Thumper Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Good boys the Orwell boys. Anyone got any favourite Orwell memories. I'm sure once 20 or 30 of the boys went to a game dressed as Rousset. The annual trip down south aye an eventful one anaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraggle Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2006. The Cup Final weekend, then the trip down to Liverpool a couple of weeks later for the Manchester Hearts game and POY dance at Goodison. Stephane Adam drunk and dancing with the cup, the Orwell flag hanging from the hotel in Liverpool city centre, Angels ??. Plenty other good memories but those stick out the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamhearts Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Did Vlad not travel to an away game on the Orwell bus sure I saw a pic in the press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Fraggle said: 2006. The Cup Final weekend, then the trip down to Liverpool a couple of weeks later for the Manchester Hearts game and POY dance at Goodison. Stephane Adam drunk and dancing with the cup, the Orwell flag hanging from the hotel in Liverpool city centre, Angels ??. Plenty other good memories but those stick out the most. I was at that. Alex Young suite at Goodis on Park. The great man himself was in attendance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suds66 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 After the 1998 Cup Final we ended up back at the Orwell Hotel to continue celebrating our famous win. When we arrived, there was a wedding reception in the function suite in full swing. The groom and the wedding party were all decked out in the hubz tartan. Some initial banter developed into the losers getting it tight, then some scuffles ensued. The rest of their night was pretty miserable for them. Very pleasing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Hardcastle Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 The carnage in the function room when Neilson slammed home the winner in Basel. Chairs and bodies everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunphy Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Two buses breaking down last season wasn’t a highlight but it’s a memory. Along with being stuck on the M8 on the night the game against Rangers was abandoned because someone thought leaving the West End at half six was enough time to get to Ibrox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy T Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 36 minutes ago, Sexton Hardcastle said: The carnage in the function room when Neilson slammed home the winner in Basel. Chairs and bodies everywhere. I don’t think that was Orwell hearts that organised that, same guy had a similar showing going on in the Ettrick hotel that night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Treasurer Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 53 minutes ago, Phil Dunphy said: Two buses breaking down last season wasn’t a highlight but it’s a memory. Along with being stuck on the M8 on the night the game against Rangers was abandoned because someone thought leaving the West End at half six was enough time to get to Ibrox. Being stuck in the middle of nowhere on the road to Peterhead wasn't great, but TBF we did make the kick-off. Although with hindsight, sitting at the side of the road might have been more fun that going to the game. Great bunch of dedicated Hearts fans on the Orwell bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunphy Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Treasurer said: Being stuck in the middle of nowhere on the road to Peterhead wasn't great, but TBF we did make the kick-off. Although with hindsight, sitting at the side of the road might have been more fun that going to the game. Great bunch of dedicated Hearts fans on the Orwell bus Give it its due, it’s a better bus than the West End was. At least you get a toilet on the way to Aberdeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trained One Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Phil Dunphy said: Along with being stuck on the M8 on the night the game against Rangers was abandoned because someone thought leaving the West End at half six was enough time to get to Ibrox. That bus actually left the Royal Ettrick at 1745hrs. Wish we could predict the weather. Can't please everyone, but 2 hours would normally have been plenty on a Friday night. Thanks for your feedback, nice to be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunphy Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, Trained One said: That bus actually left the Royal Ettrick at 1745hrs. Wish we could predict the weather. Can't please everyone, but 2 hours would normally have been plenty on a Friday night. Thanks for your feedback, nice to be appreciated. I’m not getting involved in a petty argument over a game that happened about 4 years ago. But I’m certainly not the only one who thought that night was an utter ****ing shambles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Treasurer Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 23 minutes ago, Phil Dunphy said: Give it its due, it’s a better bus than the West End was. At least you get a toilet on the way to Aberdeen. If it has 4 wheels it's already ahead of the wrecks that we used to get on the West End !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpieroismagic Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I mind heading over to the Orwell after the Gillsland Hotel ran out of draught beer on the 98 Cup final weekend, sure it ended up with game of fitba in the Orwell car park - 5 half time, 10 the winner and no broken windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Louis Valois Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 My earliest memories of going to Hearts games involve the Orwell, some great times in there. Have vague memories of a bus load coming down to Kelso one Saturday during the summer, maybe late nighties. I’m also Sure their used to be a meal before the last game of the season through in the lounge aswell. Great place and sorely missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Sexton Hardcastle said: The carnage in the function room when Neilson slammed home the winner in Basel. Chairs and bodies everywhere. That was mental! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Think the only time I've been in was the "summit" where Chris Robinson was talking about the future of the Club - must have been around 2004. Leslie Deans spoke and said that with the expanded Freedom of Movement in Europe (or was it more eastern European countries joining the EU?), you never know, the Hearts team could be filled with cheap eastern European players. Everyone laughed. I still wonder whether he knew that Vlad was in the pipeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Robinson's meet the fans night in wake of selling Tynecastle was eventful. To an extent, it was fair play to him for turning up and taking the heat. For the bloke that took it out on the bar staff later, and chucked a glass towards them in the bar, not so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianajones Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Do not have any personal memories of Orwell Hearts but the Orwell served me from the age of 15. Excellent place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden Gorgie Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, durhamhearts said: Did Vlad not travel to an away game on the Orwell bus sure I saw a pic in the press Livi away, 4-0 game (i think). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgieheart Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 remember going back to the orwell after we were horsed by rangers in the scottish cup final of 1996....place was packed...and and they had The Eurovision Song Contest showing on a big screen....surreal...but...Ooh Ahh..just a little Bit ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTBCAL Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I always thought the few occasions I got the Orwell bus in the early 90s that it was a small step up from the Mercer Picnic buses ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 6 hours ago, suds66 said: After the 1998 Cup Final we ended up back at the Orwell Hotel to continue celebrating our famous win. When we arrived, there was a wedding reception in the function suite in full swing. The groom and the wedding party were all decked out in the hubz tartan. Some initial banter developed into the losers getting it tight, then some scuffles ensued. The rest of their night was pretty miserable for them. Very pleasing! Remember it well. Wedding guests confronted by the sight of Big Johno stripping stark bollock naked in the car par, telling anyone who'd listen that he would have been in The Full Monty if he could have talked Sheffield. Marcel was not impressed. Not ****ing impressed in the ****ing slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clerry Jambo Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 6 hours ago, Sexton Hardcastle said: The carnage in the function room when Neilson slammed home the winner in Basel. Chairs and bodies everywhere. That was a great night, glass everywhere!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 5 hours ago, Trained One said: That bus actually left the Royal Ettrick at 1745hrs. Wish we could predict the weather. Can't please everyone, but 2 hours would normally have been plenty on a Friday night. Thanks for your feedback, nice to be appreciated. 5 hours ago, Phil Dunphy said: I’m not getting involved in a petty argument over a game that happened about 4 years ago. But I’m certainly not the only one who thought that night was an utter ****ing shambles. Come on boys, this is meant to be a happy thread. Don't be mean and keep it ****ing clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraggle Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 7 hours ago, John Findlay said: I was at that. Alex Young suite at Goodis on Park. The great man himself was in attendance. Twas indeed a great night, made better that we had won the game v Manchester Hearts in some "colourful" public park in Liverpool ?. The drinks in the boozer across the road afterwards was a great laugh as well. I have a memory of Stephane Adam on the dance floor with the Cup in the middle of everyone like it was a Bar mitzvah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queensferryjambo Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 9 hours ago, Thumper said: Good boys the Orwell boys. Anyone got any favourite Orwell memories. I'm sure once 20 or 30 of the boys went to a game dressed as Rousset. The annual trip down south aye an eventful one anaw. I remember Dunfermline away just after Christmas 1997 a pile of Rousset's coming through the turnstiles (the game when Salvatori scored a cracker). I can only presume it was them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 6 hours ago, DETTY29 said: Robinson's meet the fans night in wake of selling Tynecastle was eventful. To an extent, it was fair play to him for turning up and taking the heat. For the bloke that took it out on the bar staff later, and chucked a glass towards them in the bar, not so. Cheers mate. Was Marcel still around in those days? Wouldn't be the first time someone tried it on his pub and came off second best. Wiry wee fella. Deceptively hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 6 hours ago, DETTY29 said: Robinson's meet the fans night in wake of selling Tynecastle was eventful. To an extent, it was fair play to him for turning up and taking the heat. For the bloke that took it out on the bar staff later, and chucked a glass towards them in the bar, not so. One of those nights that remain etched in the memory. Standing room only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, Thumper said: Cheers mate. Was Marcel still around in those days? Wouldn't be the first time someone tried it on his pub and came off second best. Wiry wee fella. Deceptively hard. In all the times I went to the Orwell (which were numerous) I never saw that side of Marcel.When I did see him behind the bar I thought I was in Madame Tusseauds.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, queensferryjambo said: I remember Dunfermline away just after Christmas 1997 a pile of Rousset's coming through the turnstiles (the game when Salvatori scored a cracker). I can only presume it was them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suds66 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Thumper said: Remember it well. Wedding guests confronted by the sight of Big Johno stripping stark bollock naked in the car par, telling anyone who'd listen that he would have been in The Full Monty if he could have talked Sheffield. Marcel was not impressed. Not ****ing impressed in the ****ing slightest. Brilliant!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo GMC Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 9 hours ago, Sexton Hardcastle said: The carnage in the function room when Neilson slammed home the winner in Basel. Chairs and bodies everywhere. Ha ha.....I remember being on a table at that point!!!!! Absolute bedlam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Thumper said: Cheers mate. Was Marcel still around in those days? Wouldn't be the first time someone tried it on his pub and came off second best. Wiry wee fella. Deceptively hard. Sure it would have been Kenny Waugh and Festival Inns by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 10 hours ago, suds66 said: After the 1998 Cup Final we ended up back at the Orwell Hotel to continue celebrating our famous win. When we arrived, there was a wedding reception in the function suite in full swing. The groom and the wedding party were all decked out in the hubz tartan. Some initial banter developed into the losers getting it tight, then some scuffles ensued. The rest of their night was pretty miserable for them. Very pleasing! Ah 1998 Cup Final weekend. Heaving Friday Heaving all day and night Saturday. Heaving on the Sunday after the parade, including the function suite being open. Full bar Monday afternoon and most of Monday night. Busy Tuesday Marcel - I lost money that weekend due to the number of glass breakages. Aye right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 minute ago, DETTY29 said: Ah 1998 Cup Final weekend. Heaving Friday Heaving all day and night Saturday. Heaving on the Sunday after the parade, including the function suite being open. Full bar Monday afternoon and most of Monday night. Busy Tuesday Marcel - I lost money that weekend due to the number of glass breakages. Aye right. Yep and I can confirm he said it with a straight face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwidoug Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Orwell was where my family held functions after funerals. Poignant memories. Was very sad when I heard it had closed. Still am. Last time I was there before a Saturday afternoon Hearts game it was packed to the door and the atmosphere was brilliant. 4-0 win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvery_Moon Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I am sure I recall a couple of Hearts fans leaving to go for a drive on the night of the 1998 final. I am sure one of them was on the roof of the car singing the Hearts song. Thankfully they reappeared some time later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, DETTY29 said: Ah 1998 Cup Final weekend. Heaving Friday Heaving all day and night Saturday. Heaving on the Sunday after the parade, including the function suite being open. Full bar Monday afternoon and most of Monday night. Busy Tuesday Marcel - I lost money that weekend due to the number of glass breakages. Aye right. Can just picture him saying that. Mind his sidekick anaw? Torn faced wee Gestapo looking prick with the dodgy 'tache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Fox Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) I ended up somewhere after the ‘98 final! It was a great party, been back a few times trying to work out where it was! I know we won the cup but can’t work out where the party was! I am being serious! Was there a bar in it, turn towards the right side after entering the ‘foyer’ of the building?? And it had a baby grand piano in it?? Edited January 15, 2019 by Jambo-Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fxxx the SPFL Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 10 hours ago, Phil Dunphy said: Give it its due, it’s a better bus than the West End was. At least you get a toilet on the way to Aberdeen. Sure there was a bog on one bus they had to Aberdeen or just pish in Joey's coat pocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, DETTY29 said: Arguably THE firm in Scotland in their day those boys. Many a rival firm underestimated them to their cost, fooled by the smiles and baby faces. You fought one you fought them all. Bound by a love of the love club and their love for each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the general Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 19 hours ago, Phil Dunphy said: Give it its due, it’s a better bus than the West End was. At least you get a toilet on the way to Aberdeen. Harsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Where was the Orwell Hotel as a matter of fact? Think it must've been shut down while I was still a nipper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Locky said: Where was the Orwell Hotel as a matter of fact? Think it must've been shut down while I was still a nipper. Polwarth Terrace. At traffic lights opposite church at top of Harrison Road. In between Ettrick (gone) and Glisland (long time gone). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 11 hours ago, Thumper said: Arguably THE firm in Scotland in their day those boys. Many a rival firm underestimated them to their cost, fooled by the smiles and baby faces. You fought one you fought them all. Bound by a love of the love club and their love for each other. Anyone else re-read that in a Danny Dyer voice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Jersey_HMFC Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Great club the Orwell, been an associate/overseas member for many years and have had the Orwell to thank for many hard to get tickets and seats on buses. First memories were Bordeaux and Braga. Unforgettable memories back in the Orwell after the Paul Hartley semi final, and the day after the final in 2006. Orwell hotel sadly gone but the club still going strong (now based at West End on Palmerston Place) and a great bunch of guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queensferryjambo Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 15 hours ago, DETTY29 said: That is tremendous :) I seem to remember when they were entering East End Park each time one of them came through the turnstiles a guy shouting - 'in goal for Hearts Gilles Rousset' and they done it for every Rousset who came through LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 7 hours ago, DETTY29 said: Polwarth Terrace. At traffic lights opposite church at top of Harrison Road. In between Ettrick (gone) and Glisland (long time gone). That's right. I mind many a time before the bus to Aberdeen doing The Terrible Trio. One in the Gillsland, one in the Ettrick then a VERY quick one in the Orwell. Whoever needed a pish on the bus first had to buy the pie suppers at Stonehaven. They were great pie suppers though so you didn't mind, not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecorrieorphin Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 23 hours ago, DETTY29 said: Lad 2nd from the end on the right looks like Rory McIlroy in his wig ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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