SPL Boring Compared To Championship

[Dashing Bob S]

Missing the championship already - though I know we can never go back.

[HappyAsHellas]

How I yearn for the atmosphere of the sometimes 1 sided stadia, plastic pitches that were of the same surface as the stuff in a fishmongers windae and fan bases of 5 ten year olds singing "who are ya". Halcyon days indeed Bob, I'm with you on this one.

[Coults1875]

I don't miss the Championship for it's terrible away stadiums. Poor away attendances at ER and always knowing we don't belong there. However, i do miss the competitive nature of the league. The cups speak for themselves and will always be our main goal apart from staying up of course but you'll never get that feeling back of dominating a league and having a chasing pack meaning each game is like a cup final.

[Keith_M]

Who can possibly resist the lure of the away end at Somerset Park, with it's space age toilet facilities and charming local fan base.

Not forgetting the Central Park Tyres and the refreshment stall kettle, on the terrace behind the goals.

[Iggy Pope]

I miss the underlying yet ever present hint of a pagger amongst us at Dumbarton.

[Pretty Boy]

I got a pie on a roll at Alloa. I've not seen that offered at any Premiership grounds over the years.

Championship wins.

[easty]

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How I yearn for the atmosphere of the sometimes 1 sided stadia, plastic pitches that were of the same surface as the stuff in a fishmongers windae and fan bases of 5 ten year olds singing "who are ya". Halcyon days indeed Bob, I'm with you on this one.

The Killie pitch is as bad as anything else I've seen. It's horrendous and it shouldn't be allowed at SPL level.

[ancient hibee]

Yes a wonderful experience full of footballers who twenty years ago might have reached the dizzy heights of Linlithgow Rose thirds.Aleague so good that the eventual best of the rest could almost give a decent game to the second worst of the Premier League.

[Cabbage East]

I'll miss visiting such cultural hubs as Alloa. I'll miss every team sitting in and defending for 90 minutes. Makes for quite a spectacle.

[GreenArmyyy!]

Hated everything about that league. So, so boring aside from the play-offs.

[Firestarter]

I think the cup runs gloss over the fact the league was pish. I won't miss Peter Houston or Armerilo that's for sure.

[Bristolhibby]

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I miss the underlying yet ever present hint of a pagger amongst us at Dumbarton.

Lol!

Only managed to get to one away game during our three year stint in the lower league. (Bonnyrigg Rose was a Cup game).

A 2-1 defeat against Raith Rovers. Was my lads first Hibs game.

Highlights were
- it was his first game
- the curry for lunch at that pub/restaurant by the station
- Hibs scored
-erm?

J

[Dashing Bob S]

Some great reasons for missing the championship. I endorse every one of them.

I'd also add: winning the Scottish Cup.

[SirDavidsNapper]

Will always remember the pissing rain and cold of Cowdenbeath when I think of the Championship years. A dreich day in a dreich 3 seasons of league football for the club.

[Sylar]

Give me standing in the pishing rain at Alloa or Cowdenbeath over the cesspits that are Ibrox or Celtc Park any day of the week.

[SouthMoroccoStu]

For me the fact we were away for 3 years and nothing has changed is the big anticlimax!

[Smartie]

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Will always remember the pissing rain and cold of Cowdenbeath when I think of the Championship years. A dreich day in a dreich 3 seasons of league football for the club.

That was truly miserable.

Getting a few beers in Cowdenbeath was a highlight though.

Wee Jimmies was the best away pub I've been to for a few years.

[SirDavidsNapper]

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That was truly miserable.

Getting a few beers in Cowdenbeath was a highlight though.

Wee Jimmies was the best away pub I've been to for a few years.

True. I left at HT and went to pub. Literally a fair weather supporter.

[heretoday]

I think I prefer the SPL. Sure,it's boring but so was the Championship. Only the cup win alleviated the torpor.

[SteveHFC]

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True. I left at HT and went to pub. Literally a fair weather supporter.

Also did this myself.

[SChibs]

Much preferred the away trips in the championship If I'm honest, at least the stadium's had character and we're fun to see. Give me raith or QoS away ahead of St j or killie any day

[hibby6270]

Miss the scalding hot bovril at Palmerston. Lasts the whole of the second half.

[The_Exile]

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Who can possibly resist the lure of the away end at Somerset Park

One of my favourite stadiums anywhere on the planet, love the place.

[Hibernia&Alba]

Parkhead on Saturday, in front of sixty thousand, in one of the great fixtures in Scottish football. Two thousand at Dumbarton, played in front of one stand, Alloa and Cowdenbeath will not be missed. I'm not bored at all; I'm loving being back where we belong.

[Hibernia&Alba]

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Will always remember the pissing rain and cold of Cowdenbeath when I think of the Championship years. A dreich day in a dreich 3 seasons of league football for the club.

I was there that night. Utterly miserable and soaked to the skin in a stadium that could have been mistaken for the local rubbish dump. Horrendous.

[Scott Allan Key]

Alloa Akbar

[LancashireHibby]

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True. I left at HT and went to pub. Literally a fair weather supporter.

I only got there just before half time and folk were already leaving and telling me not to bother!

[Hibernia&Alba]

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I only got there just before half time and folk were already leaving and telling me not to bother!

Worst soaking I've ever experienced. Rain running down my back, claithes stuck to me. Not good. Didn't go back the following season!

[jacomo]

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I got a pie on a roll at Alloa. I've not seen that offered at any Premiership grounds over the years.

Championship wins.

Incredible. Hard to put a price on such memories.

How much was it?

[660]

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True. I left at HT and went to pub. Literally a fair weather supporter.

We said we’d leave if Hibs got another goal. It finished 1-0.