Over the course of the season I have gone to manyHearts matches. Ive travelled accross the country to summers days in Cowdenbeath to January nights in Dingwall. I’ve spent most of my studen loan on match tickets, train tickets, crates of Tennents and pints all over Scotland. Over the 28 games Ive visited all 12 SPFL grounds and after a long process of determining the best away day.
The chosen away day will come as a suprise to many and is not considered a good day out by alot of Scottish football fans.
For me, the best away day in Scottish football is **drum roll** Rugby Park home of Kilmarknock FC.
I’ve had the pleasure of going up to Killie a few times but this season was the best.
The early train to Glasgow from Edinburgh went quicker thanks to the tins and massses of Jambos also travelling. A quick stop off at the Horsehoe bar where a delicious bacon roll was consumned as we moved between Queen Street and Central station. The train pulled into Kilmarknock at around 1 o’clock 2 hours before kick off.
We stopped off at the Mack’s bar a mere 5 minute walk from the station. A relaxed crowd with Hearts and Killie fans mixing, we went to watch the early Premier League game and have a couple more drinks but were met by friendly bar staff offering a warm welcome along with a jukebox a pool table and well priced food and drink. After popping to a couple more pubs on the way to the ground we finally arrived. After scanning our tickets the first thing of course was head to the food kiosk to sample the famous Killie pie which really are just as good as legend leads you to believe.
As for the game itself we were 3-0 down within 15 minutes and was probably the worst performance of the season. But really, who cares? We go to the football to have a break from our lives to go out with friends you’ve not seen in a while and to have a few drinks over the weekend. Winning at the football is just an added bonus.
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