Exactly! Well said Gustavus.

By Unnamed Sauce (Plastic Boro)22/4 09:53Tue Apr 22 09:53:13 2025In response to Re: Silent football no atmosphere at the oval

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And btw...who is asking for silence? I haven't read that in any of these threads or posts. ( Must have missed it).

It was largely the dull dull DULL football encouraged by a succession of DULL coaches at LW that killed singing at "home" games. A few kids with a drum tried to whip up a bit of atmosphere occasionally but even that died out eventually. THAT was like a library. Going to watch Boro at home became just awful. When you only get points at home during a few games per season it becomes a chore just trudging up to the turnstiles. Never mind singing.

Many of us have been to hundreds, possibly thousands of away games supporting the Boro. Where the singing was magnificent. Dartford for example was excellent. Guiseley. Gainsborough. Bournemouth, Stoke. Swansea, Kings Lynn. Middlesbrough.

All epic vocal support. Some of us just happen to think that this particular song is a bit moronic and nowhere near as funny or inspirational as most of the others.

Out of interest, the first time I heard it, it was directed at us. ( Boro fans). As Gustavus says-it isn't remotely original.