Monkey Tennis Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 15 minutes ago, Mr Heliums said: Yes - football was a lot cheaper then, less tribal – and I believe that even cup finals were pay at the gate for the enclosures. So you'd get a lot of supporters just turning up for the event. The 1985 Cup final was pay at the gate, which seems mind blowingly recent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 32 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: The 1985 Cup final was pay at the gate, which seems mind blowingly recent. 1987 even more recent. Only the Main Stand was all-ticket and this was probably only due to it having a reduced capacity post Bradford fire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Was the 91 cup final not PATG? Some of my mates definitely decided to go on the day. Tam Cowan probably answered my question on OTB at the weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: The 1985 Cup final was pay at the gate, which seems mind blowingly recent. 9 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: 1987 even more recent. Only the Main Stand was all-ticket and this was probably only due to it having a reduced capacity post Bradford fire. 1 hour ago, Lurkst said: Was the 91 cup final not PATG? Some of my mates definitely decided to go on the day. Tam Cowan probably answered my question on OTB at the weekend. I'm waiting on others mentioning the '74, '81, '88, '05 and '14 Finals and then there will be a full agonising set. I'm recalling that I had a ticket for the three games mentioned, there may have been cash gates also. Here's the '91 ticket: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wright scores Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Lurkst said: Was the 91 cup final not PATG? Some of my mates definitely decided to go on the day. Tam Cowan probably answered my question on OTB at the weekend. It was - 5 of us went with our Motherwell supporting mate. I was also at the 1987 final as well and paid at the gate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Lurkst said: Was the 91 cup final not PATG? Some of my mates definitely decided to go on the day. Tam Cowan probably answered my question on OTB at the weekend. The semi final replay certainly was 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flash Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Mr Heliums said: Yes - football was a lot cheaper then, less tribal – and I believe that even cup finals were pay at the gate for the enclosures. So you'd get a lot of supporters just turning up for the event. And if you wanted to see a Cup Final (or any football) the only option was to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Scotland 3-2 Holland, Argentina ‘78’ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyFerrino Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 01/02/2021 at 10:11, ropy said: The semi final replay certainly was The 91 Skol Cup final was pay at the gate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Wales v Scotland. Ninian park 1979 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northboy Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 35 minutes ago, Drew Brees said: Wales v Scotland. Ninian park 1979 John Toshack hat trick in a resounding 3-0 Welsh victory as I recall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 3 hours ago, TonyFerrino said: The 91 Skol Cup final was pay at the gate. Was it? I was at that game, but genuinely can't remember. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Drew Brees said: Wales v Scotland. Ninian park 1979 1 hour ago, Northboy said: John Toshack hat trick in a resounding 3-0 Welsh victory as I recall. Nightmare, softened only by loads of pints of Brains which you sort of got used to after a while. Bought a horrible tie at Harry Fenton for £1 so I could get into the dancing, think it was the Top Rank Suite. At the door were two guys and only one had a tie. Bouncers wouldn't let them in so they cut the tie in half and wore half each. Got in. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 59 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Was it? I was at that game, but genuinely can't remember. It was, my dad slipped the turnstile guy an extra pound or two to give me a lift over 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 5 hours ago, The Mantis said: Nightmare, softened only by loads of pints of Brains which you sort of got used to after a while. Bought a horrible tie at Harry Fenton for £1 so I could get into the dancing, think it was the Top Rank Suite. At the door were two guys and only one had a tie. Bouncers wouldn't let them in so they cut the tie in half and wore half each. Got in. Always been intrigued by Brains. Never had it. Is it like a Welsh equivalent to heavy, or more like English bitter? Maybe asking a lot after 40 odd years 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Wembley 19513-2 to the Scotland Were you at the game? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 10 hours ago, Academically Deficient said: Always been intrigued by Brains. Never had it. Is it like a Welsh equivalent to heavy, or more like English bitter? Maybe asking a lot after 40 odd years Yes, asking a lot to somebody who viewed with suspicion anything that wasn't Tartan Special It was all keg back then. Wales was just part of England to us anyway Had it from a cask about 10 years ago when I was in Caernarfon with Mrs Mantis. A nice pint, a bit malty rather than hoppy which is what I like. Or I could be remembering something else completely... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 On 31/01/2021 at 22:50, Monkey Tennis said: The 1985 Cup final was pay at the gate, which seems mind blowingly recent. My dad got up that day and decided we were going to the cup final. As an Ayr and a Hearts fan we were obviously in the losing end! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 18 hours ago, Torpar said: It was, my dad slipped the turnstile guy an extra pound or two to give me a lift over Why didn't your Dad do it himself? 13 hours ago, Academically Deficient said: Always been intrigued by Brains. Never had it. Is it like a Welsh equivalent to heavy, or more like English bitter? Maybe asking a lot after 40 odd years I'll give you an alternative view to @The Mantis. I tried Brains about that time and near boaked. I returned to Cardiff about 40 years later, having switched from lager to beer about 5 years before. I thought Brains would be worth re-visiting, so I did and near boaked again. They have widened their range though and you can get others that are better than the traditional Brains SA. This thread corrected a misconception I had. I've a been to Cardiff and Swansea for Scotland games and thought I'd been to Wrexham. The game I was thinking of was the one Alan Brazil scored, turns out that was Cardiff as well. Which underlines the fact that other types of beer than Brains were available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Why didn't your Dad do it himself? I'll give you an alternative view to @The Mantis. I tried Brains about that time and near boaked. I returned to Cardiff about 40 years later, having switched from lager to beer about 5 years before. I thought Brains would be worth re-visiting, so I did and near boaked again. They have widened their range though and you can get others that are better than the traditional Brains SA. This thread corrected a misconception I had. I've a been to Cardiff and Swansea for Scotland games and thought I'd been to Wrexham. The game I was thinking of was the one Alan Brazil scored, turns out that was Cardiff as well. Which underlines the fact that other types of beer than Brains were available. I've never been to Wales. Been to Tennessee, Ireland, all over Europe. Never Wales. Seeing that photo of Terry Yorath has made me even less inclined to go. Also, the beer gives you the boak, so I've heard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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