mdingwall
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The night before the final there was a news report which according to my memory said that there were spare tickets which would be on sale. Others have stated it said that Hearts had returned a few thousand.
Anyway - my dad and his pals rounded up a posse and off we went early in a few cars - by the time we arrived at Sommerville Drive the road was very busy.
As time passed it was blocked solid with bodies so much so the dads lifted us up onto the walls of houses and then clambered up themselves.
We watched as people used strings of barbed wire as ropes to climb up. Saw people rushing the large exit gates - the only time we saw the cops was when they drew batons to clear the gates.
We were actually outside when the goal went in - I remembered some of them at the top of the terracing running up with their Rangers scarves and jumping up and down to signal the roar that had erupted was for us.
Strangely the massive crowd still crushing at kick off time dispersed it seemed within seconds as people headed home or to pubs and clubs to see th game.
We headed home and watched the rest of the Final in Billy Cook’s house in Shafton where cans of McEwan’s Export and Piper Export were much in evidence!