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It looked about as welcoming as a kneecap to the bollocks, and with North Sea winds whipping through it, and no roof on the away end, it probably wasn’t on the ‘best away days’ list for many fans. A shit hole, basically, but a tremendous shit hole made all the more glorious by the ‘Welcome To Sunderland’ sign at the back of the home fans’ Fulwell End.[DOUBLEPOST=1392386219][/DOUBLEPOST]
It looked about as welcoming as a kneecap to the bollocks, and with North Sea winds whipping through it, and no roof on the away end, it probably wasn’t on the ‘best away days’ list for many fans. A shit hole, basically, but a tremendous shit hole made all the more glorious by the ‘Welcome To Sunderland’ sign at the back of the home fans’ Fulwell End.
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Thing I miss most was the surges.

These days atmosphere is something that you see and hear. Back then, a good atmosphere literally moved you, pushing you miles away from where you started. There was a real sense you were part of something bigger, rather than just a bloke in a seat.
 
Thing I miss most was the surges.

These days atmosphere is something that you see and hear. Back then, a good atmosphere literally moved you, pushing you miles away from where you started. There was a real sense you were part of something bigger, rather than just a bloke in a seat.

That sounds like a crush not a surge.
 
It was a different life back then. People had "their spot" on the terraces and turned up early to claim it. People were often waiting outside the ground for the turnstiles to open and even an hour before kick off, the ground was filling up nicely. By the time kick off arrived, people had been there a while and the anticipation was built right up so the atmosphere was immense right from the start.

Now people know they have a seat so they arrive at the ground much later. Sometimes even when the Dance of the Knights music comes on, the ground looks half empty. Think that is the biggest killer of atmosphere.
 
Biggest killer of atmosphere is the pre-match experience at games. Shit music blaring over a PA system, daft raffle draws or kids playing football (good experience for them, I suppose), dear and scrap food and alcohol, soulless stadiums etc. Everything's too sanitised now. Dare I say it, too focused on kids and families. At Roker the "lads would go out earlier, have a couple of pints then be in the ground a good 60-45 minutes before kick off with their mates, chanting and laughing, the general hustle and bustle was as much as part of the atmosphere as the singing. Sellers going around the ground "peanuts, tanner a bag" and they'd got chucked up, the money would be thrown in return. Football was the pinnacle of the week for a lot of people. They worked hard all week and would then meet up with their mates at the match. It was a chance to let off steam and do stuff that you wouldn't normally do during the week. The world and football is a different place now.
 
It was a different life back then. People had "their spot" on the terraces and turned up early to claim it. People were often waiting outside the ground for the turnstiles to open and even an hour before kick off, the ground was filling up nicely. By the time kick off arrived, people had been there a while and the anticipation was built right up so the atmosphere was immense right from the start.

Now people know they have a seat so they arrive at the ground much later. Sometimes even when the Dance of the Knights music comes on, the ground looks half empty. Think that is the biggest killer of atmosphere.
This^^
 
I loved the place, I went through seasons in my early teans standing in the Roker and Fulwell, tremendous jumping around singing.

When I grew up and got a job, I got a season ticket at age 17, front row, main stand (Roker Wing), thought I was the bees knees stamping my feet :lol:

I like the SOL mind, but the atmosphere was better at Roker Park.
 
Biggest killer of atmosphere is the pre-match experience at games. Shit music blaring over a PA system, daft raffle draws or kids playing football (good experience for them, I suppose), dear and scrap food and alcohol, soulless stadiums etc. Everything's too sanitised now. Dare I say it, too focused on kids and families. At Roker the "lads would go out earlier, have a couple of pints then be in the ground a good 60-45 minutes before kick off with their mates, chanting and laughing, the general hustle and bustle was as much as part of the atmosphere as the singing. Sellers going around the ground "peanuts, tanner a bag" and they'd got chucked up, the money would be thrown in return. Football was the pinnacle of the week for a lot of people. They worked hard all week and would then meet up with their mates at the match. It was a chance to let off steam and do stuff that you wouldn't normally do during the week. The world and football is a different place now.

If I could remove one bit of all that, it would be pre match music.

f***ing hate it. All of it.

Imagine if there was none at all, and you could just hear the sound of tens of thousands of people beginning to congregate in a small area,[DOUBLEPOST=1392388436][/DOUBLEPOST]
People get misty eyed over the atmosphere at Roker, it was woeful at times.

Better than it deserved to be.
 
It looked about as welcoming as a kneecap to the bollocks, and with North Sea winds whipping through it, and no roof on the away end, it probably wasn’t on the ‘best away days’ list for many fans. A shit hole, basically, but a tremendous shit hole made all the more glorious by the ‘Welcome To Sunderland’ sign at the back of the home fans’ Fulwell End.[DOUBLEPOST=1392386219][/DOUBLEPOST]
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Lovely photograph. That's me seven rows back, thirty third from the left. Didn't realise that I looked so gay when I was a young lad.
 
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