jdl2002 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 In the eighties, i went on the Mayfield & Gorebridge bus, double decker. I used the official club buses for a while too, usually travelled on my own. Then as soon as i had a car, it was filled every weekend, 5 or 6 in my Astra estate. I loved driving to the games back then. Could always find a parking space near the grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I don't think I used the Eastern Scottish buses much but one time springs to mind. Was a festive period trip across to Dunfermline. It was freezing cold and when we got there the game had been postponed. There would have been a massive, massive support that day as there were thousands milling around the ground and still loads of buses heading over the bridge as we went back to Edinburgh. If I remember rightly about three or four busloads (double deckers) arrived back at the same time and the fans on them almost all headed down to fester road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William H. Bonney Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) I’m only 41 so missed a lot of the mayhem. Mid 80’s to early 90’s were almost always in my dads car or someone else’s. My dad drove a maroon Opel in the 80’s and it’s windows were tanned at fir park making for a rather cold journey home. 90’s I used the clubs official buses and occasionally hitched a ride with Orwell hearts. Nowadays it’s the train or car. Edited January 23, 2021 by Furious Styles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkishcap Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 8 hours ago, haveyouheard1874 said: I was at that game sure we had at least 7k athe game well for me anyway My standing memory was seeing a poor copper take a bottle from a packed terrace ,,chaos from the off Yep 7k, from my vantage point could see the packed trains arriving. Day out that day with my mate driven up by his parents pub lunch first. Remember the crowd surge from back at goal dangerous but at the time fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 7 hours ago, **** the SPFL said: brilliant don't know if you remember the Hearts Celtic game at Tynie when Jose Quitongo scored the late equaliser and the place went mental fans on the pitch etc. Sky had a thing called sky eye in the crowd i think and it focused in on a cop trying to grab a Hearts fan and the cop slipped on his arse. Remember that game very well mate. I’d have to look back at the footage again to see the policeman break dancing😁I I accidentally lamped my wife with a flailing hand as we went berserk at the equaliser. In the mayhem everyone is grabbing anyone and while I’m celebrating with another Hearts fan, she’s got her head in her hands rubbing her face 😂. (She was fine, just moaned at me for not paying attention ,lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballitojambo Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Great days, went with the Currie and Balerno from around 76 to 80, fantastic bus, full just about every game and this was when we were seriously crap, eventually moved on to the Tollcross , again great bunch, we used to get picked up at Haymarket, always a bunch of guys either waiting for their bus or hoping for space on one, the supporters clubs used to have player of the year parties and the players would actually pitch up, great memories of being drunk somewhere in town serenading Paddy Byrne who was our player of the year in 80 or 81, simpler times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettigrewsstylist Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 9 hours ago, ginger jambo98 said: Loved the away days with the SCAB Hearts bus in the late 70s, then the Manor bus in the early 80s. Totally different to away days now. Used to be 30 odd buses even in the days when we were, frankly, sh1te ! Not checking the back window shield and climbin onto wrong bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettigrewsstylist Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, Ballitojambo said: Great days, went with the Currie and Balerno from around 76 to 80, fantastic bus, full just about every game and this was when we were seriously crap, eventually moved on to the Tollcross , again great bunch, we used to get picked up at Haymarket, always a bunch of guys either waiting for their bus or hoping for space on one, the supporters clubs used to have player of the year parties and the players would actually pitch up, great memories of being drunk somewhere in town serenading Paddy Byrne who was our player of the year in 80 or 81, simpler times. I remember painting the inside of shed at Tynie all one summer in early 80s with Tolcross if my memory is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clerry Jambo Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 8 hours ago, i8hibsh said: My first away game was Brockville on the Rainbow Hearts bus. I was too young to bevvy but the songs sung on it set my path in life May have been on the same bus mate run with the rainbow hearts for a few years, well organised club. Also used to go with the tollcross Hearts in my more youthful days, used to leave from down Easter road, mental Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoonJambo Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 9 hours ago, haveyouheard1874 said: Was a kid, done the milk run and after my endeavor all my mere income/tips/skins went on travelling to see Hearts home/away Got the busses at St James Centre Went to Dumfries and Montrose and a few others which were unknown to me at the time ,, what an eye opener as a 14/15yr old Drink, cards, some naughty songs, even lifted once, only kicked out thankfully Ah oh to be a youth again and sadly most of the time Hearts were rotten, never put me off,, no sense of entitlement back then just the game and the next one to appear, even midweek at times Hopefully some others were with me in those days gone by You've almost written my own childhood. Used to do the milk,jump on the float after Saturday morning deliveries with some mates and get a free lift upto the Gorgie dairy,I remember there being horses there. Then blow my money on getting in,chippies etc. Started travelling with Dylan Hearts. Collecting my scratch cards from a bloke in the DooCot. Crazy trips away,best one,or craziest,was QoS. All the way home with half the windows missing from the bus,dishing out ice lollies from a liberated freezer. Nowadays I'd call us a bunch of thieving scruffy little *******s. We called ourselves "DRYLAW AND DISTRICT HEARTS SUPPORTERS CLUB, YA BASS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginger jambo98 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 8 hours ago, John Findlay said: I was on the SCAB Hearts bus that day. Used it get on it at Saunders street, Stockbridge. We took 3 SCAB buses that day, stopping at Monifeith for many beers on the way up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fxxx the SPFL Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Ballitojambo said: Great days, went with the Currie and Balerno from around 76 to 80, fantastic bus, full just about every game and this was when we were seriously crap, eventually moved on to the Tollcross , again great bunch, we used to get picked up at Haymarket, always a bunch of guys either waiting for their bus or hoping for space on one, the supporters clubs used to have player of the year parties and the players would actually pitch up, great memories of being drunk somewhere in town serenading Paddy Byrne who was our player of the year in 80 or 81, simpler times. i did CAB bus for a couple of years in the seventies even although i lived in Gorgie my mate from work Colin Campbell who lived in Currie went with them so i decided to travel with him and his mates. Another buddy at the work was involved with the Tollcross bus Davy Thompo Thompson i went with them a couple of times. great away days in the seventies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deans Jambo Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 10 hours ago, ginger jambo98 said: Loved the away days with the SCAB Hearts bus in the late 70s, then the Manor bus in the early 80s. Totally different to away days now. Used to be 30 odd buses even in the days when we were, frankly, sh1te ! Remember counting supporters buses after a Scottish Cup game at Partick (94, MoJo with the winner) and there was 50+. Crowd of nearly 10k so probably 7k Hearts. Would only see that number of buses at big cup semis or finals now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashimoto Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 The Mill bus.....lot's of characters on that one! Trip to Dundee, bus broke down on M90 just outside Halbeath. Pulled up outside some boozer whilst the driver waited on a mechanic to turn up. woman behind the bar eye's lit up as 30+ bevvy merchants walked in......she had to phone round for help that day! Onto the Dee club...and the legendary mince rolls.....A big ladle of mince on a floury bap.....What a tighter that was.....you could bevvy all day on that.... Sometimes the fitbaw was just a wee distraction from a great day out with the lads. A real jolly boy's outing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballitojambo Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, **** the SPFL said: i did CAB bus for a couple of years in the seventies even although i lived in Gorgie my mate from work Colin Campbell who lived in Currie went with them so i decided to travel with him and his mates. Another buddy at the work was involved with the Tollcross bus Davy Thompo Thompson i went with them a couple of times. great away days in the seventies. Most of the names are lost in the mist of time I'm afraid 😀we used to go to a pub in currie to get our scratch cards, remember getting Scotland England tickets through selling the cards, I do though remember Thompo, great character, he got us into and out of a few scrapes 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, ginger jambo98 said: We took 3 SCAB buses that day, stopping at Monifeith for many beers on the way up. Yes, i was only 15, but got my first ever drink of champers on the bus i was on, on the way back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Debut 4 said: Remember that game very well mate. I’d have to look back at the footage again to see the policeman break dancing😁I I accidentally lamped my wife with a flailing hand as we went berserk at the equaliser. In the mayhem everyone is grabbing anyone and while I’m celebrating with another Hearts fan, she’s got her head in her hands rubbing her face 😂. (She was fine, just moaned at me for not paying attention ,lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the general Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 10 hours ago, **** the SPFL said: lucky guy, another game down there midweek we drew 3-3 our bus broke down leaving palmerston ended up in a boozer called the hole in the wall until a replacement bus arrived after midnight Owned by a darts player iirc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the general Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Seymour M Hersh said: I don't think I used the Eastern Scottish buses much but one time springs to mind. Was a festive period trip across to Dunfermline. It was freezing cold and when we got there the game had been postponed. There would have been a massive, massive support that day as there were thousands milling around the ground and still loads of buses heading over the bridge as we went back to Edinburgh. If I remember rightly about three or four busloads (double deckers) arrived back at the same time and the fans on them almost all headed down to fester road. The Third Element game !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroondevo52 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Used to love going to the away games with Ardmillan Hearts, remember getting my dad to write a sick note for school to go to Burnley in the Texaco Cup. Playing 3 card brag on the back of the bus, remember coming back over the bridge with some of our windows caved in, baltic all the way home. Mind at Motherwell someone kicked the guy's tray up in the air with all the Macaroon Bars and Spearmint Chewing Gum. Great Times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 11 hours ago, haveyouheard1874 said: Was a kid, done the milk run and after my endeavor all my mere income/tips/skins went on travelling to see Hearts home/away Got the busses at St James Centre Went to Dumfries and Montrose and a few others which were unknown to me at the time ,, what an eye opener as a 14/15yr old Drink, cards, some naughty songs, even lifted once, only kicked out thankfully Ah oh to be a youth again and sadly most of the time Hearts were rotten, never put me off,, no sense of entitlement back then just the game and the next one to appear, even midweek at times Hopefully some others were with me in those days gone by Longstone , centurian and clermiston buses for me, great days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott herbertson Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Most of the posters on this thread seemed to have missed the point of the OP These were the non-supporters club buses run by Eastern Scottish from St James bus station. They were the cheap as chips option for those who couldn't afford to be in a supporters club or couldn't go away every week, couldn't afford the trains etc. As such they were a complete lottery. There were some terrific outings. There were running arguments with the drivers about toilet stops - cans being drunk up the back (strictly not allowed) or wee bottles. As 14/15 year olds we used to get bottles of Emva Cream sherry (60p) or Scotsmac (an evil drink made from whisky and some cheap liquer) under the jackets. The most memorable for me was a trip to Celtic Park in 1972 where Derek Renton scored a late equaliser (which me and my mates missed as we left early to avoid the inevitable trouble) We got back to the bus and the older folks and their kids were already there. The 16-20 year ods suddenly came running up the street followed by a baying mob. Our driver scarpered while stones and bottles rained on the bus, seats were taken up and the windows barricaded - the Celtic fans rocked the bus trying to turn it over and there was a bare nuckle and boots fight as they tried to get up the stairwell ( with golf balls and marbles getting chucked at them)and an offer under a waved hankerchief to come out for a 'square go' (with about 1000 of them, all men in their 20s or above, against about 15 of us). Ended up with a police escort back home in the freezing cold with no windows on the upper deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hearts Travel Club. No drink or songs. All very reserved. Got a free scarf and tie, and Hearty Harry done MOTM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the general Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I think part of the appeal as per Scott was that it was really cheap and direct where train was relatively expensive and might entail changes unless a football special. Another factor was a lot of the official supporters clubs required you to sell tote/pontoon tickets for cheap travel and for big games would be those members only. The buses themselves were old and it was a bit of a lottery if they would complete the journey. Loads of characters used to use them and the older guys were usually quick to share their bevvy and there were always a few guys who had been shoplifting selling their haul. John Menzies and MCColls being favourites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fxxx the SPFL Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Ballitojambo said: Most of the names are lost in the mist of time I'm afraid 😀we used to go to a pub in currie to get our scratch cards, remember getting Scotland England tickets through selling the cards, I do though remember Thompo, great character, he got us into and out of a few scrapes 😀 The pub in Currie was the Abbots Choice or as the locals called it The Nuns Bum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Used to love looking at For the Fans in the evening news and seeing all the buses leaving for a big away game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieboy Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 used to get the train from Carstairs to Haymarket for home games but loved getting the train to Glasgow Central and the Glasgow Hearts bus to the exotic away games 🙂 all the way home from Dumfries with a window missing 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 4 hours ago, Seymour M Hersh said: 😁👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bringitbak Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Thoroughly enjoyed reading majority of messages here. Takes me back. Centurion bus a Cple of times and mackenzies bus as well before getting the train for years. Absolute brilliant times, team was guff but the support back then was legendary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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