monthejags Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 My friends brother is not going to the game so there is the offer of a free ticket for the game. Sat in the Thistle end for the cup game and went crazy when Doolan scored. However a free ticket is a free ticket. Has anyone sat in an opposing fans end before, how is it? And would I get chucked out for celebrating a jags goal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert's Ghost Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Game may be off in any case. Weather forecast is hideous. Pitch will already be wet from today's rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neiljag Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I sat just behind the away dugout at Ibrox the game where James Grady scored a consolation goal right at the death. Watching games in the other 'end' is fine, just keep your tongue in your head and remember where you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Shot Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 No matter what opposition, no matter where ,I could not sit for 90 minutes without reacting to the match, if you do react in the opposition end, even for just a bad offside or foul decision nevermind an actual goal, then it's a lottery as to how they will then react to you. I would not recommend going in an away end, but like I say, I could not sit for 90 mins without reacting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thornwoodjag Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Had to sit in amongst the rangers fans on the night Damon gray scored in the cup.it was the hardest thing I have ever done,not cheering that goal.sat right beside the thistle fans on the corner.it was a wonderful sight watching u all going mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Had to sit in amongst the rangers fans on the night Damon gray scored in the cup.it was the hardest thing I have ever done,not cheering that goal.sat right beside the thistle fans on the corner.it was a wonderful sight watching u all going mental. That must have been awful! I remember sitting in the copeland rd end when we won in the 80's. I recall supermo scoring the winner then jumping up and going mental. Didn't get any hassle from the fans around me. I think they couldn't be bothered as they were so rank back then. I think they only had about 8000 there that day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Game may be off in any case. Weather forecast is hideous. Pitch will already be wet from today's rain. That could mean 3 games in about a week against that lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Did this at bronx when Erik B O Andersen scored a hatrick against us. Went with my papa's neighbour. Got fooked 5-1 so I didn't even need to sit on my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Just go in, then approach a steward and say you accidentally went in the home end and ask to be escorted to the away end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willjag Posted March 14, 2011 Members Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Had a couple such experiences, first time was back in the mid 70's at Ibrox in the traditional Rangers end, where my Brother and I went crazy celebrating a late equaliser, had a quick look around and got some disgusted looks but no bother. The second time was last years World Cup. Went to watch the England USA game in a pub in Yorkshire full of hyped up England Fans expecting to win the World Cup, and when Dempsey equalised it took all my strength not to stifle a loud YESSS!. I don't think it would have gone down too well in that particular atmosphere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Just go in, then approach a steward and say you accidentally went in the home end and ask to be escorted to the away end. Best option. I did that when we played Sellick at Hampden when they were sharing. Went to the portacabin outside ground and asked for a ticket for Thistle bit. Got told they did not have any - immediately asked for one for Sellick end and she sold me one without blinking.Sat in among them till half time and then asked a sergeant to let me into the proper end. And yes, such fun sitting among Sellick fans when we scored but I was not as brave as the dozen or so Thistle fans who were also in the Sellick bit, who went mental when the ball went in the net. Needless to say they were also escorted through to the Thistle bit at half time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 On this subject. Did anyone notice the Dundee fan in the JHS the other week (not in hospitality I add)? I've taken the odd opposition fan into the JHS before (in each occasion odd being the appropriate word). Would draw the line tho' if they were like this fella strutting about wearing a cheats scarf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honved Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Had a couple such experiences, first time was back in the mid 70's at Ibrox in the traditional Rangers end, where my Brother and I went crazy celebrating a late equaliser, had a quick look around and got some disgusted looks but no bother. The second time was last years World Cup. Went to watch the England USA game in a pub in Yorkshire full of hyped up England Fans expecting to win the World Cup, and when Dempsey equalised it took all my strength not to stifle a loud YESSS!. I don't think it would have gone down too well in that particular atmosphere! I've had the opposite experience at Ibrox. Got given two tickets to the club deck for an SPL match against the Jags since the guy that owned them (a business contact) was "fed up watching the diddy teams". He told me that the guys that sat round him were "brand new" and would not object to a couple of Jags fans taking his seats. I actually took a St Johnstone fan who had a similar business relationship with the guy. The pre match was fine, but when Rangers scored the guy behind me asked "what's wrong with you two?". I replied that I was a Jags fan and that I had been given the tickets for nowt as a wee treat, but I wasn't going to celebrate a goal against my own team. He took this rather badly and told me that I'd better keep my trap shut for the rest of the game or he'd "see John Greig" (who was the 'host') and get us chucked out. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 On this subject. Did anyone notice the Dundee fan in the JHS the other week (not in hospitality I add)? I've taken the odd opposition fan into the JHS before (in each occasion odd being the appropriate word). Would draw the line tho' if they were like this fella strutting about wearing a cheats scarf. They actually do "cheats" scarves? Good selling point up there, and I guess you have to show you're proud of what you're team's achieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 They actually do "cheats" scarves? Good selling point up there, and I guess you have to show you're proud of what you're team's achieved. They're extra long specially designed to go round a brass neck. Relatively expensive at £20 each but then again when nobody's looking they only need to fork out £1.20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Stronach Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I done it once in our last season in the SPL. I was given a free ticket for the Main Stand at Fir Park in one of the first games of the season. It was pure torture listening to the Motherwell fans around me abusing our players and dishing out the anti-weegie insults to our fans. We were 2-1 down with ten minutes to go when Gerry Britton equalised and I couldn't contain myself. I was chucked out immediately, much to the embarassment of my mate who played for the Motherwell under 16's at the time. I would never do it again. I knocked back a ticket for the Celtic end in a game later that season which is maybe just as well, as James Grady gave us the lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Never sat in with opposition support at away games, but I used to work in Celtic Park as a waiter in a suite where there were quite afew ex-players and some others who liked to play rebel music through their mobiles. It was our first season back up in the SPL and we played a few games there. I remember one where we took the lead and my face went bright red and I started running about, not yet celebrating, putting down whatever I was carrying at the time so I could run into a cupboard and start screaming in celebration. It may have been the same game or another time that season, but I also remember a cup game there that went to extra time and penalties. Luckily I was on a break during the extra time and in an empty executive box with other staff who were mostly female supporters of the other cheek of the same arse, so I could get away with my mental breakdown watching penalty miss after penalty miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CillitB4ng Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 It may have been the same game or another time that season, but I also remember a cup game there that went to extra time and penalties. Luckily I was on a break during the extra time and in an empty executive box with other staff who were mostly female supporters of the other cheek of the same arse, so I could get away with my mental breakdown watching penalty miss after penalty miss. I watched that game on Celtic TV as I couldnt make the match, the stream was terrible and kept buffering as Celtic were about to take another penalty and I didnt have a clue what was happening. That was the same game where a Trigger header went about a million miles over the line but the linesman didnt give it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I watched that game on Celtic TV as I couldnt make the match, the stream was terrible and kept buffering as Celtic were about to take another penalty and I didnt have a clue what was happening. That was the same game where a Trigger header went about a million miles over the line but the linesman didnt give it. That can't be true ... you know that the referees are against the Celtic, don't you, and they never get any decisions in their favour? John [spit] Reid said it so it must be true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I watched that game on Celtic TV as I couldnt make the match, the stream was terrible and kept buffering as Celtic were about to take another penalty and I didnt have a clue what was happening. That was the same game where a Trigger header went about a million miles over the line but the linesman didnt give it. I know! The box I was in was on the goal line. The h*ns and I were all going mental when that happened, I couldn't believe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagtastic Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Did it at EEP just before Christmas. Aside from the expected "intae these weedgie basturts, likes" shouts, the most annoying thing was the old bint behind me who kept screaming when they got a chance. Might have been different had either side scored right enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberteeb Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 In a meaningless SFL fixture against Falkirk midweek you will be fine. I've gone 'behind enemy lines' a few times, not with Thistle but with Arsenal and Cardiff, as long as you are relatively sensible and have a look at who is around you its fine. Me and my mate were jumping around in the home end at St James' Park when Van Persie hammered in a beauty of a free kick because we were in amongt prawn sandwich Geordies. Blackburn fans didn't care at Ewood Park either but Villa fans weren't too impressed in the away end at Highbury. Worst one was Leeds skinheads noticed me grinning after Cardiff equalised at Elland Road. When the Cardiff fans were giving it the big un towards the home end I made the schoolboy error of 'doing the ayatollah' back in their direction to many a cheer...the Leeds nutters were far from impressed, thankfully I lost them in the mounted police chaos outside the stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northjag Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 pitch inspection at 3pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magyar55 Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Game off........official Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colognejag Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Remember getting my brother's season ticket at Ibrox for a match which was the last game of the season. Guy next to me st the start asks why the usual ginger-haired ugly barsteward was in the seat I was using. Told him the said ugly ginger was my brother, and I was his Thistle-supporting younger brother. I got a wee chuckle when he announced this to those sitting nearby... Anyway, Rangers go 1-0 up and we score (Alex Taylor goal if I remember correctly) at the death. I jump up and start clapping. Got no bother at all, only "aye, very good wee man..." I guess since they had won the league already they didn't really care that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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