[maccawozzagod]

quite rightly Jase has been missed. From my visits since it seems that most of the lads are still up for the singing but what Jase brought was more than that. It was the moving about between groups of fans and trying to involve everyone, and keeping the momentum going between songs. He always came across as leathered but rarely was (before the game anyways).

But I think the biggest thing was that the Newcastle game was the culmination of 18 months worth of efforts that saw SU sitting pretty as one of the best fan groups in the British Isles. Displays aplenty, song volume defying the small numbers of singers, more variety than Heinz, and the bounciest terrace around. Every small group aspired to be Stanley Ultras (and still do). That night kicked the arse out of everyone. The club never issued any sort of statement condoning or attacking the behaviour of the fans or the stewards/police, fans were hurt, fans were arrested and banned, trust was at an all time low (back to the D'on era again). Two weeks later and we lost Coxy as well. To many extents that brought the 'family' back together again, but the momentum had gone. For me, things haven't been the same since that night.