McToot Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Scotland 1 Finland 1 at Easter Road, pre World Cup 98 warm up, was 14 http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/international_fixture_details.cfm?page=1921&matchID=57893 My first game as well. I was 15. Tickets for kids were £3. It wasn't till Latvia game at the end of the WCQ'02 that I got hooked. Dread to think how much I've spent over the years. If I can make it to Georgia, that'll be my 100th game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 1982- Scotland v East Germany (try explaining that one to young folk nowadays!!) We won 2-0. I was 11 and my old boy took me along to Hampden, I can remember being so nervous going into the ground and being lifted up when we scored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Scotland 2 - Sweden 0 (1981) and I was 7. Boy behind me pished doon my leg, fag-burn on my jacket, crushed against the barrier - phuqqing magic. Those were the days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
they've_been_suckered Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Scotland 3-1 Faroes McCann, Dickov and McFadden (first goal he scored) Was 14yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YORKIE PAM Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 England 0 Scotland 1 23rd May 1981 John Robertson penalty 2 days before my 20th birthday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Did You see me? I waved but you were with your pals and ignored me ...... This was the start of the Accies/ Thistle hatefest ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 1973, Scotland 0 Brazil 1 ( Derek Johnstone Own Goal ) McCloy, Jardine, McGrain, Holton, Johnstone, Gray, Bremner, Morgan, Dalglish, Jordan and Parlane. 80,000 at Hampden, I was 8 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWM 71 not out. Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Scotland 2 Portugal 1 -13 October 1971 -Euro Championship qualifier at Hampden that was also Tommy Docherty's first game in charge. I was 12 years old and my Uncle David took me to the game. On 23 October I was back at Hampden - with my Aunt Joyce -to see PTFC beat Celtic 4-1 in the League Cup Final. Ten days that shaped my life. My old man wasn't into football - he was a country and western music fan and in 1972 my Mum wouldn't let me go to the Scotland-Northern Ireland game as she was worried that the IRA might target Hampden! Nae wonder I've got issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Scotland 2 Portugal 1 -13 October 1971 -Euro Championship qualifier at Hampden that was also Tommy Docherty's first game in charge. I was 12 years old and my Uncle David took me to the game. On 23 October I was back at Hampden - with my Aunt Joyce -to see PTFC beat Celtic 4-1 in the League Cup Final. Ten days that shaped my life. My old man wasn't into football - he was a country and western music fan and in 1972 my Mum wouldn't let me go to the Scotland-Northern Ireland game as she was worried that the IRA might target Hampden! Nae wonder I've got issues. Yeah, Partick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee- Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Scotland 1=0 Italy. 1965? Aged 8. Downhill ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham of Montrose Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Scotland 2 England 1, 1976. Thank you Ray Clemence. I was 13 years old and got separated from my mates. Absolutely bricking it but thankfully, somehow found our bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo `81 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Anyone else looking through this and discovering a lot of people are a lot older / younger than they'd imagined ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelbo009 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Scotland 0-2 Australia in November 2000; Brett Emerton & David Zdrilic scored for the Aussies. I was 19, so a late starter. Game was dreadful, and we had Jonathan Gould in goal FFS. God alone knows how or why I got hooked after that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slide tackle Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Scotland 0-0 Norway 2008, was 9 at the time and still dont know how iwelemo missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doakes Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Scotland 2 Austria 0 @ Celtic Park. October 1998 Kevin Gallagher, what a player he was. The noise when the goals went in Just before my 10th birthday. That was my present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeman Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Scotland 0 - 1 Denmark. 21st Aug 2002. Was 15 and went with the school. Berti's first home game in charge. Star striker Kevin Kyle up front. Was genuinely gutted and from that moment on was hooked because I wanted to have that buzz of seeing Scotland score a goal in a big game that really mattered. So far only really created when Barry Ferguson equalised against Italy and when Shaun Maloney scored against Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagtag Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Scotland 2 Austria 0 @ Celtic Park. October 1998 Kevin Gallagher, what a player he was. The noise when the goals went in Just before my 10th birthday. That was my present. April 2nd 97 it was. I came up for the double header. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doakes Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 April 2nd 97 it was. I came up for the double header. You're right. Remember standing on the seat and falling off as Gallagher's goal went in. Latvia game was the one near my birthday, we also won 2-0. Gallagher was my hero as a child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 You're right. Remember standing on the seat and falling off as Gallagher's goal went in. Latvia game was the one near my birthday, we also won 2-0. Gallagher was my hero as a child IIRC the Latvia game was the weekend of a School holiday, and the game was originally suppose to be at Easter Road.... Tickets were going to be worth their weight in gold, so my dad decided it was better to take the whole family down to Center Parcs near Nottingham. Game got switched to Celtic Park, and me and my dad drove back up the road early on the Saturday, and back down to Nottingham after the game to spend the rest of our holiday with my mum and brothers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doakes Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 IIRC the Latvia game was the weekend of a School holiday, and the game was originally suppose to be at Easter Road.... Tickets were going to be worth their weight in gold, so my dad decided it was better to take the whole family down to Center Parcs near Nottingham. Game got switched to Celtic Park, and me and my dad drove back up the road early on the Saturday, and back down to Nottingham after the game to spend the rest of our holiday with my mum and brothers That is dedication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Scotland 0-0 Norway 2008, was 9 at the time and still dont know how iwelemo missed I feel old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geed Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) 11th October 2003 Scotland 1 Lithuania 0 - Darren Fletcher with winner take us to play off against Dutch Age - 22 Only missed 1 home qualifier since the 6-1 win against Faroes at Parkhead due to my mates wedding that day Edited April 15, 2015 by Geed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Sunnylaw Jag Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Anyone else looking through this and discovering a lot of people are a lot older / younger than they'd imagined ? Yeah cos nobody lies on the internet. Edited April 15, 2015 by the Sunnylaw Jag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldo Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Malta at Ibrox 1993, aged 8. Went with the BBs, 3-0, McCoist double and Pat Nevin. Edited April 15, 2015 by Coldo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girvanTA Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 My first game also. Played boys club for Doon boys v Abbey Thisle that day then back to bellsbank for the bus to Celtic Park. Remember it like it was yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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