I went to see Rangers playing St.Mirren in 1968 at Love Street with my oldest brother. I remember there was a lot of snow on the ground and they played with an orange ball. St. Mirren won 1-0. I remember the crowd was huge, and my older brother put me on his shoulders to see the game.
Great video! I'm a St Mirren fan myself and it was good to see an insight from someone from the outside. It's a shame you never had the opportunity to get inside the new ground. Across from the builders JW grant on Love St is where the stadium used to be. From that corner all the way up to that road you turned left on to. You walked by the new housing estate on the main road where the stadium once stood.its stretches the whole length back where the stadium once stood. The street names in that housing estate are named after club legends such as Fitzpatrick, Yardley, McGarry and Abercrombie.
A Scottish friend of mine once told me that Saint Mirren was the patron saint of weavers, and that Paisley was a major textile producing town (hence the name!). I presume that the 'paisley' design also derives from the city.
Another great video Sam. . Alex Ferguson presented the medals when my school team reached the U-13 Renfrewshire Cup when he was manager at St. Mirren when we played the final at Love Street .He took the crowds from 1800 to 19000 when he was there winning promotion
St Mirren's golden era was in the 1980s when they finished in the top 6, seven or eight seasons in a row. Since then they have never once finished that high, so this could be the first time in 35 years that St Mirren get in to the top 6 and the first time ever to finish in the top half since the introduction of the split in 2000.
After St Etienne knocked St Mirren out of the UEFA Cup second round in 1980/81, Ipswich then Knocked St Etienne out in the Quarter final, on the way to winning the trophy, beating them 1:4 in France.They were the top French side at the time and had Johnny Rep, Michel Platini and four other French internationals playing for them , but Ipswich had 10 internationals playing for them including the Scottish internationals George Burley, John Wark and Alan Brazil ⚽️🔵⚪
I think if I remember correctly, the day you recorded this might have been a weekend? I only remember because I went out a walk and walked past the stadium and I think it might have been yourself I saw walking just outside the air dome. If it was yourself, I would've said Hello but it was a cold day and didn't want to interrupt. good videos none the less.
saints street would have been right up the middle of the park. Fun fact: Did you know copper wire was invented in Paisley by 2 men fighting over a 1 pence piece in a phone box.
The old st mirren ground was on the corner of Love street and Albion Street. What basically separates the old ground from the new ground is the length of Murray Street.
Alan Shields Hamilton South Lanarkshire Scotland. Being originally from Elderslie just 15 mins drive from Paisley I can tell you Saint Mirren's old ground was could Saint Mirren Park officially but much like Hibernian playing at Easter Road Stadium people just simply referred to The Old Saint Mirren Park buy the name of the Street the Football Park was on Love Street. Saint Mirren Park ( Love Street ) was directly opposite J.W Grant's builders yard. Glasgow Tigers Speedway team used to us The Old Love Street Ground back in the 80's
@@FootyAdventures It did change a lot over the years The Caladonian Road Stand was not all that old when Saint Mirren moved to The New Saint Mirren Park on Greenhill Road. The Caladonian Road Stand was the away end at Love Street. The Caladonian Bowling club suffered Financialy after Saint Mirren moved as it was a popular watering hole as they say for fans on match days. The main stand had some wooden seats much like is still the case at Brunton Park & Goodison Park it had personality you could say. I have only ever been to The New Saint Mirren Park once for a Scotland VS Belarus under 21 International & it just feels like a cookie cutter Stadium as the Americans would say no different to a lot of modern Stadiums of its size nothing unic about it unlike Love Street. I would like you to do an in depth vlog on The Vienna Cup it was a invitational tournament that was a predecessor of The European Cup it was held before The First World War. You could do an in depth vlog on The history of Bonnyrigg Rose how where a massive Junior club in the East of Scotland but now play in the Lowland League. It must be so difficult to find content for a football vlog at this point in time Sam. Keep Safe.
Not really, he was going to Aberdeen regardless and there are allegations that he was persuading players to go with him. We actually had our highest league finish two years after he left and all the European adventures came after him.
@@LB1973 Am not sure about that. It's what Celtic did with Stein that got the Ferris wheel going. I think it could had been St Mirren with Dundee United taking on the big two. I was there in 87 . Great day out.
I was wondering if you’ve done one on Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C? They are famous for the amount of professional footballers that have come through their youth academy
U were literally on the old stadiums pitch at the start of the video all the streets were named after legends and st mirren related things. You should maybe try and do a video of another paisley team that used to be quite big they were called aberncorn fc
Fantastic video once again Sam and you were so close to the old Love Street ground, the building to the left of the white van at 2.03 in your video was just inside of the old East end boundary wall when it was being built as can be seen on Google Street www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8532624,-4.4267768,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sT6m6aCY_cyHRA2D4RsFFYg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 if this link doesn't work you can still check it out directly on Google Street. Keep them coming Sam.
Ive watched all your videos and thought I could name most stadium names in Scotland.why have they all changed there names ,did they get a fiver for it lol
Which other clubs do you want to see?
The full history of hearts ? It’s really interesting 👍🏻👍🏻
Try and do motherwell mate fir park
AFC Rushden and diamonds
Could you do Livingston F.C next?
@@ryanvince5530 I did a livvi vid fairly recently.. check it out here mate! th-cam.com/video/FNd_0JEu6Y0/w-d-xo.html
I went to see Rangers playing St.Mirren in 1968 at Love Street with
my oldest brother. I remember there was a lot of snow on the ground and they played with an orange ball. St. Mirren won 1-0. I remember the crowd was huge, and my older brother put me on his shoulders to see the game.
They were also the last club to win the Scottish cup with an all Scottish team of players (1987).
Great video!
I'm a St Mirren fan myself and it was good to see an insight from someone from the outside. It's a shame you never had the opportunity to get inside the new ground.
Across from the builders JW grant on Love St is where the stadium used to be. From that corner all the way up to that road you turned left on to. You walked by the new housing estate on the main road where the stadium once stood.its stretches the whole length back where the stadium once stood. The street names in that housing estate are named after club legends such as Fitzpatrick, Yardley, McGarry and Abercrombie.
Thanks, hopefully I can get inside soon!
Sam, you were literally walking through the grounds of the stadium in your opening shot. The houses are built on the old stadium
A Scottish friend of mine once told me that Saint Mirren was the patron saint of weavers, and that Paisley was a major textile producing town (hence the name!). I presume that the 'paisley' design also derives from the city.
yes it is which is why the design on our 22/23 home and away kit had the paisley pattern on it
@@Irvinedhino Yes indeed I can see that now! Thanks for that! Go Saints!
Great vid. Still remember the excitement of walking down Love St as a kid on a Saturday afternoon. COYS
Cheers! Wish I could've seen Love St in action!
I'm unlucky I missed love street, I was born in 2007 and my first game was in 2012 home to Dundee utd
same i was 2010 and my first match was 2016@@dakm_0724
I remember going to Love street when we played ST Mirren. Always a good atmosphere especially back in the 80s. Nice one Sam. 👍🏼
Nice! would love to have seen the old ground! Cheers for watching 👍
Another excellent video Sam. Great win for the Buddies at Celtic Park yesterday 👍
Thanks for watching again! And yeah big result for them!
Another great video Sam. . Alex Ferguson presented the medals when my school team reached the U-13 Renfrewshire Cup when he was manager at St. Mirren when we played the final at Love Street .He took the crowds from 1800 to 19000 when he was there winning promotion
Great video, very interesting. I’m a st Mirren fan btw
Thanks 😊👍
St Mirren's golden era was in the 1980s when they finished in the top 6, seven or eight seasons in a row. Since then they have never once finished that high, so this could be the first time in 35 years that St Mirren get in to the top 6 and the first time ever to finish in the top half since the introduction of the split in 2000.
I hope they do as they are a good team like the way they played agaisnt both us and celtic I hate teams who just defend defend defend its boring
@@keanieboy7316 They are a mix of both I think. Their strength was in defence at Celtic Park at least but they did keep 2 strikers on the park.
Once again...brilliant video. Look forward to next one...👍
Thanks mate!!
Liking the football content your are putting out and you should do it the next one on raith rovers.
Thanks mate! Yeah I'll need to do a RRFC vid eventually!
hey really interesting video love all your vids they are so interesting. cant believe hey did that
Thank you, glad you find them interesting 😊👍
After St Etienne knocked St Mirren out of the UEFA Cup second round in 1980/81, Ipswich then Knocked St Etienne out in the Quarter final, on the way to winning the trophy, beating them 1:4 in France.They were the top French side at the time and had Johnny Rep, Michel Platini and four other French internationals playing for them , but Ipswich had 10 internationals playing for them including the Scottish internationals George Burley, John Wark and Alan Brazil ⚽️🔵⚪
The history of Beith Juniors FC a west of Scotland league club where Steve Clarke started his footballing journey
@HeedArmy83 nah other side of the country
I think if I remember correctly, the day you recorded this might have been a weekend? I only remember because I went out a walk and walked past the stadium and I think it might have been yourself I saw walking just outside the air dome. If it was yourself, I would've said Hello but it was a cold day and didn't want to interrupt. good videos none the less.
Great content as usual m8 keeping me sane during lockdown
Glad to hear it mate! I'll keep them coming for you :)
Brilliant as always
Thank you!!
Educational and interesting video 👏
Cheers!
Good luck for the buddies today
Dunfermline would be a good club to look into. They had one of their greatest periods in the 1960s and should have achieved a lot more.
saints street would have been right up the middle of the park. Fun fact: Did you know copper wire was invented in Paisley by 2 men fighting over a 1 pence piece in a phone box.
No in wuznay ... yoor thinking O , Eberdeen
The official name of the stadium in Love Street was St Mirren Park. The new stadium is also named St Mirren Park.
The old st mirren ground was on the corner of Love street and Albion Street. What basically separates the old ground from the new ground is the length of Murray Street.
You should defiently check out Shotts Bon Accord. Great wee club with a good history (largest pitch in Scotland)
The full history of Berwick Rangers. The only English club in the Scottish league.
Here you go mate, did that a few months back 😊👍 th-cam.com/video/VABpRu7UAYM/w-d-xo.html
Much appreciated. Thank you 👍
@HeedArmy83 issue is with Berwick. The fixtures would work out further so financially it would not be effective for the club.
@Kenny Groundhopper jump all the way up there, blyth Spartans fan here,
Alan Shields
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
Scotland.
Being originally from Elderslie just 15 mins drive from Paisley I can tell you Saint Mirren's old ground was could Saint Mirren Park officially but much like Hibernian playing at Easter Road Stadium people just simply referred to The Old
Saint Mirren Park buy the name of the Street the Football Park was on Love Street.
Saint Mirren Park ( Love Street ) was directly opposite J.W Grant's builders yard.
Glasgow Tigers Speedway team used to us The Old Love Street Ground back in the 80's
I wish I couldve seen the old ground in use!
@@FootyAdventures
It did change a lot over the years
The Caladonian Road Stand was not all that old when Saint Mirren moved to The New Saint Mirren Park on Greenhill Road.
The Caladonian Road Stand was the away end at Love Street.
The Caladonian Bowling club suffered Financialy after
Saint Mirren moved as it was a popular watering hole as they say for fans on match days.
The main stand had some wooden seats much like is still the case at Brunton Park & Goodison Park it had personality you could say.
I have only ever been to The
New Saint Mirren Park once for a Scotland VS Belarus under 21 International & it just feels like a cookie cutter Stadium as the Americans would say no different to a lot of modern Stadiums of its size nothing unic about it unlike
Love Street.
I would like you to do an in depth vlog on The Vienna Cup
it was a invitational tournament that was a predecessor of The
European Cup it was held before
The First World War.
You could do an in depth vlog on
The history of
Bonnyrigg Rose how where a massive Junior club in the East of Scotland but now play in the Lowland League.
It must be so difficult to find content for a football vlog at this point in time Sam.
Keep Safe.
Nearly right on the speedway. It was the Paisley Lions not Glasgow Tigers and it was in the 70's.
The biggest mistake St Mirren ever made . They could had been winning the league , Cup's and a European trophy instead of Aberdeen.
Not really, he was going to Aberdeen regardless and there are allegations that he was persuading players to go with him. We actually had our highest league finish two years after he left and all the European adventures came after him.
@@LB1973 Am not sure about that. It's what Celtic did with Stein that got the Ferris wheel going. I think it could had been St Mirren with Dundee United taking on the big two. I was there in 87 . Great day out.
I was wondering if you’ve done one on Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C? They are famous for the amount of professional footballers that have come through their youth academy
If you go on google maps street view and go onto where Springbank Road goes right up to North Bank, you can see the old ground mate 👍🏻
At 1 minute 45 seconds, above your left shoulder was where the entrance for home fans was at Love Street.
Oh cool, thanks for letting me know!
Wrong side of live street, you walked past the old stadium, behind you at 3:37 is where the ground stood
U were literally on the old stadiums pitch at the start of the video all the streets were named after legends and st mirren related things. You should maybe try and do a video of another paisley team that used to be quite big they were called aberncorn fc
The full history of motherwell football club should be a shout
Yeah I think the Well will be soon!
It would be great if you'd cover some of the Danish derbies...
A full video of Morton would be great
Good idea!!
How about doing Partick Thistle then you can talk about their remarkable League Cup triumph in 1971/72
could we see a football shirt collection video? if possible
Here you go 😊 th-cam.com/video/sZTXcytcQYA/w-d-xo.html
Hi Sam I’ve subscribed to your channel
Do you support any football teams yourself
Thanks very much! Yeah I support liverpool!
@@FootyAdventures Glory Hunter lol
You were virtually on the halfway line of the old pitch at the start of your video.
Wish my manager was sacked.
But good video
Fantastic video once again Sam and you were so close to the old Love Street ground, the building to the left of the white van at 2.03 in your video was just inside of the old East end boundary wall when it was being built as can be seen on Google Street www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8532624,-4.4267768,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sT6m6aCY_cyHRA2D4RsFFYg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 if this link doesn't work you can still check it out directly on Google Street. Keep them coming Sam.
Can you do the full history on st johnsone fc please when you do it please can you put my comment in the video
For sure! I'm gunna have to do a SJFC vid soon!
Nice timing as St Mirren just beat Celtic 2-1 😁🇬🇧
Cheers dude🥃
I look forward to your vlog in 30 years about how Cardiff sacked Sir OGS 😉
Hahaha love that! What a comparison. Might have to do a raging vid about bednarek first
Could you do a video about linfield, glentoran and the old club belfast celtic
Yeah I really wanna come to NI when I can!
What about the “ wee barrell” pub across the road from Love Street. The players haunt after training,,, That’s when they were true professionals 😃
Haha I'll have to get a pint in there one day
There are still some parts of the old ground remaining...if you know where to look.
Ah I wish it was more obvious. Would loved to have seen that
Class
Cheers mate!!
Can you please go to Ayr v st mired next week
Please do linlithgow rose would mean so much
Yeah for sure!
Can you do a Livingston
Saints street was exactly where the old stadium was
Good stuff, I was in the right place then :)
Do a history of Barrow AFC
Will do! They're a very interesting club!
@@FootyAdventures I am living in the US. One day I will get to Holker Street.
Don’t recognise Love Street now. Where’s Back Sneddon Street ?
Do Patrick thistle next
Full history of aberdeen fc please
Defo will do this this year!!
Could you do gillingham fc please
Please do Hartlepool United
Sacked Fergie on the day his hair dryer was broken
Haha yeah it must have been broken!
Another club who sacked Sir Alex - Rangers despite being top goal scorer
Could you do the same for Blantyre Victoria
Here you go..... th-cam.com/video/51l88omEdgA/w-d-xo.html
@@FootyAdventures Lol brilliant Sam I wasn't expecting that.
Haha 😂 glad I could help!
I think at one point made an offer to sign Ronaldinho
Haha no way!
@@FootyAdventures we did
@@FootyAdventures we also signed the ex Capt of Barcelona and Spain Victor Munoz and Steve Archibald at the same time
Do this for Aberdeen
Naw Come on the Saint's from Paisley lol
Have you done my favourite English team afc rushden and diamonds best club in the land
No not yet but I'll add them to the list. Cheers for watching!
Fergie,,,, you not a patch on shankly or paisley,,,,,, ynwa 👍👍👍
Would you do the same With Ayr United
Yeah, I've spoken to Ayr and they're willing to let me in the stadium. Just gotta wait until a few restrictions are lifted then I'll get down there
@@FootyAdventures Ok just whenever you can make it
Great Video Son , Who would sack Fergie. You should join Sky Sports and sit with Souness and Keane . Great Knowledge .
Haha thanks mate, I'd sh*t myself next to those two though!!
Hearts
Come on You Saints Go For The 6th Place
Full history of Liverpool Football Club obviously I’m not expecting you to travel all the way to Liverpool lol 😂
Haha I defo will eventually! I've done a couple of LFC related vids from last summer in the mean time :)
Would fergie beat Celtic today ?
Would Sparta Prague? oh wait......
Not in good form but they’ll get a win tonight mon the gers
Told ya
Gateshead pls
He couldn’t beat Celtic with them
Maybe not but Jim Goodwin can
@@chris-mc4dg so that would mean him Goodwin is better than fergie (joke)
One little fact you missed out is that in 1986 they changed their name to St.Liedown
If you had got a result at dens, would not have mattered,
Heart's Hib's it lol come on the Saint's
Rangers
Pub league
Or the Fanny's league in England no brainer
Ive watched all your videos and thought I could name most stadium names in Scotland.why have they all changed there names ,did they get a fiver for it lol
Haha there's too many stadium sponsorships these days