Now we had to get our connection to Glasgow. We were much later than scheduled and the rush hour commute from the capital to the West was underway.
Our coach was full of businessmen heading for offices and meetings in Glasgow. We were starving so when the refreshment trolley came into our coach, we virtually emptied it, to the annoyance of the businessmen in the rest of the carriage.
My intention was to have got at least some decent sleep on the journey back and get to my house in time for a shower and change of clothes before heading into the office as normal. However, it was now going to be at least 10am by the time we got to Queen Street Station. So, after saying goodbye to the rest of the squad I went to my office in West George Street to ask (tell) my boss I would be taking one more day’s leave.
That game was more than 50 years ago, and it was not a competitive match but it still remains in my memory. I never met any of those guys who accompanied me again.
I wonder if they remember it as fondly as me?
Mike Maher
16th November 1970, Celtic draw 3:3 with West Ham in a testimonial for Bobby Moore.https://t.co/wbnEsd3f4u pic.twitter.com/v9mL8AwK6D
— Li’l Ze (@LilZe785) November 16, 2023
The Straw House made me laugh, I was once offered an upright hoover before a match for a £5er which the guy brought out of a long trench coat like it was contraband….good deal you may think….but I was 16 years old and not really in the market for a vacuum cleaner. 🙂
Some brilliant memories there, Mike. Thanks for sharing.
Hail Hail.