Closest thing I remember was Euro 2008 Switzerland Turkey. Was at the match last night and was surprised at the quality of football when they restarted, Scotland were still playing better football than they ever did under previous managers since Brown.
Credit to the ground staff who got it back on. A truly remarkable feat considering how bad the rain was. And another fantastic result for the Scottish national team. STEVE CLARKES TARTAN ARMY.
@@garyrobertson9534 I think it only went ahead as Scotland were 1-0 if it hadn't of been 1-0 then I'm pretty sure it would of been absconded and played on a alteritive day
Ive been going to Scotland games for maybe 12 years now. The most bizarre game ever. I'm a wheelchair user, so I sit right at the front (you were pretty much directly behind me, obviously higher up though) and every single wheelchair user there got absolutely drenched. I went in to the kiosk in the first 20 mins break and I poured about a cm of water out of each trainer! Every item of clothing was soaking. The whole experience was unbelievable, but I loved every minute. The atmosphere was unlike anything I've experienced at Hampden before.
Thanks again for the video coverage, Sam. Ive said it on your other videos, you've single handedly done more for advertising Scottish football than the SFA have ever done. Cheers!
6 days worth of rain in an hour - most grounds/pitches would've had the same issues. Once they cleared it and the rain stopped it improved a lot, so the ref made a good call in the end.
on this occasion i wouldn't be overly critical of the surface at hampden. In all my years i've never seen a downpour quite like that in Glasgow. Not sure any pitch in Scotland or anywhere could have handled that volume of water in such an intense short period of time.
mate we get that kinda rain atleast a couple times a year 🤣 I think with the contrast against the last week of sun sun sun the rain seemed more harsh than it was. t was definitely torrential downpour but I wouldn't say the worst we've ever had
What a bizarre night. Was gutted at having to leave Hampden 10 minutes into the second half to get the last train from Kings Park, but glad I managed to see both goals and was able to leave with a bit of peace of mind that we were in the lead. This video has made up for it though 🙂
Last year, as Sparta fans, we drove 300 kilometers to Slovácko for the final of the Czech Cup. We were already at the stadium an hour before the game, but it had rained so much that the pitch was as wet as it is now at Hampden Park. In the end, they postponed the match two weeks later, so that day we were going back 300 kilometers back to Prague, and I was going another 150 kilometers from Prague to Trutnov, where I live. So I left at 10 in the morning for the match that was supposed to start at 5 in the afternoon, because of the wet pitch we waited an hour and it still didn't start. We went from Slovácko to Prague at 7 in the evening, where we were at 11 at night and I got home to Trutnov at 2 in the morning. So it was a very long trip full of beer, slivovice and other alcohol, but there was no football. 😂😂😂
Ahh Slivovice takes me back to Pohoda festival in Trencin Dobre Pivo too in Scotland 🏴 you can have 4 seasons in one day , this year summer is on a Wednesday!
@@therealdeal9698 Slivovice is very popular in Czech Republic and specially in Slovácko where was that postponed match and also at Vizovice where is my favourite summer festival Masters of Rock 👍😄 every time I am in Morava region I drink Slivovice 😀 Trenčín is in Slovakia where you can drink not only Slivovice but also Borovička 😀 in Scotland you have your Whisky. I sometimes drink Scotch Whisky too 😀👍
I’ve spent a fair annount of time in SK, The czech and slovak beers are so good. I will never touch any of the spirits though. Especially not that slivovicka and Hruska 🤢
@@wayfinder6715 for me Czech beer is the best beer in the world. But I am Czech so it is not objective 😀 And I understand you don’t like Czech or Slovak hard liquor. It has a great amount of alcohol and bitter taste. That is not for everybody. It is much easier to drink Slivovice when you are Czech 😀 but even then… I can do like 3 shots of Slivovice and the rest of the night rather drinking beers.
@@vojtechkostovski951 yes. Borovicka is like Gin I think Juniper Berries , Smadny mnich or thirsty monk I liked , my friend is a Welder from Slovakia 🇸🇰 Rastislav is from Drahovce also Peter from Piestany , Slovak people and Czech people are very good folk also Lubomir Moravcik was a common denominator for us , you haven’t done a festival like T in the park until you have done it in another language, pohodicka ! Compadre Also drinking Fernat and Grenat Czech beer will blow your mind
An absolutely magical night last night. The delay just made it all the better. Wonderful entertainment and the most extreme heart from these boys. Well done lads. You're making us very, very proud.
Just like to say a big thank you . Long time Clyde supporter but lost interest in Scottish football about 10 years ago .Been watching your videos last few months and it has rekindled my interest .Moving back to Scotland soon and will make effort to go see the Bully wee .
That rain was monsoon-like (as an Arizona resident, I've seen my fair share of those). I don't think any surface, anywhere, could have dealt with that much better. What really disappointed me was that no-one thought to go get more equipment to clear that water - brooms for the ball-boys? There were plenty of people eager to help, but there were no tools for them. Pitch not to blame, field staff were heroes, leadership were zeroes. Well done players and ground crew and well done to the fans who were able to stick it out (and commiserations to those forced to leave to catch trains, etc)
Where do you think they could've got more equipment from at 8pm? Even though the pitch would've been watered regularly before the match, the heatwave for weeks before the game must've had an impact on the soils ability to drain the water.
The last time I saw rain like that was in Mombasa during the rainy season. The Hampden pitch comes in for criticism and some of it is fair but no pitch in the world could handle such rainfall. Another great performance and result for us and I get the booing when the Georgians finally came out again but I noticed a bit of booing at the national anthem, I’ve been to a handful of Scotland matches recently (not this one) and it’s becoming common, there’s really no need and it doesn’t put us Scots in a good light.
Scotland was taking so long to put up the highlights for this match (in the US I couldn't find a service to stream the match) so I came to your channel to see if you put anything up last night after the match. Was disappointed you didn't right after the match, but watching this I DEFINITELY understand why. Great video as usual. And as the guy said next to you: We'll take it one game at a time, but these games have all been great so far. Mon Scotland!!!
I got caught in that rain at work, got drenched. Absolutely soaking driving home on the motorway at 30mph! Never seen so much rain fall in such a short space of time. I doubt any pitch would have handled that, so much credit to the ground staff. What amazed me is the amount of people who stayed back to near the end. Well done the Tartan Army! Also, thought we played some decent football despite the conditions. Oh, Germany, prepare yourselves for a party, the Scots are coming!
Oooh, I feel your pain. Once sat in a ground in France (in the dark) for over an hour with a floodlight failure - was knackered by the time it ended and then had to get back. Big wraps for sticking with it. Thought the seat + hospitality was decent value at £150: have been quoted more at Rugby League internationals!! Love your stuff: keep up the excellent work.
I was there. Don’t think there would have been many pitches that would cope with that level of water. To make my night even more memorable, after the game we were stuck in a traffic jam 3 streets away from Hampden for over an hour, then the exit from the motorway to our part of the world was closed due to roadworks. Got home at 1.15AM. Not going to forget that game for a looong time.
I read somewhere it was 15 days worth mate, regardless, it was a hell of a lot of rain anyway and we got the 3 points. Does the top 2 from our group qualify or is it just group winners? Any info would be much appreciated.
@@Delpiero17 think I read it was 15mm of rain that fell in an hour which was 6 days worth. You're right though whatever it was it was a lot. Yeh top 2 teams qualify automatically. Nearly there
Another smashing result for the bold Scotland, love the video Sam & your channel in general. I do feel Hampden needs another upgrade as the fans for me are too far away from the pitch & I would love to see a retractable roof installed wihch would of mitigated last nights problems with torrential rain. Bless Steve Clarke for his massive turnaround in Scotlands performance, long may he reign.
We got absolutely soaked on the way into the stadium, the pitch at hampden definitely needs a change, but still worth it to watch Scotland get the 4-0 record
Big love for the little man who said his favourite player was CalMac despite being a Gers fan. He's obviously being brought up right, not to let his allegiance cloud his judgement. Great footage
Never seen rain like that in Glasgow, something like 15mm in an hour. Nothing you can do to prepare the pitch for that, all credit to the ground staff, ball boys and everyone else that got roped into sweeping off the water.
Streamed the game in HD from my Hotel Balcony in Palma Majorca with a duty free Malt to keep good company, attrocious conditions but fantastic effort to make it more than playable after it eventually restarted. Supporter since the 70s and its been a long time coming to witnes a Scottish team competing like this but it is competing and winning games like the first 4 that you have to achieve if you want to go to the Euros or a World Cup with a chance of going deep into the competition and not just qualify by the skin of your teeth and then not surprisingly find yourself bottom or 2nd bottom of the group and out and it all quickly forgotten. So happy for all involved in Scottish football to see this level returning. I live & work in Germany so I wont even have to book a flight.
As someone half English half Scottish it's great seeing both teams about to qualify. Really hope they don't play each other again or my life is gonna be a nightmare.
eh we meet on Sep 12 at Hampden Park in a friendly. Technically we could beat England go to Spain beat them then go to France and beat the French as those are our games after Cyprus away or our bubble could burst and we get spanked 3 times lol
@@dantheman9228 Oh yeah forgot about that. Isn't that to celebrate the first time both sides played each other? I'm gonna bet when the groups get announced Scotland and England are in the same one lol
Top quality Sam. I walked the 20mins from my flat to the game and got drenched. Not sure if many pitches would have survived that weather. However once the rain stopped I was surprised in the length of time it took to drain away. Anyway keep up the good work and see you at Stair Park, Stranraer at some stage again.
Great summary of what happened at one of the most bizarre games I've ever been to. A huge contrast from Oslo 🥵🥵. Well done to all the staff and ballboys that got rid of a lot of water, as the crowd rocked to a DJ playing some great topical tunes. A great win that gets us that little bit closer to qualifying. Once the Georgians refused that time to come out, I think there minds had gone, hoping the game was abandoned. Comical in the stands with all the rumours going around about playing the next day at Love Street and the like 😂😂. After the game it took us an hour to get on the motorway, and got home to Aberdeen at 3am 😴😴. Quiet day at work, although did manage to book accommodation in Seville for the Spain game. Can't wait for this minidrama called Scotland to continue in Cyprus. Oh and this has happened before to Scotland, in 2004 against Spain in a friendly at Levante's ground in Valencia. The night before returning from the U21 game in the hills the heavens opened up and in no time there was about two foot of water on the streets. Then at the game Scotland took the lead before Spain equalised. Again the heavens opened up, and we were told the game would be delayed fifteen minutes. With three quarters of the stands being open all the locals disappeared. Then the lightening started, power cut and game abandoned. Funny sight watching a kilted footsoldier belly flopping/splashing on the half way line whilst getting chased by a reluctant steward 😂😂. Took three days for my kilt to dry.
One of the guys I went to the game with last night is a grounds man (I won't say which club, incase he gets into trouble), and he told me the pitch at Hampden is an absolute disgrace, and always will be, because it do's not get properly maintained, due to a lack of SFA funding. He got all technical about grass growth, drainage and all sorts of other things, I didn't really understand, and said it would cost a few quid, but not as much as you would think, to fix it properly, but the SFA won't spend the money.
The main issue with the pitch is the few weeks of dry, warm weather has left the ground so dry it was physically impossible for it to absorb the amount of rain that came down in such a short space of time. All credit to the groundskeepers, ball boys and stewards for sweeping it and allowing the game to continue. It was a great atmosphere though, even when leaving at 11:30pm.
I was at the game and I thought that the Georgian players were a disgrace refusing to come out to play. You should have heard the booing of the Georgian players, my god was it loud. Anyway the fans were fantastic (Best in Europe) and the players did superb.
Steve Clarke's side reminds me of the Scotland teams from the 1970's. Qualification is theirs for the taking. I don't expect Scotland to come away with anything from their trip to Spain, so Scotland need to make sure they don't trip up in the other remaining games.
6 days worth of rain fell in 1 hour. Hampden can usually handle rain no problem but that's an extreme amount. All credit to the grounds staff and ball boys who managed to get the pitch into a playable condition.
Chelsea v Norwich somewhere between 1984 and 1987. I remember Steve Bruce playing and the ball sticking in a very large lake. Kid you not We ended up getting relegated on account of Coventry having 3 games in hand. How times have changed. Last time we were there I think we got walloped 7-0. Premier league ffs
I went away with Bristol Rovers a few years ago away to Swindon Town, game got abandoned after a weather phenomenon they reckon a cloud burst, never ever seen anything like it before or since. Had to buy new clothes in Swindon for the trip home as we were soaked,good times
great clip credit to the ground staff etc, was watching on tv and it looked like the ref was doing his best to get it called off lol great that it went ahead
That was a heavy but short down fall of rain, I was under the impression they never expected that amount of rain and hosed the pitch down with water pre-match as it was dry all day. That was a massive amount of water they were taking back of considering the pitch should take sustained downpours. They watered the pitch down during their Euros 2021 so it would have likely been a tactical reason.
Hospitality looked pretty poor, and atmosphere in the posh seats nowhere near as good as the North Stand. Still, you got to see two sports - football and swimming.
I don't know much about football, could someone explain if there was anything more anyone could have done to keep the game going or got it back on track quicker? The guy at the 10 minute mark seemed to be disappointed by the pitch/ground/stadium/staff etc. Surely the situation was unavoidable due to the downpour?
cracking video as per usual there was a game few year back that we beat san marino 6-0 and it was like a swimming pool aswell so i think its a hampden problem aswell here is hoping the redevelopment happens as it will be a great world stadium real heroes of the night have to be the ground staff
The pitch at Hampden has often been criticised but I doubt any playing surface could have coped with that amount of rain in such a short time. As for the hospitality, £150 sounds like a lot of money but considering the game was an international and Hampden hosts just a few of them each year a hospitality package sounds like a nice treat.
It’s Bizarre how they don’t have supper soakers. In Australia, especially up north where you get tropical downpours, the stadiums have super soakers to remove the water not a bloody broom.
This is the first time I've seen rain like that here since I was a kid. Coupled with an uncharacteristically dry and warm past month or two the ground was solid. So it really was the perfect storm.
Maddest game since Tallinn in 96. I wonder if it would have been postponed had not McGregor scored. I wouldn't blame the ground staff at all. I was watching it online and the rain covered hardly any area, it just happened to cover Hampden and be ridiculously heavy. I'm about 30 miles away and we had no rain at all. We're back. We're going to Germany in 24, just like we went to Germany in 74, and that was the first of 5 consecutive World Cups for Scotland. To answer your question in the video, the best Scotland player I ever saw play? That would be Kenny Dalglish, which I guess dates me.
my first game at Hampden (first in Scotland in fact) and certainly one I will always remember 😅 also visited Cathkin Park on my walk up from the city centre as I remembered your video on it a few years ago
I'm from Clarkston, walking distance from the stadium, and it was bone dry here. It was a localised shower that was heaviest for 10 minutes. They made the right call by allowing the game to go ahead once they cleared the pitch. The fans would rightly have felt aggrieved if they postponed it, since the weather was mostly fine and dry after the sudden heavy downpour and the clouds started opening up and there was a gleaming sunset above the stadium around 9:30-10pm. Many of the fans wouldn't have been able to change plans and commit to returning to the stadium the next day, so I'm glad UEFA thought of them first and did everything they could to get the game to go ahead instead of giving up and taking the easy route. If the rain continued to pour non-stop all night, then fair enough, but a quick localised downpour that didn't even last that long should not get a game of football stopped.
@@mojorisin8368 it was here in clarkston too. Right before it reached Hampden. But as I said, it only lasted 10 minutes. As soon as it moved on, I was able to walk the dog, take him back home and walk to the pub to catch the game and it was bone dry since then for the rest of the evening. The fans would have been rightly miffed if they postponed it for another day. A delay while they tried to clear the field of the water was the right approach, especially when the skies started to clear as the night wore on.
I suppose you got a lot more for your money than usual. I thought the opening 2.5 hours were great 😂 Favourite moment was the stadium tannoy playing why does it always rain on me. Top class banter!
Cant wait to see who Sam supports at 150th anniversay,of the Worlds oldest fixture,Scotland v England,at Hampden in September! My moneys on Scotland now!
The guy you spoke to just after the game got postponed said its an absolute disgrace, the pitch has let us down. WTF, it's torrential rain, what can you do about that 🙄
Took off the Loch Ness Monster and left Loch Ness behind. At least now we know Scotland not only has a better water polo team than Georgia, but also better scuba gear. The only let down was B&Q not having 50,000 brushes in stock.
Have you ever seen conditions this bad???
Closest thing I remember was Euro 2008 Switzerland Turkey. Was at the match last night and was surprised at the quality of football when they restarted, Scotland were still playing better football than they ever did under previous managers since Brown.
Yes, I watched Craig Conway almost drown aquaplaning along tannadice prior to the game being abandoned vs rangers.
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1974 world cup in Germany East Germany vs not sure, they had fire engines pumping the water
A Spanish lower league playoff a few weeks ago, Salamanca-Sant Andreu was worse and they played on! ua-cam.com/video/zYwVmIz0nxM/v-deo.html
17:26 if you had said this man was Stuart kettelwells brother, I'd believe you.
Every Scottish football fan should be subscribed to this channel. Man goes above and beyond for promoting our game. Way more than most.
I found him in lockdown and have watched nearly every video he's done,ideal football content 👍
Yep, best football channel by far. Can tell he loves the scottish game aswell.
Top lad 😎
Fav footy channel by far no just scots but across europe... ❤
amen this man deserves so much credit for his endeavors
Credit to the ground staff who got it back on. A truly remarkable feat considering how bad the rain was. And another fantastic result for the Scottish national team. STEVE CLARKES TARTAN ARMY.
Yep, weldone ground staff, played a part in that result.
ground staff, ball boys stewards and the man from the sfa deserve massive applause, they worked wonders
It actually still shouldn’t have went ahead tbh. Another win tho, happy days 🏴
@@garyrobertson9534 I think it only went ahead as Scotland were 1-0 if it hadn't of been 1-0 then I'm pretty sure it would of been absconded and played on a alteritive day
Great video. Thank you. You do more to promote Scottish football single handedly than the SFA. Cheers lad.
Ive been going to Scotland games for maybe 12 years now. The most bizarre game ever. I'm a wheelchair user, so I sit right at the front (you were pretty much directly behind me, obviously higher up though) and every single wheelchair user there got absolutely drenched. I went in to the kiosk in the first 20 mins break and I poured about a cm of water out of each trainer! Every item of clothing was soaking. The whole experience was unbelievable, but I loved every minute. The atmosphere was unlike anything I've experienced at Hampden before.
It’s so bizarre that they designed hampden with such a small roof, it’s stupid that the first few rows don’t get any rain protection
Watching from Australia, but I did a two year stint in Scotland years ago and loved the country. Really enjoy this channel.
Thanks so much. I started my channel when I lived in Bondi! I saw Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC and WSW. Hope to come back one day 🇦🇺
Thanks again for the video coverage, Sam. Ive said it on your other videos, you've single handedly done more for advertising Scottish football than the SFA have ever done. Cheers!
Genuinely thought that was gonna get called off, hats off to the ground staff and the volunteers who done a cracking job 👌🏻👍🏻
6 days worth of rain in an hour - most grounds/pitches would've had the same issues. Once they cleared it and the rain stopped it improved a lot, so the ref made a good call in the end.
Crazy how that happens in the middle of June.
@@AlexCraigGH Not that crazy in the West of Scotland!😄
on this occasion i wouldn't be overly critical of the surface at hampden. In all my years i've never seen a downpour quite like that in Glasgow. Not sure any pitch in Scotland or anywhere could have handled that volume of water in such an intense short period of time.
mate we get that kinda rain atleast a couple times a year 🤣 I think with the contrast against the last week of sun sun sun the rain seemed more harsh than it was. t was definitely torrential downpour but I wouldn't say the worst we've ever had
6 days worth of rain fell in something like an hour. No grass pitch on the planet would cope.
@@gxqx797Yeah but not after such a dry spell.
@adamisAswsomeish that's exactly what I said lol. thanks for clarification tho
@@gxqx797 I just read the first sentence and replayed. You're right.
What a bizarre night. Was gutted at having to leave Hampden 10 minutes into the second half to get the last train from Kings Park, but glad I managed to see both goals and was able to leave with a bit of peace of mind that we were in the lead. This video has made up for it though 🙂
Was amazed at how many did stay tbh ❤ no shame leaving..was such a loooong night
@@martinmillar7137 got home at 12.15 bud
Thanks again for your service Brother!!
Last year, as Sparta fans, we drove 300 kilometers to Slovácko for the final of the Czech Cup. We were already at the stadium an hour before the game, but it had rained so much that the pitch was as wet as it is now at Hampden Park. In the end, they postponed the match two weeks later, so that day we were going back 300 kilometers back to Prague, and I was going another 150 kilometers from Prague to Trutnov, where I live. So I left at 10 in the morning for the match that was supposed to start at 5 in the afternoon, because of the wet pitch we waited an hour and it still didn't start. We went from Slovácko to Prague at 7 in the evening, where we were at 11 at night and I got home to Trutnov at 2 in the morning. So it was a very long trip full of beer, slivovice and other alcohol, but there was no football. 😂😂😂
Ahh Slivovice takes me back to Pohoda festival in Trencin Dobre Pivo too in Scotland 🏴 you can have 4 seasons in one day , this year summer is on a Wednesday!
@@therealdeal9698 Slivovice is very popular in Czech Republic and specially in Slovácko where was that postponed match and also at Vizovice where is my favourite summer festival Masters of Rock 👍😄 every time I am in Morava region I drink Slivovice 😀 Trenčín is in Slovakia where you can drink not only Slivovice but also Borovička 😀 in Scotland you have your Whisky. I sometimes drink Scotch Whisky too 😀👍
I’ve spent a fair annount of time in SK, The czech and slovak beers are so good. I will never touch any of the spirits though. Especially not that slivovicka and Hruska 🤢
@@wayfinder6715 for me Czech beer is the best beer in the world. But I am Czech so it is not objective 😀 And I understand you don’t like Czech or Slovak hard liquor. It has a great amount of alcohol and bitter taste. That is not for everybody. It is much easier to drink Slivovice when you are Czech 😀 but even then… I can do like 3 shots of Slivovice and the rest of the night rather drinking beers.
@@vojtechkostovski951 yes. Borovicka is like Gin I think Juniper Berries , Smadny mnich or thirsty monk I liked , my friend is a Welder from Slovakia 🇸🇰 Rastislav is from Drahovce also Peter from Piestany , Slovak people and Czech people are very good folk also Lubomir Moravcik was a common denominator for us , you haven’t done a festival like T in the park until you have done it in another language, pohodicka ! Compadre Also drinking Fernat and Grenat Czech beer will blow your mind
An absolutely magical night last night. The delay just made it all the better. Wonderful entertainment and the most extreme heart from these boys. Well done lads. You're making us very, very proud.
Just like to say a big thank you . Long time Clyde supporter but lost interest in Scottish football about 10 years ago .Been watching your videos last few months and it has rekindled my interest .Moving back to Scotland soon and will make effort to go see the Bully wee .
That rain was monsoon-like (as an Arizona resident, I've seen my fair share of those). I don't think any surface, anywhere, could have dealt with that much better. What really disappointed me was that no-one thought to go get more equipment to clear that water - brooms for the ball-boys? There were plenty of people eager to help, but there were no tools for them. Pitch not to blame, field staff were heroes, leadership were zeroes. Well done players and ground crew and well done to the fans who were able to stick it out (and commiserations to those forced to leave to catch trains, etc)
That's what I was saying , also they should have been clearing rhe water BEFORE kick off when it was torrential
Where do you think they could've got more equipment from at 8pm?
Even though the pitch would've been watered regularly before the match, the heatwave for weeks before the game must've had an impact on the soils ability to drain the water.
@@mcburnski it was lashing down for hours before the game - I'd have not waited until 8pm to check whether we had sufficient tools on hand...
@@dmcc2873 so where would you have got them from at 6pm?
I was sitting a few rows infront of you with the “turnbull” top, was nice to meet you mate and great video once again 🙌
This guy is THE best ! Honest, impartial and a true love of Scottish Football
The last time I saw rain like that was in Mombasa during the rainy season. The Hampden pitch comes in for criticism and some of it is fair but no pitch in the world could handle such rainfall. Another great performance and result for us and I get the booing when the Georgians finally came out again but I noticed a bit of booing at the national anthem, I’ve been to a handful of Scotland matches recently (not this one) and it’s becoming common, there’s really no need and it doesn’t put us Scots in a good light.
Scotland was taking so long to put up the highlights for this match (in the US I couldn't find a service to stream the match) so I came to your channel to see if you put anything up last night after the match. Was disappointed you didn't right after the match, but watching this I DEFINITELY understand why. Great video as usual. And as the guy said next to you: We'll take it one game at a time, but these games have all been great so far. Mon Scotland!!!
I got caught in that rain at work, got drenched. Absolutely soaking driving home on the motorway at 30mph! Never seen so much rain fall in such a short space of time. I doubt any pitch would have handled that, so much credit to the ground staff. What amazed me is the amount of people who stayed back to near the end. Well done the Tartan Army! Also, thought we played some decent football despite the conditions. Oh, Germany, prepare yourselves for a party, the Scots are coming!
keep it up love this!!
Oooh, I feel your pain. Once sat in a ground in France (in the dark) for over an hour with a floodlight failure - was knackered by the time it ended and then had to get back. Big wraps for sticking with it. Thought the seat + hospitality was decent value at £150: have been quoted more at Rugby League internationals!! Love your stuff: keep up the excellent work.
I was there. Don’t think there would have been many pitches that would cope with that level of water. To make my night even more memorable, after the game we were stuck in a traffic jam 3 streets away from Hampden for over an hour, then the exit from the motorway to our part of the world was closed due to roadworks. Got home at 1.15AM. Not going to forget that game for a looong time.
When the wee man said he was a rangers supporter but looking forward to seeing McGregor.....good boy!!! A refreshing attitude.
They had 6 days worth of rain fall in an hour. Not many pitches in the world could deal with that.
I read somewhere it was 15 days worth mate, regardless, it was a hell of a lot of rain anyway and we got the 3 points. Does the top 2 from our group qualify or is it just group winners? Any info would be much appreciated.
@@Delpiero17 top two
@@Delpiero17 think I read it was 15mm of rain that fell in an hour which was 6 days worth. You're right though whatever it was it was a lot.
Yeh top 2 teams qualify automatically. Nearly there
Another smashing result for the bold Scotland, love the video Sam & your channel in general. I do feel Hampden needs another upgrade as the fans for me are too far away from the pitch & I would love to see a retractable roof installed wihch would of mitigated last nights problems with torrential rain. Bless Steve Clarke for his massive turnaround in Scotlands performance, long may he reign.
Far to far away from the pitch should have sorted it out on the last upgrade
Fans most definitely too far from the pitch. Terrible design.
🚨BREAKING: Hampden ground staff finally drain Rodri's tears off the pitch
The game went aheed and we won, Great stuff, No Scotland no party, Deutschland here we come! 🏴✊️
We got absolutely soaked on the way into the stadium, the pitch at hampden definitely needs a change, but still worth it to watch Scotland get the 4-0 record
Hearing that Celtic U18 played Real Madrid U18 in Airdrie is what makes these videos so special.
🤣🤣 Video below if you wanna check out the Spaniards being scared of Scottish rain!
ua-cam.com/video/ExHlQBYo7v8/v-deo.html
@@FootyAdventuresdefo the best at what you do mate in Scotland espicially respect 👍👍🍀
Apparently, that night, the Spaniards' main worry wasn't the rain. They just couldn't believe they were actually in Airdrie 😂
@@mtony18 To think they could've been queued out the door of the Three-in-One for chips and donner meat.
Big love for the little man who said his favourite player was CalMac despite being a Gers fan. He's obviously being brought up right, not to let his allegiance cloud his judgement. Great footage
great quality reporting, thanks mate
Think what you do for our game is amazing honestly!! Top notch 👌 DEE4LIFE 🏴🇨🇵🏴👊
Why does it always rain on me 👏🏴
Never seen rain like that in Glasgow, something like 15mm in an hour. Nothing you can do to prepare the pitch for that, all credit to the ground staff, ball boys and everyone else that got roped into sweeping off the water.
Having just found this channel, I'm now subscribed. Will look back at past videos too. Like the best You tubers, his enthusiasm is contagious.
Great video pal its just awesome what the teams doing so proud of my country
Only following this about 2 years now but quite possibly the best channel I ever discovered on this... top job mate, I look forward to new material
Hey m8 love watching your vlogs you deserve the upmost success to your channel. Especially coming from an Englishman loving the Scottish game
great video, Sam, thanks again ... what a bizarre experience ... hope you survived it all 👍🌧
Streamed the game in HD from my Hotel Balcony in Palma Majorca with a duty free Malt to keep good company, attrocious conditions but fantastic effort to make it more than playable after it eventually restarted. Supporter since the 70s and its been a long time coming to witnes a Scottish team competing like this but it is competing and winning games like the first 4 that you have to achieve if you want to go to the Euros or a World Cup with a chance of going deep into the competition and not just qualify by the skin of your teeth and then not surprisingly find yourself bottom or 2nd bottom of the group and out and it all quickly forgotten. So happy for all involved in Scottish football to see this level returning. I live & work in Germany so I wont even have to book a flight.
As someone half English half Scottish it's great seeing both teams about to qualify. Really hope they don't play each other again or my life is gonna be a nightmare.
As also someone half English, Half Scottish
All I have to say is.
FK THE ENGLISH!
the shameful scummy half 😂
eh we meet on Sep 12 at Hampden Park in a friendly.
Technically we could beat England go to Spain beat them then go to France and beat the French as those are our games after Cyprus away or our bubble could burst and we get spanked 3 times lol
@@dantheman9228 Oh yeah forgot about that. Isn't that to celebrate the first time both sides played each other? I'm gonna bet when the groups get announced Scotland and England are in the same one lol
@@hugobossman1509 I'd rather Scotland met England in knockout stages if we get through...what a game that would be.
@@daviemcf 100% Agree if they both have to meet then knockouts would be better. The atmosphere would be insane
Top quality Sam. I walked the 20mins from my flat to the game and got drenched. Not sure if many pitches would have survived that weather. However once the rain stopped I was surprised in the length of time it took to drain away.
Anyway keep up the good work and see you at Stair Park, Stranraer at some stage again.
Great summary of what happened at one of the most bizarre games I've ever been to. A huge contrast from Oslo 🥵🥵. Well done to all the staff and ballboys that got rid of a lot of water, as the crowd rocked to a DJ playing some great topical tunes. A great win that gets us that little bit closer to qualifying. Once the Georgians refused that time to come out, I think there minds had gone, hoping the game was abandoned. Comical in the stands with all the rumours going around about playing the next day at Love Street and the like 😂😂. After the game it took us an hour to get on the motorway, and got home to Aberdeen at 3am 😴😴. Quiet day at work, although did manage to book accommodation in Seville for the Spain game. Can't wait for this minidrama called Scotland to continue in Cyprus.
Oh and this has happened before to Scotland, in 2004 against Spain in a friendly at Levante's ground in Valencia. The night before returning from the U21 game in the hills the heavens opened up and in no time there was about two foot of water on the streets. Then at the game Scotland took the lead before Spain equalised. Again the heavens opened up, and we were told the game would be delayed fifteen minutes. With three quarters of the stands being open all the locals disappeared. Then the lightening started, power cut and game abandoned. Funny sight watching a kilted footsoldier belly flopping/splashing on the half way line whilst getting chased by a reluctant steward 😂😂. Took three days for my kilt to dry.
Great video again.
One of the guys I went to the game with last night is a grounds man (I won't say which club, incase he gets into trouble), and he told me the pitch at Hampden is an absolute disgrace, and always will be, because it do's not get properly maintained, due to a lack of SFA funding.
He got all technical about grass growth, drainage and all sorts of other things, I didn't really understand, and said it would cost a few quid, but not as much as you would think, to fix it properly, but the SFA won't spend the money.
you'd think they should be spending the money, especially seeing as they now own Hampden
The main issue with the pitch is the few weeks of dry, warm weather has left the ground so dry it was physically impossible for it to absorb the amount of rain that came down in such a short space of time. All credit to the groundskeepers, ball boys and stewards for sweeping it and allowing the game to continue. It was a great atmosphere though, even when leaving at 11:30pm.
Best football vlog av seen bud great work ,new subscriber and coming from a man who used do live down south lol great m8 keep em coming 🙏
nice one Sam, good video! awra best big man
I was at the game and I thought that the Georgian players were a disgrace refusing to come out to play. You should have heard the booing of the Georgian players, my god was it loud.
Anyway the fans were fantastic (Best in Europe) and the players did superb.
Steve Clarke's side reminds me of the Scotland teams from the 1970's. Qualification is theirs for the taking. I don't expect Scotland to come away with anything from their trip to Spain, so Scotland need to make sure they don't trip up in the other remaining games.
Video brilliant as usual Sam, I think the hospitality was a bit expensive for what you got.
6 days worth of rain fell in 1 hour.
Hampden can usually handle rain no problem but that's an extreme amount.
All credit to the grounds staff and ball boys who managed to get the pitch into a playable condition.
For a national stadium, its a disgrace and embarrassment. It needs torn down and something better put in its place.
Chelsea v Norwich somewhere between 1984 and 1987. I remember Steve Bruce playing and the ball sticking in a very large lake. Kid you not We ended up getting relegated on account of Coventry having 3 games in hand. How times have changed. Last time we were there I think we got walloped 7-0. Premier league ffs
I don’t think people understand how much rain fell last night. It was like mad tropical South American rain
I went away with Bristol Rovers a few years ago away to Swindon Town, game got abandoned after a weather phenomenon they reckon a cloud burst, never ever seen anything like it before or since. Had to buy new clothes in Swindon for the trip home as we were soaked,good times
I appreciate you're videos pal good on ye there a good watch
Thank you 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Those bagpipes are just beautiful
The guy with the man bun sweeping the pitch was man of the match 👏
Not sure where that rain came from? I’m over in East Lothian and it was pretty nice to be honest! Well done Scotland.
6 days worth of rain fell in an hour just before kickoff. Im not sure any pitch in the world would be able to handle that
great clip credit to the ground staff etc, was watching on tv and it looked like the ref was doing his best to get it called off lol great that it went ahead
Amazing video as ever mate. Love it.. ❤❤❤
I’m from Sydney and was at the game. The local Sunday week pitch would’ve held up better than that and we get rain like that fairly often
You can’t see on these cameras how heavy the rain was. It was monsoon level rain, albeit only 15 minutes.
@@daviebananas1735 I was literally there
@@hugomackay9469 well you should know that already then.
The green shirt and black t-shirt combo is back! It must be summer! ☀️😎 Also great video as always pal! 👊🏻
11:30 sums up Scottish optimism for me 😂
Even God hates us 😂
That was a heavy but short down fall of rain, I was under the impression they never expected that amount of rain and hosed the pitch down with water pre-match as it was dry all day. That was a massive amount of water they were taking back of considering the pitch should take sustained downpours.
They watered the pitch down during their Euros 2021 so it would have likely been a tactical reason.
AMAZING LOVE THESE VIDS
Hospitality looked pretty poor, and atmosphere in the posh seats nowhere near as good as the North Stand. Still, you got to see two sports - football and swimming.
Some effort for the folk that stayed on. Was a long night watching from home!
I'm actually surprised to hear so many English Voices, nice to hear them adopt Scotland over England obviously England would be easier to support
Supporting nations is strange behaviour when you're not from there
How many Scotland players have English accents? Do you think they're English? It's only an accent, not their nationality.
Great vid keep up the great work Sam 👍👍
The young Rangers fan was brilliant, saying he’s a Rangers fan but his favourite player is Calum MacGregor. 👍
Really wish Ireland had a united team ...great way to bring folk together .
I don't know much about football, could someone explain if there was anything more anyone could have done to keep the game going or got it back on track quicker? The guy at the 10 minute mark seemed to be disappointed by the pitch/ground/stadium/staff etc. Surely the situation was unavoidable due to the downpour?
"I'm a rangers fan, but Callum McGregor" - my dad would cut me out the will if I picked a Hearts player as my favourite Scotland player, haha
cracking video as per usual there was a game few year back that we beat san marino 6-0 and it was like a swimming pool aswell so i think its a hampden problem aswell here is hoping the redevelopment happens as it will be a great world stadium real heroes of the night have to be the ground staff
Yeah this is just normal summertime weather up here in Scotland. Fantastic win by the lads in these conditions 💙
The pitch at Hampden has often been criticised but I doubt any playing surface could have coped with that amount of rain in such a short time. As for the hospitality, £150 sounds like a lot of money but considering the game was an international and Hampden hosts just a few of them each year a hospitality package sounds like a nice treat.
As an 11 year old Scottish boy I love the Scotland team. CMON SCOTLAND 🏴
You really do us proud mate. 😎
So proud of my country 🏴🏴
Why? what's Ireland done?
@@chicktait5544😂😂😂
It’s Bizarre how they don’t have supper soakers. In Australia, especially up north where you get tropical downpours, the stadiums have super soakers to remove the water not a bloody broom.
This is the first time I've seen rain like that here since I was a kid. Coupled with an uncharacteristically dry and warm past month or two the ground was solid. So it really was the perfect storm.
This isn’t weather we get though. It’s a total anomaly here, hence why we were so unprepared. We don’t get monsoon weather here.
Maddest game since Tallinn in 96. I wonder if it would have been postponed had not McGregor scored. I wouldn't blame the ground staff at all. I was watching it online and the rain covered hardly any area, it just happened to cover Hampden and be ridiculously heavy. I'm about 30 miles away and we had no rain at all.
We're back. We're going to Germany in 24, just like we went to Germany in 74, and that was the first of 5 consecutive World Cups for Scotland.
To answer your question in the video, the best Scotland player I ever saw play? That would be Kenny Dalglish, which I guess dates me.
Enjoyed your videos 😊
my first game at Hampden (first in Scotland in fact) and certainly one I will always remember 😅 also visited Cathkin Park on my walk up from the city centre as I remembered your video on it a few years ago
I'm from Clarkston, walking distance from the stadium, and it was bone dry here. It was a localised shower that was heaviest for 10 minutes. They made the right call by allowing the game to go ahead once they cleared the pitch. The fans would rightly have felt aggrieved if they postponed it, since the weather was mostly fine and dry after the sudden heavy downpour and the clouds started opening up and there was a gleaming sunset above the stadium around 9:30-10pm. Many of the fans wouldn't have been able to change plans and commit to returning to the stadium the next day, so I'm glad UEFA thought of them first and did everything they could to get the game to go ahead instead of giving up and taking the easy route. If the rain continued to pour non-stop all night, then fair enough, but a quick localised downpour that didn't even last that long should not get a game of football stopped.
We got it in motherwell
That was my first Scottish game what a weird way for it to go. So proud to be a Scot
@@mojorisin8368 it was here in clarkston too. Right before it reached Hampden. But as I said, it only lasted 10 minutes. As soon as it moved on, I was able to walk the dog, take him back home and walk to the pub to catch the game and it was bone dry since then for the rest of the evening. The fans would have been rightly miffed if they postponed it for another day. A delay while they tried to clear the field of the water was the right approach, especially when the skies started to clear as the night wore on.
Enjoyed that one. A very different experience for the Scotland fans that visited 30°+ Oslo! They'd have taken some of that rain to cool off!
The full stadium needs a full update
I suppose you got a lot more for your money than usual. I thought the opening 2.5 hours were great 😂
Favourite moment was the stadium tannoy playing why does it always rain on me. Top class banter!
Great videos!
Cant wait to see who Sam supports at 150th anniversay,of the Worlds oldest fixture,Scotland v England,at Hampden in September! My moneys on Scotland now!
Have seen floods like that during the world cup the same heavy flooding no pitch in the world would have handled that storm .
I’m an Englishman who lives in Wales & I love these vids on Scotland (so they must be good vids) ❤
The guy you spoke to just after the game got postponed said its an absolute disgrace, the pitch has let us down. WTF, it's torrential rain, what can you do about that 🙄
Took off the Loch Ness Monster and left Loch Ness behind. At least now we know Scotland not only has a better water polo team than Georgia, but also better scuba gear. The only let down was B&Q not having 50,000 brushes in stock.
The difference between game on an game aff was the man with the leaf blower, total game saver
always enjoy your videos : )