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Just watched the highlight's on Football League Review and i have to say what an embarrassment that bloody band made us look on national television.

When the camera panned on to Sir Tom in the crowd the tune off Laurell and Hardy rung around the stadium!!! Now come is it just me or someone seriously taking the piss?

Our club has a history and tradition that is second to none, these gimmick's have no place at Deepdale.

Please get rid of these bloody trumpet's. Please!!!
 
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Don`t agree with you.
Keep on blowing your trumpets and banging your drums, the more the merrier.
 
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Did we actually need another thread to criticise the average age of the kids who congregate at the back of the BSK near the band?

I have sat at the back of the BSK for many years now, and watched as the average age of those around me has dropped to the point where almost everyone is not far over half my age (and I am only 24 😱 )

This is an annoyance, but many of them sing and create the atmosphere that I want to be a part of creating.

Rather than criticicising we should look at why there is not greater diversity in the singing group the congregagtes there and see if we can not address it. Either that or have the older people who sing away, and sing well, making noise in their areas of the grounds (probably they do already) and have a decent atmosphere all over.
 
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Oh, please! get rid of the band, what, so we can hear the roar of the crowd-gerroff, leave the kids alone to create a bit of atmos.
 
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at least they are trying to create an atmosphere. if you can do any better nobender then let us hear you. if not, leave the trumpet player and co alone.
 
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No cheerleaders, no band, no glory hunters the list could go on!!!

I fail to see what was even slightly embarrasing about it, Theyre enjoying themselves in a game that was anything but.
 
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They should bring the old football rattles back. They made a rare old din.
 
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Nobender said:
Just watched the highlight's on Football League Review and i have to say what an embarrassment that bloody band made us look on national television.

When the camera panned on to Sir Tom in the crowd the tune off Laurell and Hardy rung around the stadium!!! Now come is it just me or someone seriously taking the piss?

Our club has a history and tradition that is second to none, these gimmick's have no place at Deepdale.

Please get rid of these bloody trumpet's. Please!!!
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The atmosphere at North End is already shite, take away the trumpet and you take away what little we have, it'd be like a morgue.

Boring, repetitive songs which are dire. The amount of song ideas created on here are always laughed off and no action is taken, thats why I long for away games. A bit of atmosphere, a bit of passion where songs stretch a bit further than, PNE, PNE, PNE, PNE, PNE, PNE, PNE, PNE...........
 
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What I want to know is why a guy playing a trumpet is embarrassing?

At England games they play the trumpet, didn't they used to or still do have a band or a trumpet at Sheff Wed, they play the trumpet at cricket games. Its not as if we are playing the kettle drums and we look stupid.

Bang the drum and blow the trumpet, as I said it adds a little to the atmosphere.
 
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Lukegale96 said:
What I want to know is why a guy playing a trumpet is embarrassing?

At England games they play the trumpet, didn't they used to or still do have a band or a trumpet at Sheff Wed, they play the trumpet at cricket games. Its not as if we are playing the kettle drums and we look stupid.

Bang the drum and blow the trumpet, as I said it adds a little to the atmosphere.
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I`m a bit baffled by this,I recall the guy with the trumpet on the town end being extremely popular, what`s the difference? Get the Hovis theme tune going again!
 
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To be honest I think the atmosphere would imporve greatly if the band moved back to the Town End.

Why do the vocal majority want to sit/stand on a smaller stand right next to the away fans. Comke back to the Town End and sing along with the whole stand instead of empty seats.

It baffles me why the drum and the trumpeter and the vocal majority are watching the game from the Shankly when they could get the whole Town End goin which would then get the Tom Finney stand going.

Ridiculous if you ask me.
 
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Lukegale96 said:
To be honest I think the atmosphere would imporve greatly if the band moved back to the Town End.

Why do the vocal majority want to sit/stand on a smaller stand right next to the away fans. Comke back to the Town End and sing along with the whole stand instead of empty seats.

It baffles me why the drum and the trumpeter and the vocal majority are watching the game from the Shankly when they could get the whole Town End goin which would then get the Tom Finney stand going.

Ridiculous if you ask me.
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If you say it twice it might actually be true.

I sit on the BSK because I like a little banter with the away fans (though not as much as some of the kids who seem to think what happens on the pitch is irrelevant). I also think that there should be singing from both ends, and that we should not concede the traditional home end entirely to away supporters.

I do like the Hovis tune aswell.
 
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Lukegale96 said:
At England games they play the trumpet, didn't they used to or still do have a band or a trumpet at Sheff Wed, they play the trumpet at cricket games. Its not as if we are playing the kettle drums and we look stupid.
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The Wednesday crowd seem to hate them, they got a petition going, with thousands of signatures, asking the club to remove / stop them.

I think part of it was down to the fact that they all buggered off to support England, paid for by the FA, when Wednesday were playing, but also because they find them annoying.

I find it a bit annoying as well I suppose, but given that I'm in the Town End where I can't hear it that well, I guess I can live with it - they aren't doing any harm at the end of the day, are they?!
 
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Lukegale96 said:
To be honest I think the atmosphere would imporve greatly if the band moved back to the Town End.

Why do the vocal majority want to sit/stand on a smaller stand right next to the away fans. Comke back to the Town End and sing along with the whole stand instead of empty seats.

It baffles me why the drum and the trumpeter and the vocal majority are watching the game from the Shankly when they could get the whole Town End goin which would then get the Tom Finney stand going.

Ridiculous if you ask me.
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I've explained countless times why the 'band' aren't located on the Town End and do so after ever match that sees the whole of the BSK given to away fans.

The group of 'singers' on the Town End is even smaller than that on the Kop, probably about 40 kids and a few lads. The other 3,000 on the AKTE will shout 'PNE PNE PNE' at most but bar that you are doing well to get them to clap.

Efforts to try and start songs with our team thrashing Sunderland 3-0 were met with, and I quote, 'shut the fuck up' and 'we are already 3-0 up, shut it' etc etc!

As for the atmosphere in general, I don't like to blow my own trumpet so to speak, but if it wasn't for our efforts the most you would get out of Deepdale vocally would be 'We all hate Leeds, we all hate Leeds'.

The only decent thing about Saturday was the roar of 'come on you whites' that suprisingly reappeared en mass at two or three of our corners bar that it was a joke and I don't hold out for much more tonight.

tg
 
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Lukegale96 said:
To be honest I think the atmosphere would imporve greatly if the band moved back to the Town End.
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I think the atmosphere would improve if the band fucked off and the average age of those singing on the town end was raised above the current level of 12. The extent of whose ability is to sing "we all leeds scum". What place has that possibly got at deepdale when we ar playing crystal palace or coventry for christs sake. Be original and get behind the team 🙄
 
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Bernster said:
The extent of whose ability is to sing "we all leeds scum". What place has that possibly got at deepdale when we ar playing crystal palace or coventry for christs sake. Be original and get behind the team 🙄
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I think there is a part in Life of Brian that can be compared to this boards view on the atmosphere at Preston.

Its the bit where Judith runs into the PFJ's HQ after Brian has been sent for crucifixtion....

tg
 
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So was the infamous trumpeteer in attendance tonight?

Or does he only show up to take the piss on National Television?
 
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