Hi from Australia. My dad was born on a farm near Stranraer so I've supported them my whole life. Growing up in Australia in the 60's and 70's most of my friends were kids of immigrant parents as well, When we went round and declared which team we supported it would always go something like ..... Man Untd, Arsenal. Liverpool, Juventus, Leeds ..... then me ... STRANRAER! Thanks for the tour.
Wow what a great story haha! I can imagine what you mean about the other kids 🤣 I lived in Oz for 4 years. Nightmare trying to stay up for the football! I did go and see lots of A League in my time though. My first TH-cam video was Central Coast Mariners! All the best Bill!
I’m from Stranraer, played a few games for the reserves in the late 70s, but have lived in London and near Crawley for over 30 years but I’m in the toon on a regular basis as my mum lives 5 mins from Stair Park. It’s great to see this video, Stranraer and district is a great area to visit people. 🎉
Another very enjoyable video Sam. Wee interesting fact. Stranraer is the most southerly team in the SPFL. If you look at it on the map and draw a line straight across to the east from Stranraer, it shows you that it is actually a little bit to the south than Newcastle.
Great video mate. Was given a tour myself a few years back of Stranraer by a guy working in the shop. I’d got the boat over for the day and they were very welcoming
Cracking looking ground with real grass too and you were so lucky with the weather. You are really clocking up the miles especially with Ross County and Inverness to come too. Im going to be gutted when you do the last league ground. Keep up the great videos,
We drove from Sheffield to Stranraer for my son to be a mascot v Dundee...think he was around 7 years old and just latched onto Stranraer..The club was fantastic and made it a day to remember..even now we look for their results.
Stranraer are the only professional club I have visited that is situated in a park. Stranraer had an epic penalty shootout against Albion Rovers in the group stages of this year's BetFred League Cup which Albion Rovers won 15-14 with the first 28 penalties scored
Another excellent report. I've been there maybe three times. The first time was in season 70-71, and it was a midweek game. It took several hours to get there from Glasgow back then, so I took a sickie off school. Who do I see among the Jags supporters there? Non-other than my French teacher (and Head of the Languages Department) from school, who by coincidence was also "sick" that day. "Anderson, I didn't see you and you didn't see me." Great memories.
This is the team I have supported as a result of taking holidays in the area for over 50 years. Loved the video, full of interesting points Sam, and you don't even need to like football to enjoy it. I have loved finding out about other teams too.
Glad you finally made it down to Stranraer and saw the exhibition. If you havnt got your fix seach 'Stranraer 150' on youtube for bit more history and film clips
Yeah definitely! I've done a few lowland clubs already, but have plans to do lots more with lowland and highland clubs. There's also a lot of the SPFL I've yet to even get inside, so don't worry there's lots more to come :)
My childhood team was Stranraer Boys Club. We played in the South Lanarkshire league and were all from Glasgow! Breakaway from Wolves Boys Club as I remember it. Coaching connections to the first team. We went to Stair Park once on a trip to watch them play, can't remember too much of the game or who they were playing but I think they drew. :)
Really enjoying your tour of Scotland videos. Have only ever managed to watch one game in Scotland but would love to return one day and tick a few off. Keep up your great work 😃
Used to go to Stranraer for the Stena Cup with my old man back in the day. Great memories of a great club. Rangers fan but lots of admiration for the smaller clubs. Good memories of this place
Great video, really enjoyed it. Shame they did not get a proper chance to celebrate their anniversary but that looks like a fantastic exhibition they have put one. Also great they still have a grass pitch my team (Ayr United) are now talking about possibly replacing theirs.
Cheers for that. My home town team. Many a good memories there from beating Falkirk that were in the top flight to a thrilling 4 all draw with Dumbarton to over 6000 rammed in to watch Queens Park in a reply with Rangers lying in waiting. Did not realise how old they were compared to the rest of the world. 😲👍
Brilliant! Well done getting round that many! Enjoy the final 3. Next step, all the non-league ones? Come to Tranent, Ormiston, Musselburgh & Preston Athletic.
Was there in Angust, filmed some footage in the beginning on my Southern Upland Way walk day 1,my hannel is called Trails and Ales from Wales, I also like Scottish football... Follow Hibernian from North Wales 👍
Here's to a Proper Local Football Club, and with the Greatest Respect to them, one of the Oldest Clubs in the World, and the 3rd Oldest in the UK?. Maybe one of the Smallest Uk League Clubs around, but it's teams like Stranraer Fc, that League Football Revolves around!. The Greatest of Respect to them, and all the Best for their Future!.
Another interesting fact: Stranraer currently have the longest serving shirt sponsor in the UK. Sealink/Stena Line have sponsored us for 30 years and counting
Next time you’re in London should check out Cray Wanderers. Oldest club in London and 2nd oldest in the world. They currently ground share with Bromley, but are building a new ground of their own currently
Having just done 42 SPFL grounds in 5 days (yes, mad innit), I loved Stranraer and was welcomed warmly despite not being a TH-camr and just a random lunatic 😂
closing in on my team inverness :D you will like the view up there. The stadium is right beside the Moray Firth and the Kessock birdge. One of the most beautiful views i have seen from a stadium. You will cross the bridge on the way to county in Dingwall. Since you are going that far up the road you should stop off at Clachnacuddin FC to check out another highland league side
The football kit thing is on the internet, but I forget the name. Very interesting seeing the mighty Dunfermline. Pity the shirts are not more 3D-looking, though.
I hope it's okay to mention, that everybody here's favourite Australian Rules football team, Port Adelaide football club, is also celebrating their 150th year. We had some cool events planned, all totally scuttled by the lockdowns.
@@FootyAdventures Did you hear much about them in your Aussie adventures? They're not a Melbourne club so not glamorised like those teams. But we have the closest thing to an Old Firm rivalry in Australian football, it's an Australian football club promoters wet dream Adelaide Cows, er, I mean Crows V. Port Adelaide We have one of the oldest soccer teams in Aus as well, Port Adelaide Pirates
My friend was at a Stranraer V Rangers cup tie late eighties, (11 - 0) & he said the Rangers fans were singing ad-lib Stranraer songs & cheering Stranraer players sounded funny at the time
After I heard you say Falkirk, I was worried how you would cope with Stranraer. My own mother (English) always said Kirkcaldy as Kirk-called-ee - which is they they changed the football team to Raith Rovers :)
Alan Shields Hamilton South Lanarkshire Scotland. Very good video Sam very informative. When a lot of Cubs started back in the 1800's it was basically a case of whatever playing kits they could get hold of at the time. Take Rangers they ued the rowing uniform of The Clydesdale Rowing Club to start with that was basically a creamy off white with a blue 6 pointed star in a vey pale blue Clydesdale Rowing Club sill use this insignia ( crest ) to this very day. If you look at Liverpool F.C they first used left over Everton kits from when vacated Anfield for Goodison these kits looked more like The Blackburn Rovers home kits of today than what we think of Liverpool playing in today. I would love to watch more Eredivisie club content on your Channel when the Pandemic is over hopefully you can go & vist Herenveen among other clubs they are a very interesting club they are strongly associated with the independence movement in that part of The Netherlands & play the regional national anthem before home games Ruud Nistelrooy ued to play for them onlone from P.S.V well before his move to The Swomp sorry I mean Old Trafford lol. I am going to guess & say Livingston F.C will be next.
Hi Alan, thanks for watching again! Yeah I actually had a chat to a few of the guys at the ground about how kits used to just be whatever they could get their hands on. I believe the modern Stranraer away kits are based on the colour scheme of the old yellow and black shirts. I'd love to do more Dutch games in 2021! Heerenveen would be great. Also Groningen for the Robben connection! Livingston will be the next new club I think, however I'm going inside the home of Albion Rovers tomorrow! (But I've seen that already from the outside)
@@FootyAdventures In terms of Albion Rovers I know originally they where 2 clubs Coatbridge Albion & Coatbridge Rovers they they resided to merge and form Albion Rovers. I know they thought about changing the name to A.R Coatbridge in the recent past a few years ago the thinking was if A.C Milan can use A.C Milan why cant Albion Rovers use A.R & become A.R Coatbridge I think the idea was to make the club sound somewhat cooler to the younger generation to attract more fans. There is a large Celtic fan base in Coatbridge so it will always be difficult for then to get enough fans though the gates st the best of times. Never actually seen Albion Rovers play at all myself. In terms of A.C Milan the A.C is basically the equivalent to F.C here in the U.K they see clubs as more of an Association in Italy than a club the way we do here in the U.K. Keep Safe San thought your travels thought Scotland dont want you contracting The Coronavirus would not wish that on anyone.
👍🏻 quality vid
Legend, thanks!
Hi from Australia. My dad was born on a farm near Stranraer so I've supported them my whole life. Growing up in Australia in the 60's and 70's most of my friends were kids of immigrant parents as well, When we went round and declared which team we supported it would always go something like ..... Man Untd, Arsenal. Liverpool, Juventus, Leeds ..... then me ... STRANRAER! Thanks for the tour.
Wow what a great story haha! I can imagine what you mean about the other kids 🤣
I lived in Oz for 4 years. Nightmare trying to stay up for the football! I did go and see lots of A League in my time though. My first TH-cam video was Central Coast Mariners! All the best Bill!
I’m from Stranraer, played a few games for the reserves in the late 70s, but have lived in London and near Crawley for over 30 years but I’m in the toon on a regular basis as my mum lives 5 mins from Stair Park. It’s great to see this video, Stranraer and district is a great area to visit people. 🎉
Another very enjoyable video Sam. Wee interesting fact. Stranraer is the most southerly team in the SPFL. If you look at it on the map and draw a line straight across to the east from Stranraer, it shows you that it is actually a little bit to the south than Newcastle.
Ah yeah true, I should've mentioned that!
Well done mate
Keep it up!
I’m telling all my fellow football fans about you
Amazing thank you!!!
i love the wee facts that you tell us Sam.
Another good one keep it up.
Thanks for watching once again!
Another wee cracking club. Respect
Absolutely!
Great video mate. Was given a tour myself a few years back of Stranraer by a guy working in the shop. I’d got the boat over for the day and they were very welcoming
Once again, great video. Love seeing the grounds of the lower tier teams and the rich history of Scottish football.
Glad you like them! More to come!
Cracking looking ground with real grass too and you were so lucky with the weather.
You are really clocking up the miles especially with Ross County and Inverness to come too.
Im going to be gutted when you do the last league ground.
Keep up the great videos,
Thanks 👍 Don't be gutted, I've got loads more planned with a number of clubs even once I've seen them all. :)
We drove from Sheffield to Stranraer for my son to be a mascot v Dundee...think he was around 7 years old and just latched onto Stranraer..The club was fantastic and made it a day to remember..even now we look for their results.
Stranraer are the only professional club I have visited that is situated in a park.
Stranraer had an epic penalty shootout against Albion Rovers in the group stages of this year's BetFred League Cup which Albion Rovers won 15-14 with the first 28 penalties scored
Another excellent report. I've been there maybe three times. The first time was in season 70-71, and it was a midweek game. It took several hours to get there from Glasgow back then, so I took a sickie off school. Who do I see among the Jags supporters there? Non-other than my French teacher (and Head of the Languages Department) from school, who by coincidence was also "sick" that day. "Anderson, I didn't see you and you didn't see me." Great memories.
This is the team I have supported as a result of taking holidays in the area for over 50 years. Loved the video, full of interesting points Sam, and you don't even need to like football to enjoy it. I have loved finding out about other teams too.
Nice thanks David glad you enjoyed it and my other vids!
Glad you finally made it down to Stranraer and saw the exhibition. If you havnt got your fix seach 'Stranraer 150' on youtube for bit more history and film clips
I'll check it out!
If you are done with the SPFL league will you do Lowland and Highland leagues?
Claggan Park
from Fort William is beautiful
Yeah definitely! I've done a few lowland clubs already, but have plans to do lots more with lowland and highland clubs. There's also a lot of the SPFL I've yet to even get inside, so don't worry there's lots more to come :)
This is a really REALLY quality video 👍💯💯
Glad you think so!
@@FootyAdventures you welcome
My childhood team was Stranraer Boys Club. We played in the South Lanarkshire league and were all from Glasgow! Breakaway from Wolves Boys Club as I remember it. Coaching connections to the first team. We went to Stair Park once on a trip to watch them play, can't remember too much of the game or who they were playing but I think they drew. :)
Been down a few times watching Raith, quality away day. Keep up the good work man 👍🏻
Nice, I bet it's a great away day down by the water! Cheers for watching!
Lovely wee stadium,good vid bro👌🏻👊🏻
Thank you 👍
Great video can’t wait till I can get back to Stair Park supporting the toon❤️
Really enjoying your tour of Scotland videos. Have only ever managed to watch one game in Scotland but would love to return one day and tick a few off. Keep up your great work 😃
Gotta love Stranraer 😍😍😍😍
Absolutely!
Used to go to Stranraer for the Stena Cup with my old man back in the day. Great memories of a great club. Rangers fan but lots of admiration for the smaller clubs. Good memories of this place
Great video, really enjoyed it. Shame they did not get a proper chance to celebrate their anniversary but that looks like a fantastic exhibition they have put one. Also great they still have a grass pitch my team (Ayr United) are now talking about possibly replacing theirs.
Thank you! Yeah the exhibit was great. I think we'll see more teams going down the aritficial pitch route in years to come
Great video mate!
Always a tough place to go in the cup, think they even beat us (Motherwell) on penalties a few years back 🙈
Thanks! They do well in cups it seems!
Yes we did 😅🙌🏻
Yet another great video, i really enjoyed it.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching as ever, much appreciated :)
Very polished video quality 👌
Appreciate that mate cheers!
Another good video Love an away day at Stair Park
Excellent work , very interesting
great to see today Ross county having
some fans back today keep up the good
work
Its a place to fall in love with.... i did.
Well done to the boys for winning the play off against EK
"Your boys took a helluva beating" 😂
Stranraer 💙
Love it! What a nice club!
played on there once, great surface and well kept
I like their main stand...also another good soundtrack
Yeah it's a good looking ground and cheers!
Great video mate 👍⚽️
Thanks 👍
Class video mate
Cheers Darren!
@@FootyAdventures you’re welcome
Cheers for that. My home town team. Many a good memories there from beating Falkirk that were in the top flight to a thrilling 4 all draw with Dumbarton to over 6000 rammed in to watch Queens Park in a reply with Rangers lying in waiting. Did not realise how old they were compared to the rest of the world. 😲👍
Brilliant video! Well done
:D
Liking your football video very enjoyable hope you do the highland league too as well as the lowland leagues well great teams in these divisions
Definitely got plans to cover highland and lowland teams in future! I've done a few lowlands already, but more coming soon :)
Another good one ................
Thanks Graeme!
Brilliant! Well done getting round that many! Enjoy the final 3.
Next step, all the non-league ones?
Come to Tranent, Ormiston, Musselburgh & Preston Athletic.
Really appreciate you going to my local club pal
No worries, loved it!
Was there in Angust, filmed some footage in the beginning on my Southern Upland Way walk day 1,my hannel is called Trails and Ales from Wales, I also like Scottish football... Follow Hibernian from North Wales 👍
Here's to a Proper Local Football Club, and with the Greatest Respect to them, one of the Oldest Clubs in the World, and the 3rd Oldest in the UK?. Maybe one of the Smallest Uk League Clubs around, but it's teams like Stranraer Fc, that League Football Revolves around!. The Greatest of Respect to them, and all the Best for their Future!.
Another interesting fact: Stranraer currently have the longest serving shirt sponsor in the UK. Sealink/Stena Line have sponsored us for 30 years and counting
Next time you’re in London should check out Cray Wanderers. Oldest club in London and 2nd oldest in the world. They currently ground share with Bromley, but are building a new ground of their own currently
Having just done 42 SPFL grounds in 5 days (yes, mad innit), I loved Stranraer and was welcomed warmly despite not being a TH-camr and just a random lunatic 😂
closing in on my team inverness :D you will like the view up there. The stadium is right beside the Moray Firth and the Kessock birdge. One of the most beautiful views i have seen from a stadium. You will cross the bridge on the way to county in Dingwall. Since you are going that far up the road you should stop off at Clachnacuddin FC to check out another highland league side
Cheers dude 🥃
Great to see some grass 👍
Thx for going to my local mate
No problem 👍 hope you enjoyed!
@@FootyAdventures thx man
The football kit thing is on the internet, but I forget the name. Very interesting seeing the mighty Dunfermline. Pity the shirts are not more 3D-looking, though.
I hope it's okay to mention, that everybody here's favourite Australian Rules football team, Port Adelaide football club, is also celebrating their 150th year.
We had some cool events planned, all totally scuttled by the lockdowns.
Such a shame! Happy birthday to Port Addy!
@@FootyAdventures Did you hear much about them in your Aussie adventures?
They're not a Melbourne club so not glamorised like those teams.
But we have the closest thing to an Old Firm rivalry in Australian football, it's an Australian football club promoters wet dream Adelaide Cows, er, I mean Crows V. Port Adelaide
We have one of the oldest soccer teams in Aus as well, Port Adelaide Pirates
i cant wait for round 2 of the spfl clubs!!
My friend was at a Stranraer V Rangers cup tie late eighties, (11 - 0)
& he said the Rangers fans were singing ad-lib Stranraer songs & cheering Stranraer players
sounded funny at the time
Rangers 8 stranraer 0 february 1989 at ibrox. its on StranraerFCtv youtube.
@@CF_Fishing My goodness, was it that long ago? Time flys
You should go too a Queen of a south game
The EFL trophy is called the Papa Johns trophy now 🤷🏻♂️😂 Loved this video though, would love to watch a game here!
Haha! We'll have to do a match at Stranny and eat a Papa Johns in honour of them!
After I heard you say Falkirk, I was worried how you would cope with Stranraer. My own mother (English) always said Kirkcaldy as Kirk-called-ee - which is they they changed the football team to Raith Rovers :)
Alan Shields
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
Scotland.
Very good video Sam very informative.
When a lot of Cubs started back in the 1800's it was basically a case of whatever playing kits they could get hold of at the time.
Take Rangers they ued the rowing uniform of The Clydesdale Rowing Club to start with that was basically a creamy off white with a blue 6 pointed star in a vey pale blue Clydesdale Rowing Club sill use this insignia ( crest ) to this very day.
If you look at Liverpool F.C they first used left over Everton kits from when vacated Anfield for Goodison these kits looked more like The Blackburn Rovers home kits of today
than what we think of Liverpool playing in today.
I would love to watch more
Eredivisie club content on your Channel when the Pandemic is over
hopefully you can go & vist Herenveen among other clubs they are a very interesting club they are strongly associated with the independence movement in that part of The Netherlands & play the regional national anthem before home games Ruud Nistelrooy ued to play for them onlone from P.S.V well before his move to The Swomp sorry I mean Old Trafford lol.
I am going to guess & say
Livingston F.C will be next.
Hi Alan, thanks for watching again! Yeah I actually had a chat to a few of the guys at the ground about how kits used to just be whatever they could get their hands on. I believe the modern Stranraer away kits are based on the colour scheme of the old yellow and black shirts. I'd love to do more Dutch games in 2021! Heerenveen would be great. Also Groningen for the Robben connection! Livingston will be the next new club I think, however I'm going inside the home of Albion Rovers tomorrow! (But I've seen that already from the outside)
@@FootyAdventures
In terms of Albion Rovers I know originally they where 2 clubs
Coatbridge Albion & Coatbridge Rovers they they resided to merge and form Albion Rovers.
I know they thought about changing the name to A.R Coatbridge in the recent past a few years ago the thinking was if A.C Milan can use A.C Milan why cant Albion Rovers use A.R & become A.R Coatbridge I think the idea was to make the club sound somewhat cooler to the younger generation to attract more fans.
There is a large Celtic fan base in Coatbridge so it will always be difficult for then to get enough fans though the gates st the best of times.
Never actually seen Albion Rovers play at all myself.
In terms of A.C Milan the A.C is basically the equivalent to F.C here in the U.K they see clubs as more of an Association in Italy than a club the way we do here in the U.K.
Keep Safe San thought your travels thought Scotland dont want you contracting The Coronavirus would not wish that on anyone.
@@alanfox691
Thanks for all the info! Really interesting, I believe Jock Stein was there too!
You more answered a question I wanted to know. In which is the oldest club in Scotland probably this one
Queens Park then kilmarnock then stranraer
Hello it's great this about Scottish football you should look at Sheffield
I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly! They could save alot by signing Hibs Goalie!
Could but none off our players are full time they are part time
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@@Adamosullivan75 oops cheers
I support Stranraer
Cool, thanks for watching. I'd love to come back for a match soon!
You must be getting popular lot of adverts lol , 👍
the landscapes you show are amazing...ofcourse with Scottish fans will be better, the vaccine is just there. Thanks
Thanks! Yeah and hope that's all sorted soon :)
When were you there. theres hardly any sun
Haha a while ago now!
Even better if yt didny put adverts in middle of vid. Put me off
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LEGEND!