Crawford Bridge Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 12 hours ago, G51 said: It's not sad or depressing lads, it's how this works. People are going to support the teams they can engage with most often. I grew up with a guy who was a Hearts fan who could only see his team four times a season. Unsurprisingly, he eventually just lost interest. If other SPFL teams wanted to capture this market, then the solution was to make all of the games available on TV rather than just every Old Firm away game. But the clubs preferred to protect the 3pm blackout and their local markets. Which is absolutely fine, but don't go crying when you can't build a fanbase outside of your stadiums catchment area. Sanctimonious pish. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 17 hours ago, capt_oats said: Yes. Left when the 3rd Dundee goal went in.... There have been others but that's definitely the earliest I've ever left. The upside was I hadn't paid to get in. I stayed til the bitter end of that. Some laugh. Comfortably the most incompetent display of defending I have ever seen and will ever see. That Zak Jules OG is incredible. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 The only time I remember leaving early was when we were relegated on the final day in 2017. We were cruising at home to Motherwell but because Hamilton were also 2 or 3 up, we were down even if we won. Left with about 20 minutes left. When we went down on the final day in 2009 against Falkirk, I stayed until the end as we were 1-0 and a draw would've kept us up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, AJF said: This is an interesting point you make. I've seen it on a few occasions in the past where Scottish Football fans regard people from Glasgow that choose not to support Rangers or Celtic as a good thing, yet they view people who are not from Glasgow choosing to support Rangers or Celtic as a bad thing. It totally ruins their argument of "support your local club". My personal opinion is why does it matter. I would hazard a guess that the majority of folk are likely influenced by their Dad/parents/guardians on choosing who to support, so while the "support your local club" theory is admirable, in reality, young kids don't really care about that and once a team has been with them for so long, it's very rare that someone will have an epiphany one day and choose to support someone else. I would suggest there are barely any kids out there at all who reach a point where they know they like football, they know they want to support a team but haven't been influenced by someone on who they should support. Aye I think "support your local team", ignores a lot of the fundamental issues you give above. I grew up in Perth and there wasn't really a choice for me, we went to Easter Road as soon as I could go and saw uncles, grandad, family friends there. There were old firm fans I knew who had similar situations and I wouldn't judge them at all, as they genuinely supported their team and had strong connections to the club and the area through their family history. I think guys picking a team from thin air based on who is most successful/on the telly most often is a completely different story. It's the same way I don't take seriously my friends who are Arsenal fans because they liked Thierry Henry growing up, or Barcelona because of the great Pep team. It's fundamentally silly (although I guess you could argue following a football club at all is) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 24 minutes ago, TheScarf said: When we went down on the final day in 2009 against Falkirk, I stayed until the end as we were 1-0 and a draw would've kept us up. That was really tight at the end of that season, we went from being 11th, to 12th to 10th back to 11th in the last 4 games, and you were only sent down because Hamilton only beat us by a goal. For those of an Invernessian persuasion they may wish not to expand the spoiler.. Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Ric said: That was really tight at the end of that season, we went from being 11th, to 12th to 10th back to 11th in the last 4 games, and you were only sent down because Hamilton only beat us by a goal. For those of an Invernessian persuasion they may wish not to expand the spoiler.. Hide contents Yep it was horrendous. Think both times we've been relegated it was on goal difference. There wasn't a proper shite team either season that was clearly going down from about February onward. Edited October 14, 2020 by TheScarf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, tree house tam said: Folk from Wick maybe, folk from Thurso? Not so much. Plenty folk from Thurso come through to watch Academy. The club even used to be sponsored by the Comm Bar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I can identify with those who pick a big team off the telly and choose to support them. I was exactly the same at age 7. By age 8 however, I'd completely outgrown it. Those that don't deserve utter scorn. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 14 hours ago, Empty It said: Surely anyone with half a brain cell from anywhere would see Sevco and Celtic for what they are, bigoted sectarian organisations who's fan base glorify terrorists and think nah why would I want to be associated with that. Not if you are brought up bigoted sectarian to glorify terrorists 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 3 hours ago, AJF said: Being from Livingston, they never had a team at that point, I wish it had stayed like that. We won't go down the Livi United, Whitburn, Pumpherston options available route. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 @G51 Do you also support Harchester United and The Hurricanes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, Crawford Bridge said: @G51 Do you also support Harchester United and The Hurricanes? I randomly came across an episode of the Hurricanes not too long back. That would not get made today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) Just once. Accies v Meadowbank. Last home game of 83/84 season.. Beautiful sunny day. Terrible game. Went to buy records instead of watching the second half. Didn't feel remotely bad about it. On reflection I should never have gone back Edited October 14, 2020 by Academically Deficient Spelling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Foot Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Academically Deficient said: Just once. Accies v Meadowbank. Last home game of 83/84 season.. Beautiful sunny day. Terrible game. Went to buy records instead of watching the second half. Didn't feel remotely bad about it. On reflection I should never have gone back I feel that this early departure can only be properly judged based on the merits of the records you bought. Please continue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 16 minutes ago, The Other Foot said: I feel that this early departure can only be properly judged based on the merits of the records you bought. Please continue. Fair point, well made. Honestly dont recall, but since we are talking April 1984 it could have been The Smiths or other indy artiste. It would have been a couple of 45s as I wouldn't have been able to afford an lp after paying in at the Accies. The robbing b*****ds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Foot Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 11 minutes ago, Academically Deficient said: Fair point, well made. Honestly dont recall, but since we are talking April 1984 it could have been The Smiths or other indy artiste. It would have been a couple of 45s as I wouldn't have been able to afford an lp after paying in at the Accies. The robbing b*****ds. I moderately appreciate the cut of your jib. The winning answer for April 1984 was Lionel Richie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, The Other Foot said: I moderately appreciate the cut of your jib. The winning answer for April 1984 was Lionel Richie. If the question was; which slow song do you hope the DJ plays at the end of the night, by which point I'll have had six pints of Export and Elaine from British Steel will be looking foxy, then I might agree with you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nickydevlin Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 St mirren v ayr couple years back .was back at my grans in ayr for a cup of tea before the full time whistle .think it was 5 nil st mirren at half time.ayr were rank rotten. It kind of sealed our fate thst day we were going too get relegated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, 1nickydevlin said: St mirren v ayr couple years back .was back at my grans in ayr for a cup of tea before the full time whistle ^^^Born to raise Hell. Edited October 14, 2020 by Sergeant Wilson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Ayr 1 Rangers 6 in 2018. I left after their fourth goal as the weather was terrible and I was frozen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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