Today's Football
lol - tho of course, that would need almost £100 per person at todays rates for tickets, travel and drinks!! not like the OLD days when I grew up in Glasgow and would go to parkhead at halftime and you'd get in for free (in fact, it was common practice to get lifted over the gate at any game if you were a young 'un). all this from a committed rangers fan - but when you live(d) half a mile from the stadium and you're a football fan, what can you do!
Sounds like you and I did the exact same thing, maybe at the exact same time. I lived in Dennistoun and would go to see (free) the last 25 mins of European matches, but only if Celtic were losingjimibt wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:15 pm
not like the OLD days when I grew up in Glasgow and would go to parkhead at halftime and you'd get in for free (in fact, it was common practice to get lifted over the gate at any game if you were a young 'un). all this from a committed rangers fan - but when you live(d) half a mile from the stadium and you're a football fan, what can you do!
also a dennistoun boy -bluevale street and then graigpark when we MOVED up in the world in the mid 70's - small world!weemac wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:45 pmSounds like you and I did the exact same thing, maybe at the exact same time. I lived in Dennistoun and would go to see (free) the last 25 mins of European matches, but only if Celtic were losingjimibt wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:15 pm
not like the OLD days when I grew up in Glasgow and would go to parkhead at halftime and you'd get in for free (in fact, it was common practice to get lifted over the gate at any game if you were a young 'un). all this from a committed rangers fan - but when you live(d) half a mile from the stadium and you're a football fan, what can you do!
[edit] did you go to whitehill??
yup - had an auntie lived in #84 roselea drive
- emotional memories of that town. weirdly, having lived in london for 20 years and now the scottish borders, all my kids live in glasgow and my eldest son literally just bought a flat in parkhead (west muir st) 9 months ago. sadly, he has no interest in the beautiful game.. but hey ho, thanks for invoking some pretty precious memories from my youth!! (Y)Been Playing Premiere League Fantasy Football, started the season not knowing what I was doing but have been steadily improving as the season rolls on. Overall I sit mid table (sit top 5m) but after this weeks games I finished top 28,000 out of 11m for the week. Could have ben higher but I forgot to transfer Toney out of my squad so that cost me a few spots for sure.
I am well chuffed to have finished well inside the top 0.5% for the week. Just shows even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while
I am well chuffed to have finished well inside the top 0.5% for the week. Just shows even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while
ahh - the glint of the spyglasses opposite now make sense
yeah, my auntie was a *one* (in a million -if she were still here, I'm sure she'd recall the neighbours a).. thanks, as i said, for evoking these distant memories. they are definitely precious and far more emotional as the sands of time slip by
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