Yesterday was my first ever experience outside 112 - and man, I had a smile on my face from ear to ear hearing what the south end is really like.
First of all, the clarity of the chants is amazing - for the first 25 mins of the match yesterday it was immense. Chants like Oh When the Red, The Massive and Forza were the most prominent ones from where I was in the west stands.
The atmosphere was top notch, really loud really intimidating.
You could hear the NE fans towards the biginning, but it didn't last, they were easily drowned out.
118 and 119 were really good as well. Not the same chants, but lots of enthusiasm - which was great to hear. The middle of the south end was pretty quiet though - which is too bad.
Anyway, point is - we should always be striving to be better - to think about how we did as supporters and how we can kick it up a notch next match - BUT - don't listen to anyone who says that our support is crap. They don't know what they are talking about. Let's get past little squabbles about the support, its not worth it - we were great last night, contageous and loud.
And this is still only the beginning!
Couldn't stay away long... I was back home (112) for the second half.
Amazing folks - amazing! Now let's keep pushing to be bigger better and louder!!!!