Sorry I don't agree re emotion.
You show or emit emotion, it is not always constant. For me a goal or poor refereeing decision would be triggers, coming on to the pitch less so, but we're all different and I do get your point.
I do not feel emotion shouting 'Seagulls' or singing the...
No not really, I joined something that already existed and worked, rather than the blurred effort we get now.
If I had been one of those initially instigated the change then 'yes', you would have a point.
GOSBTS - can we now just BIN the "going up to win the cup" bit ?
I thought it was about generating an atmosphere rather than 'emotional meaning.'
I sing to encourage the team to greater efforts.
Edit - I do realise I'm a minority on this thread, but in the wider non NSC Brighton...
And Peter Ward, Fred Binney, Kit Napier, Michael Robinson.
I'm in the 'win the cup' camp. I don't understand the need to change things that have worked for 50 years, since Norman Wisdom was on the pitch.
We sing it much too fast as well, to the point where you can barely distinguish what is...