Sa gabatar da Pierre Sage a matsayin sabon manajan Crystal Palace watan da ya wuce, ya yi magana da tabbaci na musamman game da dalilin da ya sa ya zaɓi ƙungiyar. Bayan gasar kanta, ya ambaci masu goyon baya — musamman gaskiyar cewa Palace ita ce kawai ƙungiya a cikin Premier League da ke da ƙungiyar ultras. "Ina son buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa don masu son gasa," in ji Bafaranshen. Abin da bai sani ba shi ne cewa waɗannan masu goyon bayan na kusa da bacewar su.

Holmesdale Fanatics, taron ultras da ya kasance yana tsara yanayin Selhurst Park tsawon shekaru ashirin, ya rusa kansa a ranar karshen kafin lokacin 2024-25. Sakamakon haka ya zo da sauri kuma ya yi zafi.

Wuri da ya rage bayan shekaru ashirin

An kafa ƙungiyar a shekara ta 2005 ta ƙungiyar masu kaatin shekara-shekara a cikin Rukunin B na kujerar Holmesdale Road stand, wanda ya gina mata suna na ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin masu goyon baya mafi kirkira a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi. Tuta, hayaki mai launuka daban-daban, ganguna masu jan hankali, da waƙoƙi na salon Turai suka zama alama tasu — wani abu daban da al'adar mabiya marasa motsi wanda ya mamaye filayen Premier League da yawa.

Bayan da Palace suka hau Premier League a shekara ta 2013, ƙungiyar ta yi girma a cikin ƙudiri da tasiri. Tifos ɗin su da mabiya suka ɗaukar nauyin su gabaɗaya sun bayyana ba a Selhurst Park kaɗai ba ne, har ma a Wembley da Red Bull Arena na Leipzig. A shekara ta 2019, sun koma daga Rukunin B zuwa Rukunin E, kai tsaye a bayan raga, don ƙarfafa rawar su a matsayin injin sauti na masu goyon bayan Palace a gida.

Cin nasara biyu da shiru mai ma'ana

Makon farko na sabon lokacin wasa sun nuna abin da aka rasa. Palace ta sha kaye sau biyu a gida a jere — 4-1 ga Manchester City da 3-2 ga Ipswich Town — kuma murƙushewar yanayin da ke cikin Selhurst Park ya kasance batu mai muhimmanci bayan kowane wasa. Wani filin wasa da aka fi sani da yanayin da ya tsoratar da abokan gaba yanzu yana fama da samar da matsin lamba mai dorewa kan abokan tarayya.

Tafiyar Holmesdale Fanatics ba ta kasance ba tare da gargaɗi ba, ko da yake ta ba mutane da yawa mamaki. A cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, tashin hankali ya ƙaru tsakanin ƙungiyar da kulob akan bambancin tunani na asali. Fanatics sun yi fafutikar al'adar masu goyon baya da ƙarƙashin kai; kulob din ya ƙara neman tsarin nishaɗi daga sama zuwa ƙasa, tare da nunin haske kafin wasa da kiɗa da aka buga da ƙarfi nan da nan bayan ƙarshen wasan.

Maganar ƙungiyar da kanta

"Mun ƙara gargaɗe kulob cewa masu goyon baya masu tunani ɗaya ba za su iya tara a Palace da adadin da ake bukata don ɗorewar al'adar masu goyon baya masu aiki ba. Akwai buƙatar canjin gaske a Palace zuwa ga ƙaramin masu goyon baya da ficewa daga al'adar da mutane ke zuwa filin wasan suna sa ran kasancewa a nishaɗi, zuwa al'adar masu goyon baya da ke zuwa don taka rawar gani wajen nuna ƙoƙari."

Sanarwar, da aka fitar a watan Agusta, ta kuma yi magana game da matsin da ke fitar da matasa daga ƙwallon Ingila — farashi mai tsadar kayan shiga, ƙa'idodi da ke lalata martabar mabiya, da abin da ƙungiyar ta kira cin zarafi mai ci gaba na doka.

Gado mai rikitarwa

Ba duk mabiya Crystal Palace ke makoki Fanatics ba tare da tanadi. Ƙauransu daga Rukunin B zuwa Rukunin E a shekara ta 2019 ya tura tsofaffin masu kaatin shekara-shekara daga wuraren su, wanda ya haifar da bacin rai. Tambayoyi kuma sun tashi a lokacin yakin UEFA Conference League na kakar da ta gabata game da ko ƙungiyar tana da isassun maki na aminci don mamaye sassan standuna na masu goyon bayan ƙungiyar waje. Matsayin siyasa na ƙungiyar, wanda kullum yake a fili, ya raba ra'ayoyi.

Duk da haka, Holmesdale Fanatics sun kasance ƙarfi mai kyau sosai — kuma kaɗan ne za su ce Selhurst Park ya fi kyau ba tare da su ba. Palace tuni suna da rauni na musamman a gida a cikin shekaru 13 da suke Premier League, suna ƙarewa mafi kyau a jadawalin waje fiye da na gida a tara daga waɗannan lokutan. Ba tare da Fanatics ba, babu wata dalilin da za a zata canza wannan rikodin. A yanzu, gida shi ne wurin baƙin ciki ga Crystal Palace.