Hearts fans cup final travel info

HEARTS SUPPORTERS’ COACHES 

The drivers of all Hearts supporters’ coaches, irrespective of size and including minibuses, must adhere to the following police instructions.

PRE MATCH ROUTES APPROACHING THE WEST OF THE STADIUM

M8 Westbound: Exit the M8 at Junction 22 and join the M77. Leave the M77 at Junction 1 (Dumbreck Road), turn left onto Dumbreck Road and continue until the junction with Titwood Road. (LOW BRIDGE 13’ 9’’. High sided vehicles such as double deck buses – turn right, Haggs Road, turn left Shawmoss Road, turn right Titwood Road, rejoin route) continue Titwood Road. Turn right onto Minard Road continue onto Langside Avenue to the roundabout (Langside Monument). Take the 2^nd exit continuing on Battlefield Road to the first traffic light junction and bear right remaining on Battlefield Road to the ‘T’ junction with Cathcart Road.  Turn left onto Cathcart Road towards Queens Drive, where your coach will be directed to park.

M80 Southbound: Join M8 Westbound and continue as above. 

M8 Eastbound: Exit at Junction 24, Helen Street, turn left onto Helen Street, continue to the roundabout and turn right onto Edmiston Drive at the next roundabout turn right onto Broomloan Road, continue through the junction onto Dumbreck Road and continue as above.

A77/M77 Northbound: Exit at Junction 1 (Dumbreck Road), turn right onto Dumbreck Road and continue as above.

PRIVATE TRANSPORT

HEARTS supporters using private vehicles will have limited facilities to park within the Queens Park Recreation Ground, Queens Drive, Glasgow (on payment of a small fee).

Follow the above coach routes as far as Titwood Road: Thereafter turn right onto Minard Road and onto Langside Avenue to the roundabout (monument), turn left onto Langside Road, turn left at traffic lights and continue on Langside Road, turn right onto Queens Drive where you will be directed to park in Queens Park Recreation Ground.

POST MATCH ROUTES EXITING THE STADIUM

Langside Road: Continue to Langside Monument. Take 3^rd exit onto Langside Avenue. Continue west on Langside Avenue through the junction with Pollokshaws Road onto Minard Road. Continue on Minard Road and turn left onto Titwood Road and follow reverse of inward route towards M77/M8 as appropriate. On Titwood Road consider reverse diversion route for high sided vehicles via Shawmoss Road and Haggs Road.

Queens Drive: Turn right onto Victoria Road, turn left onto Calder Street, and continue onto Nithsdale Drive. At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Nithsdale Road.  Continue to the ‘T’ junction at Dumbreck Road; thereafter follow the respective road signs for the M77 or M8 as appropriate.

Rebel Rebel

The OTHER ten … the REBEL 10.

Both phrases that I have seen and heard from those who run or those in media who cover our national sport recently. 

Can somebody please tell me when Scottish football got SO messed up that a MAJORITY is seen as nothing more than a bunch of wee upstarts causing embarrassment? 

Ten against two.  Now, correct me if I’m wrong here but in ANY other area of life, whether it be the playground, the boardroom or a parliament, the ten would pretty much be handing the two their collective arses on a silver platter … no matter HOW big of a bully they are now or have been in the past.

But it seems that the “playground” of Scottish football is a lot different to any other playground in the world.  Not only do THEY spend their day telling “the other 10” just how insignificant they are and how difficult they would find life if “the BIG two” were to up-sticks and head off, hand in hand, into the sunset, they somehow manage to get those who administer Scottish football AND those who make their money from reporting on the game to back up those claims with an almost un-swerving dogma.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 April 2012 14:19

The idiot box

Before anyone starts NO, I wasn’t referring to myself standing on a soapbox to spout nonsense.  Anyone who knows me will realize that I don’t need a box for that!  The title of this article refers to what (in my opinion) is one of the major contributors to the downfall of the Scottish game of football. 

Now before I start my rambling I should clarify.  I enjoy watching football on telly.  I have spent many enjoyable afternoons with pals watching games in a pub, having World Cup or European championship parties or sitting with strangers in a bar in a foreign land cheering on the local team.  So the problem isn’t only with the lack of ticket sales due to televised fixtures, it goes far deeper.

We take our son to a community football academy every week for training and fun.  They are well organized, attempt to engage the children in skills games as well as competitive 5 aside games and it is great to see the children so enthusiastic.  BUT, as I sit there for an hour a week peering from the visitor’s gallery, the negative effect of television becomes very clear. 

Last Updated on Saturday, 12 March 2011 15:21