How can club improve atmosphere?

[Long slender neck]

[aylesburyos]

I thought it was ok yesterday tbh. Maybe early start did not help

[Proposition Joe]

Was a weird atmosphere after the game, almost funereal. But there was some noise during the first half, even heard the NT strike up a chant at one point. Don't disagree with any efforts to try and make things noisier but a bit odd to pretend it was completely silent yesterday

[Proposition Joe]

But in answer to the question:

- Walk Out to I Got the Power by Snap
- Celebrity Walk-ons at half time (thinking Chris Eubank, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Les Dennis)
- Cheerleaders
- Superfan membership cards
- Knock down the NT and make it all terraced again
- Loan fans from Borussia Dortmund (cheaper to get them from Wisla Krakow or somewhere but more racist)

[BiggsyMalone]

Either people want to sing or they don’t. Enourage new songs instead of singing ‘stand up for the Orient’ every 10 mins.

The club needs to encourage those that do want to sing, to sit in the South Stand instead of using it as a place for people on a day out to come and sit. Singing sections do work if people go there and sing. Having it in the block nearest the away fans will be perfect. They can give day trippers a better match day experience in the West and East stands.

Sort the PA system out and play some songs that build the tension on the approach to kick off.

Let fans hang their own flags around the stadium too.

The drum is a f*cking sh*t idea and if that thing is near me, it’s getting launched out of the ground.

Of course, the club know all this because they sent out emails in July asking for feedback on the atmosphere in the South Stand and haven’t followed up with anyone who said they wish to be contacted in regards to it.

[The Mindsweep]

Scoring a goal or two normally helps

[Friend or faux]

free booze 15 minutes before kick-off

[Friend or faux]

maybe for the players too

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Bit of a weird tweet. Call out the fans for not being loud enough when we are top of the league.

Perhaps one of the directors could get a megaphone and act as a conductor?

[Long slender neck]

Richie said in his interview that it was a very good atmosphere.

Personally think that with good football comes good atmosphere. It was a tight nervy game yesterday in my opinion.

[Story of O]

We tend to start slow and I wonder if that is a factor, as there is nothing to get excited about for about 20 minutes

[Fellowo]

Play canned chanting over the PA system.

[Neptune's Spear]

Play canned chanting over the PA system.

No offence, but that isnt a very good idea

[Neptune's Spear]

If that idiot* Hearn didnt get involved with the design of the West Stand we wouldn't be having this conversation now.

* I would like to use a more appropriate adjective, but I'd get banned

[Orient Punxx]

Do the US thing and put “MAKE SOME NOISE” on the electronic boards (or perhaps not)

[Lost not Found]

It really irritates me that no one seems to ask the obvious question of why?

There's no correlation between fans shouting and results so if he's that obsessed by communal singing go and join a bloody choir.

[soloman]

Hasn't it always been the same . In all my years of going to Brizzy Rd it's never been noisy ,apart from a few exceptions . I'm surprised there isn't a notice on the gate saying "Ssh ,there's people trying to sleep in here ". The singers should somehow make an effort to sit together in the stadium and learn new songs. Oh Ori Ori just doesn't do it for me .

[Chicken Dhansak]

Get a definite promotion to League 1 by keeping on winning would do wonders for the atmos.

[EliotNes]

Hasn't it always been the same . In all my years of going to Brizzy Rd it's never been noisy ,apart from a few exceptions . I'm surprised there isn't a notice on the gate saying "Ssh ,there's people trying to sleep in here ". The singers should somehow make an effort to sit together in the stadium and learn new songs. Oh Ori Ori just doesn't do it for me .

So true.

At away games with fewer of the faithful attending, but all in a smaller space, there is usually great noise/atmosphere from start to finish, even when losing. The exception to that, in the last few years was some of the away matches in the Mad Italian Years.

[Friend or faux]

Always found away atmosphere a million times better than home matches. I found it helped us to get unexpected victories away from home. God knows why Brisbane Rd has such a library atmosphere. When I wuz a Chelsea supporter, I thought you lot were pathetic-until you started going in front in a certain FA Cup match. I was amazed when I went to my first Orient away match. Maybe the clubs foundation has something to do with it ( Leyton Orient were originally formed by members of the Glyn Cricket Club in 1881, many of whom were former students of the Independent College, Homerton ). Perhaps the fans thought they came to the ground to study whilst watching a cricket match. Having said that, most cricket matches generate more atmosphere. Think it is time O's fans got a grip.

[Fellowo]

Play canned chanting over the PA system.

No offence, but that isnt a very good idea

Said tongue in cheek, but then there are some Premier League/European clubs that play a 'goal song' would you believe.

[Cheshunto]

I thought the atmosphere was a lot better yesterday, but as some other poster above says , “ scoring a goal would help “.
We didn’t create many decent chances yesterday to be honest.

[tuffers#1]

Where is Winchester to complain ?

[Chief crazy horse]

The old west stand used to be a great noisy atmosphere for big matches, especially when it was all standing. It was the not too very high roof that did it. The west stand today is very open and not conducive to loud volume from the crowd.

[StillSpike]

The old west stand used to be a great noisy atmosphere for big matches, especially when it was all standing. It was the not too very high roof that did it. The west stand today is very open and not conducive to loud volume from the crowd.

Agreed - the old standing West Side was waaaay better for watching football in all respects (except, perhaps, the bogs and the catering )

That said, the 2 ends are now low roofed rather than open terraces, so they should be a bit noisier than in days of old.

As others have said, there's not much correlation between a loud crowd and better football (although better football is unlikely to make the crowd quieter).