The 12th man

**feo123** · 23/10/2006, 9:12 PM

We should all agree on a place in the new stand and meet there before the game....come on lads just this once at least arguably our biggest game in years we must cheer them on as loud as we can and help them take us to landsdowne....a great atmosphere helps so much!

**Shedzer** · 23/10/2006, 11:50 PM

ya...****ing get this right for once....

i dont care where but il be where the noise is and il be bringing a few with me...

Airhorns are needed!!!

**akearins** · 24/10/2006, 8:37 AM

Derry have the entire Jinks Avenue stand, so you can imagine the noise they'll make with 2000 fans there and the fact that the tin roof amplifies any noise they will make some racket.And thats why I cannot understand why the MC decidede to put them there.Rovers fans will be out on the terraces, railway end and beside shed.As we all know when your out in the open it takes some effort to make noise,it would have been as easy to run the Derry fans down the back of the Jinks avenue stand and up onto the Railway terrace and give us the stand.Cannnot understand it.Sean can ask for al the atmosphere he wants but this was on big boo boo.(Also Rovers fans do not deserve to be shafted onto the terarces)

Im gonna head down the railway end and anyone meeting in Mooneys before, well we'll try and convince them to all gather in one place and see what racket we can make.So between the shed and railway id say is where most of the noise will come from

**Rory H** · 24/10/2006, 9:04 AM

Originally Posted by akearins

Im gonna head down the railway end and anyone meeting in Mooneys before, well we'll try and convince them to all gather in one place and see what racket we can make.So between the shed and railway id say is where most of the noise will come from

agreed

come on lets all meet up in mooneys before hand...maybe i was slightly cynical earlier...we can outsing derry fans....a change of plan too..the badhrons will be there

akearins is there no chance the drum is "match fit"...

**akearins** · 24/10/2006, 9:07 AM

Unfortunately not wild rover.I did give ita late fitness last night but it failed miserably,problem was we had the wrong drum stick for the skin at it got damaged.Hopefully Matty will be allowed back in for game Sunday and he will bring his drum

**Rovers1** · 24/10/2006, 9:26 AM

Originally Posted by akearins

Im gonna head down the railway end

thats where im headin to too,make as much noise as possible...
**** the MC for puttin the Derry fans in the jinks avenue stand..low roof...thats where the best atmosphere is. we'll just have to sing even louder

**Rory H** · 24/10/2006, 9:56 AM

Originally Posted by akearins

Unfortunately not wild rover.I did give ita late fitness last night but it failed miserably,problem was we had the wrong drum stick for the skin at it got damaged.Hopefully Matty will be allowed back in for game Sunday and he will bring his drum

pity.....

cant see matty being there to be honest...also not sure if he got his drum fixed

**feo123** · 24/10/2006, 5:05 PM

So....lads, should we all meet in the railway end....like the stand might be a lost cause i think and the older people in the new stand will only chants rovers,rovers if we're winning or something! all that will be seen on camera aswell will be the singing derry fans too because there in the jinks stand! get a few songs and a bit of colour at the railway end and get shown on the telly aswell!!!!

**The Stars** · 24/10/2006, 6:41 PM

the gantry will be in the Jinks avenue side so it will be facing the Main Stand.

**feo123** · 24/10/2006, 7:36 PM

oh ya true, true...was thinking of where they always have the camera! wonder who'll be down from RTE....

**red arrow** · 24/10/2006, 8:09 PM

most of yee are are missing the point here (no disrespect). if yee are contemplating in comming into the ground even at 2.30 forget about it as the new stand will be full. can yee not sacrifice a few pints for a prime position (the new stand)and ocupy it before those from rip van winkle land arrive. once yee get there in numbers yee can make as much noise as yee like. if this is organised properly it will spur on the team (also it will show the atmosphere on telly) one of the reasons that a gantry is being set up on the jinks ave side is ti display new advertising hording under the new stand by a company that has supported the bit o red greatly over the past few years. it is pay back time for them. this is the place where the noise should be comming from. do it now you have got only one chance

**feo123** · 24/10/2006, 8:25 PM

ok so lads....where are we going to go....decide in this thread....and then put up a new thread and tell everyone where to go and make noise!

**Fivesilver** · 24/10/2006, 8:39 PM

I'm also keen on the TA stand, partly because it will hold the largest number of fans and partly because the roof will concentrate the noise infinitely better than the railway terrace. The mention of the cameras being on the other side has convinced me.
Have your pints early lads. The biggest stand in the Showgrounds has been quiet for too many years. That crowd have forfeited their right to it - time for a change.

**Fivesilver** · 24/10/2006, 8:59 PM

Viva La Revolucion!

**SligoBrewer** · 24/10/2006, 9:21 PM

is anyone going to the shed? ffs

**Fivesilver** · 24/10/2006, 9:31 PM

Another reason I'm pushing the Treacy Avenue stand is because I'm not worried about the Shed - I've no doubt it'll be noisy enough.
Remember the title-winning game last season? The ground was pretty full, with very few away fans, and the noise from the Shed was massive that night. This time there'll be less alternative places to go, with Derry getting 35-40% of the ground, so there'll be plenty of people in the Shed.

**Sligobhoy** · 25/10/2006, 8:47 AM

Intend having pints from early doors Sunday. Used to always stand in the Shed throughout lates 80s and 90s. Moved from there in the 00s but intend to return along with a good few other exiled shed lads this Sunday. Super Sunday with a bank holiday to follow! Only issue is if Stewards say area is full when you can always crowd a few more bods in there and try to move people down to Railway End.

**Fivesilver** · 25/10/2006, 10:27 AM

akearins: What would a new skin for the drum cost?

**Fivesilver** · 25/10/2006, 1:37 PM

Originally Posted by Rogue Trader

I give 20 Euro no probs to the cause ! If you could find out a price and come back to us Alan we would know what to give.

I'll gladly chip in as well. See if you can get it done in the next couple of days. We can easily reimburse you with a whip-round in Mooney's.
If you can't get the skin in Sligo, then presumably it's got a make/model number and one of the Dublin-based lads could get it.
We're going to need all the extra noise we can get. Derry always have a few drums - reckon they borrow them off their buddies in the bowler hats.