Scottish football

[larbert toffee]

Don't be taking it out on me, that poor old Morton are struggling at the bottom end of the scottish championship.Players come and go, and managers come and go.But Greenock Morton will always and forever stay the same, and that's a tinpot joke of a football club.

That's a new low, Big bully Rangers supporter with zero games in his portfolio picks on lowly Morton supporter with 1500 games in his arse pocket, hang your head in shame, seriously.
Morton, one of the oldest, most respected clubs in Scotland, without the likes of them and all the other small clubs in Scotland there is no Celtic or Rangers.

I seriously salute all the guys who are going to spend their hard earned cash going up and down the country watching their local clubs, today of all days as the weather up here is atrocious.

If you don't care what people think of you keep posting the likes of this tosh, if you want your posts to be taken seriously take a long, hard look at yourself.

 

[centralTon]

That's a new low, Big bully Rangers supporter with zero games in his portfolio picks on lowly Morton supporter with 1500 games in his arse pocket, hang your head in shame, seriously.
Morton, one of the oldest, most respected clubs in Scotland, without the likes of them and all the other small clubs in Scotland there is no Celtic or Rangers.

I seriously salute all the guys who are going to spend their hard earned cash going up and down the country watching their local clubs, today of all days as the weather up here is atrocious.

If you don't care what people think of you keep posting the likes of this tosh, if you want your posts to be taken seriously take a long, hard look at yourself.

Nail. Head. Hit.

It's easy to sit in the comfort of your own home or the pub watching games, but actually going, the atmosphere, the banter, the highs and lows, meeting mates, a few beers and financially supporting your team are what it's all about for me.

The group of guys who regularly post on here know what it's all about. It would be easy for ANYONE in Scotland to follow either of the Old Firm, there are buses that leave from almost every town/region up here and Glasgow is easily accessible from anywhere, but fortunately, not all of us think that way. On the odd occasion that the "Diddy" teams roll up to Ibrox or Celtic Park and dare to beat them on their own patch makes every other occasion pale into insignificance.

I watched Morton slide down to the 4th tier of Scottish football, but never once thought about chucking it to become a glory hunter and in fact, it actually made me appreciate the hard core of supporters that we have.

Still not sure if our game is on today, weather horrible, but if it is, we'll be there.

Mon E 'Ton!

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Nail. Head. Hit.

It's easy to sit in the comfort of your own home or the pub watching games, but actually going, the atmosphere, the banter, the highs and lows, meeting mates, a few beers and financially supporting your team are what it's all about for me.

The group of guys who regularly post on here know what it's all about. It would be easy for ANYONE in Scotland to follow either of the Old Firm, there are buses that leave from almost every town/region up here and Glasgow is easily accessible from anywhere, but fortunately, not all of us think that way. On the odd occasion that the "Diddy" teams roll up to Ibrox or Celtic Park and dare to beat them on their own patch makes every other occasion pale into insignificance.

I watched Morton slide down to the 4th tier of Scottish football, but never once thought about chucking it to become a glory hunter and in fact, it actually made me appreciate the hard core of supporters that we have.

Still not sure if our game is on today, weather horrible, but if it is, we'll be there.

Mon E 'Ton!

Aye....

But who's yer big team?

 

[gonetomorrow]

Nail. Head. Hit.

It's easy to sit in the comfort of your own home or the pub watching games, but actually going, the atmosphere, the banter, the highs and lows, meeting mates, a few beers and financially supporting your team are what it's all about for me.

The group of guys who regularly post on here know what it's all about. It would be easy for ANYONE in Scotland to follow either of the Old Firm, there are buses that leave from almost every town/region up here and Glasgow is easily accessible from anywhere, but fortunately, not all of us think that way. On the odd occasion that the "Diddy" teams roll up to Ibrox or Celtic Park and dare to beat them on their own patch makes every other occasion pale into insignificance.

I watched Morton slide down to the 4th tier of Scottish football, but never once thought about chucking it to become a glory hunter and in fact, it actually made me appreciate the hard core of supporters that we have.

Still not sure if our game is on today, weather horrible, but if it is, we'll be there.

Mon E 'Ton!

I'm starting to mist up here.

 

[centralTon]

Aye....

But who's yer big team?

Aye, there's always that old chestnut.

I'm sure I told the story on here about the day me and my son were heading home after playing Hibs. We went for a pint in Glasgow and were confronted by 2 Rangers fans in the pub. They started off chatty enough, but it soon became clear that they were looking for trouble.

"Where yous been today lads?"
"Morton v Hibs game"
"Yous Hibs fans?"
"Morton"
"Aye,right"
I pull 2 Morton season tickets from my pocket, "Morton fans"
"So you've got pals that are Morton season ticket holders?"
"Naw, we're Morton season ticket holders"
"Ok, Rangers or Celtic?"
"Morton"
"OK, Proddy or Kaflik?"
"Atheist"
"Proddy atheist or Kaflik atheist?"
"What school did you go to?", this is particularly relevant in Scotland as a means of deducing religious preference
"Ah! that old chestnut" as I've stated above, "Why the **** would you need to know that?"
"Jist askin mate"
This line of questioning went on for a few more mins, each heavily loaded question more stupid than the previous one until we just left them to try their luck with someone else in the pub. Unfortunately it is symptomatic of life in Scotland, though thankfully, it's mostly confined to Old Firm, if only @Cork Evertonian knew the realities...Ach! best just leave him to his own devices.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Aye, there's always that old chestnut.

I'm sure I told the story on here about the day me and my son were heading home after playing Hibs. We went for a pint in Glasgow and were confronted by 2 Rangers fans in the pub. They started off chatty enough, but it soon became clear that they were looking for trouble.

"Where yous been today lads?"
"Morton v Hibs game"
"Yous Hibs fans?"
"Morton"
"Aye,right"
I pull 2 Morton season tickets from my pocket, "Morton fans"
"So you've got pals that are Morton season ticket holders?"
"Naw, we're Morton season ticket holders"
"Ok, Rangers or Celtic?"
"Morton"
"OK, Proddy or Kaflik?"
"Atheist"
"Proddy atheist or Kaflik atheist?"
"What school did you go to?", this is particularly relevant in Scotland as a means of deducing religious preference
"Ah! that old chestnut" as I've stated above, "Why the **** would you need to know that?"
"Jist askin mate"
This line of questioning went on for a few more mins, each heavily loaded question more stupid than the previous one until we just left them to try their luck with someone else in the pub. Unfortunately it is symptomatic of life in Scotland, though thankfully, it's mostly confined to Old Firm, if only @Cork Evertonian knew the realities...Ach! best just leave him to his own devices.

Being as I'm English the rangers lot always just decided I was on their side.

That said, I've a mate in Edinburgh who splits his allegiance between rangers and hibs. Odd one.

 

[centralTon]

Being as I'm English the rangers lot always just decided I was on their side.

That said, I've a mate in Edinburgh who splits his allegiance between rangers and hibs. Odd one.

That is odd.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Aye, there's always that old chestnut.

I'm sure I told the story on here about the day me and my son were heading home after playing Hibs. We went for a pint in Glasgow and were confronted by 2 Rangers fans in the pub. They started off chatty enough, but it soon became clear that they were looking for trouble.

"Where yous been today lads?"
"Morton v Hibs game"
"Yous Hibs fans?"
"Morton"
"Aye,right"
I pull 2 Morton season tickets from my pocket, "Morton fans"
"So you've got pals that are Morton season ticket holders?"
"Naw, we're Morton season ticket holders"
"Ok, Rangers or Celtic?"
"Morton"
"OK, Proddy or Kaflik?"
"Atheist"
"Proddy atheist or Kaflik atheist?"
"What school did you go to?", this is particularly relevant in Scotland as a means of deducing religious preference
"Ah! that old chestnut" as I've stated above, "Why the **** would you need to know that?"
"Jist askin mate"
This line of questioning went on for a few more mins, each heavily loaded question more stupid than the previous one until we just left them to try their luck with someone else in the pub. Unfortunately it is symptomatic of life in Scotland, though thankfully, it's mostly confined to Old Firm, if only @Cork Evertonian knew the realities...Ach! best just leave him to his own devices.

That sort of exchange was commonplace in the 70s/80s. You really had to account for yourself, especially in Glasgow.
And yet it was a golden era for Scottish football. What fun we had in the standing enclosure at Easter Road. The 'wag on the terrace' meant something different then!
St Johnstone had a leftback called Willie Coburn, who would be described in programme notes as "tough in the tackle". When he stooped to collect a ball near to the North Enclosure a man in shirt, tie and raincoat shouted "Hey Coburn! Yu've a face only a mother could love!"

 

[larbert toffee]

Aye, there's always that old chestnut.

I'm sure I told the story on here about the day me and my son were heading home after playing Hibs. We went for a pint in Glasgow and were confronted by 2 Rangers fans in the pub. They started off chatty enough, but it soon became clear that they were looking for trouble.

"Where yous been today lads?"
"Morton v Hibs game"
"Yous Hibs fans?"
"Morton"
"Aye,right"
I pull 2 Morton season tickets from my pocket, "Morton fans"
"So you've got pals that are Morton season ticket holders?"
"Naw, we're Morton season ticket holders"
"Ok, Rangers or Celtic?"
"Morton"
"OK, Proddy or Kaflik?"
"Atheist"
"Proddy atheist or Kaflik atheist?"
"What school did you go to?", this is particularly relevant in Scotland as a means of deducing religious preference
"Ah! that old chestnut" as I've stated above, "Why the **** would you need to know that?"
"Jist askin mate"
This line of questioning went on for a few more mins, each heavily loaded question more stupid than the previous one until we just left them to try their luck with someone else in the pub. Unfortunately it is symptomatic of life in Scotland, though thankfully, it's mostly confined to Old Firm, if only @Cork Evertonian knew the realities...Ach! best just leave him to his own devices.

 

[The Celtic View]

That sort of exchange was commonplace in the 70s/80s. You really had to account for yourself, especially in Glasgow.
And yet it was a golden era for Scottish football. What fun we had in the standing enclosure at Easter Road. The 'wag on the terrace' meant something different then!
St Johnstone had a leftback called Willie Coburn, who would be described in programme notes as "tough in the tackle". When he stooped to collect a ball near to the North Enclosure a man in shirt, tie and raincoat shouted "Hey Coburn! Yu've a face only a mother could love!"

Neil McCann came from a big Celtic supporting family, I think from around the Greenock area. I know one of his brothers was a drug dealer, but I saw a post on a Celtic supporters forum that's said he was playing for Rangers against Celtic one day, and he went to collect the ball to take a throw in, a Celtic fan shouted "Haw, McCann. Your maw has got thee sons. Two of them are junkies, but you're the only one she's ashamed of"

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Neil McCann came from a big Celtic supporting family, I think from around the Greenock area. I know one of his brothers was a drug dealer, but I saw a post on a Celtic supporters forum that's said he was playing for Rangers against Celtic one day, and he went to collect the ball to take a throw in, a Celtic fan shouted "Haw, McCann. Your maw has got thee sons. Two of them are junkies, but you're the only one she's ashamed of"

That was kind.

 

[centralTon]

Morton 3 v 2 Dunfermline

Fantastic performance after a shaky start saw the ‘Ton take all 3 points in monsoon like conditions. After the Pars had taken the lead, an unfortunate injury to midfielder Midge Millar led to Tumilty coming on and Jacobs being moved from right back to his traditional midfield role. This proved more than effective as he scored 2 of the 3 goals and had an all round fine performance. The other came from the head of team captain McAllister. Dunfermline’s last min goal was no more than a consolation, even tho’ it was the goal of the game.
Totally worth the 3 hour round trip in awful conditions. Looking forward to the trip to St. Johnstone in the Scottish Cup next week.

 

[The Celtic View]

That was kind.

Yes. Sometimes football fans can be a tad brusque with their comments.

I don't know if his brothers are really drug addicts, or even if he has two brothers. All I know is it was reported in the newspapers up here that one of his brothers sold drugs.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Morton 3 v 2 Dunfermline

Fantastic performance after a shaky start saw the ‘Ton take all 3 points in monsoon like conditions. After the Pars had taken the lead, an unfortunate injury to midfielder Midge Millar led to Tumilty coming on and Jacobs being moved from right back to his traditional midfield role. This proved more than effective as he scored 2 of the 3 goals and had an all round fine performance. The other came from the head of team captain McAllister. Dunfermline’s last min goal was no more than a consolation, even tho’ it was the goal of the game.
Totally worth the 3 hour round trip in awful conditions. Looking forward to the trip to St. Johnstone in the Scottish Cup next week.

A good report. I'm reminded of Bob Crampsey who used to say "Grey skies mirrored the play on the park" or some such! Not in this case though.

 

[centralTon]

A good report. I'm reminded of Bob Crampsey who used to say "Grey skies mirrored the play on the park" or some such! Not in this case though.

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