Post by hamish on Mar 7, 2003 21:44:48 GMT
' Well did you know that I was the assistant attendant at Cumnock open air baths?'
Apart from being startled at the fact that outdoor swimming in Cumnock was possible, it was David Smith's reply to the question ' How did you get a ticket for the Wales World Cup qualifier at Annfield'
The 70's pre travel Club and Marjory was a logistical nightmare. Wembley had an official allocation of 30,000 distributed thru the clubs and to those not affliated it was a case of who you knew and those with friends in England. The Faither was a dab hand at getting briefs. He once sacked a worker who had the audacity to have a ticket , half promise and then renage. People didn't realise just how important it was.
Wembley 79 a case in point. I had come home from Germany for the home internationals. first game at Cardiff and a hat trick by Toshack, slower than Tam Coyle at getting a round in, set us up nicely for the usual Nothern Ireland taster for the trip to London. Trouble was that 5 went down to London, 4 had tickets.
Outside Wembley things looked grim and after splitting in search of, somebody sold the Faither 1 outside the tube station. I kid you not there were 90,000 Scots in the ground that day and a few thousand outside ticketless.
2.40 and somebody shouted from high above me already in the stadium. This guy had climbed in and wrapped his ticket in 10p piece and chucked it at me. He gave me money for a ticket.
We were all in and I gave the ticket to a lucky lad in tartan.
Of course we lost 3 -1 , a great Keegan goal. A daft scouser in tartan invaded the field at 1 - 1, we lost concentration and they slipped a trundler past George Woods. Yes George Woods!!!!!
The Cumnock connection, well there was this group from Cumnock that went every year to Liverpool for a lads weekend always staying at the holiday inn. The manager of the hotel was a Cumnock boy and had previously worked at Cumnock open air pool. He had got David the ticket.
Did I tell you the one about the German journalist who got me into the Champions League Final?
Apart from being startled at the fact that outdoor swimming in Cumnock was possible, it was David Smith's reply to the question ' How did you get a ticket for the Wales World Cup qualifier at Annfield'
The 70's pre travel Club and Marjory was a logistical nightmare. Wembley had an official allocation of 30,000 distributed thru the clubs and to those not affliated it was a case of who you knew and those with friends in England. The Faither was a dab hand at getting briefs. He once sacked a worker who had the audacity to have a ticket , half promise and then renage. People didn't realise just how important it was.
Wembley 79 a case in point. I had come home from Germany for the home internationals. first game at Cardiff and a hat trick by Toshack, slower than Tam Coyle at getting a round in, set us up nicely for the usual Nothern Ireland taster for the trip to London. Trouble was that 5 went down to London, 4 had tickets.
Outside Wembley things looked grim and after splitting in search of, somebody sold the Faither 1 outside the tube station. I kid you not there were 90,000 Scots in the ground that day and a few thousand outside ticketless.
2.40 and somebody shouted from high above me already in the stadium. This guy had climbed in and wrapped his ticket in 10p piece and chucked it at me. He gave me money for a ticket.
We were all in and I gave the ticket to a lucky lad in tartan.
Of course we lost 3 -1 , a great Keegan goal. A daft scouser in tartan invaded the field at 1 - 1, we lost concentration and they slipped a trundler past George Woods. Yes George Woods!!!!!
The Cumnock connection, well there was this group from Cumnock that went every year to Liverpool for a lads weekend always staying at the holiday inn. The manager of the hotel was a Cumnock boy and had previously worked at Cumnock open air pool. He had got David the ticket.
Did I tell you the one about the German journalist who got me into the Champions League Final?