Hugo Sanchez Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 Forest away gonna sell out quick as. I'm not a season ticket holder either so no chance of getting a ticket. How ever im up for sitting in the bc stand in the corner near the away end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFC FOX Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 I'm a good boy and sit in my seat all the time whilst eating my prawn sandwiches and having hot chocolate out my flask. Probably not mate. Well I'll go from our block on my own then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 13 January 2013 Author Share Posted 13 January 2013 Bet there'll be 100s of able bodied fans in wheelchairs that game. It'll be like lou and andy from little Britain at full time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 Forest away gonna sell out quick as. I'm not a season ticket holder either so no chance of getting a ticket. How ever im up for sitting in the bc stand in the corner near the away end. It'd be nice to think we'd get a bigger allocation if it's a dead rubber for them. I doubt it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 Of course people would be on the pitch. There are many clubs/fans that ignore the pa and enter the field of play upon promotion. I just don't get why we have these sort of threads like because if it was to happen, it would happen, regardless of any pre-talk on here (I know this is a poll, but previous threads). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 I don't see what your point is. You've asked what would be fun about it. Despite the fact it's been explained, it's not the point, many people would enjoy it. If you wouldn't then you have every right to not participate and look down your nose at people. But trying to convince people that they shouldn't find it fun is a bit ridiculous. I've never seen anyone wear a bowler hat at a football match, yet I've seen numerous pitch invasions in modern football. So that comparison is very strange. People have also tried to bring confetti back recently. The bottom line is, there are a significant number of fans who like the idea of it and would view it, if it was done by thousands, as something very special and enjoyable. I don't see what's so hard to understand about our fanbase singing in unison and celebrating on the pitch in one huge group? As for funny looks, if thousands of City fans were on the pitch celebrating I really couldn't care less what faces some boring people were pulling. Each to their own. My point is everyone saying it would be fun have failed to explain why it would be fun and have never actually experienced said fun themselves. This pathe footage shows how we used to celebrate we dont anymore because football evolved. People tried 'confetti' a few games ago and **** all was thrown yet back at Filbo it was all the rage, along with balloons I might add. Now we do the scarf thing and have a dirty big drum. Things move on, things change (for better or worse), most clubs dont invade pitches anymore due to a mixture of stewarding and changing attitudes. Most club sure as hell don't organise spontaneity, thats like piping in music or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatness_Since_1884 Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 Wouldn't try and fight my way past the stewards though but anyone with a clear path to the pitch will probably take it This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieTodger Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 I've experienced a few celebrations, and the best was the 2-1 win over Spurs when we dropped out of the Premier League in 2002. I was only 8 but running on the pitch was brilliant. I've not seen any pictures of the amount of people that did it, but since then I've experienced the 2 promotions at our current home both marred by the extremely bland "lap of honour" (Brighton in 03 and Scunthorpe in 09). The most insulting was the promotion against Scunthorpe. We were warned with the "please stay off the pitch" followed by "A pitch invation will result in us not lifting in the trophy", as almost as if it were an ultimatium. ****ing hell, I wish we invaded the pitch. I sit and have sat in SK2 since that 08/09 season, so I would have had a pretty vague view anyway, but we lifted the trophy in front of the West Stand (I'd imagine so the TV cameras could see it, even though it wasn't on TV) as well as lifting it in a cloud of smoke so nobody could see what was actually going on. Real anti-climax given the full-house and great season we'd just had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danizen Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 fleckneymike, if you want to sit in the stands, that's your choice but waiting so long for promotion, having felt so much disappointment over the years, my unmitigated joy won't be contained standing in the terraces. I want to run around, hug strangers, sing songs, congratulate players personally (I live in hope), drink in the atmosphere and celebrate my club achieving the feat it's been aiming for for almost a decade. You might find this behavior pointless and childish but that's just me (and a few thousand like-minded individuals, hopefully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 fleckneymike, if you want to sit in the stands, that's your choice but waiting so long for promotion, having felt so much disappointment over the years, my unmitigated joy won't be contained standing in the terraces. I want to run around, hug strangers, sing songs, congratulate players personally (I live in hope), drink in the atmosphere and celebrate my club achieving the feat it's been aiming for for almost a decade. You might find this behavior pointless and childish but that's just me (and a few thousand like-minded individuals, hopefully). I don't find it childish, I do find it 'odd'. You could conceivably run around around hugging strangers, singing songs, drinking in the atmosphere in the stand, in the concourse etc. In fact the only thing you can't possibly do without running on the pitch is to hug a player. What I do notice from a lot of these replies is the pejorative use of 'sit' in the stands, as if anyone who does not wish to run onto the pitch and hug a man is some sort of dour individual rather than someone who has no burning desire to hug an athlete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 'Most clubs don't invade pitches anymore.' Interesting. See Reading, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester City, Wigan, Barnet, Oxford and Norwich. All in the past three years celebrating either avoiding relegation by the skin of their teeth or being promoted/winning the league on the last day. Both teams promoted to the Premiership had pitch invasions to celebrate. It seems to me that pitch invasions are almost the rule rather than the exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 'Most clubs don't invade pitches anymore.' Interesting. See Reading, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester City, Wigan, Barnet, Oxford and Norwich. All in the past three years celebrating either avoiding relegation by the skin of their teeth or being promoted/winning the league on the last day. Both teams promoted to the Premiership had pitch invasions to celebrate. It seems to me that pitch invasions are almost the rule rather than the exception. I mean, there have been 30 teams promoted alone in the last three years in the Football League, so you naming 8 FL teams to have had invasions is not exactly compelling evidence for that argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munshi Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 Can you imagine the Police reaction / Fine they would impose if the club told everyone to COME ON DOWN!? Was asking if bears shit in the woods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 We're too boring for a pitch invasion I reckon. No passion or excitement among most of our fans i'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 I mean, there have been 30 teams promoted alone in the last three years in the Football League, so you naming 8 FL teams to have had invasions is not exactly compelling evidence for that argument. How many on the last day under tense circumstances? Whatever the percentage, it's hardly a rarity as fleckneymike is trying to portray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 I will make my way to the pitch the elation and joy cannot be extinguished should we manage promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 How many on the last day under tense circumstances? Whatever the percentage, it's hardly a rarity as fleckneymike is trying to portray. There will be no 'tense' circumstances if this thread planning a pitch invasion 5 months in advance is anything to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 13 January 2013 Author Share Posted 13 January 2013 There will be no 'tense' circumstances if this thread planning a pitch invasion 5 months in advance is anything to go by. When you asked if i understood what spontaneous meant, did you see my reply asling if you knew what hypotheticallly meant？ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 When you asked if i understood what spontaneous meant, did you see my reply asling if you knew what hypotheticallly meant？ I did. It demonstrated that you didn't know what spontaneous meant. You cannot answer the question "hypothetically if we do X would you spontaneously do Y?" The second you predict what you will do it ceases to be spontaneous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1994fox Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 I remember a quality pitch invasion at grace road a couple of years back in the t20 quarter final. Against all odds the foxes chased 200 odd against Kent in nixons last game. Went too the last ball with 2 needed I think. Got a boundary and the whole ground erupted, massive pitch invasion. Nixon was hoisted on someone's shoulders and supplied with a pint while every sang walking in a Nixon wonderland for about 5 minutes. Was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom17LCFC Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 I mean, there have been 30 teams promoted alone in the last three years in the Football League, so you naming 8 FL teams to have had invasions is not exactly compelling evidence for that argument. Yeah but fans in League 1 or 2 aren't going to celebrate like that are they? The reason it's so big in the Championship is because said team will have just won a place in the biggest league in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 Yeah but fans in League 1 or 2 aren't going to celebrate like that are they? The reason it's so big in the Championship is because said team will have just won a place in the biggest league in the world. And that, ladies and gents, is why modern football is rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munshi Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 And that, ladies and gents, is why modern football is rubbish. Oh shut up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 Yeah but fans in League 1 or 2 aren't going to celebrate like that are they? The reason it's so big in the Championship is because said team will have just won a place in the biggest league in the world. Aye, when you look at teams who've been promoted to the Premiership there's a definite pattern. 2011-2012 Reading - Pitch Invasion Southampton - Pitch invasion 2010-2011 QPR - Pitch invasion Norwich - Pitch invasion (Away from home, Portsmouth) 2009-2010 Newcastle - Pitch invasion (Away from home, Plymouth) West Brom - Pitch invasion 2008-2009 Wolves - Pitch invasion Birmingham - Haven't found one yet 2007-2008 West Brom - Pitch invasion Stoke - Pretty sure we know the answer to that one. So in the past five seasons, nine out of the ten teams promoted from the Championship automatically have had pitch invasions. This is because, many would argue, the promotion from Championship to Premiership is the most meaningful. It's highly likely that both teams promoted this season will have pitch invasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 13 January 2013 Share Posted 13 January 2013 Oh shut up So you agree it's more exciting, and my passion is greater because I support a team higher up the divisions because thats how I read the post by Tom. Promotion is only exciting enough to make you invade the pitch if its sprinkled with the allure of £62 tickets and featuring last on MOTD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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