Grim O'Grady Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Newks make Rab happy & throw a sickie Friday & Saturday, maybe you could kip down at Nesbit towers, in the servants quarter obviously. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow_red Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
energyzone Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I knew there were people who did this kind of thing but didn't realise it was on so big a scale. Superb idea. Boring story - a couple of years ago I went to an Ayrshire junior match between Ardeer Thistle and Kello Rovers. It was poorly attended with only about 40-50 there. I bought a programme as usual, watched the match and left. My work takes me throughout Glasgow and in and put of people's houses. A couple of weeks later I found myself in a flat in the city centre and whilst within saw a copy of the match programme I had bought at the Ardeer match. It turned out the guy was a ground-hopper and had been at the same match. He had thousands of programmes so must have been doing it for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roker Rover Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I am heading along to this. I am a bit of a ground hopper and have done virtually all the grounds in my local leagues down here in England, Northern League, Wearside League, Northern Alliance and Durham Alliance and had the Lowland league on my hit list as its actually the nearest league to me now that I have not done and the chance to do 6 of them in one weekend is a good opportunity. I have never been on an organised ground hop before and wont be travelling or staying with the other hoppers. I just bought the tickets and will travel independently. Hopefully next year they will do the Edinburgh clubs and Stirling Uni as I have already been to Gretna and that will just leave me Glasgow to do. Sadly I will not be partaking of the real ale as I will be driving and the Scottish drink drive laws won't allow any of that, so just the Bovril for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenserse Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Why? Now now some people collect stamps, train numbers, football programmes, fly model planes, walk up as many Munros as possible, collect Doctor Who memorabilia, collect pictures of trucks and buses (someone sent me a picture of our team coach on our way Stirling thinking that I might be interested), go to munitions factory exhibitions etc etc. We may think all of the above is odd but each to their own. The ground hoppers are putting much needed funds in some of our clubs coffers as well some publicity to our league. There is the added bonus of annoying Newky (only kidding). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Now now some people collect stamps, train numbers, football programmes, fly model planes, walk up as many Munros as possible, collect Doctor Who memorabilia, collect pictures of trucks and buses (someone sent me a picture of our team coach on our way Stirling thinking that I might be interested), go to munitions factory exhibitions etc etc. We may think all of the above is odd but each to their own. The ground hoppers are putting much needed funds in some of our clubs coffers as well some publicity to our league. There is the added bonus of annoying Newky (only kidding). ha ha cic 7 more sleeps Let's see how ye feel wi an away trip somewhere on a Friday afternoon or Sunday morning next season. Good luck to all involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastle broon Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I am heading along to this. I am a bit of a ground hopper and have done virtually all the grounds in my local leagues down here in England, Northern League, Wearside League, Northern Alliance and Durham Alliance and had the Lowland league on my hit list as its actually the nearest league to me now that I have not done and the chance to do 6 of them in one weekend is a good opportunity. I have never been on an organised ground hop before and wont be travelling or staying with the other hoppers. I just bought the tickets and will travel independently. Hopefully next year they will do the Edinburgh clubs and Stirling Uni as I have already been to Gretna and that will just leave me Glasgow to do. Sadly I will not be partaking of the real ale as I will be driving and the Scottish drink drive laws won't allow any of that, so just the Bovril for me. You get the numbers al drive the mini bus next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magoo Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 You get the numbers al drive the mini bus next season [/quot I widnae let u drive a fken go cart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenserse Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Why? What? I take it your next posts will be "Who?" "When?" and "Where?" Now now some people collect stamps, train numbers, football programmes, fly model planes, walk up as many Munros as possible, collect Doctor Who memorabilia, collect pictures of trucks and buses (someone sent me a picture of our team coach on our way Stirling thinking that I might be interested), go to munitions factory exhibitions etc etc. We may think all of the above is odd but each to their own. The ground hoppers are putting much needed funds in some of our clubs coffers as well some publicity to our league. There is the added bonus of annoying Newky (only kidding). Each to their own indeed - moreover they're putting money into clubs that often desperately need it. Despite what certain oxygen thieves elsewhere in P&B would have us believe (and outside of it), it would be a dull old world if we all liked the exact same things, something those for whom the perfect world would be Stepford find trouble grasping. Yes, some Groundhoppers can be very Real Ale Twats in their nature, but better them than some crowd of knuckle trailing thugs adopting a club as an excuse to start aggro safe from the view of the local constabulary (as sometimes happens to non-league sides) or having more sinister agendas. Post script at 10.13pm - and by way of illustration to the above, a shower of toerags wanting to indulge in sectarian "horseplay" out of sight of the Fuzz have been up to "naughties" today down at Largs' lovely ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenserse Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBKD Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 So will games go ahead for ground hop even if surfaces would normally be called off if waterlogged like today... borders (minus gfr) and Dumfries area? Will money mean more than players safety? ? Really hoping for a dry week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I went to a game a couple of years ago at St Rochs in the Juniors: the pitch was a mudbath. Number of players taken off injured despite it being a fairly feisty game: ermm... none. Vale v City earlier in the season: splish splash, it was a mudbath. Number of players taken off injured: I don't remember many if any. Surely a soft pitch means players are less likely to be injured compared to a compact hard pitch or even a 3G surface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted March 15, 2015 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 So will games go ahead for ground hop even if surfaces would normally be called off if waterlogged like today... borders (minus gfr) and Dumfries area? Will money mean more than players safety? ? Really hoping for a dry week. If they were off they would be off but thankfully the forecast looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sermani Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Anybody heard what numbers/bus loads are travelling up for this event? Hopefully the league will get a good bit of media coverage and a wee welcome financial boosts for the clubs involved. Seen Threave Rovers posters in Castle Douglas for there match advertising a local butcher with a hog roast, local real ale brewery are going to be present and a Threave Rovers shop. Maybe selling "Relegation 2024/15" tee shirts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenserse Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Surely it doesn't make any difference if the game is on or off? They only come to click off the ground. It's a bit like going to the pictures and not watching the film or walking round Amsterdam and looking in the windows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 Anybody heard what numbers/bus loads are travelling up for this event? Hopefully the league will get a good bit of media coverage and a wee welcome financial boosts for the clubs involved. Seen Threave Rovers posters in Castle Douglas for there match advertising a local butcher with a hog roast, local real ale brewery are going to be present and a Threave Rovers shop. Maybe selling "Relegation 2024/15" tee shirts? Bookings for the weekend package closed last night with over 160 tickets sold. 400 programmes per game to be printed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roker Rover Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Anybody heard what numbers/bus loads are travelling up for this event? Hopefully the league will get a good bit of media coverage and a wee welcome financial boosts for the clubs involved. Seen Threave Rovers posters in Castle Douglas for there match advertising a local butcher with a hog roast, local real ale brewery are going to be present and a Threave Rovers shop. Maybe selling "Relegation 2024/15" tee shirts? I bought my ticket late (last week) and its numbered 140, don't know if they are selling them sequentially but sounds about right to me. Re the hog roast at Threave, that's Sunday lunch sorted . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roker Rover Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Surely it doesn't make any difference if the game is on or off? They only come to click off the ground. It's a bit like going to the pictures and not watching the film or walking round Amsterdam and looking in the windows! Nah only counts if you see a match at the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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