"Back The Boys" Man

[Deadlock]

I didn't say that.

No, you didn't. Fixed.

[URZZZZZZZZ]

While I'm here... Who is it that reads out the teams? When he reads out the away team it's just a mumble and you can barely hear anything. Then it comes to our team and he shouts it. It's embarrassing and I actually as a Reading fan would like to be able to hear the names of the players we are about to trounce. It doesn't happen at other grounds, they respect us and let us know who's playing. Be grown up about it please! Stop being children and read the names out properly!

Thats not true!! Announcers at other stadiums are always more energetic about the home team.

[John 3:16]

While I'm here... Who is it that reads out the teams? When he reads out the away team it's just a mumble and you can barely hear anything. Then it comes to our team and he shouts it. It's embarrassing and I actually as a Reading fan would like to be able to hear the names of the players we are about to trounce. It doesn't happen at other grounds, they respect us and let us know who's playing. Be grown up about it please! Stop being children and read the names out properly!

Thats not true!! Announcers at other stadiums are always more energetic about the home team.

More energetic, yes, but they don't mumble it through their socks like ours does! It is impossible to hear at our stadium. I'm not asking for them to read them out so the away fans can cheer and build atmosphere, just read them so I can understand them.

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

it always seems a fairly even split between tolerating him or loathing him.

One of the reasons that music was brought in was to surpress the mood of the crowd back in the hooligan days of the 70s and 80s. It was an attempt to stop the singing before the game. Before that, the crowd built the atmosphere, no need for piped anthemic dance tracks or Carmina Burana .

sorry, but that's balls.

Music has been played at grounds for decades, and has nothing at all to do with trying to stop crowd trouble. It's just that old grounds tended to have crappy PA systems, and they are rather better now. There is also a misapprehension that playing such music helps build the atmosphere, but saying they do it to try and stop people singing is nonsense. It's just down to the ideas about "stadium dynamics" used to help generate atmosphere in American sports, where it was useful due to the lack of atmosphere during "dead" parts of the play when nothing is going on.

[Skin]

Mr "Back The Boys" man is nothing compared to the goal celebration music.

[Sarah Star]

You mean the goal celebration music lots of other clubs use as well?

[Winchester Royal]

You mean the goal celebration music lots of other clubs use as well?

A lot of people like Sunny Delight, doesn't mean it's not shit

[Sarah Star]

You mean the goal celebration music lots of other clubs use as well?

A lot of people like Sunny Delight, doesn't mean it's not shit

True, but it's become a bit traditional...unlike Sunny Delight

[Winchester Royal]

You mean the goal celebration music lots of other clubs use as well?

A lot of people like Sunny Delight, doesn't mean it's not shit

True, but it's become a bit traditional...unlike Sunny Delight

Sunny Delight existed long before music after goals, and that's not traditional.

[Sarah Star]

It wouldn't exist now if everyone ignored it, but they all join in, so I assume there are many that like it...maybe they don't come on Hobnobs though.

I haven't seen Sunny Delight for a while though.

[Deathy]

Detest the music after a goal. I'd prefer just a natural show of passion, daring as it may seem.
But if they will persist with the music, play something different. It's so old and boring.

[Jerry St Clair]

It wouldn't exist now if everyone ignored it, but they all join in, so I assume there are many that like it...maybe they don't come on Hobnobs though..

So, you accept that something is good if the masses approve? Classic.

[Sarah Star]

Just as you seem to think it should go if you don't like it.

Out of interest, what do you do when it's played?

[Winchester Royal]

Just as you seem to think it should go if you don't like it.

Out of interest, what do you do when it's played?

It drowns out a proper goal celebration.

[sheshnu]

So, you accept that something is good if the masses approve? Classic.

I'm afraid Jezza old boy that's the way it is when you're part of a 20k crowd. I'm sure if it was just your good self in attendance they wouldn't bother with Tom Hark or Back The Boys man.

[Skin]

I think 4 (upper-middle class, plastic) families complained that their kids were upset when the Back The Boys team dropped Tom Hark last season. Thats why we all have to suffer it as they have no balls and no traditional football values.

[sheshnu]

I'd recommend you find some way of dealing with it because that's the way football's going to be from now on.

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

I think 4 (upper-middle class, plastic) families complained that their kids were upset when the Back The Boys team dropped Tom Hark last season. Thats why we all have to suffer it as they have no balls and no traditional football values.

I doubt being middle class has anything to do with it. More of the "Soccer AM" generation than anything else.

Then again, the first time I heard goal music was as long ago as 1994, away to Oldham.

If you are going to have goal music, then the way we tend to do it, waiting a little while for the more natural celebrations to die down before playing it, is the way to do it. At some places they hit the button and start playing it the moment the ball hits the net.

I don't like it myself, but the sad fact is that if you look round the ground after a goal then at least 95% seem to join in.

It can be even more bizarre overseas. If Reading followed what seems to almost be a tradition now it Germany, you'd get the goal music followed by the PA & crowd going...

PA: And Reading's goal scored by Kevin....
Crowd: Doyle!
PA: and the score is Reading...
Crowd: 3
PA: Derby...
Crowd: nil.
PA: Thank you.

[Sarah Star]

Just as you seem to think it should go if you don't like it.

Out of interest, what do you do when it's played?

It drowns out a proper goal celebration.

Go on. What would be a proper goal celebration?

[TFF]

Goal music is fine as long as there's a pause before it starts during which I can go a little bit mental.

Back the Boys have that about right imho - agree though that the tune needs changing.

Terry and June please.