Hampden

[Blacky Bear 882]

Been watching pish Internationals since last week

Our very own Relic known as the National Stadium or Hampden, is right down there with all the so called 3rd world or Minnows shitholes.

Defo worst in Uk, easily worst in civilised Europe.

SFA and SNP should hang their heads in shame.

[GWR1979 1,964]

Was a better view when it was standing.

[Scottywellhousetb 50,583]

General sports with this imo 

[Unionblue 3,667]

Been there when it held over 100k and the atmosphere was far better when  you could get pished oot yer skull, strangely !

 

edit, not for internationals, fuck that pish

[Inigo 32,534]

Needs redeveloped to remove the track and bowl shape. What's that? 150 million minimum? An awful lot of cash.

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12 minutes ago, Inigo said:

Needs redeveloped to remove the track and bowl shape. What's that? 150 million minimum? An awful lot of cash.

The architect who did Stuttgart's said in 2018 he reckons it would cost about £90m. I'd add about 10% to that now, so about £100m. 

[gmcf 34,338]

On 08/09/2021 at 22:07, Unionblue said:

Been there when it held over 100k and the atmosphere was far better when  you could get pished oot yer skull, strangely !

 

edit, not for internationals, fuck that pish

Aye , in a strange way you miss that big cloud of dust at the Rangers end every time we scored . Dont think we'll ever replicate the atmosphere we had back then.  

[Colin Traive 22,874]

20 hours ago, gmcf said:

Aye , in a strange way you miss that big cloud of dust at the Rangers end every time we scored . Dont think we'll ever replicate the atmosphere we had back then.  

Pretty sure “railway sleepers and dirt” won’t be part of any new design

[Moody Blue 9,404]

Shortsightedness to the extreme revamping that shite 25-30 years ago and then leaving it as pretty much the same but with seats.  Should've built a brand new stadium with improved transport links but, naw, we keep it cos it's pure full of history but. 

[Sunglasses Ron 2,501]

Always a bloody nightmare travelling to and from Hampden, terrible transportation, parking etc. Should have always built a new stadium nearer motorways etc. fit for the 21st century. In comparison look at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff. The clowns at the SFA that took the decision at the time definitely guilty of thinking with their hearts rather than their heads.

[plumbGER 24,518]

Iconic stadium.

So many Rangers memories from there.

[McEwan's Lager 30,607]

I don't think Hampden is near enough as bad as what people make it out to be.

 

[ForeverAndEver 71,669]

I don’t get the complaints about travelling to it, obviously piss easy for me but there are plenty of options 

[EatDolphins 5,355]

On 09/09/2021 at 12:08, psb07158 said:

The architect who did Stuttgart's said in 2018 he reckons it would cost about £90m. I'd add about 10% to that now, so about £100m. 

Plus about 50 million in waste and corruption.

[Essandoh 21,224]

22 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said:

I don't think Hampden is near enough as bad as what people make it out to be.

 

It’s iconic but it’s been neglected to an unacceptable level aesthetically. Big rusty girders are all you can see on your way to the ground and it just looks so lifeless.

[Inigo 32,534]

The idea of moving the national stadium to a different location should be a non starter. Scottish football doesn't have much, but it does have history and tradition. Should always be careful when messing with the positives our game has. 

Transport links are actually pretty decent imo. Stands just need to be brought closer to the pitch with better views.

 

[Copland bear 7,966]

On 14/09/2021 at 12:29, McEwan's Lager said:

I don't think Hampden is near enough as bad as what people make it out to be.

 

It's a cunt of a stadium plain and simple,   Wasted all that lottery money on one stand and a roof and a few seats,  it's too small and there should be no track around it .

Now imagine the millennium stadium roof closed full of us and them in a Scottish cup final, but instead we have a cunt of a national stadium which has not got a patch on Ibrox which kept with tradition when doing it up which also started in the late 70's decades before Hampden was remodelled.

Just need the corners filled in now a screens moved 

[McEwan's Lager 30,607]

5 hours ago, Copland bear said:

It's a cunt of a stadium plain and simple,   Wasted all that lottery money on one stand and a roof and a few seats,  it's too small and there should be no track around it .

Now imagine the millennium stadium roof closed full of us and them in a Scottish cup final, but instead we have a cunt of a national stadium which has not got a patch on Ibrox which kept with tradition when doing it up which also started in the late 70's decades before Hampden was remodelled.

Just need the corners filled in now a screens moved 

People make out like its the worst ground in the history of football though and it isn't. That's what my point was. Four months ago  

[wully 47,680]

Have they stopped work at Lesser Hampden? Whenever I walk past it nothing is happening.

[McEwan's Lager 30,607]

15 minutes ago, wully said:

Have they stopped work at Lesser Hampden? Whenever I walk past it nothing is happening.

https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/9787/Queen's_Park_FC_file_plans_for_licensed_stadium_at_Lesser_Hampden.html

[Copland bear 7,966]

On 16/01/2022 at 20:31, McEwan's Lager said:

People make out like its the worst ground in the history of football though and it isn't. That's what my point was. Four months ago  

It's a cunt of a ground full stop,  I am only 10 minutes from it and the traveling is no problem it's the fact you can't see fuck all up the other end if you are more than half way back,  compared to Wembley and the millennium stadium u think we got a raw deal.

Ibrox itself is 10 times better. 

[McEwan's Lager 30,607]

36 minutes ago, Copland bear said:

It's a cunt of a ground full stop,  I am only 10 minutes from it and the traveling is no problem it's the fact you can't see fuck all up the other end if you are more than half way back,  compared to Wembley and the millennium stadium u think we got a raw deal.

Ibrox itself is 10 times better. 

Accessibility into the ground once in the stadium footprint is better at Hampden than Ibrox. Easier to exit the stadium too.

Better leg room in seats, concourse size and food drink options too than at Ibrox.

 

[lewislaudrup 852]

1 hour ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Accessibility into the ground once in the stadium footprint is better at Hampden than Ibrox. Easier to exit the stadium too.

Better leg room in seats, concourse size and food drink options too than at Ibrox.

 

I've never understood why we haven't extended out our concourses by taking away the office space at the back of the copland and Broomloan. And built out at lower levels.

Maybe only be worth it if they could sell alcohol in the stadium mind you

[McEwan's Lager 30,607]

46 minutes ago, lewislaudrup said:

I've never understood why we haven't extended out our concourses by taking away the office space at the back of the copland and Broomloan. And built out at lower levels.

Maybe only be worth it if they could sell alcohol in the stadium mind you

Yeah it certainly is one of the limiting features of Ibrox. I've said this on here a number of times but the three late 70s, early 80s stands you would knock down and start again if we had the cash.

 

[G.E.C. 18,850]

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