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It's all about local pride standing with your fellow fans who live in the same area and support their local team. It's not about glory hunting or religion. Rangers or Celtic fans will never get this level of pride of their local team beating their biggest rivals
I love how you always interview people from all walks, giving people who normal TV wouldn't air a chance to have their little moment, and be heard as well - top man Sam
rangers fan here. very good limbs from the pars. makes me happy seeing games like this, filled with pure passion. makes a change from the old firm. thanks for highlighting these kind of games, only brings more eyes to scottish football.
@@Daviebhoy25cfc that's funny as your vile club pay to protect the old firm brand ???? Also FIFA SFA uefa judges barristers lawyers solicitors law courts all say Glasgow rangers are the same club , so basically you and the rest of the moon howlers are gibbering slavering 💩
Hi Sam, I was the guy sitting just down the front of you that spoke to you during the game, great video even though the result wasn’t what I wanted. Keep up the good work and hopefully you can make it back to another derby where we win 😁👍
As much as We despise them fair play to selling your allocation rarely done unless it’s Hibs Gers etc. Your wee crew glad yous were kept in for 20 mins as there were 100 plus in black waiting outside. The few that got out paid the price. No condoning it in anyway but why leave early considering rescent events Few of the older heeds stopped some scarfers from getting done on way to Grahamston train station see we aren’t all bad Why were there Hamilton boys in your end approached me asking where to get a taxi said they were from Hamilton sounded Fife to me. Pulled them to the side told them every one around yous are picking of fifers zip it walk to the toon or get away and taxi asap after 20 or so just got done in the car park. If you read this you’ll remember not for a moment did I think you guys were from Hamilton if so pm me saved your arse then btw 😉
Me and a couple mates decided to do this game as our team, Aberdeen, had played on the Friday night. We felt quite disappointed with the atmosphere from the Falkirk fans for a derby game, and we were left very impressed by the Dunfermline fans throughout. Thought the 2nd half livened the game up though and it is quite the derby.
Big crowd, and definitely two clubs who should be at a much higher level than they are at the moment. Hopefully see them both back in the Premier League at some point in the future
Both teams have been good earners for other league 1 clubs. They bring good crowds to the smaller clubs. While they are probably the best clubs in the league, they have to fight for it. Montrose, my club, held Falkirk to a draw and beat Dunfermline. But I reckon they’ll both go up, and rightly so.
@@McConnachy In 5 years time Montrose will be a much better team than us (Falkirk). Our board are the least supportive of onfield success of anyone in Scottish Football and only care about making money for themselves. I mean really Falkirk should be in a position where they should have had promotion all but sealed by Christmas the first season they got relegated not languishing there for seasons with no reasonable expectation that they will be promoted this year. I managed to speak to John "Yogi" Hughes once about his experience managing Falkirk, he said he loved the club but the lack of support from the board made it impossible for any manager to be successful and they actively disincentivize exceeding expectations. For example, he said when Falkirk first got into the SPL the board gave him his budget for the year and set their target of finishing 11th in the league, well John Hughes team finished 10th, instead of praising him and rewarding him the board told Yogi, your target was 11th because we finished 10th we obviously over-budgeted and cut his budget, stating your target is to finish 11th. The next season even with a reduced budget Falkirk finished 7th in the SPL, again the board said our target was 11th we are obviously giving you too much money and cut the budget again, rinse and repeat the next season when despite budget cuts we finished 7th again. I suspect we will be in league 1 for as long as the current board is in place, which is shocking considering Falkirk is something like the 7th or 8th largest supported team in Scotland with only really teams from the big cities managing to outdraw us consistently.
Many thanks for another really enjoyable posting. I've lost count of the number I've watched and still keep coming back for more. Keep up the great work
@@MrSlappHead I don't think Falkirk use any Old Firm chants. A few chants we've nicked and adapted from other clubs as everyone does but mostly it's our own chants, but almost nothing that was inspired by either Rangers or Celtic
Naw we Falkirk have our songs traditional and knew original chants Hail Hail pars are here “ surely yous could dae better than that and the above plus every 1 that’s a Celtic tune.
@@leektid4624 I mean it is, almost 8000 for a League One game, that's ridiculous. And in comparison to teams like Livi, Hamilton etc, it's a big jump in numbers.
Brilliant content as ever, thank you for the continued coverage of Scottish fitba. Absolutely outstanding limbs from the Pars fans there - i utterly despise Failkirk so this is an absolute bonus.
This video just popped up on my RU-vid,and it is hard to believe there is going to be 2 divisions between these teams next season,and not the way most neutrals would think.
Ah the old brockville! I went to see Motherwell beat Falkirk there in the cup. The new stadium was built to get them back in the spl as they won the championship or 1st division 3 times but couldn’t get promoted due to not having a 10,000 seater stadium as brockville had a few standing only stands. Motherwell benefitted one year as we would have been relegated from the spl for the first time if they had 10,000 seater
Well well well! First of all, great to see you decided to come along to the game today and glad you were able to finally see us win! The away end was absolutely crazy today - as it always is when we visit Falkirk. This rivalry is right up there with the biggest in Scotland and long may that continue. Super proud of our defensive performance and thrilled with the final result. Great video as always, Sam. Keep up the good work and you're welcome to come and watch us play anytime you'd like! 🏁🏁🏁
Hi good friends,and this is one of the best respective Scottish League 1 matches and both Falkirk and Dunfermline are two of my favourite respective clubs daily and ever in this world and other planets!!!🙏
Great content as always, who knew this was as passionate a rivalry as that? I certainly didn't and will watch out for tis fixture from now on. Leeds fan from Hull. 👍
The Kelpies are beautiful, and , the Falkirk Wheel is pretty impressive too, another good one Sam. Always have a soft spot for Falkirk, I took unwell at a Celtic cup tie at the old Brockville, and, was really looked after by their stewards and medical people.
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Brilliant video mate. Some great "limbs" in the away end. Again...one of your videos proves that there is so much more to scottish football than just the old firm
So true. Two sets of fans that have hated each other for over 130 years. A bit dangerous though so keep your wits about you if you ever get down, not that you could get a ticket though!
Went to the game as neutral as I was over from Belfast visiting friends. Was surprised at the atmosphere for the two clubs being in league 1. Good to see people out supporting there local team. But that referee, I thought he had an absolute stinker 😅
fair play cracking atmos, both teams should be higher and prob premiership but had their issues, as for the crowd I remember 13k plus when they were going for promotion to premier with leishman, jim duffy etc
Smart looking stadium with the exception of a stand missing down one side....went to the old stadium in the 80's to watch Leeds in a pre season friendly
Basically they spent too much money on the main stand, the intention was to build the full stadium in installments, but when they got to the point where they had a 3 stand stadium that will rarely ever get filled to capacity then they stopped the expansion. They'd have been better making a smaller main stand and having the 8-10K seats surround the pitch rather than mostly being in the main stand.
I’m a rangers fan, but also go to some Falkirk games as it’s local, re the atmosphere, I was at a Falkirk/ pars game with my son several years ago when it was still brockville, the place was heaving, one of the best atmospheres I’ve heard at that fixture in a long time, yesterday comes close.
@@yvonnejohnston9429 I'm a Falkirk fan the loss of places like Brockville is a massive loss to Scottish football. Stadiums like that were the heart and soul of the game. Sure it's nice to have the big fancy stadiums, but there is a certain something about the raggedy old stadiums. Modern stadiums all feel the same with the only difference being the colour of the seats, whereas all the old stadiums felt unique.
@@24magiccarrot how very true, was sad when they decided to get rid of brockville, in my view Westfield doesn’t have the same vibe/ atmospheric conditions as brockville did.
@@yvonnejohnston9429 It wasn't really a decision Falkirk were forced to build a bigger stadium if they wanted to play in the SPL and there just wasn't the space to expand where the old stadium was.
@@Shane_1885 Average attendances would suggest Falkirk is bigger than Raith Rovers. FYI Falkirk have a secondary rivalry with Raith Rovers as well just Dunfermline is bigger.
COYP good video ,Cracking atmosphere the pars away supports always been good very partisan , But add a wee trip to scumkirk and you can easy add 50% + to the army, On the rivalry/derby it stems back to 4 things Dockers,Miners,History & Some distasteful Incidents "on both side's" . But in terms of is it a derby's tbh its not. I don't see its as 1 per say; but the result and gloating ranks similar to the importance of the rovers & the other fife derby's , though Falkirk's actual derby is East Stirling historically. But this is a fixture of pure rivaled haltered and is easy up their with the Aberdeen v Rangers game! easily! and a imop a top 6/7 fixture in the spl calendar no matter the league.
Still no idea why there is such rivalry between the two teams. Essentially two bald men fighting over a comb. Their best days are well in the past. Nice video. Brockville was a dump and without the council funding the move Falkirk would still be there. There are other sights in the Falkirk area. The Kelpies are actually in Grangemouth. The boundary between the two towns runs down the middle of the stadium. Try the Falkirk Wheel next time. Amazing bit of engineering Keep up the good work.
There's actually four teams in this league you could call Derby games; Falkirk, Dunfermline, Alloa Athletic and Kelty Hearts. Great video; thoroughly enjoyed it.
The reason you havent heard about it is that most football fans don't see this is a derby. Rivalry maybe but definitely an invention. Be that as it may I always hope thre PARS hammer them.
These two clubs should not be in league one but the primer league with the fan base and stadium size. On one thing Falkirk should build that missing stand looks out of place.
Told you about a year ago that you really need to get to a Falkirk and Dunfermline derby, definitely Premier team’s and support. The absolute hate for each other is 100 real. Lot’s of bad blood from past years Norrie McCarthy, Dean Shield’s 1 fake eye, them singing walk doon to electric avenue after our 14 year academy player died at Little Kerse. Always a sellout. Although Dunfermline didn’t sell out the full allocation at East end last game
We never do sell EEP out well rarely its a 11.5k stadium and in my 40 years of watching the pars , iv seen it full like 9 times tbh Airdrie 2-1 , Aberdeen playoff, rangers x 3, celtic x4 , Most resent was vs raith a few year back ! when hardie hit that wonder goal . EEP stadium is way to big a relic from days gone by and stupid spfl rules . But Dunfermline are Scottish footballs sleeping giant all ways have been
Falkirk fans making hissing/gas leak noises back in the 90's after Norrie McCathie (least get the guys name correct) passed away in 1996 from carbon monoxide poisoning, the Dunfermline captain. Falkirk fans still sing about that and post tripe online about it, can't say heard over the years about the young academy lad from our fans, yes both sets have few clowns in both camps, most don't even know what they are singing about when comes to the opposition. Falkirk players getting suspended for abusing Shiels for having a fake eye (ironically one of them now plays for Dunfermline), then Falkirk fans throwing fake eye balls onto the park at the lad . Not always a sell out, wasnt today, nor the game earlier in season which falkirk didnt sell out a reduced allocation never mind getting the whole away stand. Lot of it is good rivalry amongst friends, though if u dont know an opposition supporter they are the enemy 100%, but can be spoilt by a few clowns from both sides like most clubs, mainly silly little lads going around in stone island clothing thinking they are something.
7600 do 200 short at your ground earlier in season there was huge sections empty main stand and the guy Macuthurs stand There you sorry u you Oi had to pick thorough my grammar to look for a nit pick
@@User_TheBairns 7600 do 200 short? macauthurs stand? if you gonna make a point least have the decency to get the information correct ! huge sections in empty main stand.... oh yeah that is the section for the away support which you couldnt get close to selling out a restricted number of tickets for one stand lol
My son and me are Dunfermline season tickets holders..how’s much we hate Falkirk it just imagine biggest club in world which is old firm ..not as big as Celtic v Rangers ..but madness atmosphere
I love your vids Sam however I feel like you need a wee break from the UK and you should try a few matches abroad to document not only the football but different cultures and you should make it into its own series. I would honestly watch every minute
Big reason goes back to when Norris McCarhie died the Pars captain and club great. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning and Falkirk fans made fun of it, as well as Shiela when he lost an eye.
It is the Kindcardine Bridge derby. The hatred fron Dunfermline fans to Falkirk came after Norrie McCathie untimely death in 95/96 season from carbon monoxide poisoning and the behaviour of some of the Falkirk support mocking that at the next match between the sides
Funny how Dunfermline fans remember the McCathie chant but forget the incident 2 seasons prior of the Dunfermline fans throwing bananas on the pitch and making monkey noises because Falkirk had a black player that always scored against you.
Apparently, Stirling Albion really hate us (by us I mean Falkirk), but Falkirk fans only found out about it about 10 years ago when some of their fans infiltrated an online Falkirk forum, so basically the Stirling Albion fan base was so insignificant that they were unable to express their hatred with sufficient force for anyone in Falkirk to notice. It was kinda like a fly trying to start an argument with a multistory building. Stirling Albion has to be the worse average attendance to the population of the place where they are based in Scotland.
You need to understood where the hate comes from before you can begin to rate its merit. Back in the eighties Dunfermline,a then captain Norry Mc Cathie sadly died in the sack with a young woman,,the central heater boiler was leaking carbon monoxide and they both passed away.A few days later at Brokville the Falkirk fans were singing songs about Scottish Gas ,I'll let you be the judge.
