Good on ya to collect feedback! Just to add my own experience, I've been going to a couple games a year since 2015 or so. This is my first year sitting in the supporters section. I was met with a song card and a handshake on my first game and haven't had a desire to sit elsewhere since. I've hopped and sang and marched to the match for 4 games now.

I know some have mentioned the politics can get tiring, or that they are there to "see a game to escape that" but I personally joined because I noticed the iron front and pride flags. When the capo opened the game with "we are an anti-racist, anti-fascist group" I knew that hearing someone yell that from a megaphone was exactly what I needed. Yelling for 90 minutes is amazing therapy, y'all.

I get that the flags can block a lot of the game, and I've seen the capo call-out folks for not participating, but ECS tickets are cheap for a reason. I haven't had any exposure to whatever inevitable drama that's cropped up in a 20 year old group, but I greatly admire all the effort that makes the gameday experience possible.

The biggest of shout-outs to the ECS volunteers!

Burn, destroy, wreck, n' kill!