Help Please : Refreshment Stands

[Football by Film 0]

Hello everyone, 

i have been asked to write an article for an upcoming magazine piece and I’m looking at focussing on Scottish Football’s iconic pie huts/refreshment stands around the grounds! 

I’ve already got the iconic pie hut from Arbroath but where else do you think should feature and can anyone help with access to take some photos at them? 
 

Thanks

[Diamond Smiles 15]

The Brechin soup has to be on the list!

[steakngravy 49]

East Stirling before they moved out of Firs Park had a pie hut that sold freshly made pakoras and other Indian delights. My team Raith were playing there in an early season cup game and it was the only time I had the chance to visit and savour these half-time delights.

[cityloon 13]

I mind a few years back at borough briggs the royal engineers had a wee catering tent up serving curry and rice with a naan bread for £1.50 was a bargain for the amount you got 

[Arch Stanton 6,240]

Kenco stall at Love St

Stall inside the Main Stand at Love St

Inside the North Stand

[Arch Stanton 6,240]

Picture taken at the Love St end, you can see the Kenco stand beside the Main Stand enclosure.

[Arch Stanton 6,240]

Refreshment building just to the right of the floodlight at the Love St end.

[Clayhole Blue 470]

Don’t think there are too many ‘iconic’ ones, although there’s a really traditional one in the dusty old main stand at Starks which I kinda like.

Also loved the old ‘canteen’ at Stranraer, but that disappeared 30 years ago. It had a lovely smell of pies and Bovril. Shame it’s been replaced by a van.

[tamthebam 10,314]

I might have some photos somewhere which I could post here 

Brechin and Forfar have old fashioned wooden huts. Elgin actually have two good examples at Borough Briggs (but only one sells chips!)

And there are various examples in non League football- the hut at Sunnybank's Heathryfold comes to mind 

[tamthebam 10,314]

Falkirk Stadium (A Shire game in this case)

Elgin

Bathgate Thistle

Guess

Guess again

Whitburn Juniors

Fauldhouse United

Dundonald Bluebell

I eat a lot of pies. 

[Chris_the_rover 365]

East Stirling firs Park used to be run by a local Indian takeaway was magic,half time pakora

[tamthebam 10,314]

Half time pakora- I could fair go that and I like pies 

[Hampden Diehard 2,107]

Taking pics of people buying a pie; you must be on some police watch register somewhere!

[Hampden Diehard 2,107]

8 hours ago, Chris_the_rover said:

East Stirling firs Park used to be run by a local Indian takeaway was magic,half time pakora

It was outstanding. Another reason to mourn the loss of Firs Park.

[cityloon 13]

Seeing all these refreshment stands is making me impateint just to watch a game of fitba and have a good pie and bovril 😂

[tamthebam 10,314]

15 hours ago, Hampden Diehard said:

Taking pics of people buying a pie; you must be on some police watch register somewhere!

Don't be shy, show us yer pie!

[Hampden Diehard 2,107]

20 hours ago, tamthebam said:

Don't be shy, show us yer pie!

Which leads to your probable next photographic exploit - Pissers of the SPFL. Ya massive big perv!

[EdinburghBlue 625]

On 07/02/2021 at 20:35, Hampden Diehard said:

Which leads to your probable next photographic exploit - Pissers of the SPFL. Ya massive big perv!

I can start this off!  Guess the ground

 

 

[Argyll Blue 45]

Cowdenbeath has a good pie stand at the back of the open terracing - one of the few “comforts” of Central Park!