“The boos are what generate the headlines — ‘Tottenham Hotspur booed off after winless league start continues’, etc. — but what hits you harder is the silence. Football stadiums are meant to be cacophonous arenas of celebration, singing, unfiltered joy and, yes, of aggro and anger and despair and misery and questioning life decisions. But silence? Before a ball has even been kicked? There is something askew here. It’s midday, 30 minutes from kick-off and Aston Villa are in north London for one of English football’s oldest and grandest top-flight fixtures. The atmosphere, though, doesn’t feel at all like one of anticipation, despite more than 60,000 people all heading to the same venue. …”
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