The Mongoose 1,007 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I was trying to explain to my nephew about the 'bump hats' that builders used to wear being popular at the football in the sixties/seventies and how they wear painted up with the crest and other such decoration.Does anyone remember owning one? Or even better have any pics of them to explain what I mean to him?Cheers in advance! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdasyn 431 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Really? Was this to protect yourself from bottles or something? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Azure 1,414 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Really? Was this to protect yourself from bottles or something?Yes!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Dangerously 7,562 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Really? Was this to protect yourself from bottles or something?A decorative item and yes also to protect from flying bottles in those days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggleskelly 3,772 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Customised hard hats were popular back in the '70's'. My brother had one with all sorts of bigotry painted on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue 64 613 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 My brother and I had them after a guy in front of us got hit in the back of the head with a flying bottle, not a pretty sight, the split head that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdasyn 431 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Amazing. Suppose you forget that kind of thing happened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happytobeblue 2 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Mines was painted union jack style us young yins needed them in those days standing near the front while bottles and cans got chucked from the back... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunkpapa 5 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 My brother had one , it was painted to look like Union Jack and it had RFC on either side . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblueyonder 11,156 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Pimp my Hard hat.. foam antlers was best one I seen... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Dangerously 7,562 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Mines was painted union jack style us young yins needed them in those days standing near the front while bottles and cans got chucked from the back...My old man used to send me down the front of the terrace, what was he thinking the maniac. The thing is as a kid you had no sense of fear and it didn't bother you. I shit myself now thinking about it though. Haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Ridiculous to think that these were even needed. Inconsiderate bottle throwing bastards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Ridiculous to think that these were even needed. Inconsiderate bottle throwing bastards.It was big btls of Whitbread and Newcastle brown.....not your 330ml lightweight btls of today ...............ouch!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 It was big btls of Whitbread and Newcastle brown.....not your 330ml lightweight btls of today ...............ouch!!Was it just the odd few or the majority? Surely those throwing bottle would have got a good smack in the face for dickish behaviour? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Was it just the odd few or the majority? Surely those throwing bottle would have got a good smack in the face for dickish behaviour?Used to be horrendous if we were getting beat.............Semi final against Newcastle was one that I recall as being really bad...........and I was behind the dugouts that night at St James.......guys on the bevvy all day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgally 452 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Was it just the odd few or the majority? Surely those throwing bottle would have got a good smack in the face for dickish behaviour?i had one that my da got for me that i painted with the crest and the union jack and i had some wee photos of my fav players stuck on too,my da also got me one of them klaxon horns with the gas bottle,fkk me that was loud.if i remember rightly the hard hats were hard to come by as there wasn't a lot of them around in those days. early 70's..and oh aye there were a lot of bottles flying (if we were losing) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Ridiculous to think that these were even needed. Inconsiderate bottle throwing bastards.My dad gave me his helmet from the German army in ww2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I googled to see what I could find but there was only one example and well..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I googled to see what I could find but there was only one example and well..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capetownbear 75 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 They still use these in South African footy today... although not for protection from bevvied footy fans lobbing empties in the terraces... it's just a decoration these days...Ridiculous looking but still better better than a Vuvuzela...http://www.google.com/search?q=Makarapa&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=H-6QUevsD8SM7QaGlYCIAw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=852Would be interseted to see what a Rangers one looked like can fin any pics... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKai 439 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Didnt have one, but was always looking for one after the '69 Cup Final when it rained bottles!Was on the pitch at that one to get away from them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fantana 28,894 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I was trying to explain to my nephew about the 'bump hats' that builders used to wear being popular at the football in the sixties/seventies and how they wear painted up with the crest and other such decoration.Does anyone remember owning one? Or even better have any pics of them to explain what I mean to him?Cheers in advance!sounds like some fans got too involved in the whole YMCA song, taking the fashions to the terraces. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCapone 7,678 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I got a big german Helmet at a school trip to arrochar Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Azure 1,414 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Used to be horrendous if we were getting beat.............Semi final against Newcastle was one that I recall as being really bad...........and I was behind the dugouts that night at St James.......guys on the bevvy all day.I was at that game. Big John Greig came up to our end to try to stop the bottles getting chucked onto the pitch, some guy near us shouted "and you've been fuckin' shite aw nite tae" before launching a Newccy Broon bottle at him.I also remember standing on the terracing with my Dad at Ibrox when it was too packed to get down the front and bevvied up punters all around pissing where they stood, getting pushed from the back and inevitably pishing down the back of some poor cunt in front of them with the shouts of, "awfurrfuxsake ya dirty cunt". Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
offminorthreat 1,463 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I was at that game. Big John Greig came up to our end to try to stop the bottles getting chucked onto the pitch, some guy near us shouted "and you've been fuckin' shite aw nite tae" before launching a Newccy Broon bottle at him.I also remember standing on the terracing with my Dad at Ibrox when it was too packed to get down the front and bevvied up punters all around pissing where they stood, getting pushed from the back and inevitably pishing down the back of some poor cunt in front of them with the shouts of, "awfurrfuxsake ya dirty cunt".Us youngsters really have no idea, do we. It's all fucking cucumber sandwiches and cups of tea these days in comparison. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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