athywhite Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 dear friends and fellow wandererers supporters i am in need of some facts from my fellow supporters this is a true story. on the last game at burnden park versus charlton bolton won the game 4-1 and john mcginlay after scoring the last goal at burnden threw his boots into the crowd on the lap of honour a man caught his right boot and took it home and kept it as a souvenier in a glass case in his house. a few years later this gentleman was taken ill and sadly died and the boot was left to his son.his son was not interested in football and decided to sell the boot to a workmate who is a family member of mine and a lifelong wanderers fan. on receiving the boot he decided to contact mr mcginlay to authentificate the boot but mr mcginlay said he did not throw his boots into the crowd that night end of story you might think. no the story was run last week in the b.e.n and various supporters came forward to agree that john mcginlay did indeed throw his boots into the crowd that night including one fan who knew the guy who has the other boot the left one he is no longer in contact with this person but he is known as mr livesey and he lives in the bromley cross area of bolton. please if anyone knows this person could you pm me so they can get together to display the boots together and prove once and for all they are the magic boots this is only a plea so the boots can be reunited and the owners can then decide the best resting place or keep them to themselves as the case may be. but please do not let these boots rot away in some old garage or attic somewhere i for one would love to see them on display somewhere in the bolton borough please no silly replys if you cant help then dont if you can it will be much appreciated this is not a money making excercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_tbm Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 dear friends and fellow wandererers supporters i am in need of some facts from my fellow supporters this is a true story. on the last game at burnden park versus charlton bolton won the game 4-1 and john mcginlay after scoring the last goal at burnden threw his boots into the crowd on the lap of honour a man caught his right boot and took it home and kept it as a souvenier in a glass case in his house. a few years later this gentleman was taken ill and sadly died and the boot was left to his son.his son was not interested in football and decided to sell the boot to a workmate who is a family member of mine and a lifelong wanderers fan. on receiving the boot he decided to contact mr mcginlay to authentificate the boot but mr mcginlay said he did not throw his boots into the crowd that night end of story you might think. no the story was run last week in the b.e.n and various supporters came forward to agree that john mcginlay did indeed throw his boots into the crowd that night includingone fan who knew the guy who has the other boot the left one he is no longer in contact with this person but he is known as mr livesey and he lives in the bromley cross area of bolton. please if anyone knows this person could you pm me so they can get together to display the boots together and prove once and for all they are the magic boots this is only a plea so the boots can be reunited and the owners can then decide the best resting place or keep them to themselves as the case may be. but please do not let these boots rot away in some old garage or attic somewhere i for one would love to see them on display somewhere in the bolton borough please no silly replys if you cant help then dont if you can it will be much appreciated this is not a money making excercise. He did throw his boots into the embankment. FACT. He was probably pissed up anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 dear friends and fellow wandererers supporters i am in need of some facts from my fellow supporters this is a true story. on the last game at burnden park versus charlton bolton won the game 4-1 and john mcginlay after scoring the last goal at burnden threw his boots into the crowd on the lap of honour a man caught his right boot and took it home and kept it as a souvenier in a glass case in his house. a few years later this gentleman was taken ill and sadly died and the boot was left to his son.his son was not interested in football and decided to sell the boot to a workmate who is a family member of mine and a lifelong wanderers fan. on receiving the boot he decided to contact mr mcginlay to authentificate the boot but mr mcginlay said he did not throw his boots into the crowd that night end of story you might think. no the story was run last week in the b.e.n and various supporters came forward to agree that john mcginlay did indeed throw his boots into the crowd that night includingone fan who knew the guy who has the other boot the left one he is no longer in contact with this person but he is known as mr livesey and he lives in the bromley cross area of bolton. please if anyone knows this person could you pm me so they can get together to display the boots together and prove once and for all they are the magic boots this is only a plea so the boots can be reunited and the owners can then decide the best resting place or keep them to themselves as the case may be. but please do not let these boots rot away in some old garage or attic somewhere i for one would love to see them on display somewhere in the bolton borough please no silly replys if you cant help then dont if you can it will be much appreciated this is not a money making excercise. just to add to the above i think the mans name is mark livesey. has anyone got the video of the game and is there any footage of j m throwing his boots into crowd at the end. the footage i have got is off sky sports but program finishes as they start a lap of honour the boot has jmg in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 He did throw his boots into the embankment. FACT. He was probably pissed up anyway. thanks thats one confirmation in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter barryk32 Posted July 29, 2007 Site Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2007 There's a Mark Livsey that works at (or did) at Gordons bodyshop (the Ford place) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 There's a Mark Livsey that works at (or did) at Gordons bodyshop (the Ford place) is he a bolton fan the lad who gave us his name has not seen him for 4 years so he may have moved house but was near him when he caught the boot and says he was offered 500 quid for it outside ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter barryk32 Posted July 29, 2007 Site Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2007 (edited) [url="http://www.192.com/[/url] Theres not many of them, put his name and Bolton in there. Edited July 29, 2007 by barryk32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/search/disp...famous_boot.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 [url="http://www.192.com/[/url] Theres not many of them, put his name and Bolton in there. thanks for that but cant be ringing them just on off chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superwhite Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 "Ken, aged 63, does not mind admitting that he paid a "not insignificant sum" for the priceless Reebok boot," Correct me if I am wrong but then it int f***ing priceless then is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaststandlower Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 (edited) i was down the tunnel when the team came off that night and have photos somewhere that may in fact prove( if my memory serves me correct) that the players DID NOT throw there match gear into the crowd they went and changed into other kits before the presentation and lap of honour and i think they went in the crowd. as i can remember i think McGinlay had his match boots round his neck the first time they came off and then when they went back out he had a second pair back on his feet same with some of the shirts as well. ill try and dig out the photos to verify this though. Edited July 30, 2007 by eaststandlower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tel_net Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I spent most of my life in BX and I used to know a Mark Livesey, he went to Turton High School and lived around Chetwyn Ave. It could be him, not too sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 I spent most of my life in BX and I used to know a Mark Livesey, he went to Turton High School and lived around Chetwyn Ave. It could be him, not too sure. thanks for that net is closing in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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