The old Rangers end at the Knew Camp

Bobby Russell's Perm said:
It was 3-2 to us at halftime. All our goals were scored into the sellick end.
Gordon Dalziel’s first team debut that afternoon
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That was the single most terrifying incident in my 55 years of watching us. Following Dalziel's goal there was the usual surge and I found myself tumbling downstairs with several pairs of feet using me as a doormat [no blame btw it was unavoidable]. I used it as an excuse to get hammered that night.
 
A horrible shitehole of a place, but no better place to come away from with a victory. At a time where many grounds were shiteholes, this was the shiteiest shitehole in the history of shitty shiteholes.

Absolute bedlam when we scored.

The mentally challengeds must have hated it back then. You had the game and all the issues and bother that went with that. You would also have the young teams from Duke st areas, Bridgeton and Dalmarnock all looking for their jollies as well.
 
Carsons Cat said:
A horrible shitehole of a place, but no better place to come away from with a victory. At a time where many grounds were shiteholes, this was the shiteiest shitehole in the history of shitty shiteholes.

Absolute bedlam when we scored.

The mentally challengeds must have hated it back then. You had the game and all the issues and bother that went with that. You would also have the young teams from Duke st areas, Bridgeton and Dalmarnock all looking for their jollies as well.
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True mate.

I can remember walking down London Rd after a win during the Souness era and a yahoo supporting family in an old Cortina tried to drive through the Bears. The thing looked like a coachbuilders nightmare in no time. The look of fear and anger at the driver's stupidity on their faces was palpable.

Cops couldn't do a thing due to the sheer weight of numbers and mass of bodies. Thankfully for the dhims' sake, a few of the good guys managed to self police some of the overzealous participants. I dare say they never tried to drive through a crowd of fans again.

Different days in a different world.
 
muttley said:
The piggery and Cappielow were the biggest shitholes in Scottish football. The amount of barneys post-match, especially near the flats, were unreal.
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Remember going to Cappielow on the supporters buses and having to dodge bricks etc going through some scheme on the way there
 
The first victory I witnessed there was the day wee Fingers Miller missed a late penalty, Woods saved it.

Rangers end was utter bedlam that day, unbelievable scenes at time up.

Boy in the pub to this day swears there were dozens of Bears in the Celtic end that day and you could see the cops steamin in to wade us out near the end.
 
Grumpy Old Git said:
Was that the game Bobby Russell opened the scoring.
Johnny Doyle got sent off after that.
They won 4-2 with Murdo McLeod scoring a screamer in the last minute.
League decider.

Disastrous evening.
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I still have nightmares about that game. We should have won the League that night, only ourselves to blame.
 
TCWNS1872 said:
True mate.

I can remember walking down London Rd after a win during the Souness era and a yahoo supporting family in an old Cortina tried to drive through the Bears. The thing looked like a coachbuilders nightmare in no time. The look of fear and anger at the driver's stupidity on their faces was palpable.

Cops couldn't do a thing due to the sheer weight of numbers and mass of bodies. Thankfully for the dhims' sake, a few of the good guys managed to self police some of the overzealous participants. I dare say they never tried to drive through a crowd of fans again.

Different days in a different world.
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Was that not long after the two soldiers in the car over the water?

you're right different times. I remember the area between Dalmarnock and the white scheme at Bridgeton being absolute chaos. I was in single digits so time and memory might be playing tricks, but we would often go around that industrial area just to see what was happening. At times it seemed like there were thousands down there leathering hell out each other.
 
I remember leaving the piggery after we lost 2-1 to end our 44 unbeaten run on 1993.
We were walking down Janefield street and there was an elderly bloke watching from his living room. He was getting dogs abuse from disgruntled bears. Whereupon he produced his orange collarette to the cheers from the bears who had previously been giving him grief
 
rez1872 said:
Only went once to see us play them but saw us in 3 cup finals pre-redevelopment. I born in 1980 so was dependent on my old man taking me and my mum was dead against it.

It was 4v2 Ne’er day win in 94 and my old man had managed to convince my mum that it’d be fine and he would make sure he was with me all game. He got absolutely smashed in a pub before the game and ended up falling asleep on the supporters bus so I ended up going into the ground with a bloke and who had his kids with him. I had no idea where I was going once we got in and immediately got split up. I went down the front as I couldn’t see anything at the back and then realised I could hardly see the pitch but was stuck there.

Bedlam doesn’t really cover what it was like in there for a 13 year old used to sitting in the Copland!

Wish I’d been able to experience it more often but my next OF away match against them was at Hampden.
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By the time I got in the ground that day, we were already 2-0 up
 
muttley said:
The piggery and Cappielow were the biggest shitholes in Scottish football. The amount of barneys post-match, especially near the flats, were unreal.
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What about under the old railway bridge on London Rd. Us on one side and them on the other and above on the bridge and waiting a bit further along the road
 
Was at the piggery new year game pre-Souness which we lost 2-0. Super Ally looked as hungover, soaked & frozen as the rest of us. Rivers of pish at your feet, cans of pish flying overhead & you were up to your knees in fuckknowes what in the carpark.
 
Mr. Coal Fire Man said:
Probably wildest memory when the polis tried to take a union flag off a guy (because it was on a cane) near the front bit of aggro started big surge towards the police thought it was going to kick off big time. Reminded me of my Dad telling me of the time the mounted police went into the Rangers end. Only time I never went on the supporters bus remember walking back into town getting to the Barras and the Rangers fans attacking a pub there then throwing anything they could get their hands on at their buses as they went through Glasgow Cross.
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I was at that game and the next 10-15 mins was bedlam. Plod, who were not shy in piling in among fans in those days, shat it big time.
When i started going a draw was a great result, then when Souness/Walter came standards and expectations went up.
Seen some great victories and goals. 3 up after 20 mins -4/2 game with Miko scoring twice- cued pitch invasions and fighting among themselves in the stand.
John Brown's goal and celebration will live long,
Spackman in the NY day game and many more.
When we won that walk along London Road after was magic.
 
Unfortunately victory's were few & far between .Memories Alex Millar late goal to win 2-1. Kuznetsov scored in a 4-2 win and earliest winning memory another 4-2 win Persson scored. 4 of us went together and after we scored 2 early goals we never seen each other till after the match such was the bedlam on the terraces :D
 
First time there we beat them 3 1 Glasgow Cup Final midweek game,along with my dad and uncle,never seen us winning again til Alex Miller goal,we got stand tickets off Alan Sneddon ( turncoat lady's front bottom ) for main stand 6 of us ,?knocked %^*& out of everyone who came near us and got escorted round to the Rangers end at half time, happy days. :cool: :))
 
TCWNS1872 said:
True mate.

I can remember walking down London Rd after a win during the Souness era and a yahoo supporting family in an old Cortina tried to drive through the Bears. The thing looked like a coachbuilders nightmare in no time. The look of fear and anger at the driver's stupidity on their faces was palpable.

Cops couldn't do a thing due to the sheer weight of numbers and mass of bodies. Thankfully for the dhims' sake, a few of the good guys managed to self police some of the overzealous participants. I dare say they never tried to drive through a crowd of fans again.

Different days in a different world.
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Cortina !

Brilliant times when life was much simpler.
 
Johnny Yen said:
The first victory I witnessed there was the day wee Fingers Miller missed a late penalty, Woods saved it.

Rangers end was utter bedlam that day, unbelievable scenes at time up.

Boy in the pub to this day swears there were dozens of Bears in the Celtic end that day and you could see the cops steamin in to wade us out near the end.
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There were a load of Bears in their end at the game in April 1987. The Rangers end was sold out but in those days you could easily buy Celtic end tickets from their club shop or pools office.

We lost 3-1 that day but the bears who were in their end did not move when they scored and the police had to escort a few out Most of the bears were standing on the terracing just beside their old main stand.
 
EC54 said:
Unfortunately victory's were few & far between .Memories Alex Millar late goal to win 2-1. Kuznetsov scored in a 4-2 win and earliest winning memory another 4-2 win Persson scored. 4 of us went together and after we scored 2 early goals we never seen each other till after the match such was the bedlam on the terraces :D
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Funny you mention the Miller goal. We didn't beat them there for 9 years afterwards but, actually did win good few times after that for the next decade.

Some of the best days of my life were in that toilet and the Kusnetsov game you reference, remains my favourite ever away game.

Last time we played them on New Years Day too.
 
The People said:
The 3-3 game was fantastic mate
I’m sure most of the goals were in the first half an hour ?
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Those first 20 odd minutes were some experience.

1 down after a minute.
Equalise after about 5 mins.
2-1 down after 11 mins.

We draw level on 20 mins and immediately score again one minute later.
I was still in recovery mode after getting dragged all over the terracing after we made it 2-2 then couldn't believe it when that ball looped over Bonnar and into the net to put us 3-2 up.
Absolute bedlam.
We should have won that game.
 
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DovRob said:
Has the pleasure of seeing a number of Rangers goals there, though never see us win there.

Always surprised that there was never a disaster there as it was a death trap due to overcrowding.

Well named the piggery, total sh’thole of a ground.
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Only time I felt 'in danger' was once going out down the stairs at NE corner to Springfield Rd. the crowd was really crammed and scary part was when in the crowd lifts you in the air and your pushing to back to keep feet on the ground. On the stairs fortunately (unlike old Ibrox 13) there was no restrictions on either side and so we rolled out sideways on to the grass - not good but safer. Part of the reason for the crush was it was overcrowded. Like a Iot of fans I used to get in every game at Toilet Bowl without giving them a penny and that was same for loads of fans and probably same at their end. One method was because their tickets then didn't have a tear off portion and so they would be 'recirculated'.:))
 
Big Hepy said:
The same day as The Hillsborough Disaster was the worst I'd experienced at that place and we weren't even playing the peasants.
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I was in the jungle, that day, near the fence that separated the jungle from the old Rangers end.. It was chaos.
 
The People said:
I was fortunate enough to have experienced the bedlam in that end in amongst 20,000 bears when we scored
Just wondering other older bears thoughts are on it
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The days when 20,000 Bears could sing Tom Harkes in celebration without mentioning having no common sense, fifty pence flutes, old red socks, or republican terrorists.

Those days, when we just expressed absolute, spontaneous joy, beating the Poets with a last minute goal.

GLORIOUS!
 
bud_light said:
I could be wrong but I think the London Road end terrace only had a wall for pissing on
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There were some small toilets at the back but most just pissed wherever we could including along the back wall.

Remember leaving from the 1-1, where wee Durrant could have scored the winner, and my white socks turned yellow/grey and soaked in pish.

Leaving at end end was a tragedy waiting to happen. Breath squeezed out of me once being carried by the crowd with feet off the ground. Same in Section J of Hampden in the McCoist final.

Mostly bad memories from on the pitch in those days. However the 4-2 game, the last time I was there, made up for those.

“Desmond White sucks cocks in hell” banner, the guy threatening to piss on the polis trying to get him down from the roof support, the polis getting knocked out by the vodka bottle, darts and golf balls with nails,…

Wild times!
 
Two outstanding memories for me 1-1 draw when we were down to nine men.midweek game in 1985 and a chant that was just genius and off the cuff. only heard that night “the queen said no tae mass” and a little dittie that would last for a long time “super ally”.to top it off the yahoos had a riot amongst themselves and the police on jeanfield street.
Second one was 1986 morning of the game attended a Scotland Says No parade to Glasgow Green where Ian Paisley was one of the speakers.never seen so many suits and band uniforms at a game in my life.
 
The People said:
I was fortunate enough to have experienced the bedlam in that end in amongst 20,000 bears when we scored
Just wondering other older bears thoughts are on it
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Held 18000 but on reality more like 30000. Sardines in a tin comes to mind until. Then a circle around someone as they done a piss. Those wee the days.
 
I mentioned it before but a wall actually collapsed when me and my dad were going in to that place. What a fucking dump. Don't know how they got away with it for so long.
 
Raymond said:
Remember leaving it at some point in the sixties. We'd won 4-2 , Bud scoring two. Don't know the area the buses were parked , but it was through a housing scheme and I think the buses were parked on a grassy area. Bottles and bricks reigned down on us from the tenements and houses. Bedlam
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This was mayhem . Mind a guy from our bus got scudded by a bottle , I'm sure it was before a game, just disappeared ,and we didn't know anything until we got back to the bus...But bottles and the cages that were known as bins back then were tossed through plenty a window.
 
regnar said:
I was in the jungle, that day, near the fence that separated the jungle from the old Rangers end.. It was chaos.
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Was the day we played St Jonstone in semi. Me and mate Bill - more him - got interviewed in queue for semi replay midweek at the Toilet Bowl about Hillsborough and affect on our game by the Laraine Kelly from Geee Emmm Tee Veee!
 
bluewonder said:
There were a load of Bears in their end at the game in April 1987. The Rangers end was sold out but in those days you could easily buy Celtic end tickets from their club shop or pools office.

We lost 3-1 that day but the bears who were in their end did not move when they scored and the police had to escort a few out Most of the bears were standing on the terracing just beside their old main stand.
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That's where I was standing that day. Mhank standng next to me started celebrating when they went 1 up and ended up on his arse. Polis charged in lifting as many as they could. Same thing with the second goal but by that time it was a mhank free zone in their end. IIRC that rat valentine did his usual and dissalowed a perfectly good goal for us at 0-2.
 
First time I was at the old midden was Oct 1979, a 1-0 defeat. I'd never been before so just followed a large contingent of Bears to head back into the city centre. They went down the Gallowgate, utter fkn bedlam with their supporters busses windows getting panned and corporation buses getting attacked with yahoos getting dragged out and a few slaps being administered. First victory witnessed was the 2-1 Alex Miller game, more carnage. Then followed a long period of defeats with the occasional draw. After Souness arrived we bossed them more times than not, happy days with similar amounts of bedlam before during and after the games. I've only been back on one occasion since they applied lipstick to the pig(gery). A shithole then and now but great memories of the old days.
 
Had some great times in there and a number of lows

Saw us win there for the first time when Joe the dip ( or maybe Walker) missed a late penalty

Saw Souness get sent off for a fair tackle on stark and the abuse Walters got from the jungle

My favourite though was the 4-2 New Year’s Day trip when it should have been so much more
 
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