The "super ears" also make referees' assistants' hearing impermeable to shants of "Who's the wanker in the black" and "You don't know what you're doing".
I went to Scotland v Australia at Hampden Park a few years back. Not sure if it was the out of Murrayfield effect, or the fact that Glasgow is miles friendlier than Edinburgh, but the atmosphere was pretty good, for a half empty stadium!
There was a similar guitar-playing fan when I went to Albion Rovers v Cowdenbeath once. Weird. Also, one of the best chants I've ever heard at a match was when I went to Berwick v Airdrie and stood (as is traditional) with the away fans. To the tune of "Oh When the Saints":
Oh Air-drr-ie!
Is...
I'm not sure why everyone loves Gretna. They're not an amazing rags to riches dream story -- they've been bought by someone very rich who just wanted to muck about with a football club. He then spent more than most SFL turn over in a year on players. In fact, he only bought them because he...
None really, but I have been to a handful of Albion Rovers and Partick games. More for something to do than anything else.
I've got a mate who "supports" Cowdenbeath, despite living in Birmingham (and supporting Villa really) and never going to see them. What's it all about?
Took me long enough to get transferred out of there! I was watching the Wainwright documentaries on BBC4 recently, though, and realised that I did miss the place quite a bit.
WEMBLEY STADIUM ANNOUNCEMENT
Wembley National Stadium Limited [WNSL] can confirm that construction firm Multiplex have today handed over the keys to the stadium.
The stadium must now host two 'ramp-up' events of up to 60,000 capacity in order to test facilities and obtain a General Safety...