Flybhoy Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) Dzieķanowski, Elliott and Galloway pose for a picture as Celtic's summer signings for the 89-90 season where, despite high expectations we finished fifth.... yes, you read that right fifth... We didn't even qualify for Europe originally but I think we sneaked in the back door after Scotland got an extra UEFA Cup place because of some war somewhere, might have been the former Yugoslavia but can't really remember truth be told... Edited June 5, 2020 by Flybhoy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Ronnie Simpson making a spectacular looking save against his former club Hibernian for Celtic sometime in the 1960's, with the quite magnificent East Terrace in the background 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Jeden Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Flybhoy said: Ronnie Simpson making a spectacular looking save against his former club Hibernian for Celtic sometime in the 1960's, with the quite magnificent East Terrace in the background Strangely, the photo doesn't seem to do quite do the terracing justice. It really looked huge in the flesh, when there was a big crowd in. 8ft less huge at the Dunbar end obvs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, Pet Jeden said: Strangely, the photo doesn't seem to do quite do the terracing justice. It really looked huge in the flesh, when there was a big crowd in. 8ft less huge at the Dunbar end obvs. A few more Easter Road pictures I found via Google, including said huge East Terrace 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 5 hours ago, Pet Jeden said: Strangely, the photo doesn't seem to do quite do the terracing justice. It really looked huge in the flesh, when there was a big crowd in. 8ft less huge at the Dunbar end obvs. I was thinking that as well. I remember it looking a lot bigger than that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 I was thinking that as well. I remember it looking a lot bigger than that.It wasnt that steep, it just went back forever which is how it got reasonably high. If you want to get a perspective on how far back it went have a look on Google maps and take the current east stand forward a few metres and it still extended to the new flats behind the current stand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 6 hours ago, Flybhoy said: A few more Easter Road pictures I found via Google, including said huge East Terrace Anyone know what the capacity of the East Terrace was? There's something quite mesmerising about seeing so many people crammed in with only the sky above them. Must have been brutal on a wet windy day though. I take the single tier design of the new East Stand is a homage to the giant kop? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, Lurkst said: I take the single tier design of the new East Stand is a homage to the giant kop? Little known fact... The first club to have part of their ground referred to as "kop" was Arsenal...2 years before Liverpool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Pretty sure I remember reading that at one point the East Terrace/Celtic End at Hampden was the biggest single section of Terrace in any stadium ever, circa 50,000 could cram into it at its peak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wright scores Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 On 03/06/2020 at 21:07, Sherrif John Bunnell said: I remember standing in that part of the ground around 1971/2 when my father took me to a pre season friendly as we were on holiday near Dingwall. I think there was an ex Hibs centre forward playing for/guesting for County that day, but can't remember his name 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Anyone know what the capacity of the East Terrace was? There's something quite mesmerising about seeing so many people crammed in with only the sky above them. Must have been brutal on a wet windy day though. I take the single tier design of the new East Stand is a homage to the giant kop? The record attendance at Easter Road was 65k (Hibs have a higher home record attendance than Liverpool). The Dunbar end remained the same size until it was demolished and held 8k under modernish safety requirements. The old stand at ER had a capacity of c.4.5k with seats in the enclosure so you'd add maybe another 1000 without seats. So probably about 18-20k on those two sides of the ground. Which means 45-47k left. The cowshed end was smaller than the Dunbar end so maybe 8k there max. The old east max attendance was probably in the region of high 30 thousands going by that. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Pretty sure I remember reading that at one point the East Terrace/Celtic End at Hampden was the biggest single section of Terrace in any stadium ever, circa 50,000 could cram into it at its peak. Almost 62,000 according to this clipping, before it was made "safer"... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Pretty sure I remember reading that at one point the East Terrace/Celtic End at Hampden was the biggest single section of Terrace in any stadium ever, circa 50,000 could cram into it at its peak. Surely one of the sections of Great Strahov Stadium must have been bigger? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Don't know if this has been posted before. Teams, players and location? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLanarkshireWhite Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 George McClean Ayr United is who it looks like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelhall chap Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 56 minutes ago, paulbrucerick said: Don't know if this has been posted before. Teams, players and location? The guy in blue looks like George McLean ( rangers/dundee /ayr etc) but I have no idea about the rest . Highland league team in Cup? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 The guy in blue looks like George McLean ( rangers/dundee /ayr etc) but I have no idea about the rest . Highland league team in Cup? Aye v At Mirren at Dam Park circa 1974 in the League Cup ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Ayr played St Mirren at Dam Park in the League Cup in August 1972, and McLean was in the team, so this seems entirely possible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Aye its Dandy playing for Ayr at Dam Park. I think its St Mirren, was hoping someone might know for sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Why did they play at Dam Park? Was Somerset being renovated? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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