Eder Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Who watched a match here? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 16 hours ago, DA Baracus said: The Falconbridge match. Smith was a handful for anyone but being a big battering ram type he often got fouls given against him when they should have been in his favour. Can't remember if this was given as a free kick but if it was in the box it wasn't as we definitely didn't get a penalty that day 7 minutes ago, Eder said: Who watched a match here? In a strange way I enjoyed visiting Kilbowie. Maybe it was because my dad always wanted to sit so we often ended up in a corner of the only stand at most away games, far from the noise of the terracing. Being "all seated" meant he could still sit somewhere and I could wander off to where the atmosphere was as long as I found my way back at half time and just before the final whistle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 8 minutes ago, Eder said: Who watched a match here? Me. You could also watch trains, planes and automobiles in close proximity. I only ever sat under the enclosure in the picture, but had a few pre-match pints in the Bankies club at the far end over the years. Before the days of social media, you didn't know the team lineups in advance of the game, other than seeing who was warming up. I remember getting a few bollockings for opening the curtains to look out and see who was in the Rovers team. Saw a few good wins for Rovers over the years, a few more scuddings, but very rarely saw a dull game at Kilbowie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 We used to go to Clydebank shopping centre and the UCI cinema fairly regularly. You used to get a brilliant view of the ground from the main road 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 16 minutes ago, Specky Ginger said: Saw a few good wins for Rovers over the years, a few more scuddings, but very rarely saw a dull game at Kilbowie. You were lucky then. Meafowbank v Clydebank games were often tedious! I did get in the Boys gate there when I was 21 though so I suspect I'm ultimately responsible for Clydebank's downfall for diddling them out of a fiver 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 34 minutes ago, Eder said: Who watched a match here? Mostly Clydebank fans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 49 minutes ago, Eder said: Who watched a match here? Used to go there by train to Singer station, then stop off at the Atlantis. Sometimes went to the match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in Motherwell Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Eder said: Who watched a match here? I think this was where I attended my first ever game of football. Despite being a Motherwell fan my dad saw fit to drag me to a Clydebank vs Dundee game here, must have been around 1988 or so. Always remember being quite excited seeing a match on when driving past, as a wee guy it was quite cool. Edited February 12, 2023 by one m in Motherwell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Eder said: Who watched a match here? I always felt uncomfortable at Kilbowie as I tend to wear matching socks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Dundee Hibernian said: Used to go there by train to Singer station, then stop off at the Atlantis. Sometimes went to the match. After we sealed the First Division there in glorious sunshine in 1994 (5-0 and they won fuckall...) we repaired to the Atlantis Lounge for a couple of small beverages. The Bankies there were a great bunch of lads with us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 5 hours ago, Staggie52 said: Was at their game against Boston (Shamrock Rovers). Hibs won 6-1 which is about all I remember of the game. July 5, 1967 Boston Rovers 1 - 6 Toronto City | SoccerStats.us 4 hours ago, Eder said: Remains me of my first ever game at old Broomfield - around Oct 1980 - Airdrie Res 0 Rangers Res 10. Rangers played a number of fringe players like Gregor Stevens. The game made the back page of the Sunday Mail because of the scoreline. I left at 0-9. Any Rangers fans with maybe programmes from 80/1 may have reference to it. Saturday 18th October 1980 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 A Rangers reserve match made the back page of the Sunday Mail? Well colour me surprised 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Mark McGhee and Roy Aitken at Newcastle in 1990. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: Mark McGhee and Roy Aitken at Newcastle in 1990. Biffa Bacon and Mutha Bacon.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Mark McGhee and Roy Aitken at Newcastle in 1990. The Mike Ashley era really wasn't that bad after all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) On 03/02/2023 at 09:45, SimonLichtie said: Will never fail to amuse me how every so often this picture pops up..... Glad I got on the pitch early on that day Yours, Louis Theroux Never knew he was pals with Lewis Capaldi. Edited February 13, 2023 by Scary Bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 16 hours ago, Eder said: Who watched a match here? 3-0 midweek defeat for Rovers on my one and only trip there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 23 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Mark McGhee and Roy Aitken at Newcastle in 1990. I watched them in that spell. I was a student in Newcastle at the time and was pretty much a regular. Aitken did ok, looking a bit better than I'd ever really thought he was. He was a Newcastle player at the time of the 1990 World Cup. McGhee was actually tremendous for Newcastle. He and Mickey Quinn were a great pairing up front. It was the second division of course, and Newcastle reached the play-offs in 1990 before losing to Sunderland in a game that sparked a riot. In the Cup, they lost to Man United (possibly before Aitken joined actually) with McGhee scoring a penalty. It was part of that run that had Ferguson on the brink of being sacked in each round until they won it, and history soon became the rest. I particularly remember Aitken's debut. It was against Leicester at home. Gary McAllister put Leicester 4-2 up in about the 78th minute, before Newcastle came back to win 5-4 with McGhee scoring the winner. Funnily enough, in the return fixture that season Leicester won 5-4 at Filbert Street. Both players were obviously getting no younger by that stage, but McGhee really did look like a gifted footballer. Almost as good as Dobbie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 One of my all time favourite players, Paul Sweeney, was with Newcastle at that time. After going pretty much seven seasons injury free at Stark's Park, he was plagued with injuries during his time at St James. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 18 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: I watched them in that spell. I was a student in Newcastle at the time and was pretty much a regular. Aitken did ok, looking a bit better than I'd ever really thought he was. He was a Newcastle player at the time of the 1990 World Cup. McGhee was actually tremendous for Newcastle. He and Mickey Quinn were a great pairing up front. It was the second division of course, and Newcastle reached the play-offs in 1990 before losing to Sunderland in a game that sparked a riot. In the Cup, they lost to Man United (possibly before Aitken joined actually) with McGhee scoring a penalty. It was part of that run that had Ferguson on the brink of being sacked in each round until they won it, and history soon became the rest. I particularly remember Aitken's debut. It was against Leicester at home. Gary McAllister put Leicester 4-2 up in about the 78th minute, before Newcastle came back to win 5-4 with McGhee scoring the winner. Funnily enough, in the return fixture that season Leicester won 5-4 at Filbert Street. Both players were obviously getting no younger by that stage, but McGhee really did look like a gifted footballer. Almost as good as Dobbie. I remember the riot game you mentioned, Sunderland were 2-0 up at St James Park after a goalless draw in the first leg at Roker Park, pretty sure the home fans invaded the pitch in an attempt to get the match abandoned and the score wiped which, obviously was never going to happen. Pretty sure that was the year Sunderland lost the play off final to Swindon but ended up getting promoted by default after the Wiltshire side were found to have been in breach of some heavy financial dodgy stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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