Rangers Quiz: £50 quid from My Own Pocket To The Winner.

[tannerall 25,935]

The 1973 Scottish Cup Final was my first Old Firm game, and still probably the greatest  football match I've attended.

So I'm happy to give £50 quid from my own pocket to the first RM poster to answer these two questions correctly.

Two Questions:

A) What was the attendance at the 1973 Scottish Cup Final ?

B) Name them. 

[ForeverAndEver 71,457]

122,714

Give me £25

[tannerall 25,935]

4 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said:

122,714

Give me £25

Wrong, your figure does not include  Archie McPherson and  Princess Alexandra who didn't pay for their  tickets. 

[Sparkle 53,557]

Billy and Patrick

[tannerall 25,935]

2 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

Billy and Patrick

Closest so far. But I believe the ref was not a Patrick that day, a rare event in Old Firm nowadays. 

[Rangers#1 5,459]

The attendees.

£25 thank you 

[To Be A Ranger 4,032]

Up to your knees in soot and pish. When Hampden was a stadium worthy of hosting the biggest games.

[tannerall 25,935]

7 minutes ago, Rangers#1 said:

The attendees.

£25 thank you 

I believe quite  a few attendees were too pissed to verify this and therefore can't be counted technically as attendees, so can't accept.

[theblueoysterbar 19,583]

Mrs Doyle could probably name half of the crowd.

 

[ElBufalo20 7,889]

122,000 attendance

61,000 called Billy

30,500 called Declan 30,500 called Brendan.

PM me and I’ll give you my account number and sort code.

[tannerall 25,935]

1 minute ago, ElBufalo20 said:

122,000 attendance

61,000 called Billy

30,500 called Declan 30,500 called Brendan.

PM me and I’ll give you my account number and sort code.

I only accept signed blank cheques. 

[ElBufalo20 7,889]

1 minute ago, tannerall said:

I only accept signed blank cheques. 

That’s fine cos you’re paying me. You don’t need to accept anything!

[tannerall 25,935]

Just now, ElBufalo20 said:

That’s fine cos you’re paying me. You don’t need to accept anything!

OK, send the full itemised list of individual attendees and I'll pay up. 

[ElBufalo20 7,889]

1 minute ago, tannerall said:

OK, send the full itemised list of individual attendees and I'll pay up. 

If only! I could do with the money right now.

What was the game and atmosphere like? I like hearing the old stories, in the terraces etc and sneaking drinks in and basically no one giving a fuck.

My first Old Firm was 99 and as good as it was I bet it was nothing like back in the day.

[tannerall 25,935]

18 minutes ago, ElBufalo20 said:

If only! I could do with the money right now.

What was the game and atmosphere like? I like hearing the old stories, in the terraces etc and sneaking drinks in and basically no one giving a fuck.

My first Old Firm was 99 and as good as it was I bet it was nothing like back in the day.

I think no matter what generation you were, or when your first Old Firm game was ,they will all have their own special unique magic.

I've posted on this topic many times on here and no doubt will continue to do so in the future so I'll just give one wee example of the madness and  leave it to the usual suspects to answer your other questions. 

One thing I vividly remember is the fans who used to clamber on to the metal girders of the roof supports from the back of the terracing right to the front supports and standing I reckon 40 or 50 feet above the crowd on the narrow girders and would then unfurl Union flags and wave scarves. Mentalists, probably pissed, but with no rational thought about their safety, just putting the message out to the tims 200 yards away at the other end. Still amazes me that none  ever fell off. 

 

[harlands plater 16,974]

Officially 122, 714 unofficially a lot more than the 134,000 tickets available.

As for name the crowd - Tannerall, me, my old man, my old man’s mate....,,

[Junior Soprano 22,428]

Ffs.

[16BlueSherbert90 19,223]

Me and my wee pal Joe?  

That's not an answer Junior.  

24 minutes ago, Junior Soprano said:

Ffs.

 

[RFC Eagle 4,888]

There was me and there was Sam, Jimmy Sloan and McCann..... 

[Bluepeter9 5,167]

122.716 including all freeloadrers 

They were called 

The Peopke

The Scum

The free loaders 

Archie McPherson.

ill donate and match any winnings with a donation to the RM erskine fund. 

[pcbear 10,913]

7 hours ago, To Be A Ranger said:

Up to your knees in soot and pish. When Hampden was a stadium worthy of hosting the biggest games.

Aye railway sleepers and ash were the steps, when a goal was scored and all the ash kicked about you could see nothing for a few minutes and went home with a coal miners black face.

[Paulbrian11 432]

The last 100,000+ crowd at a British football match.

[bluenose48 951]

10 hours ago, tannerall said:

The 1973 Scottish Cup Final was my first Old Firm game, and still probably the greatest  football match I've attended.

So I'm happy to give £50 quid from my own pocket to the first RM poster to answer these two questions correctly.

Two Questions:

A) What was the attendance at the 1973 Scottish Cup Final ?

B) Name them. 

Do you need their addresses as well?

 

[born a blue nose 90,754]

A don't want to sound a dick but guys lose that amount of money running for a bus 

Anyway 1119/05

[tannerall 25,935]

2 hours ago, Paulbrian11 said:

The last 100,000+ crowd at a British football match.

Never knew that, great post.