freds dad Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 When I was growing we used to play on South Avenue pitch in Kearsley and it was a decent pitch with changing rooms. I left Bolton over 25 years ago but a quick Google shows how bad it has got. http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/11176389.Fears_over_closure_of_playgrounds_and_football_pitches_in_Kearsley/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15374808.Playing_field___39_worse_than_ever__39______just_three_years_after___474_000_transformation/#comments-anchor Women complaining the grass is too long and they pay £40 a YEAR to play on it Get a grip pickys have just set up home there now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embankment Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) Barlow Park was good, even though some tosser from Park Utd ,snapped me TIB & FIB on it. Moss Bank was decent . Haslam Park , you needed 1 leg shorter than the other. Hulton Lane always seemed massive. Our Pitch at Chequerbent was OK , till some bugger set fire to the changing room. Can't remember the name of the pitch up Horwich which had a slope on it like the North face of the Eiger. The problem nowadays is there are very few 11 aside matches any more. Every one plays 5 aside. Bolton Combination used to consist of 4 divisions. Then there was also Bolton and Horwich Sunday leagues. Every bugger used to play. Edited June 29, 2017 by embankment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Horwich Posted June 30, 2017 Author Moderators Share Posted June 30, 2017 18 week season. 9 home games. Just saying like The calculation was for what they bring in as revenue for a full financial year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Barlow Park was good, even though some tosser from Park Utd ,snapped me TIB & FIB on it. Moss Bank was decent . Haslam Park , you needed 1 leg shorter than the other. Hulton Lane always seemed massive. Our Pitch at Chequerbent was OK , till some bugger set fire to the changing room. Can't remember the name of the pitch up Horwich which had a slope on it like the North face of the Eiger. The problem nowadays is there are very few 11 aside matches any more. Every one plays 5 aside. Bolton Combination used to consist of 4 divisions. Then there was also Bolton and Horwich Sunday leagues. Every bugger used to play. And not forgetting Bolton Sports Fed had 4 divisions at one point (80's). Throw in the Lancs amateur league and North West Counties - that's a lot of Bolton lads playing footy on a Saturday afternoons back then 2 pitches at Longsight Harwood were good, but the other 2 were biz, One or 2 on Harper Green were ok. Scholes bank at Horwich was decent. New House farm up Breightmet was diabolical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embankment Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Great memories. Loads of characters. Remember The Soul Squad. Albert one of the refs. Small guy. Park Utd. Big Paul Fitzpatrick. Away trips to Paderborn. Playing on pitches near Burnden Park , which meant you could leg it to the ground and get in for the last 20mins. Hopefully getting to a final , so you could play at Grundy Hill or even Burnden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Great memories. Loads of characters. Remember The Soul Squad. Albert one of the refs. Small guy. Park Utd. Big Paul Fitzpatrick. Away trips to Paderborn. Playing on pitches near Burnden Park , which meant you could leg it to the ground and get in for the last 20mins. Hopefully getting to a final , so you could play at Grundy Hill or even Burnden. Certainly remember Soul Squad - didn't the lad who died Lennox Bell play for them? The Lenny Bell trophy was contested by Bolton Sunday League teams every year after his premature death. I think the Ref you're talking about was Albert Handley - wore glasses whilst officiating, but he was blind as a bat even with them on!!! There was also a Sunday league ref called Paddy - Oirish fella funnily enough,he was quite a character - "Whats yer name son" he says to me whilst getting his book out "Jack Flash" sez i trying to be a smart arse "Well get fucking Jumping then Jack - you're off!" Park Utd were almost unbeatable right through the 80's - decent side. Great days,so many memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankietheman Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Can remember vividly playing on the old Hacken Lane site in my early years at secondary school. It was adjacent to a sewage farm with white scud blowing onto pitch on windy days. that and games teacher inspecting all boots after the game - anyone with protruding nails from studs got a whacking. I soon changed mine for the nail in rubber variety. Happy days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Certainly remember Soul Squad - didn't the lad who died Lennox Bell play for them? The Lenny Bell trophy was contested by Bolton Sunday League teams every year after his premature death.I think the Ref you're talking about was Albert Handley - wore glasses whilst officiating, but he was blind as a bat even with them on!!!There was also a Sunday league ref called Paddy - Oirish fella funnily enough,he was quite a character - "Whats yer name son" he says to me whilst getting his book out "Jack Flash" sez i trying to be a smart arse "Well get fucking Jumping then Jack - you're off!"Park Utd were almost unbeatable right through the 80's - decent side.Great days,so many memories. Good old Paddy Johnson. Didn't the Soul Squad turn into Bolton West Indians ? I always played for Daubhill Athletic until they folded then played for the Rupert. Fine bunch of characters in both Saturday and Sunday leagues, and some bloody great players as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzo gambaro Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Albert's still reffing. His son reffed League One games last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted July 2, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2017 He fucking shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a game these days. Nice fella though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Paddy Johnson thats the fella - cheers miami, i couldn't remember his surname. Yeh i reckon Soul squad morfed into Bolton West Indians. I used to work with Albert Handley, he doesn't look any older than he did 30 years ago, but his eyesight certainly hasn't got any better! Beltin fella though and a Wanderer through & through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted July 2, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2017 Albert's still reffing. His son reffed League One games last season. Albert passed not long since? or at least i thought he did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 You not thinking of Clive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breightmet Boy Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Paddy Johnson booked me for shouting a player offside, still winds me up. As for playing surfaces, Leverhulme park had 5 rectangular shapes on it at this time of year, back in the day, in the process of getting re-seeding, unfortunately the youth of today would rather not get dirty and prefer plastic pitches instead. Puffs the lot of em, not a proper man with between em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 5, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2017 Used to be one at the bottom of the big slope, now completely grown over. Agree about grass over plastic. Shite in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted July 5, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2017 You not thinking of Clive? aye, apologies getting mixed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyHWanderer Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Paddy Johnson booked me for shouting a player offside, still winds me up. As for playing surfaces, Leverhulme park had 5 rectangular shapes on it at this time of year, back in the day, in the process of getting re-seeding, unfortunately the youth of today would rather not get dirty and prefer plastic pitches instead. Puffs the lot of em, not a proper man with between emAye, cause the 6-14 year olds get full choice of what pitch their team plays on and when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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