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I went upto Parkhead to watch Celtic v Liverpool in the UEFA Cup few years back, and I was impressed with their YNWA but I have to admit it's not quite like a balmy night at Anfield when the Kop turn on the power and you feel the words racing through your veins :)
I just think that it would be shallow to support them while despising them during the season.


Perhaps you're right, but I don't despise anyone, so it's okay ;-)


Chelsea knocked us out, so I do kind of want Barca to win, and I totally agree that an all English european cup final is lacking in something, so perhaps I am rooting Barca, but if Chelsea do go past them, I shall give them "big ups".


some of my best friends are Scousers I'll have you know ;-)


Yeah, I shagged a manc bird once, lets all be friends >:D<


Actually, I think she supported City...

Sorry Matthew, but since the Kop went all-seater it's a pale shadow of its former self, especially YNWA, clubs today compensate by trying to stage manage atmospheres in grounds, take last night at the Emirates with the flags, leave that sort of thing to the Chelski's of this world...

Keef Wrote:

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> I just think that it would be shallow to support

> them while despising them during the season.

>

> Perhaps you're right, but I don't despise anyone,

> so it's okay ;-)

>

> Chelsea knocked us out, so I do kind of want Barca

> to win, and I totally agree that an all English

> european cup final is lacking in something, so

> perhaps I am rooting Barca, but if Chelsea do go

> past them, I shall give them "big ups".

>

> some of my best friends are Scousers I'll have you

> know ;-)

>

> Yeah, I shagged a manc bird once, lets all be

> friends >:D

> Actually, I think she supported City...



HAHA! I went to Magaluf once which I have now renamed Shag a Northerner.

The thing is (and this isn't about being a better fan, etc etc), when you go every week and travel however many thousand miles to watch your club over a season, you are going to be a slight bit more passionate than your average person who goes once or twice in that same season.


I don't like United or Everton. United because of the rivalry between us and also the whole Liverpool/Manchester thing and also we're the two biggest clubs in the country so that comes with the territory.


It really started for me in that 96 FA Cup final. :(

red devil Wrote:

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> Sorry Matthew, but since the Kop went all-seater

> it's a pale shadow of its former self, especially

> YNWA, clubs today compensate by trying to stage

> manage atmospheres in grounds, take last night at

> the Emirates with the flags, leave that sort of

> thing to the Chelski's of this world...


I stood on the old Kop terrace for a few years before it was seated, but I have to say the very best atmosphere I've witnessed was the 2005 semi final 2nd leg against Chelsea. What you also have to remember Red Devil, assuming you're not a regular on the Kop, is that commentaries these days are done up on the gantry of the upper centenary stand rather than from the press box which is in the thick of the crowd. How often do people go to a game then switch on the Sky+ and you wonder what's happened to all that noisy singing?

Hmmm, not sure about that Matthew, I thought Sky had microphones dotted around the pitch perimeter to pick up the crowd not where their commentators sit, however agree that radio commentators and their microphones are usually in the 'gods', I know at OT they sit near the away fans so you can always hear the away fans clearly on the radio commentry...

matthew123 Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Sorry Matthew, but since the Kop went

> all-seater

> > it's a pale shadow of its former self,

> especially

> > YNWA, clubs today compensate by trying to stage

> > manage atmospheres in grounds, take last night

> at

> > the Emirates with the flags, leave that sort of

> > thing to the Chelski's of this world...

>

> I stood on the old Kop terrace for a few years

> before it was seated, but I have to say the very

> best atmosphere I've witnessed was the 2005 semi

> final 2nd leg against Chelsea. What you also have

> to remember Red Devil, assuming you're not a

> regular on the Kop, is that commentaries these

> days are done up on the gantry of the upper

> centenary stand rather than from the press box

> which is in the thick of the crowd. How often do

> people go to a game then switch on the Sky+ and

> you wonder what's happened to all that noisy

> singing?


You mean apart from the love-in we get before every Liverpool home game where they force everyone to watch and listen to the Kop singing the dirge and waving their scarves? ::o

red devil Wrote:

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> Hmmm, not sure about that Matthew, I thought Sky

> had microphones dotted around the pitch perimeter

> to pick up the crowd not where their commentators

> sit, however agree that radio commentators and

> their microphones are usually in the 'gods', I

> know at OT they sit near the away fans so you can

> always hear the away fans clearly on the radio

> commentry...


They do have mics around the ground but purely for background otherwise you'd never hear the commentators

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