Dazo Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 We should definitely demand the west stand despite it being the worst stand for us in this game. Forget such nonsense as getting their coming from the east or parking etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Does it matter? Even if it did there's no danger of us being anywhere other than east. Like the Princess Kate photo "scandal", I don't see what the fuss is all about. Just bloody beat Rangers at Hampden for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fila Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Not happening but lets get a 50/50 split Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PH Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 6 hours ago, Geoff Kilpatrick said: We've not won that much from the west either. Well that's just wrong. We've won plenty of games when being housed in the West Stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One five Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 21 minutes ago, martoon said: Does it matter? Even if it did there's no danger of us being anywhere other than east. Like the Princess Kate photo "scandal", I don't see what the fuss is all about. Just bloody beat Rangers at Hampden for once. This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 2 hours ago, Thought Police said: We’re coming from the East. Most of us are, and so are most of them, in relation to the ground. Edited March 12 by H2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboozy Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 8 hours ago, Doc Rob said: The fact that our actual national stadium has a ‘Rangers end’ and a ‘Celtic end’ tells you everything you need to know about Scottish football. This is true, unfortunately. To the OP, it might be easier to take a throne down to the sea shore and command the tide doesn’t come in. Ra Gers will get their way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. However, the question has to be asked. How neutral is Hampden Park? Where else at a neutral venue would you get the situation where if Two certain teams play there, they always get the same end of the ground, and the same dressing room? This logistics nonsense, is just that nonsense. The proof of this being that if we have to play Celtic at Hampden, we always get the West end of the ground, why? We are still travelling from Edinburgh(the vast majority of us), to play a team from Glasgow. There is nowt neutral about Hampden Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japan Jambo Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Just now, John Findlay said: At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. However, the question has to be asked. How neutral is Hampden Park? Where else at a neutral venue would you get the situation where if Two certain teams play there, they always get the same end of the ground, and the same dressing room? This logistics nonsense, is just that nonsense. The proof of this being that if we have to play Celtic at Hampden, we always get the West end of the ground, why? We are still travelling from Edinburgh(the vast majority of us), to play a team from Glasgow. There is nowt neutral about Hampden Park. Ach well, maybe we'll get a ref who isn't from the Greater Glasgow area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Berry Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 11 hours ago, MR INCREDIBLE said: Come on board !!! Ask the question!! Grow a set ! 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 Does it matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Sir PH said: Well that's just wrong. We've won plenty of games when being housed in the West Stand. And lost far more than we've won Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddiepolio3 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 We've never beaten rangers at hampden so what difference does it make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisyboy7 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 11 hours ago, ehcaley said: And they will get more than half the tickets😉 We couldn't sell 16k last time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PH Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 39 minutes ago, chrisyboy7 said: We couldn't sell 16k last time League Cup is nowhere near as prestigious as the Scottish Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannymack Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 9 hours ago, Geoff Kilpatrick said: We've not won that much from the west either. Apart from Morton and Dumbarton, in my time Dundee Utd, Aberdeen, Hibs, Gretna*, Celtic, Hibs, Inverness Caledonian Thistle** and Hibs. * A section and a half of the East Stand if memory serves me correctly. ** A couple of blocks within 1 section if memory serves me correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannymack Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 5 hours ago, been here before said: Aye, thats it, thats why we seldom win at Hampden, the choice of ends. Come on board !!! Ask the question!! Grow a set ! It's the players on the park that counts but in some fans minds superstition creeps in to play around. Dundee United and Hibs have had their hoodoo's. Superstition on who gets the home dressing room or who's drawn out the hat first to get it plays its part... story goes that Matty Chalmers drove through to Hampden very early in 1956 and had the Hearts kit hampers stashed up at the front door insisting he gets in with them to claim the home dressing gown room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 12 hours ago, Saint Jambo said: If it was all to do with policing then when a team from the East played a team from the West you would always expect the team from the East to be in the East Stand. In effect their would be an Old Firm end at Hampden not a Celtic end and a Rangers end, except when they played each other. And the Old Firm would be put in the East Stand if playing Kilmarnock at Hampden. The fact that there is a Rangers end and a Celtic end regardless of who they play shows it isn't a policing decision at all. Correct. we moan about how unfair Scottish football is and then roll over very time without even questioning things that are only set in stone to appease the gruesome twosome. If you don't ask you don't get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannymack Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 hours ago, ollie2004 said: Beat Kilmarnock in Wee Cup Final in 1962 Queens Park 1982-83 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_3892 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Makes 0 difference what end the fans are in. It’s another football pitch and the players should focus on their performance on that pitch and put up a fight against rangers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannymack Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Geoff Kilpatrick said: And lost far more than we've won Need someone to confirm where the Hearts fans were for the 1970s Cup defeats for Dundee Utd & Rangers x 2 but in my time... Aberdeen, Celtic, Airdrie x2 & Celtic x2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 21 minutes ago, nick_3892 said: Makes 0 difference what end the fans are in. It’s another football pitch and the players should focus on their performance on that pitch and put up a fight against rangers. Correct the grounds ends are the same, unlike auld hampden where you had the covered end and the other end was open to the elements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaShango Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Lets hope for a decent kick off time, none of this 5.30 nonsense on a Sunday night, will impact the Hearts crowd 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Would much rather we insist on getting half of the North Stand instead of the South, assuming we don't get a 50/50 split Fans can generate more noise and influence from the North Stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Just get the finger out on the pitch. That’s all that matters to me. If people are bothered about hoodoos or superstition, let’s bust them in the semi final! The players need to have the hunger and baws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder and Lightning Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 13 hours ago, been here before said: Get tae **** with your common sense contribution. The sad thing is that no matter how many times its explained to them they still dont understand. Grow a set Hearts Demand the West Stand Make a trip to the biggest shit hole in the country even more of a pain in the arse. Come on man, it's clearly the reason we fail to win there. The players are put off by the fans not being in the stand they want!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Panzee Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 14 hours ago, Chong said: Don't care where I sit lids, it's high time we done these muppets there. very south african there Chong. come you Jimbo's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corstorphine Jambo Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Can’t honestly say I’m that bothered which end but it’s interesting that when we play Hibs at Hampden we’re always in the west stand and they are in the east. I assume they just go with some kind of precedent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 50/50 more important. Hampden needs flattened and re-landscaped, which might remove the need for ends to suit a team's location and instead be based on the draw. I hate going to Hampden, just such a shite experience besides what happens on the pitch, that's feeling more and more dated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 hours ago, Corstorphine Jambo said: Can’t honestly say I’m that bothered which end but it’s interesting that when we play Hibs at Hampden we’re always in the west stand and they are in the east. I assume they just go with some kind of precedent? Yip. Not a Rrangers end and Celtic end. It's a Proddy end and a cafflick end If both Dundee clubs meet a semi. Dundee get the west stand. Prove me wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDJ87 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 10 minutes ago, kila said: 50/50 more important. Hampden needs flattened and re-landscaped, which might remove the need for ends to suit a team's location and instead be based on the draw. I hate going to Hampden, just such a shite experience besides what happens on the pitch, that's feeling more and more dated. It needs sold to land developers and the national stadium relocated i.e Stirling Fantasy on my part, I know. Agree 100% on going there, it's horrible. I'm sure someone posted a pic of all the UK national football stadiums and the difference is just sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDJ87 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 18 hours ago, Chong said: Don't care where I sit lids, it's high time we done these muppets there. Have a Word? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboozy Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 7 hours ago, Eddiepolio3 said: We've never beaten rangers at hampden so what difference does it make? This time is going to be a first for us Eddie.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chong Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 14 hours ago, WDJ87 said: Have a Word? If ye know, ye know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Have the board come on yet??? Have they asked the question?? Have they grown a set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4marsbars Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 There's an important issue: a 50:50 split. And there's a nothing issue: who gets the West stand (who cares?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDJ87 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, Chong said: If ye know, ye know 😝👌 Patreon subscriber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Beni of Gorgie Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Getting the West actually demonstrates neutrality more than having to return/pay for 7000 tickets, we wont sell. However entering from the East, logic does really suggest the East Stand is a better place to put us, this of course falls down when you play Celtic and get sent to the West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Ask for a coin toss for ends and a 50/50 split. If they say no, then refuse all tickets…put it out there in the media that we’re not prepared to accept this blatant bias towards the OF going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PH Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 7 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Ask for a coin toss for ends and a 50/50 split. If they say no, then refuse all tickets…put it out there in the media that we’re not prepared to accept this blatant bias towards the OF going forward. Bias? Does it give them an advantage on the field of play? Are both ends not the exact same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 4 minutes ago, Sir PH said: Bias? Does it give them an advantage on the field of play? Are both ends not the exact same? Where did I say/insinuate it gives an advantage on the field of play🤣….and No, they’re not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumjambo Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Lets get the far important stuff done and organised - Collum for our game and Beaton for the Celtic game and they can cheat us and Aberdeen to the final - Simples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PH Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 minute ago, luckyBatistuta said: Where did I say/insinuate it gives an advantage on the field of play🤣….and No, they’re not Well that's all that matters. They receive zero sporting advantage, so it's not worth the pant pishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter McGavin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Isn’t there better (and more) pubs on the East side anyway? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontkillbill Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 10 minutes ago, Sir PH said: Bias? Does it give them an advantage on the field of play? Are both ends not the exact same? Dunno - there was no brown sauce at the kiosk at the Celtic end for the League Cup Semi. Never had that issue in the Rangers end 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4nny_ Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 18 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Ask for a coin toss for ends and a 50/50 split. If they say no, then refuse all tickets…put it out there in the media that we’re not prepared to accept this blatant bias towards the OF going forward. Refuse all tickets then they just sell the whole ground out to Rangers? No thanks! Get the sentiment though. We were always going to be playing the preferential brothers. Imagine having their own end at a Neutral ground. Embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Just now, Sir PH said: Well that's all that matters. They receive zero sporting advantage, so it's not worth the pant pishing. They should just give us a section behind the goals at one end, you wouldn’t have a problem having less tickets and a shit view, because zero sporting advantage matters. I take it you’ve heard the term ‘home advantage’, part of that comes down to having more fans, but you don’t seem to have a problem with not being given a chance to have a fair split, seeing as you didn’t even bother addressing that part of my post. I’m away to pop my pants in the washing machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chong Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 37 minutes ago, WDJ87 said: 😝👌 Patreon subscriber 😂 same bro ✌ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 9 minutes ago, D4nny_ said: Refuse all tickets then they just sell the whole ground out to Rangers? No thanks! Get the sentiment though. We were always going to be playing the preferential brothers. Imagine having their own end at a Neutral ground. Embarrassing. You do realise I wasn’t being entirely serious. That would never ever happen in the real world, was just venting. Just grates me that which end we get is all about them and the fact they don’t give us a fair opportunity at selling half the stadium to Hearts supporters. It’s all about the OF as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PH Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 12 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: They should just give us a section behind the goals at one end, you wouldn’t have a problem having less tickets and a shit view, because zero sporting advantage matters. I take it you’ve heard the term ‘home advantage’, part of that comes down to having more fans, but you don’t seem to have a problem with not being given a chance to have a fair split, seeing as you didn’t even bother addressing that part of my post. I’m away to pop my pants in the washing machine. What on earth are you talking about? At no point have I said we shouldn't be given an equal share, of course we should. My point was about the crying over what end of Hampden we get. It doesn't matter a jot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boag1874 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 On 11/03/2024 at 23:09, Geoff Kilpatrick said: I actually disagree. The police are used to the movements of their fans towards the stadium when they play so they set up accordingly. Plus most fans of clubs drink elsewhere rather than the vicinity of Hampden. Yeah, as annoying as it is they’ll give Rangers the end closest to their boozers and Celtic the end closest to theirs. When we played Celtic at Murrayfield we had the end that’s easiest to get to from Gorgie for the same reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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