I dont know if this has been asked before but maybe the moderators can offer a poll to see who supported who prior to the Merger

Caledonian for me

maybe the moderators can offer a poll

Not having a go... but can't you do it yourself? I can... Can't everybody else??

THISTLE.

THISTLE.

Strange that. I had you down as a Caley man IHE. Don't know why  :tic01: :015:

Well I was two years old and living in North Wales at the time so I can't contribute...

thanks TCJ...i didnt know you could add a poll untill now...done & added

I would have though IHE was a Caley man as well especially with the Howden end in his name..lol

I would have though IHE was a Caley man as well especially with the Howden end in his name..lol

Im taking a wild guess, but... I think he was just kidding about supporting Thistle  :004:

Sorry I thought that you were referring to pubs - I always preferred the Thistle to the Caley.

What about the Muirton IHE? That was even closer!

THISTLE.

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You know there's a message in this thread. There is now a whole new generation of Caley Thistle fans who are young enough really not to have any clue who Thistle and Caley were. Indeed my 22 year old son was only 7 when the merger started and is probably one of the youngest people to remember the separate clubs (and he still has his little blue MacRae and **** strip at home! :003:)

The day isn't far away when it's going to become like searching for World War 1 veterans and we'll be trawling the old folks' homes, looking for those very rare survivors who stood on the Howden End or patronised the black and red pie shed.

A very good point Charles, hence why i added a Other or Neither option for the Tom Caley jags of the world who were maybe too young to follow Caley or Thistle or god forbid supported  Rangers, Celtic or Aberdeen llike so many of my friends did while i stood on the Howden End

you mention an old folks home...did you mean the Caley club in Grieg Street, lol

Those of us whos arteries were clogged up with Kingmills pies at an early age will probably not live long enough to see the inside of an old folks home !

Give me a CEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

A Howden Ender and proud of it  :003:

My mum and dad's mate supported one of the teams but since they merged he won't go and see ict.

I must be one of the last people to end up supporting Thistle - I was 10 when the merger happened.

I still have the last Thistle away strip though, pinned up on my wall alongside an ICT top signed by David Proctor that my mum won in a raffle. 

It's great to see so many kids wearing ICT tops now though; when I was a kid absolutely everyone else supported one of the Old Firm - mostly Rangers because it was in the middle of 9 in a row.

Caley - 100 % Howden End or the other end. Those were the days when you could stand behind the opposition keeper's goals for both halves of a match. Happy days at Telford Street.

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I think it was easier for Caley fans to accept ICT than our Thistle brothers & sisters. Although the anti-merger mob were all Caley as far as i know.

I was only 7 when the merger happened so i didnt support either team proir to the merger mainly because i was only 7 and i wasnt into football until about that age. However, if i had been a few years older, i think i would have been a thistle fan purely because i lived on that side of the river. I never experienced the bitter rivalry between the 2 clubs but i have heard all about it and i can see why people apposed the merger. To be honest, i am glad to be supporting post merger as i dont have loyalty to either caley or thistle but just to caley thistle.

I was a Caley Fan pre-merger and my loyalty carried across with the eagle to the new badge and the new club.  I don't feel any need for rivalry with pre-merger Thistle Fans other than the occasional bit of light hearted banter with the two of them.  :tic01:

Er, not sure.....

Clack

  Having been brought up in the posher side of the town (Hilton) I was always a staunch Thistle

  supporter and enjoyed their many successes.  I always felt that hte merger was forced on us

  by the other side and they got the better of the bargain.  However I have my happy

  memories. seldom miss a home game now.

Thistle

I think it was easier for Caley fans to accept ICT than our Thistle brothers & sisters. Although the anti-merger mob were all Caley as far as i know.

We never accepted the Jeggie cnuts - we were forced into it but we have learned to tolerate the bestards.

I think it was easier for Caley fans to accept ICT than our Thistle brothers & sisters. Although the anti-merger mob were all Caley as far as i know.

It would appear so... 60% of ICT fans were Caley fans according to this, with only 15% Thistle fans.

Before the merger, was there an even split? Or were there more Caley fans?

  Having been brought up in the posher side of the town (Hilton) I was always a staunch Thistle

  supporter and enjoyed their many successes.  I always felt that hte merger was forced on us

  by the other side and they got the better of the bargain.  However I have my happy

  memories. seldom miss a home game now.

It's a well known fact that that the stigma of coming from Hilton only decreased (and then marginally) when 10CC became ICT manager.

I have many happy memories of derby days at Kingsmills & Telford street..those games were big crowds, similar to the Caley v C**ty games, so Thistle had a decent sized support. However a lot of Thistle fans were of the opinion that they were taken over rather than merged. With hindsight i can see their point now

anyway we are all one big happy family now huh!