Lukey Boi Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 In the filbert street days the kop would stand and chant all game, now the atmospheres dead and you cant here them at all. The only time they stand up is when the ref makes a sh*t decision. Any suggestions on why they don't do anything anymore cause that stand should be the heart of the walkers instead its L1,K1 and some of J3.
Lukey Boi Posted 29 December 2010 Author Posted 29 December 2010 Too many families in there IMO. Family stand ??
SirBlueFoxington Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 Was watching the Birmingham match last night and noticed there was lots of people standing in various stands and some from the front up. Don't if they stand like that regularly, but it was petty impressive seeing as we only have 1 small part of the ground that consistently stands.
Ashley Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 I would love the kop to stand all game but it will never happen. The KOP as people knew it at filbert street died there plus who ever decided to put the kop where it is now is a numpty.
Unit Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 A lot of us stand at the back but usually it's only the back 3/4 rows then everybody forward from there sits down
Bettsj2 Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 Calling it 'the kop' doesnt make it so. The SK sections at the Walkers Stadium couldnt be more far attached from the old Filbert Street Kop. It amazes me that these sort of conversations still crop up. Filbert Street is gone and has been gone for a while and with it went any remnance of the old style atmosphere that it used to produce. Even saying that, people's memories of Filbert Street can be somewhat rose tinted. With the exception of Pen 1 at Filbert St, the atmosphere was largely subdued most of the time.
lestajigs Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 Sat in the kop at the Leeds game, shite compared to k l and j3
zubi Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 Sat at the top of the kop for the forest game. Amazing atmosphere, the lads next to us wouldnt stop chanting, was awesome! Usually sit in the middle of the kop... you have to be lucky to get a good set of fans near you. Otherwise its just people who go to the game to read the Leicester Mercury.
Finnegan Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 Pardon my ignorance but one thing I've always wondered was, when we moved to the Walkers, what actually made the Kop the Kop? It seems a little bit of an odd choice of stand for the more vocal of our support to pick given it's distance from the away fans. Was it simply the price of tickets compared to the "family" stand?
Guest Basildon Fox Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 Pardon my ignorance but one thing I've always wondered was, when we moved to the Walkers, what actually made the Kop the Kop? It seems a little bit of an odd choice of stand for the more vocal of our support to pick given it's distance from the away fans. Was it simply the price of tickets compared to the "family" stand? I imagine that it was because the kop was part of the double decker which was the old South stand. Hence when they decided to call one area Spion Kop they chose the South Stand again. I would have thought that they expected at the time people in J, K & L would go back and sit there just because they decided to call it the Spion Kop so we didn't have any ruffians near to the away fans.
RedHux Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 Sat at the top of the kop for the forest game. Amazing atmosphere, the lads next to us wouldnt stop chanting, was awesome! Usually sit in the middle of the kop... you have to be lucky to get a good set of fans near you. Otherwise its just people who go to the game to read the Leicester Mercury. If the Kop was singing during the Forest match we couldn't hear it. It's probably the acoustics of the place but the away fans can't hear anything from that end of the ground. Wouldn't it make more sense to switch the family stand and "the kop" around?
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 I usually sit in the corner next to SK1 and i have to say most ganes i cant hear the away fans unless they are winning and even then they dont sound very loud so i think the whole debate which section sounds loud etc literally depends on where you sit. Its obvious L section is the current "hot spot" for singing and good on em - i never leave a game without a sore throat, havent for years but rarely anyone anywhere near me joins in with the singing etc - its a bit sad and pathetic that our support usually needs a poor ref decision to fire them up volume wise (eg SHMUCKEL not being sent off for Dirty Leeds against us recently). Our away support (as most teams) is usually much much better because the people who put their money where their mouth is are the genuine died in the wool hardcore Leicester City fans and sing their hearts out at every away game (which is fookin hard at the mo). the kop is much quieter than the Filbert Street years but thats not looking through rose tinted glasses just FACT. Come on the CITY lets start raising the volume and making our home games interesting again
body102 Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 All seater stadiums have ruined the atmosphere , The Kop at filbo in the days of standing was very loud and it did help having the away fans seperated by just a metal fence
Guest Basildon Fox Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 All seater stadiums have ruined the atmosphere , The Kop at filbo in the days of standing was very loud and it did help having the away fans seperated by just a metal fence But it still was loud when they put the seats in. Acoustically at the time it was one of the best stadiums in the country. The sound just drowns out of the new ground because it is much more open.
ajthefox Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 the kop doesn't stand up because there are lots of people who don't want to stand up for 90 minutes. simple.
body102 Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 But it still was loud when they put the seats in. Acoustically at the time it was one of the best stadiums in the country. The sound just drowns out of the new ground because it is much more open. I totally agreee , i wish they would have built a stadium in the old style cos it was the echo from the underside of the decker that made the kop as good as it was . Like you say these bowls everyone seems to have now have been a major reason in lack of atmosphere
Kitchandro Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 If the Kop was singing during the Forest match we couldn't hear it. It's probably the acoustics of the place but the away fans can't hear anything from that end of the ground. Wouldn't it make more sense to switch the family stand and "the kop" around? Yes it would. And the acoustics of the ground are poor, I couldn't hear the away fans or K and L from the corner of the kop when I sat there.
fatmando Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 Calling it 'the kop' doesnt make it so. The SK sections at the Walkers Stadium couldnt be more far attached from the old Filbert Street Kop. It amazes me that these sort of conversations still crop up. Filbert Street is gone and has been gone for a while and with it went any remnance of the old style atmosphere that it used to produce. Even saying that, people's memories of Filbert Street can be somewhat rose tinted. With the exception of Pen 1 at Filbert St, the atmosphere was largely subdued most of the time. I agree. I bet some people who bang on about Filbert Street atmosphere were children when they experienced it. When I was kid I used to think Kettering Town had an awesome atmosphere! It wasn't as if it was a cup final atmosphere at Filbert Street every week. Sure more people stood, but give us break...when you get older you don't fancy standing up for 90 mins. I'm all for atmosphere and a good song but fook it makes my legs ache if I'm just standing still for an hour and half! Unless of course the goals are flying in, then my adrenaline takes over.
Narborough Bod Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 The Kop doesn't stand up because half of the people in it are from the double decker, who wouldn't have stood up at FS. On moving from FS to WS, a large number of ex double deckers just bought similar seats towards the bacl of the stand. Had the club had any 'atmospheric' sense, which they clearly hadn't when they put the police cells / away fans in the opposite corner, they would have asked double decker fans to sit further forward with kopites towards the back. The current kop is nothing like the old kop and never will be. Move on.
phillthefox Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 would love the KOP to stand like we used to do in filbert street , however having been told off for shouting ans swearing as a family has kids, really annoyed me even though i told him there is a family stand , stewards got involved and basically was told to be quiet or i would be ejected...... this is what home games has come too, and thats why i prefer the away days
demon_dog Posted 29 December 2010 Posted 29 December 2010 It was only until recently that the club decided to call that area The Kop, most people who go there now do so for one reason only, it's the cheapest area in the ground. I know quite a few people who have season tickets there and they will readily admit it. I am the same! I know I'm a tight fisted old git but why pay more to watch the same thing from a different angle. Also as mentioned Double Deckerists also now sit there. I fully remember the Kop at Filbo and used to frequent it as a season ticket holder AND stand up years ago, but like has already been mentioned, age catches up with you and a sit down is welcome nowadays. As for noise, the old ground was much more enclosed, also due to it's size and close proximity to the pitch the fans felt more involved in the game than they do now. This helped to create the good atmosphere we remember. Unfortunately due to Elf n Safety there has to be sufficient space between the pitch and terracing nowadays to allow emergency services access around the inside of the ground. Hence the distant pitch, thus indirectly creating a lack of spectator involvement, thus less atmosphere.
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