10. How did the Box J Boys get started ?

9.  Do you really sit in Box J ?

8.  Where can I get a Box J Boy Shirt ?

7.  What shirt slogans been have been used in the past ?

6.  What Clans Tartan do you wear ?

5.  Who are The Box J Boys ?

3.  Are any of the Box J Boys Scottish ?

2.  How many Box J Boys are there ?

1.  What do you wear under your Kilts ?

How did the Box J Boys get started ?

It all started with a group of childhood friends growing up together, along the way our activities and interests evolved.

Organized football was the start for us young lads back in 78 and of course interest in the Tiger Cats was always great from the tradition our parents instilled in us. The majority of us would go down to Ivor Wynne Stadium before each Football game and sell souvenir programs. After the first quarter we could cash in our sales and collect our profits but the biggest profit was free admission for the remainder of the football game. We did this for many years until we started purchasing our own tickets for the games.

Along the way you make more friends and acquaintances and tend to hang around everyone with the same interests which of course for us were the Cats so in 95 a group of us decided to purchase season tickets. We thought it was great but we wanted to be closer to the team and all the diehard fans, which have held season tickets for many years. So the next year we took advantage of a vacancy and purchased our tickets in box J behind the player bench. As time went on, our group being very vocal and always having a good time became friends and well known to the other fans around us. Upon meeting people in passing they would always greet us, as “hey there are the boys”. So back when our team was in financial trouble and they needed support and ticket sales one of our boys Jason came up with an idea to have t-shirts made up and to revive the old hard hat tradition from the past for our group to spark up some fan interest and hope others would follow with similar ideas. The name was derived from always being called “the boys” and our seats were in box J so were born the BOX J BOYS. Along the way we have improvised the hard hats and added eye catching Kilts, bearing the closest to our teams colours. Every year the slogan on the back of our T-shirts changes but it always relates to the game or the team.

We have had a few additions to our group along the way and The BOX J BOY family is certainly extending everyday. We support Grey Cup every year and always attend if our team is there or not. CFL is one of the most entertaining sports in the world and probably one of the most affordable to attend, too bad many Canadians let it go unnoticed. Then there are the true CFL die hard fans which are a different breed of there own, from east to west all CFL fans share a passion and camaraderie that cannot be explained but through all the years of the league struggling has made the bond amongst CFL fans stronger.

Our main goal as the BOX J BOYS is to support our team the Tiger Cats and the great league they play in the CFL and hopefully create some interest so that others may become CFL supporters or become more involved if they already do support the league.

This is one thing left that we have Canada that is truly Canadian and it is ours to enjoy.

David (PEROGY) - Box J Boy 4 Life

Yes we do.  Here's the breakdown of where we sit.

Row 10 - (52) Morty

Row 11 - (51) Johnny, (49/50) Mike, (46/47) Joe, (35) Angelo, (34) Roy, (33) Marty, (32) Damon

Row 12 - (52) Stan, (51) Dave, (50) Gus, (49) Mario

Row 13 - (52) Felix, (50/51) Jason, (49) Shawn

Row 16 - (30) Greg

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Where can I get a Box J Shirt ?

Very limited quantities of Box J Boy shirts are printed each year.  They are given to The Box J Boys and various friends of Box J.  That's it.  We do not have any extras and we never sell the shirts.

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What shirt slogans have been used in the past ?

The front of our T-Shirts haven't changed.  It says "Box J Boys".

Every year, The Box J Boys have a new slogan on the back of the shirts.

There have been 3 Special Edition Shirts:

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What clan Kilt do you wear ?

The tartan is a MacLachlan Dress tartan.  This clan has many tartans I think as much as 6 but that is it. There are some close ones like the Barklay hunting Tartan and the more popular McCleod Tartan.  Which is famous from Don Cherry's Jacket that he wears on the Molson Tall Boys and Bubba Cans.  But the only difference is a small thin red line is included in the tartan.

We purchased our Kilts from Ontario's most reputable Kilt maker in Toronto.  And they only had enough Tartan to make one kilt so they called the mill in Scotland to order more for us and they had none. So they had to specially mill us some Tartan because it is so rare and not many people wear that particular colour.

Click here for more information about the MacLachlan Clan: http://www.maclachlans.org/

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Who are The Box J Boys ?

"Superfans!

I quote "Read all about the Box J Boys

These guys are awesome! They're devoted,
from their charity work to their tailgate parties
to their black and yellow kilts.

You can see them
cheering their hearts out in Box J
at every game.

If you're in Regina for the Grey Cup
see if you can catch a yellow mini-football.

Every Ticats fan should
shake the hand of a Box J boy!."

Quote from "SudburyTC1" on Ticats.ca

"I sit in front of them in Box J. They're just a group of great fans that have a great time at the games and are great ambassadors for Hamilton at Grey Cup. And the kilts are certainly a crowd pleaser if not a conversation starter. The games and Grey Cup just wouldn't be the same without them."

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Where can I get a Box J button ?

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Are any of the Box Scottish ?

Nope.  But Mario can plays some mean Bag Pipes.

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 How many Box J Boys are there ?

16 Officially. 

Stan, Felix, Jason, Shawn, Dave, Gus, Mario, Angelo, Greg, Roy, Marty, Damon, Joe, Johnny, Mike & Morty.

But we have many honourary members around Hamilton and the world.  See the Profile page for more details.

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What do you wear under your Kilts ?

What do you think?  Come see us and find out..... :D

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