[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=48335.msg1466788#msg1466788 date=1326997262]
[quote author=Woland link=topic=48335.msg1466454#msg1466454 date=1326968864]
I don't go nuts at the match like I used to, but then I'm old. Priority for seats on the kop should be given to males under 30 who've had at least 6 pints of Stella or equivalent.
It's not a massive shock that away crowds are more lively. It's because it's gangs of young men who've been drinking and snorting all day.
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Which is the point exactly.
I made this point some years ago that when the Kop became seated , the vast majority of seats like the rest of the ground also became season ticket holders only.
So that means there is no "churn". In the old scheme of things you started off on the Kop and as you became an old git you filtered through to the stands, thus making room for more vociferous young men to take your place.
The Kop became seated in 1994 that is eighteen years ago. So a thirty year old who took his season ticket then is going to be nearly 50 and a forty year old nearly 60, so like the rest of the ground it is steadily ageing. I am not saying I sit on my hands all game and don't sing along when the moment strikes me at 56, but not with anything like the passion of when I was 18, having queued up for two hours to get in, you made the most of it, and yes all the people that wanted to sing loudly and jump around went as close behind the goal as possible.
So Ryan is right, but so is Krump on a couple of things.
The Kop on its day is still fantastic, but those days are fewer and further between.
I think what happens now more than it did is when the place does get bouncing its the whole stadium and not just the Kop.
Not sure what the answer is unless it's a sort of euthanasia for old gits and women ...*gulp
regards
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these days I definately get the impression people just want to watch rather than participle (entertain me attitude), which is your choice seeing as you've bought your ticket but I definately think when the new seats are divved out they group the people that want to sing together as I've said before.