beagle1

Well, far from being a troll, I was just put off returning to this thread by the trolling I was subjected to on it. Having been branded variously a liar, troll, kill-joy and opera obsessive and been instructed to go and live in a Surrey village, I welcome your two positive suggestions Otta. Both those things, turning down the PA announcements and asking fans not to bang on hoardings, would I think make a difference to the club's neighbours and be greatly appreciated, especially in the evenings. And no, there is honestly no way I or my kids mistook the noise. It came from the direction of the stadium and was unmistakably the sound of a really large number of people banging rhythmically on something in the open air; it also took place only while the match was taking place. You would be surprised how far that kind of rhythmic beating noise carries. Double glazing is a red herring! Heres to a happy new year - happy for the club, happy for its neighbours.

I have returned to this thread to delete the word drumming from the subject since I understand there were no drums at the match and this has been used to undermine my complaint. It may have been banging on the hoardings. That it was not produced by actual drums doesn't alter the fact that it was too much noise too late for a weekday evening in a residential area. It doesn't alter the fact that it kept my kids awake (combined with the PA announcements, the last one of which we heard from indoors at 9.40pm). Tired children don't care whether they are being kept awake by happy sounds or unhappy sounds. They just need to sleep. The claim that noise complaints aren't viable because the stadium predates some local housing would be funny if it weren't so clearly intended to silence the club's neighbours. The date the stadium was built is irrelevant - all noise complaints are logged by the Council and taken seriously. It would be really nice to see the club, which prides itself on being socially enlightened, engage with its neighbours in a more considerate and constructive way than has been displayed on this thread.

Hilarious suggestion that the drumming coinciding with last night's match came from anywhere but the stadium. Drumming carries! And children need to sleep. For the record, even my husband, a die-hard football fan and DHFC sympathiser, feels that drumming at evening matches is out of order. Disappointing but predictable attempt to shut down any discussion of a legitimate issue, at a time when it is proposed to enlarge the stadium.

Anyine else bothered by by the noise emanating from evening matches at Dulwich Hamlet Football Club? My kids were kept awake last night by the relentless drumming that accompanied last night's match (way past 9pm) even though we live half a mile away and had the windows shut. Must have been even worse for people living closer to the stadium. Is DHFC governed by any rules to curb noise, given that the stadium is in a residential area?