| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... 10:22 - Nov 16 with 3398 views | FBI |
...and it was football in a library, to coin a phrase.
I sat in Churchman's (SAR) as I always have. When I went regularly in the 70s-80s it was a hotbed of singing and cheering but at the weekend it was bloody awful and I wished I was in the North Stand - the silence was embarrassing, especially for a 21K+ crowd.
What's happened to everyone? |  |
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:21 - Nov 16 with 901 views | FBI |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 12:41 - Nov 16 by Sarge |
“What's happened to everyone?“
Given you last went regularly in the 70s and 80s I’d imagine a fair amount of them have died. |
:-D Fair point | |
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:22 - Nov 16 with 901 views | blue62 |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:10 - Nov 16 by AlanG296 |
Your choice where you live and work. |
oh that's not going to go down well! |  | | |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:39 - Nov 16 with 859 views | Wickets |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 11:42 - Nov 16 by FBI |
Sorry, my bad. Must remember to not spend the NEXT thirty years living a minimum of 270 miles away and working weekends. Must try harder. |
I could never move away from my beloved Ipswich Town come hell or high water . |  | | |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:52 - Nov 16 with 844 views | Churchman |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 12:36 - Nov 16 by farkenhell |
Spurs' new stadium has a steam and stench urinal trough?
Blimey. Matches the quality of football on offer I suppose. |
Spurs new ground sits within one big steaming urinal trough. Tottenham area always was and still is a dump. |  | | |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:01 - Nov 16 with 817 views | Price_1991 |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:52 - Nov 16 by Churchman |
Spurs new ground sits within one big steaming urinal trough. Tottenham area always was and still is a dump. |
I feel the main problem with PR is the acoustics, the noise generated by the SBRL doesn't travel due to it being a two tiered stand so the noise goes up but due to the second tier just reverberates back down rather than travel out. I feel the only way to rectify this would be to have a microphone system in place that picks the noise up from that end and then amplifies it around the ground. I would be great if other sections of the ground had a blue action contingent so to speak to help get the atmosphere going, I get that not everyone wants to sing/chant however there are others that do that aren't always able to get into the SBRL. |  | | |
| My point is that..... on 14:26 - Nov 16 with 759 views | SitfcB |
| My point is that..... on 11:53 - Nov 16 by Bloots |
...I'm surprised that you are surprised.
You went back to a spot that you used to stand in 35-45 years ago and appear to be shocked that things had changed. |
He’ll have a shock if we get to Wembley. |  |
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:32 - Nov 16 with 745 views | Meadowlark |
This thread is why I regularly check the TWTD forum.
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... (n/t) on 14:35 - Nov 16 with 745 views | AlanG296 |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:10 - Nov 16 by AlanG296 |
Your choice where you live and work. |
[Post edited 16 Nov 2021 14:38]
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:38 - Nov 16 with 733 views | AlanG296 |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:21 - Nov 16 by FBI |
How exactly is that relevant to the question about SAR being quiet? |
As relevant as your comment that you lived 270 Miles away and always worked weekends. | | | |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:38 - Nov 16 with 730 views | hype313 |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:01 - Nov 16 by Price_1991 |
I feel the main problem with PR is the acoustics, the noise generated by the SBRL doesn't travel due to it being a two tiered stand so the noise goes up but due to the second tier just reverberates back down rather than travel out. I feel the only way to rectify this would be to have a microphone system in place that picks the noise up from that end and then amplifies it around the ground. I would be great if other sections of the ground had a blue action contingent so to speak to help get the atmosphere going, I get that not everyone wants to sing/chant however there are others that do that aren't always able to get into the SBRL. |
What really needs to happen to Sir Bob stand is for it to be redesigned so it's essentially one stand like the Kop or Spurs's new stand, but obviously that would come at a huge cost and not sure the benefit of generating better acoustics would warrant Gamechanger to spend that sort of cash. |  |
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:40 - Nov 16 with 727 views | FBI |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:38 - Nov 16 by AlanG296 |
As relevant as your comment that you lived 270 Miles away and always worked weekends. |
...which was in response to someone having at go at me for not being a PR regular. Get a grip. | |
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:47 - Nov 16 with 706 views | Price_1991 |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:38 - Nov 16 by hype313 |
What really needs to happen to Sir Bob stand is for it to be redesigned so it's essentially one stand like the Kop or Spurs's new stand, but obviously that would come at a huge cost and not sure the benefit of generating better acoustics would warrant Gamechanger to spend that sort of cash. |
They've spoken about doing bits and pieces to the ground so not out of the realms of possibility however they have said that the first stand to get any attention is the Cobbold stand as thats currently the oldest one. I know they are talking about completely redoing the PA system in the ground anyway so might be worthwhile adding in a system to amplify the sound coming from the lower Bobby Robson stand. | | | |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:55 - Nov 16 with 693 views | Ewan_Oozami |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:07 - Nov 16 by DinDjarin |
What game was that? |
Darrens.... |  |
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| We'd be a laughing stock..... on 15:07 - Nov 16 with 673 views | Bloots |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 14:47 - Nov 16 by Price_1991 |
They've spoken about doing bits and pieces to the ground so not out of the realms of possibility however they have said that the first stand to get any attention is the Cobbold stand as thats currently the oldest one. I know they are talking about completely redoing the PA system in the ground anyway so might be worthwhile adding in a system to amplify the sound coming from the lower Bobby Robson stand. |
....if that happened.
Terrible idea. |  |
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| Responses to this are a bit OTT on 16:04 - Nov 16 with 600 views | Bobbychase |
"Hello, I came here on my honeymoon 20 years ago. I notice some of the restaurants have closed and the high street is now one-way."
"WHY DIDN'T YOU COME EVERY YEAR AND HOW DARE YOU POINT OUT OUR ONE-WAY SYSTEM." |  |
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 16:09 - Nov 16 with 591 views | ArnieM |
I went back to my roots (North Stand) after a couple of seasons sitting in Churchmans with some friends, but told them I couldn’t face it anymore … embarrassing is a good word for Churchmans,
It was absolutely dire, so I’m now back l amongst the living and singing thank god (friendship still intact), despite leaving them behind , they “couldn’t face standing for 90 mins”! |  |
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| Responses to this are a bit OTT on 16:10 - Nov 16 with 588 views | FBI |
| Responses to this are a bit OTT on 16:04 - Nov 16 by Bobbychase |
"Hello, I came here on my honeymoon 20 years ago. I notice some of the restaurants have closed and the high street is now one-way."
"WHY DIDN'T YOU COME EVERY YEAR AND HOW DARE YOU POINT OUT OUR ONE-WAY SYSTEM." |
Nailed it :-D | |
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| Nah, your version should read..... on 16:12 - Nov 16 with 587 views | Bloots |
| Responses to this are a bit OTT on 16:04 - Nov 16 by Bobbychase |
"Hello, I came here on my honeymoon 20 years ago. I notice some of the restaurants have closed and the high street is now one-way."
"WHY DIDN'T YOU COME EVERY YEAR AND HOW DARE YOU POINT OUT OUR ONE-WAY SYSTEM." |
......"Hello, I came here on my honeymoon 45 years ago and there were a load of people in the bars and restaurants having an amazing time"
"Now 45 years later those people aren't here, it's bloody awful now. People are just sitting around drinking and eating, it's embarrassing"
"I wish I'd gone to that other place that I knew beforehand would be much more to my liking"
EDIT - "Perhaps I shouldn't have kept farting" [Post edited 16 Nov 2021 16:14]
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 16:13 - Nov 16 with 583 views | MrTown |
It's Portman Road, not La Bombenara.
Fans in the SBR stand are very good, and there has been a big increase in atmosphere since Blue Action began. |  |
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 16:28 - Nov 16 with 556 views | lazyblue |
You mean when it was standing and ipswich were one of the best teams in Europe! | | | |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 16:46 - Nov 16 with 527 views | Radlett_blue |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 13:18 - Nov 16 by Vic |
I think it’s that the same people are in Churchmans now as were there when you went as a younger person. Trouble is they are all (like you) 40 yrs older and no longer sing and chant as they used to.
We badly need to excite and get in a new, younger generation. Thank goodness the omens are good and it may just be about to happen.
Ps - Churchmans was ok in the SBR era (it’s where I used to stand, but been pretty much dead since then, especially since seating came in. [Post edited 16 Nov 2021 13:23]
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It's by no means just an Ipswich thing. The people going to football are now older & wealthier than 40 years ago, when the core football fan was a 16-35 years old male. And all seat stadiums have made a huge difference. Even the once fearsome Den is a quiet, unintimidating place. |  |
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| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 16:59 - Nov 16 with 510 views | hunty21 |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 11:43 - Nov 16 by FBI |
Me and my brother tried several times and got stared at as though we'd farted. |
Like every fan base there is one stand notorious for signing and making a noise and the churchmans is not the place to be try north stand or away games | | | |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 19:51 - Nov 16 with 454 views | FBI |
There you go. Sensible comments. Thanks, chaps.
Oh and Bloots: if you're going to enter a battle of wits, don't turn up unarmed next time. | |
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| Epicbantz.....! on 20:05 - Nov 16 with 426 views | Bloots |
| Oxford at PR was my first home game in nearly a decade... on 19:51 - Nov 16 by FBI |
There you go. Sensible comments. Thanks, chaps.
Oh and Bloots: if you're going to enter a battle of wits, don't turn up unarmed next time. |
....roflcopter!! | |
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| Epicbantz.....! on 20:08 - Nov 16 with 417 views | FBI |
| Epicbantz.....! on 20:05 - Nov 16 by Bloots |
....roflcopter!! |
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