One for the oldies???

[hibees_green]

Take your mind back to around 1975.

When Rangers came to town were they ever given the old East terracing?

Mate is convinced he stood there twice as a Rangers fan. Could it be that a small contingent of Rangers fans would be allowed in if the away end was full.

I can't imagine this happening and don't think it was possible to resize the Dunbar end to swing round the corner. From memory it did come a wee bit round but now more than in line with the 18 yard box.

Any thoughts.

[Mikey]

I think they used to get the whole Dunbar end and a little bit round the corner.

A proper oldie can confirm though

[Liberal Hibby]

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Take your mind back to around 1975.

When Rangers came to town were they ever given the old East terracing?

Mate is convinced he stood there twice as a Rangers fan. Could it be that a small contingent of Rangers fans would be allowed in if the away end was full.

I can't imagine this happening and don't think it was possible to resize the Dunbar end to swing round the corner. From memory it did come a wee bit round but now more than in line with the 18 yard box.

Any thoughts.

I think it was all unsegregated around that time - you used to change ends at half time to be at the end your team was shooting towards. I guess it would be in the mid 70s that the fence went up (as you say around the 18 yard line at the Dunbar End).

I remember a couple of games post demolition of the high terrace where infiltrating Rangers fans were present - but ended up being kicked out (literally).

[MSK]

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Take your mind back to around 1975.

When Rangers came to town were they ever given the old East terracing?

Mate is convinced he stood there twice as a Rangers fan. Could it be that a small contingent of Rangers fans would be allowed in if the away end was full.

I can't imagine this happening and don't think it was possible to resize the Dunbar end to swing round the corner. From memory it did come a wee bit round but now more than in line with the 18 yard box.

Any thoughts.

Im sure there was a "no-mans land" between the Dunbar & the East ..poss they would put the "overspill" in there ..

[tony higgins]

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Take your mind back to around 1975.

When Rangers came to town were they ever given the old East terracing?

Mate is convinced he stood there twice as a Rangers fan. Could it be that a small contingent of Rangers fans would be allowed in if the away end was full.

I can't imagine this happening and don't think it was possible to resize the Dunbar end to swing round the corner. From memory it did come a wee bit round but now more than in line with the 18 yard box.

Any thoughts.

I don,t remember any segregation in 1975 so you could have stood where you liked.
Did,nt Rangers win the League that year at Easter Rd.

[iwasthere1972]

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Take your mind back to around 1975.

When Rangers came to town were they ever given the old East terracing?
Mate is convinced he stood there twice as a Rangers fan. Could it be that a small contingent of Rangers fans would be allowed in if the away end was full.

I can't imagine this happening and don't think it was possible to resize the Dunbar end to swing round the corner. From memory it did come a wee bit round but now more than in line with the 18 yard box.

Any thoughts.

See about 2 mins into vid. By all accounts there were 38,000 at the match and 30,000 were huns (sorry blueisthecolour)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdH1kpX2bOU

[Killiehibbie]

No proper segregation until the end of that decade.

[iwasthere1972]

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No proper segregation until the end of that decade.

Those were the days when you could walk from one end of the Dunbar to the cowshed (or vice-versa) at half time while running the gauntlet from the away fans.

[MSK]

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See about 2 mins into vid. By all accounts there were 38,000 at the match and 30,000 were huns (sorry blueisthecolour)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdH1kpX2bOU

Jeezo !!!

[iwasthere1972]

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Jeezo !!!

Colin Stein hun bassa.

[hibbybrian]

1978 Hibs v Rangers East Terracing

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...g?t=1263229210

[PC Stamp]

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I don,t remember any segregation in 1975 so you could have stood where you liked.
Did,nt Rangers win the League that year at Easter Rd.

That's as I recall it. Remember as a kid there being as many Celtic fans as Hibs fans in the East terracing as late as 1978 when we won 4-1 against them. Wee Alex McGhee scored a couple IIRC and got released not long afterwards?

[MSK]

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Colin Stein hun bassa.

That & just about everything else about that clip !!! ....

[iwasthere1972]

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I don,t remember any segregation in 1975 so you could have stood where you liked.
Did,nt Rangers win the League that year at Easter Rd.

1 Rangers 36 23 8 5 60 24 36 54
2 Celtic 36 21 6 9 71 42 29 48
3 Hibernian 36 18 7 11 55 43 12 43
4 Motherwell 36 16 8 12 53 49 4 40
5 Heart of Midlothian 36 13 9 14 39 45 −6 35
6 Ayr United 36 14 5 17 46 59 −13 33
7 Aberdeen 36 11 10 15 49 50 −1 32
8 Dundee United 36 12 8 16 46 48 −2 32
9 Dundee 36 11 10 15 49 62 −13 32
10 St. Johnstone 36 3 5 28 29 79 −50 11

[tony higgins]

Pat Stanton at the end raising 9 fingers up to the huns, sorry, nice people in blue favours.

[hibees_green]

Cheer guys

[Brizo]

IIRC watching as a young sprog from the relative safety of the Old North Stand pre segregation they would take as far as the half way line on the East Terrazio and often well beyond it. In that pre all ticket and pre segregation era plus far cheaper admission costs they sometimes came through in their tens of thousands ... a truly horrible spectacle.

[Aubenas]

Yeh, can confirm, no segregation. Remember one cup replay played Weds pm cos of energy strikes and no floodlights. Stood towards the bottom of the east terrace, acutely aware of about 10000 of the blue guys behind me. Held it together till we scored then leapt in the air. Made a swift exit towards the cowshed shortly after!

[tony higgins]

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IIRC watching as a young sprog from the relative safety of the Old North Stand pre segregation they would take as far as the half way line on the East Terrazio and often well beyond it. In that pre all ticket and segregation era plus far cheaper admission costs they sometimes came through in their tens of thousands ... a truly horrible spectacle.

Plus they went away with half the gate money.

[MSK]

Thats just so ugly ..i cant even watch that again !!!!

[Killiehibbie]

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That's as I recall it. Remember as a kid there being as many Celtic fans as Hibs fans in the East terracing as late as 1978 when we won 4-1 against them. Wee Alex McGhee scored a couple IIRC and got released not long afterwards?

They couldn't take any more and invaded the pitch to try and get the game abandoned. Jock Stein out helping the polis to clear them. Those were the days ,10 years old and thinking it will always be like this.

[iwasthere1972]

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Yeh, can confirm, no segregation. Remember one cup replay played Weds pm cos of energy strikes and no floodlights. Stood towards the bottom of the east terrace, acutely aware of about 10000 of the blue guys behind me. Held it together till we scored then leapt in the air. Made a swift exit towards the cowshed shortly after!

Would that have been the Scottish Cup replay in the early 70's when I couldn't get in because there were already 49,000 in the stadium.

[tony higgins]

Learned a lot of climbing skills back in those days.

Especially the fence that took you into the North Enclosure at Hampden.

[.Sean.]

My Dad said the Terracing used to be huge, didn't realise it was THAT big

[Aubenas]

Would that have been the Scottish Cup replay in the early 70's when I couldn't get in because there were already 49,000 in the stadium.

That's the one - pretty scarey!

[MSK]

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My Dad said the Terracing used to be huge, didn't realise it was THAT big

Huge !!...when you went through the turnstyle you were faced wi hundreds o steps ...getting up them was breathtaking but well worth it when ye eventually got to the top ..:notworthy:

[iwasthere1972]

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My Dad said the Terracing used to be huge, didn't realise it was THAT big

When we were winning the league regularly there were plans to increase the capacity of Easter Road from 60,000+ to 80,000.

This pic says it all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Easter_Road_old.jpg

[lapsedhibee]

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My Dad said the Terracing used to be huge, didn't realise it was THAT big

Used to be higher than the sky itself. From the top, huge players would look tiny, and most of our recent middlefielders would have been completely invisible. Matty Jack would have seemed about the size of a bread roll, hence all the nostalgia on here for "the Matty Jack roll".

[tony higgins]

The TV gantry built with scaffolding and wooden planks that swayed in the wind.

[.Sean.]

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Huge !!...when you went through the turnstyle you were faced wi hundreds o steps ...getting up them was breathtaking but well worth it when ye eventually got to the top ..:notworthy:

So kinda like Hearts knew Main Stand then mate