Who remembers when the Enclosure was split 50/50 for Old Firm games

Superb days.
Some atmosphere considering it was a few thousand short compared to today.
then we took 18k to the piggery.
you still got the FF flag day at the piggery @mdingwall
 
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Was there not a form of segregation where the announcers box was?
There was also 1 or 2 games they got a section of the Govan.
 
Laird of lerwick said:
Was in the enclosure for the 4/4 game.
mental it was.
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I was in the directors box for that game with my dad who was doing some work with Malborough Construction at the time and was also friends with John Paton, the then Chairman before David Holmes.

The mentally challengeds were launching coins up from the enclosure that day. Not quite reaching where we were sat, but still landing at bears at the front of main stand.

Incredible game.
 
I remember that well, but did they ever have the West Enclosure before the new stands were built? I remember them in the old centenary stand
 
Yes remember it well - though I was pretty far from Celtic Supporters every time, I know there is a lot of debate about keep them out etc. but no doubt the atmosphere at some of these games was amazing. The time Ibrox was effectively neutral and split 50/50 was bouncing.
 
Been debated on here before allocations and how they had certain parts of Ibrox but there had to been some agreement

From 1989/90 until 1993/94 our official allocation there was 18K-20K which was the terracing in the earlier 80s it was around 25k including the Main Stand section

While at Ibrox all they got was the Broomloan 7500 from 1989/90 onwards before that they had West Enclosure and a small section of the Main Stand, for a few games they got a small section of the Govan Stand

You also have to remember before 1981 that gate receipts were shared for League games
 
Porto Loyal said:
I remember when we got 1/3 of their main stand and shared the toilets and kiosks.
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I remember being in their main stand for a ne'er day game. stand was hoaching with priests , unfortunately we got gubbed , Hughes ran riot that day playing on frozen surface wearing baseball boots.
Not a good memory.
 
That must have been a nightmare.

To be fair, I always thought having the likes of the Sheep etc in BF5 where the Union Bears are now in the 1990s and early 2000s was another zany move.
 
Pre 1986 for old Firm games I moved from my usual position in the west enclosure near the tunnel to the east enclosure. Always packed for Old Firm games, but don't remember any major trouble.
From 87 moved over to Govan front along with loads of fans who were regulars in the east enclosure.
 
My uncle was a cop and told me he was on duty at a game against them at Ibrox in the seventies and said there were reports of a Rangers fan running about with a samurai sword. He said “We never did find the c@nt either”. It must have been insane back then.
 
Amity75 said:
My uncle was a cop and told me he was on duty at a game against them at Ibrox in the seventies and said there were reports of a Rangers fan running about with a samurai sword. He said “We never did find the c@nt either”. It must have been insane back then.
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We were on a bus back to Easterhouse after losing at the Piggery, and Bear got off at the Prince Charlie with a cleaver looking for Peasants.
 
Johnny Yen said:
They got a section, wasn’t quite half.
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Yup. I was there the day they lost the league to Dundee United. They had maybe 25% of Govan lower and upper. Wont remind anyone of the score. Just a typical day in the life of a Rangers fan early 80s. Good bottle throwing at the final whistle mind you. People were still coming to terms with the alcohol ban at the time LOL.
 
Amity75 said:
My uncle was a cop and told me he was on duty at a game against them at Ibrox in the seventies and said there were reports of a Rangers fan running about with a samurai sword. He said “We never did find the c@nt either”. It must have been insane back then.
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Yup. You would have blokes wearing their "mades" with a built in internal sword or chib pocket. They would take the weapon out and give to a younger member of the team who would look after it for the duration of the match. You wouldnt want a 12 inch knife in your trousers while celebrating. And it was pretty normal to see in the 70s. I am chuckling typing this at the absurdity of what we found normal. Cavemen compared to today.
 
mossy said:
Did they not get half the upper main stand as well? Mental
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Yes. As a youngster i went down at half time for a pie and the queue was horrendous. So thought id join the smaller queue. Not taking notice that it was scum fans. A police man came over and asked me to move and i said i was near front of queue so he escorted me to front of Rangers queue. Nearly started 2 riots...
 
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