GordonD Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 9 hours ago, tamthebam said: Because of going to various Junior Cup Finals and various other matches I've seen more games at Firhill that didn't involve Partick than did! I've seen a few Clyde games there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) Seeing the highlights of the Ayr v Ross County game last night , it looked to me like the Ayr fans behind the goal when they scored were able to move to the other end for the second half. Is that right ? I’m a bit jealous if it is. I used to like being able to flit between the Beach End and the South Terrace at Pittodrie in the 1970’s when I was a tiny wee lad... Can’t remember exactly when that stopped.......probably when individual seats were installed in the South Terrace , and it became , oddly enough, the South Stand Edited January 19, 2020 by A96 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 19 hours ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: Floodlights at Rugby Park are lovely. Drench Lighting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 At Ashfield's Saracen Park you pay at the bar for admission. Only ground I know of where that occurs. Saracen Park ofc being a speedway venue it has quirks galore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 hour ago, A96 said: Seeing the highlights of the Ayr v Ross County game last night , it looked to me like the Ayr fans behind the goal when they scored were able to move to the other end for the second half. Is that right ? I’m a bit jealous if it is. I used to like being able to flit between the Beach End and the South Terrace at Pittodrie in the 1970’s when I was a tiny wee lad... Can’t remember exactly when that stopped.......probably when individual seats were installed in the South Terrace , and it became , oddly enough, the South Stand Only when the away support is sufficiently low that it can be accommodated in the stand and enclosure. Only 162 County fans yesterday so it was open for us. Some older fans remember the Railway End as the traditional home end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 19 minutes ago, paulbrucerick said: Only when the away support is sufficiently low that it can be accommodated in the stand and enclosure. Only 162 County fans yesterday so it was open for us. Some older fans remember the Railway End as the traditional home end. My one and only trip to Somerset Park was to see Keith in the Scottish Cup in the mid -80s. Too pished to remember much about it , but we were behind one of the goals , with open terracing to our left and the main stand to the right. The opposite end seemed to be the most vocal section of the home support. I think Ayr were struggling at that time and our hopes of causing an upset, increased as the day wore on in direct proportion to the level of alcohol consumption. Until about 5 past 3 when Ayr scored their first. They were 3-nil up after about 30 minutes I think. Final score was 3-1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 21 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: On 18/01/2020 at 12:09, Andy_K_97 said: That does seem unusual. Any time I've been as an away fan we've been situated in the old main stand. The only other time I've been was a few months ago to a Scotland youth international where we beat Germany 1-0 and the fans were in the old stand too. Was hoping to get a seat in the Jackie Husband just to say I'd been in but no dice. We used to get the stand behind the goals and we've been in the old stand a few times but the last couple of times I've been there it's been the Husband stand with the weird segregation/or not set up. Been in all 3 with ICT but also stood at the other end when it was terracing. Probably 1975. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 3 hours ago, A96 said: My one and only trip to Somerset Park was to see Keith in the Scottish Cup in the mid -80s. Too pished to remember much about it , but we were behind one of the goals , with open terracing to our left and the main stand to the right. The opposite end seemed to be the most vocal section of the home support. I think Ayr were struggling at that time and our hopes of causing an upset, increased as the day wore on in direct proportion to the level of alcohol consumption. Until about 5 past 3 when Ayr scored their first. They were 3-nil up after about 30 minutes I think. Final score was 3-1 I remember that game. I was still at primary but I vividly remember two or three Keith fans going wild in the home end when they scored! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 22 minutes ago, paulbrucerick said: I remember that game. I was still at primary but I vividly remember two or three Keith fans going wild in the home end when they scored! Wild ?!… I was livid 216 miles (give or take) and we were 3-nil down in no time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 23 minutes ago, A96 said: Wild ?!… I was livid 216 miles (give or take) and we were 3-nil down in no time Aye, I meant when Keith scored! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 If we’re discussing quirks at Firhill then someone needs to touch on the fact that there’s an office block where the end of the main stand should behttp://scruffyandbob.com/images/main.jpg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEd Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, A96 said: My one and only trip to Somerset Park was to see Keith in the Scottish Cup in the mid -80s. Too pished to remember much about it , but we were behind one of the goals , with open terracing to our left and the main stand to the right. The opposite end seemed to be the most vocal section of the home support. I think Ayr were struggling at that time and our hopes of causing an upset, increased as the day wore on in direct proportion to the level of alcohol consumption. Until about 5 past 3 when Ayr scored their first. They were 3-nil up after about 30 minutes I think. Final score was 3-1 We were mid table at the time, I think. We finished 7th of 14 that season (84-85). As an aside, I was one of the ball boys at the Railway End end that day. When Keith scored their fans went nuts and some bearded guy in a duffle coat starting flicking vics at me and my colleague. Still they were better behaved than the St Mirren fans in the next round, but that's another story. Edited January 19, 2020 by RedEd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 15 hours ago, RedEd said: Still they were better behaved than the St Mirren fans in the next round, but that's another story. I remember that game. Fair bit of trouble i think. I can remember there being a fair buzz about McAvennire playing. 1-0 to the buddies? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEd Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 6 hours ago, paulbrucerick said: I remember that game. Fair bit of trouble i think. I can remember there being a fair buzz about McAvennire playing. 1-0 to the buddies? It was 1-0. I think Fraser Campbell was the scorer. Two or three years later he was playing against us for Stranraer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 17/01/2020 at 21:13, energyzone said: On 17/01/2020 at 17:18, jagfox99 said: Firhill before it's inevitable destruction tomorrow evening I was on the canal path recently and found out you can see quite a lot of the pitch from that vantage point. Do you get a lot of people standing watching a match from there? How it was planned to look with a development which I think was planned in 90's 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 How it was planned to look with a development which I think was planned in 90's That looks amazing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Fife Saint said: 4 hours ago, realmadrid said: How it was planned to look with a development which I think was planned in 90's That looks amazing. Is it not basically the current ground with a duplicate of the north stand instead of the bing and a couple of office blocks in the corners? Edited April 6, 2020 by parsforlife 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 1 hour ago, parsforlife said: Is it not basically the current ground with a duplicate of the north stand instead of the bing and a couple of office blocks in the corners? Sort of. The two end stands look bigger and no student flats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 9 minutes ago, realmadrid said: Sort of. The two end stands look bigger and no student flats. On 2nd look they are about the same height as the JHS. Would have resulted in a ridiculous capacity. I’d reckon an extra 2000 in north stand and maybe 4000 in the opposite end? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, parsforlife said: On 2nd look they are about the same height as the JHS. Would have resulted in a ridiculous capacity. I’d reckon an extra 2000 in north stand and maybe 4000 in the opposite end? Im sure we played them just after the plans came out and in the programme there was a letter saying the capacity could be too small. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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