[Albion] away fans

[patchamalbion]

Met a few in town post match and were class

Very knowledgable football fans who said they were surprised to get 3 points and felt we were decent. Said we would be welcomed in Athens but did mention their belief that we were left wing like them!! Said they have a great relationship with Marseille but we’re expecting a lot of trouble with Ajax.

Also didn’t seem happy with the lack of bars in brighton open past 1am, seemed to think Athens a lot better

 

[Colonel Mustard]

I thought they were great. What I really liked was the bald bloke with the long sleeved yellow top who was down at the front and orchestrated a lot of the chanting. Forget naff drums but you're going to need a pretty bold confident ( not pissed up! ) North stander to take on that role.

Very common in Germany where there’s usually a guy at the front, near the touchline, with a megaphone, who spends the entire match facing the wrong way, leading all the chants non-stop. At some grounds they even build a special platform for him to ensure that the whole of the singing end can see him. The clubs realise how important a role it is. A German friend told me it’s regarded as a highly prestigious position, and keenly contested.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Very common in Germany where there’s usually a guy at the front, near the touchline, with a megaphone, who spends the entire match facing the wrong way, leading all the chants non-stop. At some grounds they even build a special platform for him to ensure that the whole of the singing end can see him. The clubs realise how important a role it is. A German friend told me it’s regarded as a highly prestigious position, and keenly contested.

Also the same in Italy.

 

[BN41Albion]

Their fans were absolutely magnificent throughout, what a noise, football is just different in other countries isn’t it? I love this club but the passion some of those AEK fans have for their club is just madness.

Some say it’s cringe and over the top but I have nothing but respect for them, incredible support, no English teams support comes close to that.

Proper foreign ultras are a different breed to anything we have here though. They are (generally - not in all cases) a bit off their head and show the kind of passion that boils over into unsavory/ugly scenes very easily if provoked. Makes for a very loud atmosphere in the ultras section but not the most welcoming atmosphere either. Impressive though, of course.

Passion for football is just shown in a different way here, for example the fact you can see 15/20k sometimes in a 4th tier game, the fact that big clubs still get huge attendance when in the third tier, hundreds/a few thousand turning up at 7th tier games. You don't get that pretty much anywhere - if anywhere - else. Germany comes a bit close.

In the stands, generally fans are very reactive to what's going on on the pitch and respond in that way. Just different! And far more middle class than abroad, which makes a difference too ha.

 

[Nicks]

I thought they were excellent last night. Their Poznan was a joy to watch, the fellows at the front leading them was wearing a yellow Pacamac I'm sure

 

[herecomesaregular]

Very common in Germany where there’s usually a guy at the front, near the touchline, with a megaphone, who spends the entire match facing the wrong way, leading all the chants non-stop. At some grounds they even build a special platform for him to ensure that the whole of the singing end can see him. The clubs realise how important a role it is. A German friend told me it’s regarded as a highly prestigious position, and keenly contested.

No thanks.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

I thought they were pretty cool, not a wall of noise as some predicted though, we tailed off a bit second half and became more vocal towards the end.

 

[Hamilton]

Spoke to a few in The Basketmakers pre-match. Nice chaps. All felt they were going to lose, but I rather just suggested that this was a mental strategy - which they agreed. I think that they secretly felt they could do a number on us.

They agreed that the whole UEFA system of bussing fans to games, while reducing risk of trouble also creates tensions. After all, Albion v Athens is not exactly Milan v Marseille.

 

[Hamilton]

Very common in Germany where there’s usually a guy at the front, near the touchline, with a megaphone, who spends the entire match facing the wrong way, leading all the chants non-stop. At some grounds they even build a special platform for him to ensure that the whole of the singing end can see him. The clubs realise how important a role it is. A German friend told me it’s regarded as a highly prestigious position, and keenly contested.

Let’s be honest, it’s what Palace, to their credit, are trying to do.

We take the pi$$ out of our friends up the road, but they do manage to make more noise than we do. Parts of the WSU were driving me spare last night. MAKE SOME NOISE! One woman even turned round and tutted at me. FFS!

 

[Live by the sea]

Very common in Germany where there’s usually a guy at the front, near the touchline, with a megaphone, who spends the entire match facing the wrong way, leading all the chants non-stop. At some grounds they even build a special platform for him to ensure that the whole of the singing end can see him. The clubs realise how important a role it is. A German friend told me it’s regarded as a highly prestigious position, and keenly contested.

Bit like being head boy at school ! Lol

 

[A1X]

It was weird watching them all doing the Poznan and their wave thing while their chap was down right in front of them being stretchered off, but quite entertaining nonetheless. Proper ultras, not like that preschool version from up the road.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Well I thought it was nice to see Barntit Seaweed’s famous yellow fleece again.

 

[Napper]

i liked the greek version of freed from desire.

At least we were saved from that being blasted out at TOP volume had we won

 

[AIT76]

I'm sure they were singing Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Bananarama) at one point but I could be mistaken.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I liked the bit where they all shook their fists in unison at the Albion fans in the South stand.

 

[BevBHA]

i liked the greek version of freed from desire.

At least we were saved from that being blasted out at TOP volume had we won

Me too, very catchy it’s been in my head all morning

 

[attila]

Many of us ARE left wing like them, we just don't try and make it 'official'.

 

[A mex eyecan]

I liked the bit where they all shook their fists in unison at the Albion fans in the South stand.

they weren’t, they were doing it to some of their own fans on the shelf of the West/South corner who were reciprocating. There was quite a gathering of them up there.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

i liked the greek version of freed from desire.

At least we were saved from that being blasted out at TOP volume had we won

More importantly, they sang it at the right speed and in tune. Our fans singing, from a musical point of view, is atrocious.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Very common in Germany where there’s usually a guy at the front, near the touchline, with a megaphone, who spends the entire match facing the wrong way, leading all the chants non-stop. At some grounds they even build a special platform for him to ensure that the whole of the singing end can see him. The clubs realise how important a role it is. A German friend told me it’s regarded as a highly prestigious position, and keenly contested.

When we did a pre-season tour in Portugal, PSG had a girl leading their fans during our friendly with them. She was very good.