| Atmosphere 15:11 - Sep 14 with 6912 views | saint_04 |
Hate to say it, thought the atmosphere was dreadful for a derby game.
Doesn’t help the away fans are seated next to fans sat on their hands.
Also doesn’t help the dreadful football especially in the first half. Can someone explain how lumping a ball to one of the smallest players on the pitch makes any sense to anybody? |  | | |  |
| Atmosphere on 11:22 - Sep 15 with 2599 views | dirk_doone |
| Atmosphere on 11:16 - Sep 15 by Number_58 |
The atmosphere was great where I was in the Northam. One of the bonuses of standing in there is that you can hardly hear the away fans now during the game. Mind you, as we wandered back into town afterwards we could hear them all celebrating their heroic nil-nil draw like they'd won the Champions League. Still, I guess after all the years of being so far behind us they deserved their big day out. |
Nick sums it up best in his match report:
"Southampton supporters were magnificent, drowning out the away support and keeping going throughout the game, it was just a shame that we didn't score if we had you would have heard the roar 18 miles away." |  |
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| Atmosphere on 11:32 - Sep 15 with 2545 views | WinchesterExile |
| Atmosphere on 09:37 - Sep 15 by franniesTache |
It was the worst skate away end i think i've ever seen, so many replica shirts and very few lads, also the collective age looked about 13.
Almost no needle from them and they seemed properly meek and wilted really quickly. Also what they did sing was pretty much the league two song book.
Though the bit of the chapel next to them was decent, not exactly loads of songs but did it''s job and was a good mixture of older and younger lads.
I'm not normally a fan of them but thought the Beattie flag was actually pretty decent, but for the most part you simply don't hear the northam from the other end of the ground so there's nothing for the away fans to bounce off and i assume the same the otherway round |
It was my first time in the Chapel (block 20) and thought the singing wasn’t great but wasn’t bad either. I think it could develop into the old Itchen North. I’m going to go there for the Swansea match which is next one I’m over from Jersey for. |  | | |
| Atmosphere on 11:34 - Sep 15 with 2535 views | Joiedevivre |
| Atmosphere on 09:45 - Sep 15 by franniesTache |
Just an observation really, you can see the Northam clapping but you literally can't hear them from the other side of the ground, other than OWTS, and that's because more than just the Northam join in. |
Fair play for the slowest OWTS ever, it was pretty specialist. |  | | |
| Atmosphere on 11:47 - Sep 15 with 2486 views | franniesTache |
| Atmosphere on 11:34 - Sep 15 by Joiedevivre |
Fair play for the slowest OWTS ever, it was pretty specialist. |
Was the standard one in the Milton in the 80s and used a fair bit in the Itchen North when it was good.
If you get a few joining in it can sound incredible but most don't actually know it so speed it up too quickly |  | | |
| Atmosphere on 11:50 - Sep 15 with 2470 views | franniesTache |
| Atmosphere on 11:32 - Sep 15 by WinchesterExile |
It was my first time in the Chapel (block 20) and thought the singing wasn’t great but wasn’t bad either. I think it could develop into the old Itchen North. I’m going to go there for the Swansea match which is next one I’m over from Jersey for. |
My way of looking at that little block of the chapel is it's not our job to sing loads of songs at a million miles an hour, that's the northam, it's to provide more old school vocal backing and give a bit back to the away fans.
Genuinely really enjoy it there personally, and given the disaster of the Northam Wall last season it's great to actually be enjoying going again, i just hope the club don't decide to get heavy handed and let it develop into it's own thing, because it's good for the ground to have an option for those that don't like the noddy banter & million miles an hour rubbish in the Northam | | | |
| Atmosphere on 11:56 - Sep 15 with 2444 views | Joiedevivre |
| Atmosphere on 11:47 - Sep 15 by franniesTache |
Was the standard one in the Milton in the 80s and used a fair bit in the Itchen North when it was good.
If you get a few joining in it can sound incredible but most don't actually know it so speed it up too quickly |
Never heard it like that: must be honest I did question WTF was going on. Difficult to hear over my left shoulder sometimes if the away fans are decent (Wrexham), but when we start to get lower number away ends, it should be even better.
Good to hear ‘we had joy we had fun’, ‘my old man,’ ‘having a party’ and the Mason Mount / Guy Whittingham one…
Not bad, but improvement needed. [Post edited 15 Sep 11:57]
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| Atmosphere on 12:28 - Sep 15 with 2385 views | franniesTache |
| Atmosphere on 11:56 - Sep 15 by Joiedevivre |
Never heard it like that: must be honest I did question WTF was going on. Difficult to hear over my left shoulder sometimes if the away fans are decent (Wrexham), but when we start to get lower number away ends, it should be even better.
Good to hear ‘we had joy we had fun’, ‘my old man,’ ‘having a party’ and the Mason Mount / Guy Whittingham one…
Not bad, but improvement needed. [Post edited 15 Sep 11:57]
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Yeah those were all us, as was "we're going to chase them through goldsmith avenue, and then we're taking fratton" to the tune of electric avenue.
Hopefully that chapel block will develop like the Itchen North did when it was good and we'll have a few more unique songs that aren't ripped off other clubs. It's always easier to do that with smaller numbers and generally older heads | | | |
| Atmosphere on 17:54 - Sep 15 with 2109 views | Joiedevivre |
| Atmosphere on 12:28 - Sep 15 by franniesTache |
Yeah those were all us, as was "we're going to chase them through goldsmith avenue, and then we're taking fratton" to the tune of electric avenue.
Hopefully that chapel block will develop like the Itchen North did when it was good and we'll have a few more unique songs that aren't ripped off other clubs. It's always easier to do that with smaller numbers and generally older heads |
If you have any others send them over; happy to help carry them. | | | |
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| Atmosphere on 17:58 - Sep 15 with 2098 views | euasabioscummer |
| Atmosphere on 09:37 - Sep 15 by franniesTache |
It was the worst skate away end i think i've ever seen, so many replica shirts and very few lads, also the collective age looked about 13.
Almost no needle from them and they seemed properly meek and wilted really quickly. Also what they did sing was pretty much the league two song book.
Though the bit of the chapel next to them was decent, not exactly loads of songs but did it''s job and was a good mixture of older and younger lads.
I'm not normally a fan of them but thought the Beattie flag was actually pretty decent, but for the most part you simply don't hear the northam from the other end of the ground so there's nothing for the away fans to bounce off and i assume the same the otherway round |
This.
I can only assume they have a ticket system where the regular away ticket holders get priority like us.
I thought Bournemouth were better 😂
Although Bournemouth did spank us ..... |  | | |
| Atmosphere on 14:42 - Sep 16 with 1578 views | 1teeminants |
I’ve had season tkts in all four stands since the ground opened.
From the Northam you can’t hear the away fans in Kingsland corner
From the chapel you can’t hear the Northam
From Itchen north you can make out little bits of away fans in corner but they certainly don’t sound loud. From Itchen North the Northam sounds louder than it’s ever been since the ground opened
From Kingsland corner you couldn’t hear Itchen north at its peak
CONCLUSION:
The acoustics in the stadium are Shyte |  |
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| Atmosphere on 16:09 - Sep 16 with 1488 views | dirk_doone |
| Atmosphere on 14:42 - Sep 16 by 1teeminants |
I’ve had season tkts in all four stands since the ground opened.
From the Northam you can’t hear the away fans in Kingsland corner
From the chapel you can’t hear the Northam
From Itchen north you can make out little bits of away fans in corner but they certainly don’t sound loud. From Itchen North the Northam sounds louder than it’s ever been since the ground opened
From Kingsland corner you couldn’t hear Itchen north at its peak
CONCLUSION:
The acoustics in the stadium are Shyte |
I've been to a number of stadiums around the world, and what I've noticed is that the ones that are steep-sided have the best atmospheres. Everton have taken this into account with the design of their new stadium; we didn't. The sides at St Mary's slope at a gentle angle and a lot of the noise drifts out rather than inwards. Adding a second tier would certainly help.
At La Bombonera in Buenos Aires, the stadium considered to have the best atmosphere in the world, the sides are so steep that when you lean forward, you feel that you are going to tumble down onto the pitch, but it is a real cauldron of noise.
Old stadiums are generally better for making noise, as modern buildings use sound absorbimg wall panels to prevent noise pollution in the local area. [Post edited 16 Sep 16:17]
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| Atmosphere on 16:54 - Sep 16 with 1434 views | saintwizzler |
Stadiums that have the home side winning normally have a good atmosphere. |  |
| We thought that we had the answers,
It was the questions we had wrong. |
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| Atmosphere on 17:16 - Sep 16 with 1401 views | grumpy |
| Atmosphere on 16:54 - Sep 16 by saintwizzler |
Stadiums that have the home side winning normally have a good atmosphere. |
The fans are desperate for a win .
Look at how our late winner against Wrexham was celebrated,the whole place was rocking.
That first half was so bad against Pompey it drained the atmosphere ,it was that shocking. |  | | |
| Atmosphere on 18:25 - Sep 16 with 1334 views | saintwizzler |
| Atmosphere on 17:16 - Sep 16 by grumpy |
The fans are desperate for a win .
Look at how our late winner against Wrexham was celebrated,the whole place was rocking.
That first half was so bad against Pompey it drained the atmosphere ,it was that shocking. |
Exactly.
The atmosphere goes hand in hand with events on the pitch.
Abject displays and loss after loss after loss takes it toll.
It’s not fun anymore. | |
| We thought that we had the answers,
It was the questions we had wrong. |
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| Atmosphere on 21:09 - Sep 16 with 1242 views | NickSO19 |
| Atmosphere on 11:34 - Sep 15 by Joiedevivre |
Fair play for the slowest OWTS ever, it was pretty specialist. |
You must have been stood near us at the back of Block 21  |  | | |
| Atmosphere on 21:17 - Sep 16 with 1228 views | NickSO19 |
| Atmosphere on 17:54 - Sep 15 by Joiedevivre |
If you have any others send them over; happy to help carry them. |
Sunday was not the game for it - but you still have to suffer us singing the Woolston Ferry (all five verses), our version of (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, various Saints/JFK chants and our Wagnerian style four part harmony ditty covering the club's history  | | | |
| Atmosphere on 21:26 - Sep 16 with 1211 views | Southamptonfan |
The 12pm kick off is sh!t. They got the Pompey lot in early, so there was nobody on the streets to "welcome" them. Nobody in the pubs, many were closed and not many had time to drink before the game. The West Brom game was so hyped as many fans had been drinking all afternoon. The bubble is totally understandable, but at least allow "some" interaction, and a have a 3pm.kick.off. [Post edited 17 Sep 0:25]
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| Atmosphere on 19:31 - Sep 18 with 238 views | Joiedevivre |
| Atmosphere on 21:17 - Sep 16 by NickSO19 |
Sunday was not the game for it - but you still have to suffer us singing the Woolston Ferry (all five verses), our version of (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, various Saints/JFK chants and our Wagnerian style four part harmony ditty covering the club's history |
Not our nearest and dearest, sweet Molly Malone? | | | |
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