WORST ATMOSPHERE EVER?
It's not of
Af
ten CFCnet gets angry. supporters who've seen fit to grace of Premiership supporters (attending
selves to be long enough in the tooth
ter all, we like to consider our- themselves with their presence since
we achieved a semblance of glory?
a game) is 43 years old.
partly explain the poor level of noise
That would
ball. W
to know the up
e've stood in the Shed and
s and downs of foot- across all Premiership grounds. It
watched our team get relegated and
It's cert would also explain why CFCnet,
we've stood in the Matthew Harding
of whom have moved to the Shed
ainly not the die-hards, many
Upper to spread support around the
alongside the Chelsea Supporters
Group and CFCUK, created the
Premiership. High and lows, that's
Lower and watched us lift the ground and who valiantly tried to get Atmosphere Committee to liven up
life.
the crowd going with an out
'one man went to mow'. But even the
standing
Shed Upper gave up af
ted around the Bridge. (copyright:
some of the 'opera loving'* stiffs dot-
was only once Port
ter a while. It Jose Mourinho*)
‘even the Shed Upper gave
up after a while’
that the crowd even bothered to get
smouth equalised
going. Shameful.
It's also the reason why the Chelsea
Fans Forum has camp
lessly for special Season
aigned end
But, heh, did we get angry on
What were the reasons for a crowd prices for older teenagers and young
Ticket
-
W
adult
Matthew Harding Lower we've heard
ednesday night. Sitting in the rying around looking for morsels of
so tepid you could hear the rats scur-
to go. Unless we get young, hungry
s who could otherwise not afford
more noise emanate from the last
balti pies? Perhap and dynamic fans cheering on our
breath of a dying man. Given we're
cold night with more than a few fans
s it was the bitterly
team, the crowd might as well reach
sitting top of the league - albeit with
looking like they'd swallowed anti- for their prawn sandwiches and
recent defeat
watch the game in the bars dotted
have thought we'd be hollering down
s and draws - you'd game also came on the back of
freeze to remain breathing. The
some very tired performances and a
around the ground.
been wrong.
the place to lift our team. You'd have couple of defeat
cold?
After all, why get
tionally winning the night before
s. With United addi-
The say a nation get
against W
Sarcasm aside, if we want our team
ment it deserves and if the same
s the govern- was set for a nervous st
olves reserves, the scene to lif
applies to a Club's crowd, then we
doesn't excuse the level of support,
art. But that on all of us to get behind the team.
t the Premiership it's incumbent
deserve to be watching Brent
or lack of it, for a team sitting at the
Most people supporting Chelsea
reserves. How our fans can turn up
ford top of the Premiership.
would give an arm and a leg to visit
S
at a ground and groan endlessly
without a peep of support is beyond
As CFCnet decamped to the
game. For regular supporters attend
tamford Bridge, let alone see a
us. Perhaps it's the 20,000 extra
Anglesea
ing the Bridge we owe it to these
-
it came to light that the average age
Arms in South Kensington, fans, older fans and the team it
fully support the Blues.
self to
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