Arch Stanton Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Gets on my nerves when people who live further afield say it’s difficult to get to Hampden.There are 5 train stations within a 10 minute walk of Hampden. There are 6 or 7 bus routes that stop within a few hundred yards. The M74 extension has an exit (J1A) less than a mile away. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM82 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, IainMorton said: Gets on my nerves when people who live further afield say it’s difficult to get to Hampden. Its slap bang in the middle (almost...) of the biggest city in Scotland. What do they want? A stadium right on their doorstep? No matter where in the country Scotland play, people will have to travel. Do we hear people from Newcastle and Manchester complaining about how far away Wembley is? Yes 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Gets on my nerves when people who live further afield say it’s difficult to get to Hampden. Its slap bang in the middle (almost...) of the biggest city in Scotland. What do they want? A stadium right on their doorstep? No matter where in the country Scotland play, people will have to travel. Do we hear people from Newcastle and Manchester complaining about how far away Wembley is? Should be in Stirling mate.Actually, scrap that. Should be at Murrayfield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Good news. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibsFan Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Good. Tradition is always better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 54 minutes ago, TurbineTon said: Stay and redevelop it. Stay and make absolutely no changes whatsoever, except increase prices. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Excellent news. Glad the hysteria about travel was disregarded. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 It's the best decision available. Murrayfield is just not good enough to make paying egg chasing worthwhile. At the start of this pish my real fear was they'd demolish Hampden and rent the bigot domes so we should be grateful for it staying just as shite as before and not getting any better or worse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbineTon Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said: Stay and make absolutely no changes whatsoever, except increase prices. Or they could do this. That's probably what most of us expect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishopLenBrennan Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Good news for the correct part of the country. Now let's turn Hampden into this please; 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 15 minutes ago, IainMorton said: Gets on my nerves when people who live further afield say it’s difficult to get to Hampden. Its slap bang in the middle (almost...) of the biggest city in Scotland. What do they want? A stadium right on their doorstep? No matter where in the country Scotland play, people will have to travel. Do we hear people from Newcastle and Manchester complaining about how far away Wembley is? Almost slap bang in the middle of Glasgow but not really at all. Have you ever walked from the City centre to Hampden before? Not that I was advocating Murrayfield but the difference between Haymarket to Murrayfield and Queen St/ Central Station to Hampden is night and day. People are quick to pile in on McDiarmid Park for being "too far out of town" when it's probably closer to Perth City centre than Hampden is to Glasgow City centre. Besides, where the National team plays is irrelevant when you consider the utter incompetent morons that run the game in Scotland. Until this changes the mens game (don't want to taint the womens game as they seem to be fairly progressive) will continue to tread water. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Glad they have decided to stay at Hampden, but I'm still not sure I trust them to redevelop it to the standard it should be at. Disappointed that my prediction from very early in this thread has come true though, that the SFA were simply using the process to drive down QP and buy it on the cheap. Could have been done privately instead of creating all the publicity it has. Suppose that was half the point for the SFA. Now getting credit for doing the right thing after looking like they wouldn't, as opposed to people just accepting what happened as being sensible and moving on with it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 minute ago, BishopLenBrennan said: Good news for the correct part of the country. Now let's turn Hampden into this please; Dream on! The sale price is actually £19m when the previous outstanding redevelopment costs are added. You'll get what you've got for the considerable time being! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefan27 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 The right decision in the end. Hampden is shite, but it's a damn site better than Murrayfield. Hopefully see more friendlies and qualifiers played around the country though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 minute ago, killiefan27 said: The right decision in the end. Hampden is shite, but it's a damn site better than Murrayfield. Hopefully see more friendlies and qualifiers played around the country though. at Ibrox and Parkhead. FTFY. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 There is no chance of a friendly being played at either ground, and a qualifier would only be moved there if Hampden was out of commission (though Murrayfield may also be seen as a viable option now). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 The comments under the article on the BBC are hilarious. One even mentions football fans destroying Murrayfield with their behaviour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 23 minutes ago, Silvio said: The comments under the article on the BBC are hilarious. One even mentions football fans destroying Murrayfield with their behaviour. All the comments on the BBC articles are from bitter middle aged Scot-hating gammons. Best ignored. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Allowing money to go from football tickets to the SRU would have been crazy. It was never going to happen. If people genuinely struggle to get to Hampden from the city centre it might be time to get a carer. Football special trains going back to Aberdeen/Inverness would be great but that's an issue for the Scottish Government. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar 2nd Tier Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 hour ago, IainMorton said: Gets on my nerves when people who live further afield say it’s difficult to get to Hampden. Its slap bang in the middle (almost...) of the biggest city in Scotland. What do they want? A stadium right on their doorstep? No matter where in the country Scotland play, people will have to travel. Do we hear people from Newcastle and Manchester complaining about how far away Wembley is? Maybe because the transport links in England are far superior to ours?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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