here we stand

[Blue Moon 1,292]

As a small, teenage girl I used to stand on the beer cans to see the game.

[chilledbear 16]

And pissing in the cans and down the leg of the guy in front.

 

No me, honest.

 

Funny enough that kind of thing had just about stopped by the start of the 70s.

[The Real PapaBear 0]

No me, honest.

 

Funny enough that kind of thing had just about stopped by the start of the 70s.

 

Aye, in the family enclosure.

[ian1964 10,724]

As a small, teenage girl I used to stand on the beer cans to see the game.

 

Beer cans were made of sterner stuff back then:)

[Gribz 850]

Awesome stuff

[onevision 1,571]

It's forty years since the Centenary Stand was constructed and I find myself wondering if many Bears remember the Derry?

 

The Derry was the piece of terracing situated where the Govan Stand is situated, from the 18 yard line at the Copland to 20 yards after the halfway line. It was truly mental, sang, surged, and thrummed continually throughout a match. I remember a Scottish Cup tie against Falkirk(71/72ish), where a Polis cap was tossed up, down and across the Derry as the match progressed. Against Bayern Munich in the Fairs Cup they sang, 'we sank the Bismark', a game in the sectional League cup they chorused, 'Billy, Billy McNeil' when a stray dog entered the field, and invited all opposition fans, 'to come and have a go if you think your hard enough'.

 

Again, as I wonder; what to an area between the Copland and the Govan known to my grandfather in the 20s/30s as 'Hellfire Corner'? I suppose it proves the Stadium continues to breath and evolve.

 

Remember the Derry well, in the same match against Bayern i recall " the hills are alive with the sound of MULLER'S A BASTARD" also being sang and if memory serves me well i think Gert opened the scoring with Colin Stein equalizing late on with us eventually losing 2-0 in the second leg.