Post by ambersalamander on Apr 24, 2011 17:11:37 GMT
How lovely - I have just been part of the most sickeningly happy, friendly and lovely Non-League Love-In I have ever witnessed.
We travelled for our first match as League Champions to relegated Folkestone Invicta yesterday - our promotion party vs. their relegation party. I thought it would be a really strange atmosphere.
A few days before the match, "congratulations" and "good luck" messages from Folkestone fans started cropping up on our club forum. Lulling us into a false sense of security? ;D No, they were just very nice people.
The best bit was the second half, when both sets of fans stood side by side on the same terrace. I noticed that the Folkestone fans were joining in with our songs in support of Sutton, as well as singing their own Folkestone songs! They'd politely wait for us to finish our chant before starting one of their own, and were accompanying our singing on their drum. How sweet
When we noticed what jolly good sports they were being, we decided to dedicate a song to them.
"Nice fans, nice ground," we sang, "nice fans, nice ground."
Not to be outdone in niceness, they responded with:
"Good luck in the Blue Square South, good luck in the Blue Square South..."
Of course, the only possible response to this was,
"Good luck in the Ryman South, good luck in the Ryman South..."
And they replied with a hearty chorus of "We love you Sutton, we do," which I have certainly never heard coming from our opponents, and to which of course we responded with "we love you Folkestone..."
Soon afterwards, the final whistle went and we all piled onto the pitch for a friendly kickabout, with both sets of fans on the same side. We were soon chucked out, of course, and went to sun ourselves on the grass at the front of the clubhouse with a few beers and promises from Folkestone to meet up with us when we play Dover next season, and from us to give Dover a good thrashing. They dont' like Dover very much
We travelled for our first match as League Champions to relegated Folkestone Invicta yesterday - our promotion party vs. their relegation party. I thought it would be a really strange atmosphere.
A few days before the match, "congratulations" and "good luck" messages from Folkestone fans started cropping up on our club forum. Lulling us into a false sense of security? ;D No, they were just very nice people.
The best bit was the second half, when both sets of fans stood side by side on the same terrace. I noticed that the Folkestone fans were joining in with our songs in support of Sutton, as well as singing their own Folkestone songs! They'd politely wait for us to finish our chant before starting one of their own, and were accompanying our singing on their drum. How sweet
When we noticed what jolly good sports they were being, we decided to dedicate a song to them.
"Nice fans, nice ground," we sang, "nice fans, nice ground."
Not to be outdone in niceness, they responded with:
"Good luck in the Blue Square South, good luck in the Blue Square South..."
Of course, the only possible response to this was,
"Good luck in the Ryman South, good luck in the Ryman South..."
And they replied with a hearty chorus of "We love you Sutton, we do," which I have certainly never heard coming from our opponents, and to which of course we responded with "we love you Folkestone..."
Soon afterwards, the final whistle went and we all piled onto the pitch for a friendly kickabout, with both sets of fans on the same side. We were soon chucked out, of course, and went to sun ourselves on the grass at the front of the clubhouse with a few beers and promises from Folkestone to meet up with us when we play Dover next season, and from us to give Dover a good thrashing. They dont' like Dover very much
