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Reply | FAO: Blue Action
at 16:46 3 Jun 2025
Whilst many agree with the general aim of improving the atmosphere, with a focus on increased vocal support, it’s probably fair to say that most English fans who want to sing just aren’t into the ultra scene. In reply to a comment under one of your early blogs, you even said yourself that “matching black t-shirts is mondo cheesy and not a big fan of those European style banners”.
We don’t have enough dedicated ultras to fill a large section and very few others are gonna be up for their view being obscured for large parts of the game by flags and tifos. Most primarily identify as Town fans / football fans. What’s the point of being in the ground if it’s not also about watching the game (whilst backing the team)? Visual displays can be done outside.
In that blog, you also mentioned people being “a little put off by the organisational and hierarchical structure of European ultra groups, or even those closer to home like the Holmesdale Fanatics over at Crystal Palace”. Don’t think that’s changed and can’t help thinking that if we just try to copy what’s done elsewhere, it’ll only ever be a much smaller version of it and won’t address the overall issues that you said led to you setting up the group in the first place (appreciate you’ve moved away from that).
Age doesn’t matter to me either but there’s a noticeable irony, given all the (old) age related comments about the NSL in the thread, that the first thing that various people have said to me (when I’ve asked about potentially going up to A-Block) is about how young the crowd is there (in less polite terms). I don’t think it’s a coincidence as younger fans are probably more open to acting on directions from a capo.
Perhaps this is how the ultra scene will grow though - as a new generation will grow up supporting the team in this way. However, right now, it’s almost become a separate movement within the existing fan base (which requires it’s own space), rather than representative of it…so probably unrealistic to expect mass participation, or for people to conflate it with suggestions about how to improve the NSL (not saying that BA have done recently)… |
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