rmreido Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 In a bar Gran Canaria with my soon to be wife, wearing with pride, my Hearts top, after just winning the Scottish cup, so the last time Scotland were at a major tournament, Hearts won the cup..... ... interesting. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weebroon98 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 In the stadium with 4 jambos, an ex ref and his east fife supporting son. The guy next to me was that wasted that he slept through the whole game. Nearly never got there as my chief at RAF leuchars wanted to cancel my leave when he found out i had tickets for the brazil and norway games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One five Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I was there kilted up pi**ed and singing flower of Scotland with all my mates , great times indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Ship and Anchor pub, Calgary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxfee Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 In a pub in kirkcaldy. Worked for clacks council at the time and they let everyone away from work early as it was such an honour to be playing the opening game!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott herbertson Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 In the stadium with all my mates and older brother. Offered my ticket outside the stadium to my brother's mate who must have been the unluckiest man in the world at that moment. He won TWO sets of ticket in two separate newspaper/ magazine competitions. Had to bump one to take the other, and the one he took they told him and the other winners in the hotel (part of the package) the night before some of the tickets hadn't arrived and they did a draw to see who would get them (he lost). He generously refused my offer so I saw the game. The same bunch of us had been at Seville in 82 as well (and my older brother in Munich too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychedelicropcircle Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 In the “auld hoose” Musselburgh. Collins scored the penalty the drink went flying...the projector screen went up & 50 of us watched the rest of the game on a portable😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deodato Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) The Barony Bar, Level 2 of Strathclyde University Union - madness is too mild, it was anarchy. The queues for the bogs was so long we all used the mop cupboard instead. People were even serving themselves drink too. Ashamed of my behaviour that day, but the word's eyes were on Darren Jackson's cheesy grin for that one precious moment - what it means to be a Scot. Edited November 13, 2020 by Deodato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queensferryjambo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 A boozer in Beverley Massachusetts. Went down to see if the game was on and there was 2 guys from Edinburgh sitting at the bar. I was on a training course and presumed these guys were over on holiday but they had in fact lived in the US for over 10 years. I joked that they hadn't lost their Scottish accents, both guys admitted they spoke differently because they were speaking to someone from Scotland. We were the only guys in the pub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainy Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 The old pav in Edinburgh. Remember being let out of school a bit early so we could get up the road and watch. People watching through the windows and everything it was rammed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 A couple of mates were living in a huge rented flat in Morrison Street with a massive open plan living room and kitchen on two levels so we managed to set up a two tiered viewing gallery for a large number of people. I won’t lie we were all so stoned and or pissed I don’t actually remember much of anything about the occasion. My English girlfriend who had no interest in sport was baffled by the entire thing but joined in the debauchery like a good un. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaymarketJambo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EK JAMBO Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I was at the game in the stand opposite the dugouts. Met Alex Salmond and had my picture taken with him whilst holding a saltire with the Hearts crest in the middle which was obtained from a fellow Jambo in the crowd. For the life of me I can’t find the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south morocco Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 In a bar in central Paris. Was a fantastic trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 74...House. 78....Tam Bain Pub in Laurieston. 82....Mates house with carry oot. 86...House early hours in morning. 90...House 98 ...Westquarter Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleJambo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 For the life of me - can't remember. Still on a high from the Cup Final. Not a particularly informative answer - sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deodato Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 20 minutes ago, benny said: 74...House. 78....Tam Bain Pub in Laurieston. 82....Mates house with carry oot. 86...House early hours in morning. 90...House 98 ...Westquarter Club. .74 ....the book Hampden Babylon has some great stories about what went on that summer. Putting the Scotland captain in a rowing bow pished with no oars the night before kick off was one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim747 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Listened on the radio as I was working a backshift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny17 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Kinleith in Juniper Green, finished work early that day and the pub was mobbed. I was still on a high after our cup win a few weeks earlier. Some year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardbeer Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Harry's bar in Queensferry Street the basement place was great as far as I can remember which is very little! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 19 minutes ago, Deodato said: .74 ....the book Hampden Babylon has some great stories about what went on that summer. Putting the Scotland captain in a rowing bow pished with no oars the night before kick off was one of them. It was Sandy Jardine that pushed the rowing boat that wee Jinky was in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaap's Sigh Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 6 hours ago, GlasgoJambo said: I watched the first half in the City Cafe on Blair St. They’d set up a telly downstairs and a few rows of chairs for the game. The City Cafe was the go to destination for most of my friends at the time as the house music scene dominated our social lives. It was the place to go first to get seen before heading on to various club nights. The game kicked off and it just didn’t feel right to me. There were people saying shush, and sit down while Scotland played against Brazil in the opening game of a World Cup! Decided to try somewhere else with a few other folk who liked football all year round. We ended up in Bannermans who were having a half time disco. Carnival De Paris, which Hearts fans had already appropriated, was blasting out. People were having a party. This being merely 3 weeks since that famous day in May I favoured the celebratory boozed up side of being a football fan. And Bannermans became where me and a few other watched Scotland and World Cup games for a good few years after that. 22 years later I’d maybe be looking for somewhere with a seat and a view and grumbling at the selfishness of my youthful self while secretly being envious at the enthusiasm and carelessness on display. I hope that whatever happens by June next year that watching your country compete is allowed to be the social activity that it should be. Watched it in East Whitburn Gothenburg 😆. Brilliant atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Hearts Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I was there. We were so unlucky. I remember trying to get into the stadium as it was shambolic and missed the national anthem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tynie chris Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 In McCartney’s pub in Alberton, South Africa, place was buzzing, to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I remember running home from school to watch the build up. It felt normal for Scotland to be there, but it being against Brazil there was such excitement. How I wish I could go back in time and enjoy that time again, what a year it was in general! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_T Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I vaguely remember going home early from school to watch it in the house, I was 15 at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deid Heid Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 The iolanda (orange grove), Chick's and the Flying Haggis(?) Can't really remember as i wa awfully drunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibpc Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Didn't see it. Travelling to Portsmouth for a cross-channel ferry, ma pa and 3 weans. The game kicked off as we arrived at Portsmouth then sitting on the quay waiting to board David Narey did his bit. All the Scottish cars on the quay started bouncing about. Drove on just afterwards and , in the days before internet etc. , didn't find out the result until 3 days later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Haymarket Bar as I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Beni of Gorgie Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Part of the great 98 ticket scam. Fortunately someone bought my package just to be in Paris. Cloverleaf in Aberdeen was the venue, free pie at halftime, who wanted to be in Paris anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upgotheheads Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 At home, got back to the UK from a camping holiday in France the night before. Drove through Paris on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Goalscoring Knee Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 At home with a cup of tea - and my four-week-old baby girl. Couldn't really be necking beers while holding her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigma One Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 A now closed bar in piershill, can't mind the name but it had a few pool tables. All was fine for the game until a fight broke out at full time. All I remember is one of my mates crying about losing his lion rampant flag when we scarpered away before the police turned up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo_Gaz Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Tossa de mar at 17 on my last holiday with the old man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I was on the bus home from high school watching it on my phone, I'm starting to question that memory though, were phones even capable of that in 1998? Might have been a portable tv or the radio! haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoolfordsHearts Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 East Calder pigeon club. The 98 world cup purely served as a continuation of my Scottish Cup celebrations.🇱🇻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmfcbilly Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I worked in what was at the time, kwik fit head office in Corstorphine Road. A load of us watched in a packed roseburn bar as an underage 17 year old 🤫😂 I can still remember the suspended floor shaking when Collins scored...place was bouncing, literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfan Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 In the Holly Tree, Menstrie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Radus Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 74 Minto Hotel 78 Camberwell 82 Stockwell 86 Glasgow 90 Corfu 98 My front room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoonJambo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 42 minutes ago, hmfcbilly said: I worked in what was at the time, kwik fit head office in Corstorphine Road. A load of us watched in a packed roseburn bar as an underage 17 year old 🤫😂 I can still remember the suspended floor shaking when Collins scored...place was bouncing, literally. I was "intimate" with the receptionist at kwikfit hq at that time😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieboy Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 2 hours ago, ibpc said: Didn't see it. Travelling to Portsmouth for a cross-channel ferry, ma pa and 3 weans. The game kicked off as we arrived at Portsmouth then sitting on the quay waiting to board David Narey did his bit. All the Scottish cars on the quay started bouncing about. Drove on just afterwards and , in the days before internet etc. , didn't find out the result until 3 days later! that was 1982 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirlo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Watched it in Bordeaux and then attended the Scotland Norway game. Would never have believed that Burley's goal that day would be the last Scotland goal at a major tournament for over two decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I was at the game - Scotland did us proud that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 2 hours ago, ibpc said: Didn't see it. Travelling to Portsmouth for a cross-channel ferry, ma pa and 3 weans. The game kicked off as we arrived at Portsmouth then sitting on the quay waiting to board David Narey did his bit. All the Scottish cars on the quay started bouncing about. Drove on just afterwards and , in the days before internet etc. , didn't find out the result until 3 days later! Probably mentioned already but right game, wrong year. We got scudded 4-1 in that game after Narey annoyed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gashauskis9 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Psychedelicropcircle said: In the “auld hoose” Musselburgh. Collins scored the penalty the drink went flying...the projector screen went up & 50 of us watched the rest of the game on a portable😂 I miss that boozer 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FERRY HEARTS Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 In Queens Retreat Bar in Ferry with my Hearts tartan kilt and maroon scotland away top on few Hibby kants were ragin at me 🏴🏴🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻( think that wis 98 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Watched it in the flat of two Scottish mates in Kuwait. Must've been about 20 odd there, most had no interest in the game. My (English) best mate and a Kuwaiti friend both turned up in Brazil tops and Scouser wigs for a wind-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augusthearts Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Pub in Gravesend in Kent with a load of Scottish builders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmfcbilly Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 1 hour ago, TypoonJambo said: I was "intimate" with the receptionist at kwikfit hq at that time😁 Can't remember her name but do recall a rather attractive blonde that filled that role for a while. Wasn't her by any chance??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 On the big screen outside the stadium in Paris. Brilliant 3 week trip following Scotland around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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