A few of us have bought guests along to the zone over the years that don't know the words, but love the experience. I don't think we should be swearing at people to get them to sing.
Our job is to try and get people to regularly attend/get season tickets and that means being ambassadors.
During years of cycling advocacy I had to put up with some pretty shitty people with pretty shitty views on cyclists but when you get involved in advocacy you have to bite your tongue and still be polite even if you want to punch them in the face.
We don't own the fever zone. We don't sell the seats to punters and we should no dictate who is allowed into the zone and who isn't. Active members and all that bullshit included. We have to encourage folk to participate but you don't encourage people with twatty offensive behavior.
The only times I've seen people asked to leave the zone was when they were being threatening or abusive and that's something people on here should not be getting involved in doesn't matter who they are or what their intentions are.
When I go to matches, (when not injured!), I sing my heart out 95% of the time. Other times though, if I'm feeling under the weather or absorbed in the football I don't sing. So do I then have to leave the zone? Do I fuck.
I think that we have to be very careful in judging who is acceptable and who isn't in the zone. Sure non-YF come into the zone for the atmosphere and what's wrong with that? Sure some won't sing - well that's tough titty as well. If people go away from standing in zone having had a bloody good, non-threatening time even if they never sang a word then that's ok with me. They might want to come again and maybe start singing later on.
Well done guys for putting all the work into the chants I think it's amazing, but lets just reflect on how we go about our business in the zone in future.