There is always a lot said about the atmosphere in English Football being second-rate when compared to those around Europe, but is that really the case?
Or instead, are they just different with English football crowds simply suiting the target audience of those that make the noise.
A video circulated around social media this week of the Bayern Munich away fans in a game vs Hamburg SV as Luiz Diaz slotted home in front of a sea of red pyro’s illuminating the corner stand.
Constant sound coming from below an eery glowing combination of smoke and a volcano like glow is what makes European football special.
However, is that what English football fans want and is that really a hindrance on the atmosphere that we can create?
The anticipation in the build up to a goal, followed by the eruption once the ball hits the net is the moment that every football spends their whole week waiting for.
Or dreading depending on which goal goes in.
Although if the view was in turn obstructed by a cloud of whatever colour a team is playing in, that moment of exhilaration is taken away.
Instead replaced by yet more uncertainty, unsure of where the ball actually is and who scored the goal.
Which just creates another VAR situation where fans can’t celebrate properly, release that emotion that doesn’t just build up in the game but through the week and in some cases even through the season.
Everybody knows that football fans are reactionary, but surely that is what makes it all so special.
When things are going well on the pitch, the atmosphere can be electric but when they aren’t, things can very quickly turn sour or even flat, and that maybe where English rivalries let themselves down.
There is often a double standard, with football fans an expectation that one club always takes more fans on an away game or makes more noise when the game isn’t going well.
But realistically that is never the case with any club, if a game is poor the atmosphere reflects it.
The old saying of “Leeds always take more” became unstuck while the club were languishing towards the bottom of the Championship and even in League One.
At that point, the side could only just sell 20,000 tickets in their 36,000-seater stadium and while away ends were always full, focus often turned away from the game.
But moments like that are what makes the good times so much more special and the same applies to Lincoln City this season.
The club sold 4000 gold memberships last season but just a week into sales this time around they have already surpassed 2500 along with over 180 first time purchasers attending this weekend’s game against Blackpool.
While English football fans often complain at each other for not making enough noise, even within their own fanbases, is that not what makes it so special compared to those in Europe