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Manchester City fan group 1894 is calling on the fans to try and improve the atmosphere at the Etihad.

Plenty has been said in the past about what can be done to improve the atmosphere at City's home stadium with the singing section being introduced in the South Stand.

But the 1894 group isn't stopping there and has been working on ideas of how to improve the atmosphere even further.

A spokesman for the group, who are behind weekly flag displays at the Etihad said: "The main issue we face is ensuring that people in different parts of the ground are all singing the same song at the same time.

"That may sound obvious but at our ground the main singing areas south tier 1 south tier 3 and Kippax corner simply can't hear each other.

"There isn't a big overall noise as you can have three separate songs going at the same time by three different pockets of fans.



"We as a fan base have got to come together and find a way of linking up more. The passion is there but the noise simply does not travel well , remember the stadium was built for athletics and the away supporters are still splitting up the main body of singers at our place.

"We are traditionalists and we would want the atmosphere to be like it was in the good old days but maybe there are too many factors against us and maybe for a future European game we might have to look at a megaphone - not to be used non stop but if used sparingly and sensibly it might be a way that allows people on different tiers to hear the same song. We're still considering that."



Pep Guardiola reportedly called on the club to treat improving the atmosphere as a priority and 1894 believe there are ways the club could help to improve the atmosphere - including introducing safe standing.

A spokesman said: "There are other ways around this. The club could add materials underneath the roof in each tier to allow the noise to amplify and travel better than is happening now and they could also bring in a safestanding section which would increase capacity and thereby allow all those who wished to stand and sing together on one larger area."

At present Celtic are the only British side to introduce rail seating but City have explored the possibility of setting up a standing area in either the North Stand or South Stand while making expansion plans recently.