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i remember going to Pittodrie when i was a nipper and it was always a bit tasty in there,i never fully understood what it was all about but there was an atmosphere you could taste....
when i moved back to Edinburgh and started going to Tynecastle in the mid80's it was nuts,my uncle used to take me and stand up the back of the terracing where the "singing section" (the nutcases who were always drunk and considered themselves the "hardcore") would stand it is there i learned to swear and sing offensive songs to whoever we were playing while avoiding the piss that ran down from the back of the stand from the guys too drunk to bother walking along to the pisser.
the thing is though the atmosphere,the energy the place generated was tremendous and something that died when all-seater stadia killed off the holligan element that could not hide in the crowd anymore
i remember going to Pittodrie when i was a nipper and it was always a bit tasty in there,i never fully understood what it was all about but there was an atmosphere you could taste....when i moved back to Edinburgh and started going to Tynecastle in the mid80's it was nuts,my uncle used to take me and stand up the back of the terracing where the "singing section" (the nutcases who were always drunk and considered themselves the "hardcore") would stand it is there i learned to swear and sing offensive songs to whoever we were playing while avoiding the piss that ran down from the back of the stand from the guys too drunk to bother walking along to the pisser.
the thing is though the atmosphere,the energy the place generated was tremendous and something that died when all-seater stadia killed off the holligan element that could not hide in the crowd anymore
However, I get the impression a lot of it is down to better policing. Aberdeen took a big mob down to Easter Road last season, but the police were aware of it in advance and were waiting at the station for them. They weren't even allowed off the platform; just held, then put on the next train to Aberdeen.
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