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Well next weekend I'm setting myself up for a massive fall, after just striking lucky in the ballot for Scotland tickets!

2000 Friday leave Swindon on National Express

0715 Saturday arrive in Glasgow

Breakfast then straight on it

1500 Watch Scotland v Norway at the cauldron that is Hampden Park

1700 Drink to celebrate/drown my sorrows

2230 Get back on National Express coach

0955 Sunday morning Arrive back in Swindon (possible with tail between my legs)

Sunday sleep it off.

Can't wait!

You nutter!

Shouldn't they save the Scotland tickets for actual Scottish Scotland fans?

OH MY!

yes Ben I suppose they should have, the damn fools!

enjoy yourself fella. Due to a logistical cock up we arent going up for it.

Will be going up for the Argentina game though!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Sounds like a fun day out. Take some keepawake drugs

When's the away fixture?

No probs Ben!!

Nor v Scot is next August I think, STA is probably saving up for that one already - £5 a pint (if you're lucky) although there is one bar in Gronland area of Oslo that was selling pints for £3 when we were there last!

good fucking question. Supposed to be august 19th next year but FIFA in their infinite wisdom are trying to change the dates to the 12th. Nothings been confirmed yet though. So much for having an internation calender!

Isn't that a bit like saying you struck lucky and have to have your gall bladder out.
Seriously though, Best of luck. I shall be at Wembley watching the mighty England thrash Kazakhstan. Swindon have a chance of winning v Huddersfield as I've only been to 4 games this season and we've lost the lot. Maybe its not Aljofree and co - maybe its me.

Just out of interest, where will you be doing your drinking in Glasgow?

I remember doing something similar when I was at university.  Must have been in 1995.  Realising one Friday night that I had a spare weekend on my hands, I caught the coach up to London in time to get the midnight coach to Newcastle.  Arrived in Newcastle at 7am Saturday morning, beers, Metro to Sunderland, watched us lose and all but confirm a second successive relegation (in the rain on an open terrace...the conga figured somewhere which, in retrospect, was a bit camp), Metro back to Newcastle, more beer, late coach back to London where I arrived back at my girlfriend's flat in Hackney at 6am on Sunday.  As you can imagine, she was delighted to see me.

I have no idea where I'll be doing my drinking, hopefully I'll be going up with a Celtic mate who knows the city a little better than me, if not, I'm at the hands of fate, do I walk into the wrong kind of bar and live to regret it? 

I'll be alright, I prefer Edinburgh to be honest, but Glasgow should be good next Sat!

I spent a few evenings in Ashton Lane in the West End a while back...great area.  I don't really know the South Side, but imagine it will be buzzing.

I was at that game; it was FREEZING and MISERABLE.... Happy memories eh!

Counting House on George square is open from 8am I think. Had breakfast in there the last time we were up. Bacon butty and a pint of Tennents for breakie! Ace!

Also took out £20 from deal or no deal after only putting in a £1! WOOOOOOOOO!

Sounds a good place to start the day off.  Know any decent pubs near Hampden worth getting in before/after kick off Will (not city centre).

I read that quickly and thought you'd typed 'Cunting House'.

I was at that game, think I may have just dried out!!

I initially read the thread as "fairiness"

Going back to the fairness point, I think more "events" tickets should be allocated in this way.  Why is it vitally important for the first come first served model to be followed all the time.  Why doesn't the Glasto organiser say, okay you have 1 month (may be February) to register for tickets (you can only use your card details and address details once), then once that month is up there's a random ballot and 140,000 people are the lucky owners of 2009 Glasto weekend tickets. 

Much better than website crashing all the time, nice chilled out way of doing things.

The shed is usually quite good pre match, its not too far from hampden. Pandora's was quite good when I used to go in there, but it gets pretty rammed and therefore getting served is a nightmare. post-match, you are better getting back into town ASAP.

You've got time for some good coach drinking in there.

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Well what I weekend, I must admit I thought I'd made a massiver mistake when this fat asian chap (who stank) say next to me on the bus up to lasgow, but it was worth it.  Quality day, reat atmosphere, just my luck that Iwelumo could stick the ball in the net from a yard out!!  I thouht it was in (as did thousands of others).

Got back at 10 this morning after sleeping all the way from Glasgow to London.  Glasgow's great btw, would recommend it for a night out, if you're up that way.