I resent that, I sang and I'm the grumpiest old git you'll ever meet!
On the subject of the long queues for beer, I have a couple of very good tips for avoiding the worst of them... I'm not sharing them with you lot though.
See that danielneeds, I told you I was grumpy.
Thst have answered this now
'Exploding cocks Batman!'
I must admit even watching the highlights I missed it as I was looking at the ref to see if we'd been awarded a pen.
After everything you get a lifetime ban for setting fkin smoke alarm off because you couldnt wait. Such will power.
Nope. And if they did I would say I didn’t have any.
That was mad, there were about 50 police escorting 30 odd palace fans the entire way from the stadium, I pretty much walked up alongside them
After the problems with the system I wouldn't be surprised if a particularly loud fart set it off lol.
They can and do. (Not sure how or why but they do) On more than one occasion I have set off the local pubs fire alarm (normally when I have exhaled more vigorously than usual / forgotten where the sensor is, in frustration at another fuck up from one of usual suspects when watching the dodgy stream of Spurs games they show in there.)
There speaks a non smoker
Wonderful to be there last night. Lots of people saying similar things to what I felt. Some other stuff
Someone said they couldn't hear the south from the north-west. Interesting cos people saying there was singing in the north but I couldn't really hear that in the south. Might be an issue of sound carrying from one end to the other. Although I could hear the palace fans at times.
Of which. This will never happen. Maybe an 1882 section in the north stand near the away supporters would be good for "bants" and atmosphere. Let the park lane be the loud rumbling panzer tank white wall boom...and the 1882 quicker thinking tactical ops and put downs.
Could not believe how packed it was inside 2 hours before kick off...unheard of! The bars and food options are a massive step forward. But it was so packed, if it was always like that then I think I would look to eat/drink elsewhere before the game. Think of the main shopping centre in your town - on the last saturday before Christmas - that is what it was like trying to move around inside the stadium. Although, feeling hungry was great to get some pizza for the journey home.
The west stand was very much like being back home...The people who pay so much for their tickets they assume other people doing their singing is included in the price.
Agree with others, long term, going to need more places to sit in the food and bar areas. There are ways of doing that without taking out too much space.
Final thought it is a BIG stadium. It is never going to work like a tight, small stadium. When it was noisy, it was very, very noisy. When it goes quiet you will notice it more. Instead of being somewhere in the middle in terms of atmosphere think the noise levels will flit between two extremes.
finally...finally the second goal was weird. I can't remember anything like that before. I missed it...so did just about everyone around me...we all looked at the ref thinking he might blow for a penalty...he then did a gesture to suggest a free kick to palace only to see that the ball seemed to be in the net. It is very hard to believe when you see the goal replayed on TV, how could you miss it, but lots of us did. So the celebrations were a bit muted...people around me were saying...have we scored...have we scored? It was all there as plain as could be before our eyes and yet loads of us didn't see the ball go in!
