John_B81 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Remember it like yesterday Went with my Grandfather after we both had been able to get tickets. Remember we got the bus up to the stadium about 6 hours before kick off, and though it was very busy, I found the pre-match atmosphere to be pretty dead as we just walked around the World Cup village all day before the gates opened (we thought it was wise to get there early and avoid all the party in the city). Recall there was a 10 foot high steel fence right around the stadium and Scots were trying there luck to get in.... saw one boy manage to scale it, ran towards us and screamed "quick, give me your cap so the police can not find me" and then just ran into a large crowd (always wondered if that guy ever did see the game ). We were seated right up in the heavens, but still a cracking view..... game seemed to start and end in minutes, yet John Collins took what felt like a life time to take his penalty and for it to hit the back of the net. After the game we were making our way back to the bus and the heavens opened with a monsoon (weather had been cracking all day) so we just ran into one of the little food stall tents to get out of the rain. Just hope I do not need to be the same age my Grandfather was before seeing Scotland at a World Cup again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_B81 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 I was only 17 at the time and was watching at home but the whole build up to the event was amazing. Can't believe that was the last time we were at a major finals. Hopefully we'll be back in France this time next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 :-) - we were there for 22 nights - even had Marseille booked and we stayed there 3 nights pity we didnt know there was plenty Norway-Italy tickets around or we would have went to that match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 We got the afternoon off school. Remember running home and then going to my mates to watch the game. My earliest memory of watching a Scotland game on TV and at least a good indication of the heartache that goes with it, if not the setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Rampant Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 We got the afternoon off school. Remember running home and then going to my mates to watch the game. My earliest memory of watching a Scotland game on TV and at least a good indication of the heartache that goes with it, if not the setting. My earliest memory of watching Scotland on TV was against Costa Rica in 1990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 We only had tickets for Norway so chose to stay at home for this one. Watched it in the Tartan Tent on Glasgow Green, the atmosphere was amazing, nearly greetin' at the anthems, pints all over the shop when we scored. But of course the oh so familiar disappointment at the end. The factory I worked in gave everyone the afternoon off to watch the game. The advantage of having a fitba mad boss I mind seeing a photo of the Kingston Bridge at 5pm, there was one car on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrystarfish Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Interesting that exactly 1 year from now Euro 2016 starts, also in France. The French must have a thing about starting tournaments on 10th June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 We got the afternoon off school. Remember running home and then going to my mates to watch the game. My earliest memory of watching a Scotland game on TV and at least a good indication of the heartache that goes with it, if not the setting. More or less the same except I wore my top to school and watched in my own house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toll Bridge TA Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) I remember it like it was yesterday. Only 11 at the time. Had our High School visit that day and remember us all sprinting home. Flags out etc. Went over with the family to St.Ettiene for the last game across against Morocco. Just remember thinking "I can't wait until I'm old enough to go following scotland at tournaments myself". Would never have believed that we would miss out on every single tournament since then, and that I would go though my whole teenage years and twenties without getting the chance. Hoping and praying for next year. This has to be our time again. Edited June 10, 2015 by Toll Bridge TA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotts56 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Can't believe that was 17 years ago. Felt very very lucky to be in Paris and to have tickets for the game. However my missus constantly goes on about what it was like back in Scotland the day of the Brazil game, everywhere closing early to go home and watch the game, flags hanging out of windows everywhere, shops giving out free Irn Bru and shortbread ... in a way I feel as though I missed out on that, as I just cant imagine what it would be like seeing the whole country getting behind us. Still a great day, and we walked out of the stadium (in a monsoon) have done ourselves proud and not fearing Norway or Morocco at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Funny, I just applied for my EURO 2016 tickets this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblet Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 :-) - we were there for 22 nights - even had Marseille booked and we stayed there 3 nights pity we didnt know there was plenty Norway-Italy tickets around or we would have went to that match Remember singing in St Ettiene the night before our Morocco game "Scotland's going to Marseille, Englands going to Calais... " (Romania had just beaten England in front of 10k Scots fans watching on a big screen in the town centre.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ak91 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 This game was my earliest memory of watching scotland playing. I was in primary 3 and remember being on a school trip to blacks haw farm earlier that day. I then got picked up and taken to my grandas to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 In preparation for a potential house move, I was having a clear out recently and discovered the VIDEO of the match.Des Lynam opens the opening broadcast of World Cup '98 with...... "Now earlier today I was approached by an attractive redhead wearing a rather fetching tartan skirt - THEY'VE DEFINITELY ARRIVED!"Before cutting to a load of footage of the TA in Paris and at the end of those clips he says, "They're good boys and they're having a good time."I don't know, but I think Des might have had a genuine soft spot for the Scotland fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_B81 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Think he did Rich to be fair, so did Jimmy Hill despite what the TA sang about him, took it in good humour to be fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintsparky Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 For some reason, I remember the day of the game being a quiet one in Paris, and a crowd of us just went out for dinner afterwards - no big sesh. However, the night before on the Chaps Elysses was immense. They had a pre World Cup procession and an estimated 1 million people on the streets. Supporters of every nationality mixing, and we had a big carry out after having been drinking by the Pigalle all afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flora MaDonald Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Think he did Rich to be fair, so did Jimmy Hill despite what the TA sang about him, took it in good humour to be fair I was at the McCoist & Macauley show in the Eifel Tower - Jimmy Hill was a guest, and he was absolutely brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofoi Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Squad of us drove out and to all 3 games in a clapped out old land rover! Brasil game remains the most expensive match ticket I ve paid for! We were all nearly 30 and I recall us discussing it could well be 50 before we were at another tournament. We thought due to distance to tournaments, lifes ever changing events etc little did we think Vogts, Burley & Levein would do us in!! Sadly our prediction of then is true but France 2016 here we go again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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usainboltyarocket Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 My memory was getting away from school early. The whole school was buzzing. Remember when JC scored. Truly memorable celebration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock strap Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Willie Miller seems to be enjoying himself at the bottom left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Willie Miller seems to be enjoying himself at the bottom left Stuart McCall just above with shades ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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