alfaetrin Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Okay, so if / when I arrive at the gate of the Norway home end wearing kilt and full Scotland gear, will I be turned away? Or would it be advisable to wear neutral clothing? Had both positive and negative experiences before in this scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 1 hour ago, alfaetrin said: Okay, so if / when I arrive at the gate of the Norway home end wearing kilt and full Scotland gear, will I be turned away? Or would it be advisable to wear neutral clothing? Had both positive and negative experiences before in this scenario. Home ends with kilt - France 2007, Moldova 2021, Ukraine 2022. Home end without a kilt - Macedonia 2008 I’m going to say we’ll be fine in Norway. (Famous last words). J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4Footsoldier Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 On 4/28/2023 at 12:19 AM, alfaetrin said: Okay, so if / when I arrive at the gate of the Norway home end wearing kilt and full Scotland gear, will I be turned away? Or would it be advisable to wear neutral clothing? Had both positive and negative experiences before in this scenario. Were you turned away for having Scotland stuff going into the home end before? Don't think I've heard of any specific examples personally but I've only done it myself a couple of times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfaetrin Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 9 hours ago, N4Footsoldier said: Were you turned away for having Scotland stuff going into the home end before? Don't think I've heard of any specific examples personally but I've only done it myself a couple of times I know that Scotland fans were refused entry in Macedonia to the home end in 2008, but I wasn't at that one (perhaps fortunately!). I agree that, in general, fans wearing kilts are usually okay, but I guess we shouldn't take things for granted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLOSTA Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Macedonia 2008 was odd all round.. I went through at least a dozen security checks to get in the away end, yet others in our group with home end tickets got in the away end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy_1967 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 (edited) This seems to be a (fair & understandable) concern before every trip & for pretty much every trip there's no issues - but for what it's worth, a couple of mates were in the home end for the 2009 4-0 defeat in full regalia & had absolutely no problems. The approach might have changed since then right enough, but given there's going to be a good thousand Scotland fans in the home end in sections 109 & the tier above the away end, I'm not sure there's been anything so far to suggest that there'll be any problems. Also, it's worth highlighting that - as far as I know - one of the reasons for extra tickets going on sale was because the match was designated as low risk meaning there wasn't any need for a big gap between home & away fans. If that's true, then it would suggest there's unlikely to then be huge issues with Scotland fans in the home end at a match they already consider perfectly safe. Edited May 24 by Easy_1967 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 On 5/24/2023 at 8:36 AM, Easy_1967 said: This seems to be a (fair & understandable) concern before every trip & for pretty much every trip there's no issues - but for what it's worth, a couple of mates were in the home end for the 2009 4-0 defeat in full regalia & had absolutely no problems. The approach might have changed since then right enough, but given there's going to be a good thousand Scotland fans in the home end in sections 109 & the tier above the away end, I'm not sure there's been anything so far to suggest that there'll be any problems. Also, it's worth highlighting that - as far as I know - one of the reasons for extra tickets going on sale was because the match was designated as low risk meaning there wasn't any need for a big gap between home & away fans. If that's true, then it would suggest there's unlikely to then be huge issues with Scotland fans in the home end at a match they already consider perfectly safe. You’ve convinced me. It’s only 17 minutes on the team to my hotel. I’ll aim to get there early and if there’s any dramas, quick tram back get changed into civvies and try again. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy_1967 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 21 hours ago, Bristolhibby said: You’ve convinced me. It’s only 17 minutes on the team to my hotel. I’ll aim to get there early and if there’s any dramas, quick tram back get changed into civvies and try again. J Maybe I'm just a glass half full kind of guy but in 20 years of away games, I've only ever heard of Macedonia being an issue - so I'd just tend to go into any trip assuming it'll all be fine until told otherwise. 😂 That said, this is unfortunately only my 3rd home end stint in that time (after Moldova & Ukraine recently too) so I'll likely take the back up civvies gear too just in the case of an emergency... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted Saturday at 09:10 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:10 PM 11 hours ago, Easy_1967 said: Maybe I'm just a glass half full kind of guy but in 20 years of away games, I've only ever heard of Macedonia being an issue - so I'd just tend to go into any trip assuming it'll all be fine until told otherwise. 😂 That said, this is unfortunately only my 3rd home end stint in that time (after Moldova & Ukraine recently too) so I'll likely take the back up civvies gear too just in the case of an emergency... I normally stick shorts / jeans on the day after anyway and stick the kilt in the bag. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slide tackle Posted Wednesday at 01:14 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 01:14 PM Simple solution just wear jeans or shorts and you will be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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