Everyone talks about how much they miss ayresome, but every time we go to an old ground people moan that it's a **** hole.
See loftus road next weekend.
I don't so much miss the ground or the atmosphere so much as the area around it. Something about going to a match to a ground surrounded by terraced housing. Especially at night.
Agreed, some of the atmospheres experienced at the Riverside have been incredible, arguably better than those at the big AP games. Not sure whether the whole ground ever got singing at Ayresome.There's certainly a lot of rose tinted glasses about AP. It wasn't bouncing every week. Gates got down below 6k in 93/94 season, and that's in the league, not the Anglo-Italian cup.
Could be fantastic, but so can the Riverside.
people moaning about the free beer.
Whilst the Riverside is a much more modern, safer, and comfortable stadium it lacks the atmosphere of a full Holgate end.
https://www.google.com/search?q=do+...ate=ive&vld=cid:2cc108cd,vid:Ld6z8Jwmt8Q,st:0 36 seconds in you will recognise itFor nostalgic reasons can someone please post the theme tune (jaunty pop instrumental with a flute?) they used to play when the players came out? I can remember how it goes but not what it is!
Not sure about the flute but it was the theme from the power game no?For nostalgic reasons can someone please post the theme tune (jaunty pop instrumental with a flute?) they used to play when the players came out? I can remember how it goes but not what it is!
However it was played by Bernard Gent at the start of the Radio Ayresome pre match malarkey.... rather than when the players ran out. That was the power gamehttps://www.google.com/search?q=do+...ate=ive&vld=cid:2cc108cd,vid:Ld6z8Jwmt8Q,st:0 36 seconds in you will recognise it
Played at the end when fans were leaving no?https://www.google.com/search?q=do+...ate=ive&vld=cid:2cc108cd,vid:Ld6z8Jwmt8Q,st:0 36 seconds in you will recognise it
Probably a bit of Mark Page comedy (the irony).Music was clearly better at Ayresome. Apart from them playing Shakespeare's sister: Stay a lot. I song that couldn't be less suited to a football game there was a bit of fund about it.
Was anyone else there at the Tees Wear Derby when Jamie Lawrence come on as a sub? It was his first game back after being in prison and I swear we played "I fought the law and the law won" Over the tannoy?
I’m sure he played Dance With The Devil by Cozy Powell at around 2.15pm at the start of his ‘broadcast’…..Played at the end when fans were leaving no?