Thread: the shelf

Early kick offs pretty much kil the atmos dead, no one has enough to time have a few beers ect so its like everyone has just rolled out of bed lol

I didnt think it sounded to bad from the comfort of my sofa though!

atmosphere was pretty poor on sat to be fair. park lane wasnt particularly loud neither was the shelf. Park lanes easier to get tickets for. my m8 got 3 tickets in the park lane last tuesday. back in the day both were pretty lively and both saw fair share of action

Originally Posted by contrast

I was sat in the shelf yesterday, and it seemed that there were A LOT of American fans around. Maybe it was due to it being moved to an earlier time, at the end of the day it was against Blackburn, so a lot more tickets went on General Sale? I tried for months to get tickets, and Blackburn was the only game we had a chance in. A lot of American fans around were being asked where they got their tickets from some Touting Officer guy trying to clamp down on tickets, and it seemed everyone around us had paid about £80 for tickets from some random guys outside.

The Americans were funny though, like someone said, got all funny when you jumped up and stuff. One even said "Why are the Spurs fans dissing at each other?" when everyone was singing We are the Park Lane/Shelf Side song. I hung my head in shame.

The place deffo gives you goosebumps when it gets into full voice though!

It is difficult to get into a game when you don't know the songs. I experienced this at the Reading Spurs game a couple years ago. Sat very top row at the lane but couldn't understand a word of the songs. It wasn't until the end of the game when I realized what the chants were. Also, we really don't have anything really at all that compares to the atmosphere that is present at a game in England or anywhere Europe. The closest we will get that that is the student section at a college American football game. It helps if people let the others know what is going on that look mystified by all the chants, which was me a while ago.

Originally Posted by ImTottenhamTillIDie

Shelf side will always be quieter - because those who go to every game can't afford to always be paying more money for those tickets - therefore those that put their heart in it are usually in park lane. Shelf side is bound to be quieter.. as the tickets are worth more and usually on general sale.

what?

don't those who 'go to every game' have a season ticket?

the only area of the shelf that is ever loud is blocks 29/30/31 and I think you'll find they never make general sale

i've never read anything so ridiculous as the 'heart' comment