you dress it up . Grimsby and Fulham were both great teams and we were the underdogs and it was the second leg .

I remember playing in div 4 when the away fans were in the pontoon corner (unless there was a big crowd) and it was great.

Quoted from crusty ole pie

Have you still got that actual horn ? If so it needs to go in a glass cabinet in the trust bar lol

Unfortunately the old cnt took it off me after tooting it around the house, never to be seen again.

Now as a father of a young child, the thought of her loose in the house with an industrial air horn fills me with dread, so fair enough I suppose.

Atmosphere will continue to shrink as the family theme grows unfortunately....being sat in the Pontoon it's noticeable how the demographic in there now has changed down the years...when i first started going to BP in the late 70's the Pontoon was a feared place to go even  by home supporters...that continued into the 80's..

There are now large amounts of families, toddlers and teenage girls in there and with the best will in the world they don't bring a vociferous roar.

Quoted from moosey_club

Atmosphere will continue to shrink as the family theme grows unfortunately....being sat in the Pontoon it's noticeable how the demographic in there now has changed down the years...when i first started going to BP in the late 70's the Pontoon was a feared place to go even  by home supporters...that continued into the 80's..

There are now large amounts of families, toddlers and teenage girls in there and with the best will in the world they don't bring a vociferous roar.

Ive seen the family element  abroad when Ive been to watch games on my travels eg Spain .Personally prefer it that way as opposed to the often hooligan element that we saw in England in the terraces in the 1980s. In fairness though the hooligan element is now better controlled by the authority's . Glad football has evolved. Cant be nice going in the 1980s  with your young family seeing all that violence on the terraces  and innocent youth sometimes  loosing their lives  sadly in the process.

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/boro-fan-who-innocent-victim-17364115

On the continent they’ve managed to create a pretty decent family atmosphere without the it being detrimental to the vociferous and loud fans and atmosphere.

I suspect the rules and regulations and the obsession with pedalling falsified information about crowd safety that’s also played apart.

Take Italy, you want loud singing and drinking, smoke bombs and flags, you go behind the goal. It’s carnage usually and a free for all. You want to sit down, enjoy the game and so forth, you sit down the side. Simple. Germany is very similar as is France and Holland.

Quoted from aldi_01

On the continent they’ve managed to create a pretty decent family atmosphere without the it being detrimental to the vociferous and loud fans and atmosphere.

I suspect the rules and regulations and the obsession with pedalling falsified information about crowd safety that’s also played apart.

Take Italy, you want loud singing and drinking, smoke bombs and flags, you go behind the goal. It’s carnage usually and a free for all. You want to sit down, enjoy the game and so forth, you sit down the side. Simple. Germany is very similar as is France and Holland.

Ive been to a Brazil game in this country and loved the atmosphere their fans create. Similarly its why I love the world cup for one. Greatest sporting spectacle on earth and generates  overall so much happiness for all ages the world over. I know an old woman for one who is not really into football but whenever the world cup comes on she sits down to watch it and enjoys seeing fans the world over congregate to watch the beautiful game in the stadia and support their respective country's .

Quoted from moosey_club

Atmosphere will continue to shrink as the family theme grows unfortunately....being sat in the Pontoon it's noticeable how the demographic in there now has changed down the years...when i first started going to BP in the late 70's the Pontoon was a feared place to go even  by home supporters...that continued into the 80's..

There are now large amounts of families, toddlers and teenage girls in there and with the best will in the world they don't bring a vociferous roar.

Not sure why it’s young families getting the blame for the lack of atmosphere - it’s generally the miserable old fúckers who are hardest to get going in my experience. Kids are usually there for a good time & unlike half the geriatrics that spend their afternoons moaning all match.

Quoted from ska face

Not sure why it’s young families getting the blame for the lack of atmosphere - it’s generally the miserable old fúckers who are hardest to get going in my experience. Kids are usually there for a good time & unlike half the geriatrics that spend their afternoons moaning all match.

Have you ever thought that old gits. like me do not have enough breathe to moan. I just sit there peacefully giving the odd clap when we score or do something good.

I did my fair share of singing in the ponny when I was young. ;D

I do not like fans of any age moaning , the players are doing their best even if their best is not very good.

Quoted from ska face

Not sure why it’s young families getting the blame for the lack of atmosphere - it’s generally the miserable old fúckers who are hardest to get going in my experience. Kids are usually there for a good time & unlike half the geriatrics that spend their afternoons moaning all match.

A young family and groups of teenage girls don't produce a vociferous roar, that was my point...their presence creates a completely different atmosphere ...but it isn't a wall of noise.

Teenage girls and toddlers often are the families at BP.

Quoted from LH

Teenage girls and toddlers often are the families at BP.

;D ;D ;D ;D

So BP it’s not like it used to be for sure but my experience is that our supporters get louder when we have a good go at scoring goals via attacking football. Playing out and getting up the field by “patient build up” which includes passing it sideways far too often doesn’t help.

You’d think BP used to be like La Bombonera the way some people go on.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

So BP it’s not like it used to be for sure but my experience is that our supporters get louder when we have a good go at scoring goals via attacking football. Playing out and getting up the field by “patient build up” which includes passing it sideways far too often doesn’t help.

Agreed. Definitely helps when there is a big away end on top of that.
Bradford this season and the second half of the Stockport game the season before spring to mind.
Both entertaining games and both had great atmospheres.

Quoted from moosey_club

Atmosphere will continue to shrink as the family theme grows unfortunately....being sat in the Pontoon it's noticeable how the demographic in there now has changed down the years...when i first started going to BP in the late 70's the Pontoon was a feared place to go even  by home supporters...that continued into the 80's..

There are now large amounts of families, toddlers and teenage girls in there and with the best will in the world they don't bring a vociferous roar.

memories..memories  yes back in the day "when the pontoon was the Pontoon !" Last time i stood there town scarf jeans and wrangler denim jacket ..fellow that post of yours made me smile  ..hey i raise a glass to the old days
Times have changed thanks
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Quoted from aldi_01

On the continent they’ve managed to create a pretty decent family atmosphere without the it being detrimental to the vociferous and loud fans and atmosphere.

I suspect the rules and regulations and the obsession with pedalling falsified information about crowd safety that’s also played apart.

Take Italy, you want loud singing and drinking, smoke bombs and flags, you go behind the goal. It’s carnage usually and a free for all. You want to sit down, enjoy the game and so forth, you sit down the side. Simple. Germany is very similar as is France and Holland.

As a semi-regular at the Parc y Scarlets and also Nottingham Panthers I have to say it feels like there's an agenda with the policing and stewarding of football compared to other sports, it's like the authorities don't want to let football progress - do they make loads of money off it?  Do some people keep cushy jobs by propagating it?  

Quoted from OddShapedBalls

As a semi-regular at the Parc y Scarlets and also Nottingham Panthers I have to say it feels like there's an agenda with the policing and stewarding of football compared to other sports, it's like the authorities don't want to let football progress - do they make loads of money off it?  Do some people keep cushy jobs by propagating it?  

Would that be the same Holland where the Ajax game was abandoned at the weekend because of flares being thrown on the pitch?

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

Would that be the same Holland where the Ajax game was abandoned at the weekend because of flares being thrown on the pitch?

...searches post for any mention of Holland....nope....nope again..... eventually shrugs shoulders and gives up..

Is this some sort of game where we interchange countries and sports in some bizarre twist of twinned towns?