Montrose Fans

**Black Kyle** · 07-02-2010 07:54 AM

We're quick to criticise the opposition fans at times, so I'd like to thank the Montrose fans for their support yesterday. If they hadn't sung throughout, the atmosphere would have been non- existent.

Their backing of their team was first class and not without some irony and humour ('we're the worst team in Scotland', 'we want one' )et al. Even the one alluding to Hibs fans and heroin raised a smile.

**Barney McGrew** · 07-02-2010 08:02 AM

With one league win this season, they've not really had a lot to celebrate but they backed their team from start to finish.

The reaction from them when they scored was fantastic

Hopefully they had a good day out, regardless of the score.

**down-the-slope** · 07-02-2010 08:18 AM

I actually miss the away trips of years ago as over whelming under dog...with very low expectations...in rickity old grounds....fun was garunteed any any small success wildly celebrated. Even the train journeys and hours of travel were a source of entertainment and challenge to over come

Now we have had a few years since Eck (Mixu excepted) of decent football ans some success.....as well as the comfort fo a decently equiped stadium....we have rased our expectations of performance to ridiculous levels...while creating less atmoshpere than a theatre crowd...with fans spending more time critisicing than supporting while in the ground..and travel..well we need to leave early now to ensure we get to our personal transport and not be inconvienienced by the threat of a modest traffic snarl....

**Woody70x2** · 07-02-2010 08:27 AM

They had a great time throughout the match... SPL yer having a laugh, what a sh*tey home support, shall we sing a song for you... amongst other songs. We were unable to respond.. basically they had more people prepared to sing than us.

:notworthy:

Suppose we weren't drinking buckfast on the way to the match.

Where is Montrose by the way?

***matty_f*** · 07-02-2010 08:45 AM

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They had a great time throughout the match... SPL yer having a laugh, what a sh*tey home support, shall we sing a song for you... amongst other songs. We were unable to respond.. basically they had more people prepared to sing than us.

:notworthy:

Suppose we weren't drinking buckfast on the way to the match.

Where is Montrose by the way?

Aye, the Montrose fans put us to shame. Most Hibs fans seemed to turn up and sit on their hands, waiting for the inevitable goals and victory, and were content to just moan as often as they could.

The Montrose fans, on the other hand, were giving it laldy and seemed to have a great time.

**~~Chuckie~~** · 07-02-2010 08:52 AM

Montrose is just down the road from Forfar.... (not far from Dundee)....

***johnrebus*** · 07-02-2010 08:53 AM

I think we are kidding ourselves here.

Does a ' Montrose ' fan actually exist?

Like every city, town and village in Scotland, hordes of huns and tims leave there for Darkheid or Greyskull every weekend.

That support yesterday consisted of the above and very little else.

**70hibby** · 07-02-2010 08:59 AM

Did anyone else notice that they applauded both Riordans and Gow's goals... I can only assume due to the quality of the goals.

***Jamesie*** · 07-02-2010 09:05 AM

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Like every city, town and village in Scotland, hordes of huns and tims leave there for Darkheid or Greyskull every weekend.

That support yesterday consisted of the above and very little else.

Well I certainly didn't hear anything to suggest that - in contrast to our last visitors in the Scottish Cup.

I was sitting in the far north end of the West Upper yesterday, mind you.

**jakedance** · 07-02-2010 09:06 AM

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I actually miss the away trips of years ago as over whelming under dog...with very low expectations...in rickity old grounds....fun was garunteed any any small success wildly celebrated. Even the train journeys and hours of travel were a source of entertainment and challenge to over come

Now we have had a few years since Eck (Mixu excepted) of decent football ans some success.....as well as the comfort fo a decently equiped stadium....we have rased our expectations of performance to ridiculous levels...while creating less atmoshpere than a theatre crowd...with fans spending more time critisicing than supporting while in the ground..and travel..well we need to leave early now to ensure we get to our personal transport and not be inconvienienced by the threat of a modest traffic snarl....

One of the best posts I've read on here for a while. Top flight fitba sold it's soul years ago and the Montrose supporters showed us what supporting your team is all about. Meanwhile our support will abuse a striker who is on for a hat trick or complain about people turning up late.

The state of modern fitba was depressingly summed up by the booking for their boy when he scored. The authorities won't be happy until they've risk assessed all the joy out the game.

***Golden Bear*** · 07-02-2010 09:32 AM

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I think we are kidding ourselves here.

Does a ' Montrose ' fan actually exist?

Like every city, town and village in Scotland, hordes of huns and tims leave there for Darkheid or Greyskull every weekend.

That support yesterday consisted of the above and very little else.

Absolute nonsense.

***Part/Time Supporter*** · 07-02-2010 09:43 AM

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I think we are kidding ourselves here.

Does a ' Montrose ' fan actually exist?

Like every city, town and village in Scotland, hordes of huns and tims leave there for Darkheid or Greyskull every weekend.

That support yesterday consisted of the above and very little else.

I could see where you were coming from if they had taken down a few thousand (ie multiples of their normal support), but that just looked like their normal home crowd of a few hundred.

The (compulsory?) "SPL yer havin' a laff" was a bit grating, particularly considering that there wasn't anything happening on the pitch to justify it. But that was all, unlike the hun twats in the previous round.

**~~Toaods~~** · 07-02-2010 09:46 AM

I crossed the railway bridge ten mins before KO and had to hurry past a group of them singing and laughing, loving every minute of it as they headed into the stadium. A pleasant change from the usual drab visiting supports.

Probably a sad reflection on the predictibility and lack of excitement generated by most SPL games.

**mim** · 07-02-2010 09:59 AM

"Hello, hello. How do you do. We are the boys in royal blue. Where e'er we go we fear no foe. We are the Links Park dynamo"

Don't know if they sang that or not - it's a blast from the past.

**Hibby D** · 07-02-2010 10:00 AM

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I actually miss the away trips of years ago as over whelming under dog...with very low expectations...in rickity old grounds....fun was garunteed any any small success wildly celebrated. Even the train journeys and hours of travel were a source of entertainment and challenge to over come

Now we have had a few years since Eck (Mixu excepted) of decent football ans some success.....as well as the comfort fo a decently equiped stadium....we have rased our expectations of performance to ridiculous levels...while creating less atmoshpere than a theatre crowd...with fans spending more time critisicing than supporting while in the ground..and travel..well we need to leave early now to ensure we get to our personal transport and not be inconvienienced by the threat of a modest traffic snarl....

Good post

**~~Toaods~~** · 07-02-2010 10:03 AM

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"Hello, hello. How do you do. We are the boys in royal blue. Where e'er we go we fear no foe. We are the Links Park dynamo"

Don't know if they sang that or not - it's a blast from the past.

they sang it walking over the railway bridge....still sends a shiver down my spine...

**jdships** · 07-02-2010 10:06 AM

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I think we are kidding ourselves here.

Does a ' Montrose ' fan actually exist?

Like every city, town and village in Scotland, hordes of huns and tims leave there for Darkheid or Greyskull every weekend.

That support yesterday consisted of the above and very little else.

What a load of rubbish if I may say so

I know of many of those who came yesterday also turn up to EVERY home game .
That is based on my connections with the town
What do you base your thoughts on ?

**mim** · 07-02-2010 10:08 AM

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they sang it walking over the railway bridge....still sends a shiver down my spine...

Excellent.

Some of my family belong to Montrose and I've been to Links Park a few times to support the Gable Endies.......and given that song laldy.

**marinello59** · 07-02-2010 10:16 AM

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I think we are kidding ourselves here.

Does a ' Montrose ' fan actually exist?Like every city, town and village in Scotland, hordes of huns and tims leave there for Darkheid or Greyskull every weekend.

That support yesterday consisted of the above and very little else.

Yes they do exist and they are just as passionate about their club as we are about ours.

**Gatecrasher** · 07-02-2010 10:23 AM

Yup, they were good yesterday.

While I thought the atmosphere we created was nil I thought a good side of our support Was out today, clapping the guy with the hamstring, mcneil, and booing the ref for booking the guy that scored - we ain't all that bad

**~~Phil D. Rolls~~** · 07-02-2010 10:35 AM

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I think we are kidding ourselves here.

Does a ' Montrose ' fan actually exist?

Like every city, town and village in Scotland, hordes of huns and tims leave there for Darkheid or Greyskull every weekend.

That support yesterday consisted of the above and very little else.

It may have been a day out for some in the town, with no real interest in football, there didn't seem to be any hint of closet OF fans though.

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"Hello, hello. How do you do. We are the boys in royal blue. Where e'er we go we fear no foe. We are the Links Park dynamo"

Don't know if they sang that or not - it's a blast from the past.

Oh yes....takes one back...rickety stadium, ice cream van parked behing the goals etc. They haven't forgotten.

***MacBean*** · 07-02-2010 11:38 AM

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I think we are kidding ourselves here.

Does a ' Montrose ' fan actually exist?

Like every city, town and village in Scotland, hordes of huns and tims leave there for Darkheid or Greyskull every weekend.

That support yesterday consisted of the above and very little else.

Im pretty sure that Montrose have a large (in proportion to support) and active casual unit.

not that i know the casual scene at all, however i have been aware that MOntrose have a big one!

**~~Toaods~~** · 07-02-2010 11:54 AM

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not that i know the casual scene at all, however i have been aware that MOntrose have a big one!

I probably know less than you even do but a Montrose casual squad?

certainly never heard anyone ever mentioning it, never read of it and saw no signs of it yesterday.

Not aware of any trouble being reported inside or outside the ground.

think you may have confused Montrose with Millwall...

***johnrebus*** · 07-02-2010 11:55 AM

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What a load of rubbish if I may say so

I know of many of those who came yesterday also turn up to EVERY home game .
That is based on my connections with the town
What do you base your thoughts on ?

Feel free to be offensive my friend, its water off a ducks back.

I take it that your connection to Montrose doesn't actually extend to ever having been there ?

I don't have any particular grouse with Montrose as such, but in a footballing sense they are no different to any other Scottish town in that most fans there are of the Old Firm persuasion.

Sorry you feel that so difficult to come to term with.

**Hainan Hibs** · 07-02-2010 12:03 PM

Can we stop this patronizing, pat on the back pish of "hope they had a great day out" and other pish like that?

It wasn't a group of mental patients out on a day trip and it wasn't exactly a trip to the Nou Camp or San Siro.

Sort of rubbish I'd expect from Celtic fans.

**Hibby D** · 07-02-2010 12:03 PM

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Feel free to be offensive my friend, its water off a ducks back.

I take it that your connection to Montrose doesn't actually extend to ever having been there ?

I don't have any particular grouse with Montrose as such, but in a footballing sense they are no different to any other Scottish town in that most fans there are of the Old Firm persuasion.

Sorry you feel that so difficult to come to term with.

So what you're saying is that the few hundred Montrose fans who supported their team yesterday are actually OF fans?

I'd be inclined to believe those who have connections to the town whether they'd been there or not before I'd fall for someone's absurd assumptions

What a load of tosh

**~~Toaods~~** · 07-02-2010 12:06 PM

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What a load of tosh

he was injured..

**~~Phil D. Rolls~~** · 07-02-2010 12:08 PM

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Can we stop this patronizing, pat on the back pish of "hope they had a great day out" and other pish like that?

It wasn't a group of mental patients out on a day trip and it wasn't exactly a trip to the Nou Camp or San Siro.

Sort of rubbish I'd expect from Celtic fans.

Wee bit harsh, don't you think? Are we supposed to treat them like they are Inter Milan or Barcelona?

Fact is they support a wee club, and are from a small town - I'm sure they would rather have been at the Nou Camp or San Siro, but it was still a novelty for them to be playing an SPL team, and seeing a bigger than normal crowd.

***MacBean*** · 07-02-2010 12:14 PM

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I probably know less than you even do but a Montrose casual squad?

certainly never heard anyone ever mentioning it, never read of it and saw no signs of it yesterday.

Not aware of any trouble being reported inside or outside the ground.

think you may have confused Montrose with Millwall...

i wasnt aware of it either, however my colleague (die hard Alloa fan) told me yesterday of the casual group and a story or two he has heard on the terracing at the Recreational Park.

I found it hard to believe too to be honest. Not sure if its still thriving just now!

**Hainan Hibs** · 07-02-2010 12:17 PM

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Wee bit harsh, don't you think? Are we supposed to treat them like they are Inter Milan or Barcelona?

Fact is they support a wee club, and are from a small town - I'm sure they would rather have been at the Nou Camp or San Siro, but it was still a novelty for them to be playing an SPL team, and seeing a bigger than normal crowd.

I wouldn't think it was harsh no. I wasn't meaning to say we should treat them like Milan or Barcelona. A great trip would be to there, not ER half full.

It's the sort of pat on the back crap we often get from Celtic fans.

I've got friends who follow smaller teams such as Morton who have visited ER. They're only comment was on how pish the East Stand is.

It's probably just me (so I'll shut up now

) but it just grates at me that we treat them like some patients on a day trip somewhere.