Comments on: Why Are Premier League Crowds So Quiet?

By: Theo Baxter

Theo Baxter — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:41:47 +0000

I am also a stretford end season ticket holder and am very disappointed at the home supoort, especially in the last five years apart from the stretty, which still gives a good backing. I agree about our away support though, it’s fantastic and without doubt one of the loudest in the country. However, big games especially Liverpool, the atmosphere is top class everywhere, just wish people would stand up and get behind the lads(apart from stretty) for other games than the big four.

By: numquammoribimur

numquammoribimur — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:06:05 +0000

as a proud strtford end season ticket holder at OT, i have witnessed the demise of the atmosphere at the once intimidating stadium.

firstly, we were converted to an all seater stadium, this means every1 sat down n started enjoyin the footy instead of standin shoulder to shoulder with ur pals.
secondly, manchester city council force the stewards to get all the fans to sit down.
thirdly, success means that player wage bills rise. this means ticket prices rise, this means the workin class manc can no longer afford his ticket. this leads to tourists and daytrippers who want to be entertained by the best team in the world.
finally, the glazer taeover was the final straw for many hardcore united fans, we lost around 4000 of our hardcore support who created FC United of manchester.
still on euro nights n derby matches there is still a good atmosphere and on special matches like the second half against spurs this season.
i might be slightly biased but i think that we have one of the best sets of away fans in the country, this proves there is still passion at united.

By: AtlantaPompey

AtlantaPompey — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:23:17 +0000

You use ManU’s Prawn Sandwich Brigade as an example of Premier League Crowds, yet use Stoke & Hull, both Premier League sides, as examples of the opposite? I would wager that the bigger clubs, with their larger followings, international fanbase that doesn’t understand the club’s songs and traditions, and desire for calm and control during the match don’t get anywhere near the noise you could hear at The Stadium of Light, KC Stadium, or, my personal favorite, Fratton Park. All Premier League sides with noisy crowds. You are really complaining about the so-called Big Four, not the entire Premier League.

Want to hear a crowd? Watch our next home match. Watch us at Newcastle on Monday night when just a few thousand people travel the entire length of England to sing: “PLAY UP POMPEY!!! POMPEY PLAY UP!!!

By: tony

tony — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:21:41 +0000

it’s the management at old traffords fault. they want unrowdy. they don’t want people standing and blocking others…well that means boring. add this to the fact that manchester united plays more like chess than ps3 shooter and you get silence.

By: olivert

olivert — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:43:40 +0000

Mick wrote:

> Stop picking on the Huge Manchester United, they are a well supported club in China!!

Exactly.

The majority of Man Utd’s working class supporters now live 8 time zones away from Old Trafford, in Hong Kong, Singapore, Guangzhou, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, etc.

Ticket prices for Premier League matches have reached the point where working class supporters in the UK cannot afford them.

Notice that the Man Utd-Liverpool and Man Utd-Arsenal heavyweight bouts in the Premier League now kick off at 1245 British Summer Time (GMT+1), which translates to 1945, or prime time, in the GMT+8 time zone.