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How can we help get back the Anfield atmosphere?


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More ale. Before and during. Ale. Loads of it. German ale. The strong stuff.

Got a point here - people not going on the ale is a big part of the problem.

 

So many people driving and on dry coaches.

 

Contrast that witb aways where people are on the ale on the train and coaches that aren't dry (even if they are supposed to be)

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Remove seat numbering in none 'prawn sandwich' sections would help because we would A) get in ground earlier to get a good spec B) be able to sit with your mates and not feel like a weirdo giving it full pelt next to strangers who don't make a sound C) the singers would congregate like old kop D) Shut the fucking gates until clock strikes 90 minutes

Tbh tho,it was also shite in 80's apart from big games.

Most important thing though,get a team that excites and challengers for League Title because sitting their week in week out thinking ......win and we get top four.....is fucking soul destroying really

Good ideas. Not sure about being shit in the 80's though mate. I remember it mostly buzzing especially the early 80's. There was a stage however when complacency set in amongst the fans.

The match going public then were used to the experience, get the ground, queue, programme, game, pie, pint, game, win, loads of pints and out on the razz. As opposed to park, programme, find seat, game, canopies, cappuccino, delete unwanted photos of Milner throw in, game, draw, of home to post picture of Emre Can arguing with the ref on FaceBook. It was simpler then.

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The standard demographic at the match is not ideal. Too many long-term season ticket holders who are middle aged and sick to the back teeth of years of underachievement. They go out of habit and renew because they have no choice as tickets are otherwise hard to come by. 

 

Then you've got a load of one game a season tourists who want to take as many selfies as possible and don't know how to build an atmosphere. They're not moany bastards - that's the season ticket holders, but they're happy just to sit on their hands. 

 

There's hardly any kids going to the game. The club doesn't seem to care about what happens 10 years from now. Probably because the current owners know they won't be here anyway.

 

It also doesn't help that it's probably a long time since we scored a late winning goal at Anfield. Supporters know what to expect once we're down to the last ten. 

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Removing seat numbers on those seats not occupied by season ticket holders would be a great thing.  Tickets only available at the turnstiles on the day of the game.  No internet or telephone sales.  

 

That would make a relatively low risk but fundamental change to game attendances.  The only impact would be on the club shop and the Thomas Cook carve up.  

 

Anfield would probably smell worse, but would be louder.  

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Making the Kop general admission would be a brilliant idea. The club wouldn't lose any money as you'd still get a full Kop. The season ticket holders would still be guaranteed a seat but they'd need to get there early if they want their regular seat. Can't see why that would not work. Everyone wins. You have local lads that wouldn't normally get to a game queuing up for hours before the gates opened and sure as fuck they aren't going to go and sit there moaning once they're in especially if they've been waiting for hours. The day trippers wouldn't be arsed as that's too much hassle.

 

That's the issue fixed in one swoop.

 

Close the thread.

You mean the day trippers that have travelled hundreds or thousands of miles for a single game, have loitered about near the stadium for a few hours, and have been to the club shop in town and the one by the ground. They "wouldn't be arsed"?

 

But the local lads who are more likely to want to have a chat with their mate or an extra beer in the boozer, they'd be in like a rat up a drainpipe?

 

As for not bothering to sit around moaning if you've been there for hours already, well if say quite the opposite.

 

Since there's fuck all to do inside the ground, and the beers more expensive than the pub, and the god is shite and over priced, even if it did work for a short time the novelty would soon wear off.

 

 

With all that said, I do think getting groups of mates in together into unrestricted seating on the kop is the answer. The biggest problem as far as I see it is the difficulty in going to the game with your mates, coupled with the price and availability.

 

Fuck off the members card pre sale bollocks and open the phone lines back up. Bollocks to loyalty credits. Going to every game last season (or more likely buying 19 tickets but selling off at least half to mates and relatives) isn't worth half as much as a full day spent pressing redial and sorting in a phone queue.

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Owners should start to think outside the box. Today only 20-25% of the club’s income comes from match day revenues. One should dare to reduce match day income significantly by reducing ticket prices with at least 50%. Open sections for young local people 14-18 years at minimal ticket prices (5-10£) etc. Make it affordable for the local fan to attend matches.

 

I’d argue the loss of match day revenues would be more than compensated by the increase from other income sources as our club would stand out as a club for the genuine fan, the original British football culture. 

 

This is just simple maths. If match day revenues (20%) are reduced to half,, other income sources (80%) would have to increase only 12,5% to compensate for the loss.

 

That and develop a way to make sure the name on the ticket card is the same as the person actually going into the stadium and you'd be along way solving a lot of problems.

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I hope he can make it work here. It is certainly do-able.

 

Sometimes you have to accept that that there are potential hurdles to overcome to get success - but you have to succeed despite the shit that would block others. 

 

Regardless of the demographics there is a will for the atmosphere to improve. At the match in the main stand, I hear people from all the different community sectors mentioned in this thread. I hear them all say they want a better atmosphere. There is a will for this to succeed within the club (led by Kloppo) and in the stands.

 

Where there is a will...

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The club could 'help' people stay by making them want to stay. e.g. from the article above:- 

"“After a win there’s a ritual where the players sit on the pitch and the fans sing songs for 10 to 15 minutes. The players go up to the fans to thank them for their support."

 

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It's not going to change because any change will need to result in the club having to

 

A: spend/lose some money implementing said schemes

 

B: come up with some original thinking outside the standard methods and when has the club ever done that?

 

Best we can hope for is that Klopps comments shame some people into staying until the end. Can he make a comment on some of the helmets who sprint round everywhere to get to their cars after the game aswell?

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Put all the old cunts in the upper centenary. More leg room and no singing.

 

Let young lads with subsidised tickets in the kop.

 

No one with a ticket printed on an A4 piece of paper. No jester hats. Bring back badge man (if Dave can promise he won't try and fight him again)

 

Printing song lyrics isn't a bad idea.

 

Whenever someone scores George should say for example "scorer for Liverpool ....PHILLIPE" and we all shout the surname.

 

That last one was sarcasm

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