Stanley Fans

[Woodhead Passer]

Got to give them credit for actually making an atmosphere, it was more interesting watching them than the game. Did any of our fans actually sing one song?  :dry:

And did anyone think their flag looked like it said 'Stanley Ulcers'?  

[Viking Don]

Yep, we agreed they were worth at least a quid of the entrance fee. And Iiiiiiiiii Wanna Beeeeeee, Stanleeeeeeeeeey.

[RoversAlias]

adam3rovers wrote:

Got to give them credit for actually making an atmosphere, it was more interesting watching them than the game. Did any of our fans actually sing one song?  :dry:

And did anyone think their flag looked like it said 'Stanley Ulcers'?  

There was a half-hearted 'Deano' chant when he went to take a corner, and some shit out of tune banging on the back wall for 2 seconds in the second half  

Our atmosphere is laughable at the best of times but tonight we were outsung for 120 minutes by 200 Stanley fans, they were a credit to their club.

[DRFC MYERS]

RoversAlias wrote:

adam3rovers wrote:

Got to give them credit for actually making an atmosphere, it was more interesting watching them than the game. Did any of our fans actually sing one song?  :dry:

And did anyone think their flag looked like it said 'Stanley Ulcers'?  

There was a half-hearted 'Deano' chant when he went to take a corner, and some shit out of tune banging on the back wall for 2 seconds in the second half  

Our atmosphere is laughable at the best of times but tonight we were outsung for 120 minutes by 200 Stanley fans, they were a credit to their club.

if that

[GM-MarkB]

Viking Don wrote:

Yep, we agreed they were worth at least a quid of the entrance fee. And Iiiiiiiiii Wanna Beeeeeee, Stanleeeeeeeeeey.

Yeah, I had a laff picking out the tunes they were singing to...

A bit of Twisted Sister and some Sex Pistols  

[Dagenham Rover]

And whats the betting if we had stood up all game we would have been kicked out!!!!!!!!!

[Woodhead Passer]

Slighty?

[hoolahoop]

Rigoglioso wrote:

Fair play to them. Their team give them something to shout about.

The atmosphere was crap tonight in the home ends, but on Saturday when everyone is back in their \"normal\" seats and we have a crowd that is double what we got tonight, the atmosphere will improve slightly.

Tonight everybody had the chance to sit with their mates/ in their normal places. The atmosphere was crap for no other reason than many can't be arsed, it's becoming ridiculous and the Stanley fans are to be applauded for backing their team........something we used to do !
We went out with hardly a whimper and they will be reflecting on how soulless both our stadium and our support can be at times (far too many times).

[SkellowRover]

I remember all those threads with the west standers saying to make that far end the singing section, well tonight was their chance to show us why and they got embarrassed by 50 geezers with 2 drums  

[Drover]

It was their Cup Final!  :dry:  

[I-was-there1976]

i heard a reet good excuse one year why the away support was louder on tv than our home support.

It was all to do with the positioning of the sounds mics and they were all in the away end.


Oh i giggled

[the dons]

The Stanley fans were fantastic they NEVER stopped singing all night,Rovers fans like the performance of the team tonight was crap.

[RoversDave]

[dave4842]

Must csay the AS fans were fantasic, great noise from a small number.
Been reading their forum. They said some CHAV Donny fans tried to ambush them on the way back top their coach, But ran off. Quite embarrassing for the club and shows us as sore losers. So if anyone reading this was part of the Ambush \"GET A LIFE MORON\"

[Rios]

It's all about organisation and wanting to do it.  Stanley fans made it happen a few years ago and are now organised and it's part of the day for them.  It takes work and effort, not just turning up for a game and expecting everyone else to do it for you.

Donny fans moan about it, shout at their fellow fans for not joining in with yet another out of tune, speeded up, same-as-everyone-else chant but no-one really wants to take responsibility for lobbying the club about singing sections or proper original songs/chants.

There are more than enough people at the back on West 'B' now to do what Stanley did a few years ago.  If you do what they did last night, even if it's only a dozen of you then others will move of their own accord to join in.  Why not ask Stanley exactly what they did to start it?

[ravenrover]

Does anybody want to tell me what we had to sing about last night?  :angry:

[donnybez]

Stanley Ultras? If thats their ultras how many are normal fans?


I have to agree, I tried on one occasion to get a rendition of Ziga Zaga but just got stared down by fans

[SkellowRover]

ravenrover wrote:

Does anybody want to tell me what we had to sing about last night?  :angry:

The stanley fans sang for 90 minutes even when they were losing and getting outplayed upto josh payne going off.

[ravenrover]

SkellowRover wrote:

ravenrover wrote:

Does anybody want to tell me what we had to sing about last night?  :angry:

The stanley fans sang for 90 minutes even when they were losing and getting outplayed upto josh payne going off.

I agree totally about their singing they also sang during extra time as well, but were you and I at the same game?
I can't think of anytime last night when we totally dominated and outplayed them. I thought that Stanley were the best of two poor teams last night irrespective of what team Rovers put out on the night
I get the impression that some of us go to the matches with rose tinted glasses and can't/don't want see when things are bad.

[SkellowRover]

ravenrover wrote:

SkellowRover wrote:

ravenrover wrote:

Does anybody want to tell me what we had to sing about last night?  :angry:

The stanley fans sang for 90 minutes even when they were losing and getting outplayed upto josh payne going off.

I agree totally about their singing they also sang during extra time as well, but were you and I at the same game?
I can't think of anytime last night when we totally dominated and outplayed them. I thought that Stanley were the best of two poor teams last night irrespective of what team Rovers put out on the night
I get the impression that some of us go to the matches with rose tinted glasses and can't/don't want see when things are bad.

I thought we were the better of 2 poor sides upto payne going off and upto then never looked in trouble, after that we went downhill.

[rtid88]

There were some Rovers fans sat behind me that were actually cheering when Stanley scored because they thought it might make the last 10 minutes more interesting!! Unbelievable!!

[southstandclez]

Stanley fans were amongst the best away supporters I have seen at the Keepmoat, as already said they never stopped singing.  I am looking forward to sitting in the southstand again on Saturday and will never sit in the west stand again, it was like being at the pictures - great view and nice and quiet!  

It wasn't helped by the performance as there wasn't much to cheer but even when the players first came out and were in their pre-kick off huddle, you could hear a pin drop.  I was thinking - this is what happens when you shut the shoutstand, oops I mean southstand

[Filo]

southstandclez wrote:

Stanley fans were amongst the best away supporters I have seen at the Keepmoat, as already said they never stopped singing.  I am looking forward to sitting in the southstand again on Saturday and will never sit in the west stand again, it was like being at the pictures - great view and nice and quiet!  

It wasn't helped by the performance as there wasn't much to cheer but even when the players first came out and were in their pre-kick off huddle, you could hear a pin drop.  I was thinking - this is what happens when you shut the shoutstand, oops I mean southstand

I was surrounded by strangers in the West last night, this sugests to me that they were the noisy south stand immigrants, they too were silent, i thought I might be deafened after all the bragging by the south standers about how noisy they are. This was your chance to get an atmosphere going in the west stand and you failed!

[southstandclez]

We were all split up and seemed to be surrounded by people sat on their own which obviously didn't help. I tried the 'Come on Rovers' chant and got no takers so gave up, but I will be loud and proud on Saturday when we are back amongst like minded people