bunter 0 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I've seen me end up without a brief at the San Siro, Rugby Park and even Dumbarton's ground but don't think i've ever managed to get in without a ticket anywhere. Anybody ever manage this? If so where?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Used to do it every game back in the 50's....."Gie's a lift ower, Mister Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.A.I 36,183 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Yeah a few times. 3 that spring to mind .. Forres Mechanics away - my supporters bus only had a few tickets so we didn't bother taking the bus. Southdown1916 on here had some hospitality places spare so I said I'd take one of them and that would free up one of my bus tickets for someone that wanted to go. I took the bus tickets with me to meet the people who were getting the bus allocation off me up there at the hospitality venue. What did I do like a mongo? .. I went to the toilet for a shite before going outside to meet the people getting the tickets off me. I got outside and chatted for ten minutes before attempted to give the guys their tickets, reached for them and realised I'd left them in the bog ... dived in and they're long gone. Went back in and got my begging bowl out ... I was 4 tickets down but remarkably managed to get 3 which was amazing considering they were like gold dust. I took the 3 out to the guys waiting but that left me 1 ticket down. I'd never do that to someone else for my mistake so if I was one short then I was taking the hit. I then seen a table with the Forres Mechanics directors sitting .. I went up and gave them a story about how the waiters and waitresses cleaning up the tables after the meals with the black bin bags took my ticket from the table when I wasn't looking - they guys were amazing. They let me sit with them at the table, gave me a fancy whisky and a bottle of Peroni and got me to walk across with them and explained to a steward at the Rangers end that it was OK to let me in and that was me all set. Nice guys at Forres Mehanics even if I was a dopey, drunken, forgetful bastard who lied through his teeth, Barcelona Away - my mate that went with me it was his first Rangers European away game. I stupidly promised him it would be OK and he would get a ticket one way or another. The ticket never materialised and he ended up buying what he thought was a ticket for 60 euros or quid, can't mind which one and it turned out a ticket for the Barcelona museum tour. He was well bumped. I felt bad so gave him mine and used the museum ticket and blagged my way into the Rangers end with it. Werder Bremen Away - I went with the bus that left from the District Bar on Paisley Road West. My Dad was working in Rotterdam at the time in a ship yard and I had arranged to get dropped off at Rotterdam and get a taxi to my Dad's yard where he had put on a bus from the port with all sorts of guys from Rotterdam, Scotland, England and Ireland. Everything going well, nice wee 3 hour or so journey ...beer flowing .. my Dad says to me when we are almost there "when you giving the lads their tickets?" WTF ... eh? .. he had promised them all tickets off me despite me saying no it was impossible previously. Crossed wires somewhere. We got to a pub just off Bremen square and said leave it with me ... seen a mate who knows Dougie Park and he gave him a phone ... he had 16 tickets for my group and saved my life but they were neutral type tickets which I said was fine give me them .. say the the tickets were 31 euros off hand .. everyone in the pub slammed down 50 euro notes and fucked off/refused change/I never had change .. pick one or all 3 .. whatever .. tickets sorted ..... everyone had a ticket ... only my prick of a Dad drunk lost his ... fucking hell OK, so I gave him mine and I was gonna chance it ... got to the turnstiles and the wee prick lost that one too! ...big Daniels from the KP bus kidded on there was a problem/emergency at the turnstile to create a divert and then pushed me and my Dad through lol ...sorted.. after the game I was fucking dreading the bus journey back and my Dad's mates said your going no going back on a bus, get back to Rotterdam and we will worry about it later .. ok then lol ... next morning my Dad came back from work with an envelope with a first class KLM boarding pass in it and another envelope with 600 odd euros in it ... it was the remains of the kitty and a massive whip round that got the flight ticket and euros as a thank you for getting them the 16 tickets ... I've never profiteed off Rangers fans or the club in the my life but it was a good gesture was close to tears but they looked after me after I looked after them There's other times too like Villareal and stuff but I plan on getting up early in the morning to do stuff I'd be here all night with that trip Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,024 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Slightly different but I had a ticket for the psg game in Paris, I basically enters the stadium without showing my ticket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.A.I 36,183 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Just now, hammer93 said: Slightly different but I had a ticket for the psg game in Paris, I basically enters the stadium without showing my ticket. Yeah that's happened to me a lot too over the years in away grounds ... sometimes they just open the flood gates and throw you in .. good in a way but your raging you spent money on a ticket West Ham vs Chelsea at Upton Park a couple of years ago, again with Southdown, tickets were something like £67 and when we got to the turnstiles they just opened a flood gate and told us to go in .. was furious Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgally 452 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Ozblue said: Used to do it every game back in the 50's....."Gie's a lift ower, Mister Mine were from about 1969 to 1973,i started paying when i left school and got a job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 70,942 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 @ChesterPerry has. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunter 0 Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 1 hour ago, K.A.I said: Yeah a few times. 3 that spring to mind .. Forres Mechanics away - my supporters bus only had a few tickets so we didn't bother taking the bus. Southdown1916 on here had some hospitality places spare so I said I'd take one of them and that would free up one of my bus tickets for someone that wanted to go. I took the bus tickets with me to meet the people who were getting the bus allocation off me up there at the hospitality venue. What did I do like a mongo? .. I went to the toilet for a shite before going outside to meet the people getting the tickets off me. I got outside and chatted for ten minutes before attempted to give the guys their tickets, reached for them and realised I'd left them in the bog ... dived in and they're long gone. Went back in and got my begging bowl out ... I was 4 tickets down but remarkably managed to get 3 which was amazing considering they were like gold dust. I took the 3 out to the guys waiting but that left me 1 ticket down. I'd never do that to someone else for my mistake so if I was one short then I was taking the hit. I then seen a table with the Forres Mechanics directors sitting .. I went up and gave them a story about how the waiters and waitresses cleaning up the tables after the meals with the black bin bags took my ticket from the table when I wasn't looking - they guys were amazing. They let me sit with them at the table, gave me a fancy whisky and a bottle of Peroni and got me to walk across with them and explained to a steward at the Rangers end that it was OK to let me in and that was me all set. Nice guys at Forres Mehanics even if I was a dopey, drunken, forgetful bastard who lied through his teeth, Barcelona Away - my mate that went with me it was his first Rangers European away game. I stupidly promised him it would be OK and he would get a ticket one way or another. The ticket never materialised and he ended up buying what he thought was a ticket for 60 euros or quid, can't mind which one and it turned out a ticket for the Barcelona museum tour. He was well bumped. I felt bad so gave him mine and used the museum ticket and blagged my way into the Rangers end with it. Werder Bremen Away - I went with the bus that left from the Grapes. My Dad was working in Rotterdam at the time in a ship yard and I had arranged to get dropped off at Rotterdam and get a taxi to my Dad's yard where he had put on a bus from the port with all sorts of guys from Rotterdam, Scotland, England and Ireland. Everything going well, nice wee 3 hour or so journey ...beer flowing .. my Dad says to me when we are almost there "when you giving the lads their tickets?" WTF ... eh? .. he had promised them all tickets off me despite me saying no it was impossible previously. Crossed wires somewhere. We got to a pub just off Bremen square and said leave it with me ... seen a mate who knows Dougie Park and he gave him a phone ... he had 16 tickets for my group and saved my life but they were neutral type tickets which I said was fine give me them .. say the the tickets were 31 euros off hand .. everyone in the pub slammed down 50 euro notes and fucked off/refused change/I never had change .. pick one or all 3 .. whatever .. tickets sorted ..... everyone had a ticket ... only my prick of a Dad drunk lost his ... fucking hell OK, so I gave him mine and I was gonna chance it ... got to the turnstiles and the wee prick lost that one too! ...big Daniels from the KP bus kidded on there was a problem/emergency at the turnstile to create a divert and then pushed me and my Dad through lol ...sorted.. after the game I was fucking dreading the bus journey back and my Dad's mates said your going no going back on a bus, get back to Rotterdam and we will worry about it later .. ok then lol ... next morning my Dad came back from work with an envelope with a first class KLM boarding pass in it and another envelope with 600 odd euros in it ... it was the remains of the kitty and a massive whip round that got the flight ticket and euros as a thank you for getting them the 16 tickets ... I've never profiteed off Rangers fans or the club in the my life but it was a good gesture was close to tears but they looked after me after I looked after them There's other times too like Villareal and stuff but I plan on getting up early in the morning to do stuff I'd be here all night with that trip absolute quality, great read that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonjourBonjour 1,244 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Used to turn up to games at Ibrox in the 90's without a ticket and got in no bother. Think it was quite easy due to my dad having my ticket in his pocket though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No.12 508 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Mind people climbing into the ground in Villarreal, sure someone fell aswell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnbank bear 342 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Double up it can be done at most grounds if you have a bit of bottle and get past the polis .. It's been tryed and tested all over Scotland and Europe with good success rate lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterD 7,430 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Gave the guy at the turnstile at Ibrox £10 when I was 14/15 to let me into a game against the papes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vwbear 399 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Easter road last season left the ticket at my arse on the bus wasn't walking back once I realised and when my mate scanned in I managed to get my fat arse in aswell Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,913 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 4 hours ago, ForeverAndEver said: @ChesterPerry has. That is a story and a half. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gersandy 594 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 6 hours ago, K.A.I said: Yeah a few times. 3 that spring to mind .. Forres Mechanics away - my supporters bus only had a few tickets so we didn't bother taking the bus. Southdown1916 on here had some hospitality places spare so I said I'd take one of them and that would free up one of my bus tickets for someone that wanted to go. I took the bus tickets with me to meet the people who were getting the bus allocation off me up there at the hospitality venue. What did I do like a mongo? .. I went to the toilet for a shite before going outside to meet the people getting the tickets off me. I got outside and chatted for ten minutes before attempted to give the guys their tickets, reached for them and realised I'd left them in the bog ... dived in and they're long gone. Went back in and got my begging bowl out ... I was 4 tickets down but remarkably managed to get 3 which was amazing considering they were like gold dust. I took the 3 out to the guys waiting but that left me 1 ticket down. I'd never do that to someone else for my mistake so if I was one short then I was taking the hit. I then seen a table with the Forres Mechanics directors sitting .. I went up and gave them a story about how the waiters and waitresses cleaning up the tables after the meals with the black bin bags took my ticket from the table when I wasn't looking - they guys were amazing. They let me sit with them at the table, gave me a fancy whisky and a bottle of Peroni and got me to walk across with them and explained to a steward at the Rangers end that it was OK to let me in and that was me all set. Nice guys at Forres Mehanics even if I was a dopey, drunken, forgetful bastard who lied through his teeth, Barcelona Away - my mate that went with me it was his first Rangers European away game. I stupidly promised him it would be OK and he would get a ticket one way or another. The ticket never materialised and he ended up buying what he thought was a ticket for 60 euros or quid, can't mind which one and it turned out a ticket for the Barcelona museum tour. He was well bumped. I felt bad so gave him mine and used the museum ticket and blagged my way into the Rangers end with it. Werder Bremen Away - I went with the bus that left from the Grapes. My Dad was working in Rotterdam at the time in a ship yard and I had arranged to get dropped off at Rotterdam and get a taxi to my Dad's yard where he had put on a bus from the port with all sorts of guys from Rotterdam, Scotland, England and Ireland. Everything going well, nice wee 3 hour or so journey ...beer flowing .. my Dad says to me when we are almost there "when you giving the lads their tickets?" WTF ... eh? .. he had promised them all tickets off me despite me saying no it was impossible previously. Crossed wires somewhere. We got to a pub just off Bremen square and said leave it with me ... seen a mate who knows Dougie Park and he gave him a phone ... he had 16 tickets for my group and saved my life but they were neutral type tickets which I said was fine give me them .. say the the tickets were 31 euros off hand .. everyone in the pub slammed down 50 euro notes and fucked off/refused change/I never had change .. pick one or all 3 .. whatever .. tickets sorted ..... everyone had a ticket ... only my prick of a Dad drunk lost his ... fucking hell OK, so I gave him mine and I was gonna chance it ... got to the turnstiles and the wee prick lost that one too! ...big Daniels from the KP bus kidded on there was a problem/emergency at the turnstile to create a divert and then pushed me and my Dad through lol ...sorted.. after the game I was fucking dreading the bus journey back and my Dad's mates said your going no going back on a bus, get back to Rotterdam and we will worry about it later .. ok then lol ... next morning my Dad came back from work with an envelope with a first class KLM boarding pass in it and another envelope with 600 odd euros in it ... it was the remains of the kitty and a massive whip round that got the flight ticket and euros as a thank you for getting them the 16 tickets ... I've never profiteed off Rangers fans or the club in the my life but it was a good gesture was close to tears but they looked after me after I looked after them There's other times too like Villareal and stuff but I plan on getting up early in the morning to do stuff I'd be here all night with that trip Fuck asking you for a ticket, your like Frank Spencer. Ive managed to get into tannadice and Motherwell without tickets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza1212 1,212 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 V Aberdeen up there, the Souness team. game when we won the league for the first time in years with Butcher, Woods, etc, everybody on the bus had the same number on their forgery. ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devref 201 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 over the old turnstiles at many places back in the late 60s and early 70s off the top of my head both Dundee Dunfermline Airdrie piggery Aberdeen hamdump. come to think of it I don't recall paying at any away grounds. the crush at the gates always helped as the guy felt as if he would get battered if he said anything you got pushed through or just jumped them happy days more £ for the beer Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumnockbear 2,446 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Skipped into the piggery a few times in the 90s Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger77 742 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Yeah. Tynecastle the first time we won the league in the Souness era. Bought my ticket (£2.50), got offered a tenner for it outside the ground. Everyone pushing outside the gates. Got the 'keep half' from my mates ticket and handed that over to get in gratis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainAmerica18 846 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 The play-off game at Easter Road I got in by doubling up at the turnstiles with a guy off our bus. Pretty easy since its the scanner and the steward inside wasn't really that bothered Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mearns loyal 2,687 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Hampdump the Tam Forsyth Final cop escorted wee pal and I into Smeltic end where we had to stay til they opened gates with 20 minutes to go and made it into our enclosure. Kilbowie. Mate was pals with Shuggy Burns and he was going to leave tickets at the ground for us. Arrive 20 mins late no one at ticket pick up. Speak to a steward who eventually lets us in a big gate. We're now pitch side and Shuggy Burns looks at us and says what the fuck are you two doing then nails some Clydebank player in his usual style. Steward pretty much drags the two of us into the Rangers end... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGC123 1,126 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Pittodrie, 2009 i'm 6"3" and was chucked over the chest high turnstile by the mrs da, canny believe i made it in, one off the bucket list for sure Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 6 hours ago, bgally said: Mine were from about 1969 to 1973,i started paying when i left school and got a job. Leaving School and getting a job was a real game changer when you walked with a swagger down PRW with dosh in your pocket knowing you could go through the turnstile instead of over it Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears 791 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 1 hour ago, cumnockbear said: Skipped into the piggery a few times in the 90s Word is that to boost crowds in the last couple of years, they'd encourage anyone to do the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen fish boy 8,551 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 8 hours ago, K.A.I said: Yeah a few times. 3 that spring to mind .. Forres Mechanics away - my supporters bus only had a few tickets so we didn't bother taking the bus. Southdown1916 on here had some hospitality places spare so I said I'd take one of them and that would free up one of my bus tickets for someone that wanted to go. I took the bus tickets with me to meet the people who were getting the bus allocation off me up there at the hospitality venue. What did I do like a mongo? .. I went to the toilet for a shite before going outside to meet the people getting the tickets off me. I got outside and chatted for ten minutes before attempted to give the guys their tickets, reached for them and realised I'd left them in the bog ... dived in and they're long gone. Went back in and got my begging bowl out ... I was 4 tickets down but remarkably managed to get 3 which was amazing considering they were like gold dust. I took the 3 out to the guys waiting but that left me 1 ticket down. I'd never do that to someone else for my mistake so if I was one short then I was taking the hit. I then seen a table with the Forres Mechanics directors sitting .. I went up and gave them a story about how the waiters and waitresses cleaning up the tables after the meals with the black bin bags took my ticket from the table when I wasn't looking - they guys were amazing. They let me sit with them at the table, gave me a fancy whisky and a bottle of Peroni and got me to walk across with them and explained to a steward at the Rangers end that it was OK to let me in and that was me all set. Nice guys at Forres Mehanics even if I was a dopey, drunken, forgetful bastard who lied through his teeth, Barcelona Away - my mate that went with me it was his first Rangers European away game. I stupidly promised him it would be OK and he would get a ticket one way or another. The ticket never materialised and he ended up buying what he thought was a ticket for 60 euros or quid, can't mind which one and it turned out a ticket for the Barcelona museum tour. He was well bumped. I felt bad so gave him mine and used the museum ticket and blagged my way into the Rangers end with it. Werder Bremen Away - I went with the bus that left from the Grapes. My Dad was working in Rotterdam at the time in a ship yard and I had arranged to get dropped off at Rotterdam and get a taxi to my Dad's yard where he had put on a bus from the port with all sorts of guys from Rotterdam, Scotland, England and Ireland. Everything going well, nice wee 3 hour or so journey ...beer flowing .. my Dad says to me when we are almost there "when you giving the lads their tickets?" WTF ... eh? .. he had promised them all tickets off me despite me saying no it was impossible previously. Crossed wires somewhere. We got to a pub just off Bremen square and said leave it with me ... seen a mate who knows Dougie Park and he gave him a phone ... he had 16 tickets for my group and saved my life but they were neutral type tickets which I said was fine give me them .. say the the tickets were 31 euros off hand .. everyone in the pub slammed down 50 euro notes and fucked off/refused change/I never had change .. pick one or all 3 .. whatever .. tickets sorted ..... everyone had a ticket ... only my prick of a Dad drunk lost his ... fucking hell OK, so I gave him mine and I was gonna chance it ... got to the turnstiles and the wee prick lost that one too! ...big Daniels from the KP bus kidded on there was a problem/emergency at the turnstile to create a divert and then pushed me and my Dad through lol ...sorted.. after the game I was fucking dreading the bus journey back and my Dad's mates said your going no going back on a bus, get back to Rotterdam and we will worry about it later .. ok then lol ... next morning my Dad came back from work with an envelope with a first class KLM boarding pass in it and another envelope with 600 odd euros in it ... it was the remains of the kitty and a massive whip round that got the flight ticket and euros as a thank you for getting them the 16 tickets ... I've never profiteed off Rangers fans or the club in the my life but it was a good gesture was close to tears but they looked after me after I looked after them There's other times too like Villareal and stuff but I plan on getting up early in the morning to do stuff I'd be here all night with that trip Fair play to the Forres directors,that was great hospitality from them,there's still some decent folk out there Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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