Unbelievable the bears were well prepared in those daysTickets were at a premium and the Mermaid bus took a scaling ladder down with it.
Sounds more like preparation for a siege than a football gameTickets were at a premium and the Mermaid bus took a scaling ladder down with it.
No shit Sherlock and excuse the pun. My late father told me the exact same thing. Said he was bricking it.My late father told me it was the most frightening time he had experieced at a match. He said that the crushing outside the turnstiles at the Rangers end was really bad and there were loads of fans on the ground. At the end of the match, he said that there were about fifty shoes lined up along a wall as a result of fans losing their shoes in the crush before kick off.
Was down for a Gateshead game and seen a Rangers/Gateshead/NI incorporated flag,it was right down at bottom of stand was going to pop down at half time for a chat with guy who brought flag,PS Gateshead were playing Barrowand thats yet another one of the many reasons that Sunderland are the only team Rangers should follow in the NE !!!
Dunno if you are kidding but away fans didn't need "tickets" because tickets were just regular "seats". To be honest I spent almostr 20 years home and away never missing a game following Rangers and never having a "ticket" between the late 60's and late 80's.Tickets were at a premium and the Mermaid bus took a scaling ladder down with it.
Are you sure that wasn't Bohemians? ....now that was a trip!Older guy I know went down and said the windows on their buses were done in by kids from the first school they passed going into Newcastle.
Older guy I know went down and said the windows on their buses were done in by kids from the first school they passed going into Newcastle.
Older guy I know went down and said the windows on their buses were done in by kids from the first school they passed going into Newcastle.
Are you sure that wasn't Bohemians? ....now that was a trip!
A song is born...Tickets were at a premium and the Mermaid bus took a scaling ladder down with it.
A song is born...
The Mermaid was mentioned in a song back in the day, remember singing it often on our bus. Me and my wee pal decided to go and find this particular pub and had a nice welcome from everyone inside.
A song is born...(had to google it as I'd forgotten the words)
Here they are
If yer feelin tired and weary and yer heart just skips a beat.
You'll get your fcukin head kicked if you walk down Jamesy's Street.
Take a walk into the Mermaid and you'll hear the famous noise, get out ya f****n bhastards we're the Brigton Derry Boys.
We're the boys from the toll, we are Loyal and we're true, and when we meet the 19th Century Terrorists we are ready for a do.
To the cry of no surrender, surrender or you'll die,
Good luck tae the Glasgow Rangers and the Brigton Derry Boys.
I do remember this bit at the end though...
Too ra loo...ah, better not.
Was there,one of the highlights of my following Rangers career.Even though we lost,it wast stillBears stopped the away leg game for around 17 minutes. Geordie mate of mine still tells me he'd never seen anything like it. Was crapping himself he said
Now that's a story !Was there,one of the highlights of my following Rangers career.Even though we lost,it wast still
a fantastic evening in Newcastle.We enjoyed it so much,me and one of my mates missed our bus
back home after the game.Took us three days to get home,walked most of the way to Berwick,
before we got a ride to Edinburgh,Then hid on a train back to Glasgow.
You don’t know half of it mate,that was justNow that's a story !
Crash helmets painted red,white,blueThey remember it differently in Newcastle today
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/victorious-newcastle-united-defied-drunken-16301785
A song is born...
The Mermaid was mentioned in a song back in the day, remember singing it often on our bus. Me and my wee pal decided to go and find this particular pub and had a nice welcome from everyone inside.
A song is born...(had to google it as I'd forgotten the words)
Here they are
If yer feelin tired and weary and yer heart just skips a beat.
You'll get your fcukin head kicked if you walk down Jamesy's Street.
Take a walk into the Mermaid and you'll hear the famous noise, get out ya f****n bhastards we're the Brigton Derry Boys.
We're the boys from the toll, we are Loyal and we're true, and when we meet the 19th Century Terrorists we are ready for a do.
To the cry of no surrender, surrender or you'll die,
Good luck tae the Glasgow Rangers and the Brigton Derry Boys.
I do remember this bit at the end though...
Too ra loo...ah, better not.
Dunno if you are kidding but away fans didn't need "tickets" because tickets were just regular "seats". To be honest I spent almostr 20 years home and away never missing a game following Rangers and never having a "ticket" between the late 60's and late 80's.
So was I, will never forget it, I was in the main stand surrounded by Bohemian fans, quietist I've ever been at football.No. I was at the Boss game.
So did the Vital Spark in Linthouse.Unbelievable the bears were well prepared in those days
WATP
Same experience as myself I think it was probably a good thing that the doors collapsed saving a crushI had a ticket, but found myself inside the ground with the ticket still in my hand when a gate got barged through and dozens piled in.