Glasgow - Friday 14th Nov 2014 - General Thread

brianie wrote: Guf10 wrote: Good trip except for result and me deciding to stay in boring Edinburgh on Thursday night and missing out on the craic in Campus Always stay in the City where the Game is being played

I found the behaviour of certain sections of the scottish support to be truly appalling and unbecoming. I'm thrilled i had nothing on me that identified me as Irish.

Great trip result aside. Found the majority of Scots to be very welcoming and sound. Campus on Saturday night was a complete write off. Myself and ringerbell ordered 20 shots in the cloakroom?!?!? before we even got into the place.

The walk to and from the stadium was grim. Couldnt get into any bars along Gallowgate 2 and a half hours before kick off. Managed to get into one of the last ones before the ground and it took 45 minutes to get served. Thought the service of barmen in Glasgow was poor all round.

Glasgow itself was a complete dive, but a cracking trip altogether. McGeady7 off here missed the match after drinking a litre bottle of captain morgans on the bus on the way over, with 2 cans of fanta orange as mixer for it. That boat on the friday morning was horrible. Walked into the toilets and there was bodies everywhere just being sick.

Serious depression at the moment, and cant get that "We'll be coming down the road" song out of my head.

I used to live in Glasgow and i still have a flat there. As a Celtic fan i know the crap that can crop up from time to time in this fair city. I wasn't expecting that level of vitroil that Aiden experienced and was surprised at the intensity of it and that's coming from a guy with many Celtic v Rnagers games under his belt. Unfortunately there is a minority of anti Irishness in the city and in Scotland in general. Thankfully they are in a minority and the decent TA guys who we all met on Friday will be very welcome in Dublin. I have to add though that i will never, ever sit in the 'wrong end' at a football game again. Some of the comments were bang out of order.

horsebox wrote: 1320Lichtie wrote: the_walls wrote: Gavintheslob wrote: Great trip Campus some spot alright, was there Thursday and Friday. 2 double vodkas and 7up and a pint was 6 quid, I was locked coming out of the place Only thing that dampened the night was after all the singing and dancing outside, i wandered home and these 3 Scots aooroached me, they had an Ireland flag so I proceeded to chat with them then they turned started calling me a Fenian bastard to which then they went on to burn the flag What absolutely scum. You would really wonder why they hate us so much. What has the Irish ever done to these individuals? You were lucky not to get a hiding Had an association with Celtic is all I imagine. The whole OF situation in Glasgow is truly barbaric and unbelievable. Sorry to hear about that. Why would a Scottish Celtic fan burn the tricolour in front of an Irish fan?

Gavintheslob wrote: Great trip Campus some spot alright, was there Thursday and Friday. 2 double vodkas and 7up and a pint was 6 quid, I was locked coming out of the place Only thing that dampened the night was after all the singing and dancing outside, i wandered home and these 3 Scots aooroached me, they had an Ireland flag so I proceeded to chat with them then they turned started calling me a Fenian bastard to which then they went on to burn the flag

1320Lichtie wrote: Citizen wrote: some kip! The Scottish fans seemed grand in general, but there was an underlying tension and i think it would have kicked off if we scored.  We need to give them a good doing over the Scottish independence thing when they come over here.  As I have said, alot of Scots and the TA will be proud No voters who are proud to be Scottish and British which the Irish dont get for whatever reason. The Yes voters like myself will be too pished to even bother about it, I have long moved on, you wont get a reaction... PS mon the SNP!!   I have 4 points so basically guaranteed an away end ticket, cannot wait.   Im just feart we dont beat Gibraltar now

Why ye bothering with kilts, flower of Scotland then. We were loosing at the time but when ye started to sing flower of Scotland it was fairly embarrassing to be honest.

Funniest thing of the night was a fella with a Leeds crest on a tri colour singing up the RA.

1320Lichtie wrote: Citizen wrote: 1320Lichtie wrote: Citizen wrote: some kip! The Scottish fans seemed grand in general, but there was an underlying tension and i think it would have kicked off if we scored.  We need to give them a good doing over the Scottish independence thing when they come over here.  As I have said, alot of Scots and the TA will be proud No voters who are proud to be Scottish and British which the Irish dont get for whatever reason. The Yes voters like myself will be too pished to even bother about it, I have long moved on, you wont get a reaction... PS mon the SNP!!   I have 4 points so basically guaranteed an away end ticket, cannot wait.   Im just feart we dont beat Gibraltar now     Why ye bothering with kilts, flower of Scotland then. We were loosing at the time but when ye started to sing flower of Scotland it was fairly embarrassing to be honest.   Dont see what kilts has to do with anything?   And why? Scotland is as close to independence as we have ever been, I sung it when support for indy was only 20 percent why should I not now when its 45 percent? No voters dont see us as an oppressed nation that needs 'freedom' or whatever thats all in the past, they can sing it if they wish. Majority of Scots at this moment in time prefer for their country to be in a political Union, doesnt mean they dont love it still. Nothings changed with regards to how any of us live our lives, the UK is all we have known and alot of business etc see it as a benefit to themselves to remain within that Union.   I personally dont see it that way and did have the childish viewpoints many on here have right after the result but after thinking about it and speaking to people I think I was maybe going way overboard on what the result actually meant. People want to see change, they just see Scotlands interests being better served within a Union at this moment in time. Ill be out campaigning for my side till the day I die but im not going to start hunting out NO voters at Scotland games, everybody will have had their reasons. Plenty of Scots like the idea of being British and serve in the british navys/armies etc. One things for sure nobody from the 45 will change their stance, I bet plenty from the 55 will however when all the promises made are broken.   You lads have a simplistic viewpoint on it, its only something youd really understand if you were Scottish and living in this country.

Edited by Citizen - 17 Nov 2014 at 2:14pm