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John Beattie from Glasgow. Posted 12 Mar 2002.
Going to rugby internationals as a teenager was a great experience. I have wonderful memories of our team finishing playing a match on the Saturday morning then heading straight down to Queen St Station to catch the train through to Edinburgh. There was always a terrific atmosphere on the trains with huge crowds of us kids carrying on and drinking cans of beer.
Arriving at Murrayfield the crowds would be immense (in 1975 against Wales it was 112,000) the Welsh and Irish fans were terrific and would insist on sharing their drink with you. Its such a shame that they banned alcohol from rugby internationals as there was never any trouble associated with it as there was in football. By the time of the 1990 Grand Slam I had finished my playing career, but I will always regard that great success as a major turning point in Scottish sporting history. It was such an emotive day and I vividly remember crying when I saw David Sole and the rest of the team walking purposefully on to the pitch. I do find it sad though, that what should be one of our greatest moments of sporting triumph is marred somewhat by the overtones of glee at beating the English. Surely we should simply celebrate a great Scottish sporting moment without having to qualify it by who we beat. | | |
|  | Steven Craig from Falkirk. Posted 20 May 2002.
I remember going to the last Scotland v England game at Hampden as a boy, unfortunately Scotland lost, but I will never forget the atmosphere inside the ground and the incredible amount of people about. It was the first Scotland match I'd ever been to and it was a great day out with my Dad. I'd love to see that fixture brought back.
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| | Ewan Cramb from Bangor, Pennsylvania. Posted 25 Nov 2002.
Me and my pals always tried to get tickets for every home game Scotland played. We'd take the train from stirling to Queen St. then walk (more like stagger... there was always plenty beer on the train) then jump the gates at Central Station and take the "cattle" train to Mt Florida. The atmosphere was incredible in and out of the stadium and if Scotland won, it was usually a pub crawl back to the city centre. I mind of one pub in the gorbals where they had tied two unfortunate English supporters to a lamp post (all in good fun) they kept bringing out pints for them, till the polis came and spoiled all the fun. I remember that after "Flower of Scotland" the 2nd most popular chant was "If ya hate the glesca polis clap yer hauns!"
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| | Bryce Weir from Ayr. Posted 16 Oct 2006.
I remeber just slightly earlier than John Beattie. I was an apprentica CA in Glasgow, around 1964/5 & Scotland was playing Wales at Murrayfield.
One of the girls from the office fainted & the only way to get her assistance, was to pass her over everyone's heads to the touch-line & the St John's Ambulance men.
Ther she was, still out cold, being passed over all these guys, heads, with her handbag following behind her; changed days?
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