microdave Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) I've started a couple of negative threads, so time to redress the balance with a positive one. It's difficult to pick one above everything else but I would go for the day we qualified for France '98. I'm sure this will be usurped the next time we qualify for something. Hopefully in October! The pub was bouncing that night and it seemed the whole country was in party mode! Edited July 4, 2015 by microdave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I was at that game at Parkhead but being only 9 I didn't really appreciate or understand it too much but subconsciously it would probably that. If it's matches that I actually attended then the first leg play off game against the Dutch was superb and the country was buzzing for the 3 days following it The Paris 07 game would've beaten Holland hands down if I hadn't started a new job 3 weeks before. I was on back shift and taped it, straight home, this was before the days off Pussbook and fancy phones so it was easy enough to hide from people and the result. I watched it when I got in and was jumping about the living room at 3 in the morning!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slide tackle Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 For me its maloneys goal vs ireland, best moment ive had following scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Faddy in Paris.... It was one of those moments where the ball is at his feet and you think "surely he is not going to try from all the way out there...." With that split second of disbelief after the ball hits the back of the net that feels like it lasts a hour.... And you have to say to yourself "did we just score????". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigos Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 After we lost to Italy. I've never been so gutted but I was so proud that the TA stayed well after full time and the team came back or for a lap of honour. I was bursting with pride that we nearly got out of a group against the two world cup finalists. It was a great campaign although unsuccessful. Bitter sweet moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Probably my first away trip Scotland v Costa Rica at Italia 90 Travelled from Menton in the South of France to Genoa by train When we got to the train station in Menton there were another 30 or 40 Scots on the platform Then the train which had came from Nice arrived. There were more Scotland fans on it and we travelled to the border stop at Ventimiglia and changed train The train from Ventimiglia to Genoa was a big long train with more than 20 of the old fashioned carriages with corridors and sliding door compartments and by this time the train was three quarters full with Scotland fans Saltires and Lion rampants were hanging out of every carriage and everyone was getting tanked up on their carry outs The journey to Genoa is mostly by coastline and every now and then people on the beaches would see the train passing with the flags and wave up to it When we got to the main station at Genoa all the Scotland fans embarked and began marching and singing as one which was as loud as anything because of the station acoustics All of the Italians stopped and took it all in. A wee Italian woman approached me, smiled and told me her mother was Scottish and shook my hand We all got another local train to the stadium and the same happened when we got off that train - marching and singing There was about 200 of us and we walked from the station to the Luigi Ferraris and the next bit was the most memorable The road we were walking on headed east towards a junction and an underpass. The roads approaching the underpass from the South and West both had hundreds of Scotland fans heading for the underpass too and we all met up in the middle to go though it. All the cars stopped and starting peeping their horns - the noise was tremendous It was my first time abroad being with so many other Scots and it just felt magic. Hairs on the back of the neck stuff Then as usual the game wasted everything ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Probably my first away trip Scotland v Costa Rica at Italia 90 Travelled from Menton in the South of France to Genoa by train When we got to the train station in Menton there were another 30 or 40 Scots on the platform Then the train which had came from Nice arrived. There were more Scotland fans on it and we travelled to the border stop at Ventimiglia and changed train The train from Ventimiglia to Genoa was a big long train with more than 20 of the old fashioned carriages with corridors and sliding door compartments and by this time the train was three quarters full with Scotland fans Saltires and Lion rampants were hanging out of every carriage and everyone was getting tanked up on their carry outs The journey to Genoa is mostly by coastline and every now and then people on the beaches would see the train passing with the flags and wave up to it When we got to the main station at Genoa all the Scotland fans embarked and began marching and singing as one which was as loud as anything because of the station acoustics All of the Italians stopped and took it all in. A wee Italian woman approached me, smiled and told me her mother was Scottish and shook my hand We all got another local train to the stadium and the same happened when we got off that train - marching and singing There was about 200 of us and we walked from the station to the Luigi Ferraris and the next bit was the most memorable The road we were walking on headed east towards a junction and an underpass. The roads approaching the underpass from the South and West both had hundreds of Scotland fans heading for the underpass too and we all met up in the middle to go though it. All the cars stopped and starting peeping their horns - the noise was tremendous It was my first time abroad being with so many other Scots and it just felt magic. Hairs on the back of the neck stuff Then as usual the game wasted everything ....... I wasn't there but that was one of my worst days..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernscum Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Faddy v France Caldwell v France Maloney v RoI Ferguson v Italy (The moment, not the result obviously!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariokempes56 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Kenny in Liverpool 77.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Faddy in Paris and the march before etc what a great day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kiltedsteamer147 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Don Hutchison's goal at Wembley. It was about 10 minutes before half time I think. That was the best half time I can ever remember. It's just a pity we didn't score another goal or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I've started a couple of negative threads, so time to redress the balance with a positive one. It's difficult to pick one above everything else but I would go for the day we qualified for France '98. I'm sure this will be usurped the next time we qualify for something. Hopefully in October! The pub was bouncing that night and it seemed the whole country was in party mode! Before my time attending games, but did we finish runners up to Austria ? I can also recall us beating Austria at celtic park, with a kevin gallacher winder strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Probably my first away trip Scotland v Costa Rica at Italia 90 Travelled from Menton in the South of France to Genoa by train When we got to the train station in Menton there were another 30 or 40 Scots on the platform Then the train which had came from Nice arrived. There were more Scotland fans on it and we travelled to the border stop at Ventimiglia and changed train The train from Ventimiglia to Genoa was a big long train with more than 20 of the old fashioned carriages with corridors and sliding door compartments and by this time the train was three quarters full with Scotland fans Saltires and Lion rampants were hanging out of every carriage and everyone was getting tanked up on their carry outs The journey to Genoa is mostly by coastline and every now and then people on the beaches would see the train passing with the flags and wave up to it When we got to the main station at Genoa all the Scotland fans embarked and began marching and singing as one which was as loud as anything because of the station acoustics All of the Italians stopped and took it all in. A wee Italian woman approached me, smiled and told me her mother was Scottish and shook my hand We all got another local train to the stadium and the same happened when we got off that train - marching and singing There was about 200 of us and we walked from the station to the Luigi Ferraris and the next bit was the most memorable The road we were walking on headed east towards a junction and an underpass. The roads approaching the underpass from the South and West both had hundreds of Scotland fans heading for the underpass too and we all met up in the middle to go though it. All the cars stopped and starting peeping their horns - the noise was tremendous It was my first time abroad being with so many other Scots and it just felt magic. Hairs on the back of the neck stuff Then as usual the game wasted everything ....... Great story, Rod Stewart left the game early apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltedsteamer147 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Before my time attending games, but did we finish runners up to Austria ? I can also recall us beating Austria at celtic park, with a kevin gallacher winder strike. Aye we finished second to Austria. We qualified automatically as best runners up. I remember the Austria game at Celtic Park well. Gallacher scored a couple of crackers that night. I also remember the Sweden game at Ibrox. John McGinlay scored early on and the Swedes laid siege to Jim Leighton's goal but couldn't beat him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Aye we finished second to Austria. We qualified automatically as best runners up. I remember the Austria game at Celtic Park well. Gallacher scored a couple of crackers that night. I also remember the Sweden game at Ibrox. John McGinlay scored early on and the Swedes laid siege to Jim Leighton's goal but couldn't beat him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I know it's not directly relevant to this topic, but the Paris link filled me with nostalgia and youtube led me to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 And this - half time v France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) More recently, this was quite good : Edited July 5, 2015 by fringo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 That Germany video makes it look rather tame after we scored. Certainly not the way I remember it! Our section went wild!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Nice vidoes, hoping more classic moments are just round the corner. In GOrD we trust, 4 games to go and its getting nervy. Better than being out of contention by now, so exciting. Cant wait until september. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh1877 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Yeah the final game at parkhead to qualify for France was great as I'd just finished uni and knew we were gonna travel around France for 3 weeks. I'd say the night of the Bordeaux games was probably the best one over there as I'm sure if we'd lost then we would have been the first team eliminated. Other proud moments v Switzerland at villa park and an away trip to Zagreb when Gallacher scored. In Glasgow, probably beating a brilliant French team, including platoni, giresse, tigana, et al thanks to a couple of mo Johnston goals in the pissin rain. God, I sound old on here now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman4 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 The Latvia game at Parkhead or Paris for me. If memory serves me right were we not waiting on another result that night to confirm us as best runners up? I remember being in the horseshoe and watching teletext waiting for a score to come in and the place going wild when it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Telling the blazers tae get tae fekk at Rapallo bandstand. Trying to tell us we were not welcome or doing any good for the country,bawbags got booed and heckled aw day after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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