Things have been so crazy here in Glasgow. Last weekend was Halloween, which is actually a pretty big deal here, as people love dressing up in costume (or as the Scots call it Fancy Dress). But in between Halloween celebrations I managed to get to a Scottish Premiere League football match. I went to see the Celtic Football Club play Hibernian another SPL team. The whole trip was organized by one of my study abroad advisors at the university who works directly with BC. They paid for the tickets and transportation to and from the field which was amazing!
We started off the day meeting Rhona, my adviser, and her boyfriend at the Partick Tavern. Rhona isn't very into football so she brought her boyfriend along with us to answer any questions we might have and to help us find our way to the stadium. from there it was a short train ride out of the city and then a 10 minute walk to the station to Celtic Park.
Once inside we all stopped at concessions to get some lunch and then made our way to our seats. I really didn't have any expectations about where the seats would be. All I knew was that we were sitting in the family section in an attempt to avoid some of really rowdy fans. The seats were amazing though! Fourth row, right behind the goal.
Me and Bridgid in our Celtic green at Celtic Park!
It ended up raining a few times during the match, but it was still so much fun! The people there were so lively and invested in the team. At times it did seem like they were more interested in singing and jeering the opposing team than actually watching the match, but they're a very dedicated group of fans. The game ended in a tie, 0 - 0, which normally would have been disappointing, but the experience was exciting anyways. I definitely want to get to another match while I'm here, maybe a Rangers one next time to see the other side of Glasgow football. Check in again soon for more posts!
- Sarah
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