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My uncle is coming up from Devon Sat morning and were all gunna go from ours in MK. Driving up to Altchringham (however its spelt?!?!) and tramming it to Old Trafford apparently, my dads plans anyways!!

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Another Milton Keynes based fan here....how are you guys getting to the game on Saturday ?[/quote]

Nice to know there's quite a few of us in MK! The MK Gulls, from not existing this morning, are now thriving! I'm driving up with family (assuming I get through to the ticket office at Plainmoor at some point!). Looked into the train but would've cost upwards of £200.

I work in MK, and live just a few miles down the M1. Can't believe I've never seen a TUFC shirt or bumper sticker - sounds like there could be dozens of us!!

[quote="miltonkeynesgull"]Haha love it...I think it's definitely time to form the MK Gulls![/quote]

Another Milton Keynes based fan here....how are you guys getting to the game on Saturday ?

[quote="chafford100gull"]Dont know why the one fan conducting thing has never caught on over here...been to loads of games in europe and virtually all groups doing the singing are conducted by one or two fans...normally with their backs to the game and looking at the fans..the inter milan fans especially...got to be seen to be believed..[/quote]

Happens a lot in MLS, too. Usually the guy is given a loudhailer too - they call him* the capo. Some of the fan stuff they've been doing here in the past couple of years has been incredible. Take a look at this video of the Timbers Army (of Portland) greeting their first game in MLS with the national anthem.

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Seriously impressive.

Oh, and so far they've played 5 games at home, and won all 5.

*so far it's all been a 'he', ladies..

Haha love it...I think it's definitely time to form the MK Gulls!

My mum and dad follow them too so thats 6 in total now, figure is getting bigger by the minute haha!!

As you might guess from my username I also happen to live in the city of concrete cows and roundabouts, so It would appear there's quite a few of us...well 4 anyway!

I know of another fan from MK - well Bletchley! You guys should start an "MK Gulls" travel club!

god, i thought i was the only MK Gull Si. Nice to know i'm not alone.

Great chanting, great atmosphere generated by the chant, the concrete floor was shaking like crazy

also another thing the whole bounce bounce thing, we seem to be stealing the baggies boing boing thing ;-)


and i tried starting a few chants but failed :P

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Could be done..would need more of a bryan may than an eminem though.... :lol:[/quote]

There would be plenty of Musical Directors looking for work, more than capable of doing the job and could even come up with ideas for new songs. If I were living in Devon I'd look into it but perhaps a bit of research into the local Am Dram types could be worth a punt. Most societies will probably have at least a couple MD's for their shows so theres usually someone up for grabs.

me and the missus went to valencia vs real madrid last month and valencia had two groups of fans numbering probably 500 each who made the atmosphere in a crowd of 50,000...so on a much smaller scale i reckon it could still work.

To be fair though it is normally only the same handful of people who starts chants.

[quote="cambgull"]What about the club paying someone £20 an hour for 2 hours to conduct? Probably best if it wasn't a fan because they wouldn't mind missing the game then and could even help come up with songs... just a thought?[/quote]
Could be done..would need more of a bryan may than an eminem though.... :lol: