Jumbo Muir Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 As it's cup final day, here's some old pictures of Hampden from around 1980, featuring the old precarious looking North Stand atop some crush barrier porn and the even more precarious looking press box which sat on top of the South Stand at a odd and frankly dangerous looking angle.The angle of the press box had me confused as to how anyone could safely sit up there until I visited the museum years ago and of course it all made perfect sense then ! Remember the cloud of stoor that would float out of the Rangers end after Scotland scored ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Don't venture in to the main stand at Cappielow!Ayrshire is scary enough there’s no way I’m going to Greenock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 59 minutes ago, Jumbo Muir said: The angle of the press box had me confused as to how anyone could safely sit up there until I visited the museum years ago and of course it all made perfect sense then ! Remember the cloud of stoor that would float out of the Rangers end after Scotland scored ? First ever game I attended at Hampden was 1989 when I was 12 by which point the terracing had all been concreted but I do know of older people commenting on the ash clouds after a goal, particularly on a warm dry day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLanarkshireWhite Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 20 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: First ever game I attended at Hampden was 1989 when I was 12 by which point the terracing had all been concreted but I do know of older people commenting on the ash clouds after a goal, particularly on a warm dry day. Used to go home and when you got undressed later on there was a tide mark above your socks where the dust had ventured up your Wrangler flares! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Jumbo Muir said: the Rangers end 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Jumbo Muir said: in the Rangers end 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye the Gnu Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) On 21/12/2020 at 07:47, The Golden God said: Not really a quirk but the legroom in the seats behind the goals at Rugby Park doesn't really exist. I've felt more comfortable sitting on a Ryanair flight. I'm skinny and small and it's basically impossible to sit down. Never sat in the other stands so no clue if they're the same. Leg room in the older main stand is fine but the three newer ones are shite. If only the powers that be had the foresight to put fewer seats in and reduced the capacity. I think Bobby Fleeting just wanted to cram as many arses in as he could, and it's a crying shame because he did so much good for the club in so many other ways. Edited December 22, 2020 by Hawkeye the Gnu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Brutalism at its finest in Galashiels. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Leg room in the older main stand is fine but the three newer ones are shite. If only the powers that be had the foresight to put fewer seats in and reduced the capacity. I think Bobby Fleeting just wanted to cram as many arses in as he could, and it's a crying shame because he did so much good for the club in so many other ways. Was Fleeting a short chap? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 19 hours ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: Brutalism at its finest in Galashiels. Womersley's Folly as it's known. Peter Womersley was a modernist architect in the 1960s. Someone recently wrote a book about living in one of the houses he designed in a forest near Selkirk. I used to think of it as mini Meadowbank. The Concrete Bidet to Meadowbank's concrete lavvypan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Ayr's brutalist offering. The Dam Park. I've posted previous pictures but this one shows the wee hall at the back, conjuring up memories of kwenchy cups and 10p bags of crisps at school and BB competitions and finals day at the Ayr International Youth Tourney. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonald Jardine Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Womersley's Folly as it's known. Peter Womersley was a modernist architect in the 1960s. Someone recently wrote a book about living in one of the houses he designed in a forest near Selkirk. I used to think of it as mini Meadowbank. The Concrete Bidet to Meadowbank's concrete lavvypan [emoji38]Its a Listed building. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Ayr's brutalist offering. The Dam Park. I've posted previous pictures but this one shows the wee hall at the back, conjuring up memories of kwenchy cups and 10p bags of crisps at school and BB competitions and finals day at the Ayr International Youth Tourney.I’m I imagining that I once saw an American football match played at that stadium? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_K_97 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 hours ago, paulbrucerick said: Ayr's brutalist offering. The Dam Park. I've posted previous pictures but this one shows the wee hall at the back, conjuring up memories of kwenchy cups and 10p bags of crisps at school and BB competitions and finals day at the Ayr International Youth Tourney. The only game I've ever seen there was the Ayrshire Schools Cup Final in May 2009 - my pals at Grange had a decent team that year and were up against either Loudoun from Galston or St. Joseph's, also from Kilmarnock. I travelled down with my mate who was in the team but injured and it was a miserable night, one of those early summer nights that's somehow freezing. Grange lost and we got soaked, before going home for a spot of not-quite-legal boozing. The team did win the Killie Cup at RP soon afterwards though which was excellent. I reckon the brutalist designs are functional, but mainly they're just a bit ugly. The Gala Fairydean one does stand out though, it's quite iconic with its angular design. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, killiepiemuncher said: I’m I imagining that I once saw an American football match played at that stadium? In the 80's the Ayr Burners played at Dam Park. It could have been them. I was at their first game with my dad, who was covering it for the local press. It was a looonnng afternoon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) Met this guy David Bauckham at Gala when he flew up, from Sussex I think, to write this INCREDIBLY DETAILED ARTICLE. Think it was his first time in Scotland and he was only there for the stand. Whitehill kind of pissed on their chips that day. I'm in one or two of his shots but just for a laugh I got one of him Edited February 14, 2021 by The Mantis 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Met this guy David Bauckham at Gala when he flew up, from Sussex I think, to write this INCREDIBLY DETAILED ARTICLE. Think it was his first time in Scotland and he was only there for the stand. Whitehill kind of pissed on their chips that day. Just for a laugh I got one of him [emoji6] [emoji668][emoji668][emoji668] Your capital letters were warranted!I won't claim to have read his full thesis, I'll save it for the next global pandemic, but I would take issue with the comment that the stand polarises opinion. It's fairly universally admired surely? To be either admired or at worst treated with indifference is hardly polarisation.I've never heard somebody exclaim "oh my god, that looks just like Jarnac Court*, phone the Luftwaffe, immediately" on seeing it.* Niche Midlothian reference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: I've never heard somebody exclaim "oh my god, that looks just like Jarnac Court*, phone the Luftwaffe, immediately" on seeing it. * Niche Midlothian reference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 In the 80's the Ayr Burners played at Dam Park. It could have been them. I was at their first game with my dad, who was covering it for the local press. It was a looonnng afternoon!That’ll be the one. I was into American Football at that time watching it on Ch.4. That game was nothing like the real stuff IIRC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 The all bench arena of Kilbowie Park, Clydebank. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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