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Have posted before about the 1-2 game , but we had the perfect day. longest post ever.... I had been invited on a Corporate do and was going with 4 others from work from our office. My boss a United fan and his missus coming up from London. Get a call on Thursday, the box held 16 and the other group had dropped out, could I get 7 more people ? So ring my dad, he will come with his mate Stuart (both ST holders at Bolton) my mate Ilkey white and his missus both ST holders were in. A lad in the office said his mate would come and drive. There was a free bar. I rang Bolton branch and asked if any Bolton fans there needed a ticket, got put into a season ticket holder who was after tickets for him and mate. They were in. So we are coming over Saturday meet in a pub in a place called Steeton, I had a lodger at the time United season ticket holder, he was in there meeting Keighley Reds to get coach over. Couple of beers with them. All friendly, 'see you later' they say 'come back in later we won't take the piss' On way over I have to explain to my guests that although the bloke inviting us knew I had bolstered numbers with mate we could not tell the head honcho man as the tickets were strictly business. This was with Zurich Insurance and contacts boss about 3 levels up was coming as my boss was there. So we get in box first ones there but a get on the free ale. 10 minutes later everyone has landed. Turned out lads from Bolton Branch and mis mate sat on the row in front of us at Reebok, 2 seats down (and they still do) Ilkeys Whites missus is talking to a woman 'yeah we are Ian's mates, he got us in with..points out everyone I have sneaked in...there is just one bloke we can not tell.' Calls me over and asks who is the bloke we can not tell. 'That will be my husband' the woman says. Awkward silence as husband walks over... Turns out he used to work with me...and finds the whole situation hilarious...asks to meet my dad and Ilkley White , who he had actually met playing 5 a side. We get on with the food and beer. Interrupted by a welcome speech that could only be corporate crap. Instead they just presented me with a Bolton shirt signed by the first team squad. Stick a few bets on game. I will skip game as we all know what happened. Back into box after. I had won £100 on Bolton winning 2-1, Ilkey White the same on draw half time Bolton full time. As we are leaving the guy who hosted the box helped us pack up 6 bottles of red wine and a box of brandy miniatures for the journey home. On the way back we have 606 on decided to ring up, get through second ring and on air in 2 minutes. Interrupted so they can interview Gartside. Then asked what we thought of United based on the game. I replied 'they were not as bad as their fans have been saying, if they sign another centre they will probably stay up'. Signed off with a rousing chorus of 'Wanderers'. Get back to Steeton, the match was telly at about 8 o'clock when ITV had their highlights show on. We stayed in there till 11 only 1 Keighley Red turned up....my lodger. Was finding empty miniatures in my car for at least a week after.

OK @paulhanleyhere goes… 78 - don’t actually have that clear a memory of the game. With my dad being a Burnden Paddock regular I would have missed any of the entertainment on the Manny Road prematch but I do remember the Embankment being packed and a fantastic atmosphere 79 - will always be my favourite game. My mate’s dad had STs at both City and United (weirdo) for him and his son as he just loved football and had moved to Manc to study medicine and was one of those blokes who just went to any game that was being played locally no matter who. Remember going to his house straight after getting back from school and them two, me and my brother getting into his VW Beetle and trundling over to OT. Thing that struck me about OT was the sheer size of the place. My dad had taken me to plenty of aways in places like York, Mansfield, and Sheffield but OT was summat else I have to admit. At Burnden I remember there being one burger trolley outside the Burnden Paddock but at OT there were loads everywhere. My mate and my brother sat in the ST seats in the stand opposite the cameras. Me and his dad stood in the paddock just below. I remember going mental when the second goal went in and loads of disgruntled Manc’s disappearing out of said paddock grumbling at my mates dad that I shouldn’t be there. After the match I remember loads of Bolton celebrating and a few brief scuffles but the main thing was all the cars heading back to Bolton with scarves hanging out the windows 2007 - had gone there and back on the tram and train. The elation of winning was just superb. I’d not been there in 2001 or 2002 so that was the first time since the 79. Stayed in Scott’s (I think) to get a later train back but very much remember having to keep my head well down the whole way home My dad detested Utd as Louis Edwards utterly fucked him over on a business deal. Any time we were near OT in the car as a young kid he would point at the place and say that it was built on bent money. I could listen all day to his tales of the 58 final and his celebrations in The Liberal Club in London post match when, much as now, there were a large number of Cockney Reds who were mightily pissed off about Nat’s challenge on Harry Gregg. He started watching BWFC late 1920s and apparently we had a poor record against them both pre and post war so 58 made it all the sweeter for him. Wish I’d spoken to him more about that era following BWFC

No its not about rivalry this is the Wanderersways version of the doomsday clock We're just marking time till history repeats itself and it will

In my lifetitime we've beaten United five times, two at home and three away. I wasn't at a single one of those away games sadly but was at both the homes. Perhaps it's time to collect our memories of these glorious occasions in to one place. December 22, 1978: Bolton 3 United 0 - I was still a school kid lucky to be taken to one of my first ever night matches. I wish I could remember more about the occasion. It was a pretty foggy night and United's fans were put in the bigger section of the Embankment nearest the Manny Road. Not sure if that had ever happened before - it was to happen pretty regularly in the 80s. There was a bloke near us in the Manny Road Stand who was a United fan that came to watch Bolton, odd. As you'd expect he was gobby - but harmless. He'd been talking for weeks about how Gordon McQueen would stop Franky Worthy. I wish I could remember which of our three goals it was but Frank looped the ball over the Jock and put it in their net. Total mayhem all around him and around Burnden. November 24, 2007: Bolton 1 United 0: One win all season and we get our second at home against United. Big Sam had tried and failed to beat them on home turf and Megson did it at his first attempt. The goal and highlights are on You Tube - great finish by Anelka. I remember Owen Hargreaves' late free kick when it felt like they'd snatch yet another late equaliser at ours - they'd done it twice before in the preceding few years. Unlike 78 I was old enough for a pint or three after the game! I remember being in the Jolly Ploughman up near Church Road with my Dad who was in seventh heaven. The ale went down a treat and the whining from the two United fans at the bar music to our ears. My Dad comes in to a memory of the famous 1-2 win at United in 1979 even though we weren't there. It was 1-1 very late in the game, United had already missed a penalty. Then Piccadilly Radio said "there's a late goal at Old Trafford". Our hearts sank. Then they went to the ground and it took the reporter, Tom Tyrell, a few seconds to speak. You could distantly hear the ecstatic Bolton fans on the Scoreboard End. What a moment. My Dad leapt over the settee just as Tyrell broke his silence. He was United through and through and his sour grapes weren't disguised So come on folks - give us your memories of these and Big Sam's 1-2 and 0-1 wins there in 2001 and 2002. If you're owd enough and remember give us your memories of the beatings we gave them in earlier days too! Doesn't matter how quirky or whether it was about the build up, post match or game itself.

Now pack it in with the astuteness matey. We don't do that on here

This thread explains a lot… better be nice to you manics.

Watch advice off databank Daz. Signs you are getting old AF

This Man U v Leeds game is thoroughly enjoyable thus far.

GPs? They know shit. Just come on here, get all the answers and more. If you ask the right question someone will pop over to your house and give you a reach around. Better than any meds. Just have to remember to keep your eyes closed and keep muttering “I love your slutty character in Brassic Michelle”. Failing that. Ask your doctor.

There’s a common thread running through the responses here. If reducing your meds then returning to current doses is an option, your GP is the person to make the call.

I was there for the 2001 win. We had 3 tickets and my brother bottled it at the last minute thinking we were going to get gubbed, so we took the father in law instead. Parked at Radcliffe and got the metrolink to OT. All the pre match talk was about how many we'd lose by. Utds fanzine predicted a heavy win for them with 1 goal for us "scored by some foreigner whose name can only be spelled by an enigma machine". Hmm. We agreed that if we were 3 or 4 down at half time we'd leave early. This was the game of Jussi's incredible double save in the first half. They were dominant and when some expensive, foreign, show pony opened the scoring for them I wondered if we'd cave but we grew into it. Nolans superb equaliser was wildly celebrated and the Utd fans were mocking us, holding up their fingers to say it was still 1-1 and why the fuss? 2nd half and I don't remember us being under any great pressure and we started to ask them questions. We were denied a clear penalty, when Frandsen was chopped down in the box in front of us. In those pre VAR days the opposition just didn't get penalties at OT so scared were the refs of upsetting Ferguson. And then it happened.. Ricketts suddenly clear on goal but with a lot still to do. The sight of the ball hitting the roof of the net will stay with me until I die. Cue absolute delirium in the away end, my elderly father in law punching the air like a young man, strangers hugging each other. It was bedlam. The last few minutes was great - "Can we play you every week?" Seeing a red I knew from school storming out and flicking the v's at us, "We beat the scum 2-1" then buzzing on the metrolink all the way back to Radcliffe watching sick reds get off and jubilant whites singing. A great day.

That was the 1-2

Online, I think. I’ll take a look for this one as well.

Anderson Hawes and Piper all at once? I don’t think I have enough left in the bucket to cope.

That only makes any sense if you believe that Poland is the second 'most powerful' country in the world.

Thought Neil the cock said they were giving more notice?

So we're third 'bestest'?

Clayton Powis did it.

I'm not arsed about our standing in the world. More arsed about our standard of living

Poland is in the EU so he has already been.

Top 3 supporters of the Ukranians, US, Poland and UK all visited before Brussels. World leaders!!

By the way, you’re still refusing to offer an opinion on how they’ve done for 12 years 🙃

Haha. Work? You and others spend all day on here. 😅

Google Bard next https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64546299

Great Wingman work today Bolty. Helped GD escape his interrogators. The Stasi will be back tomorrow though. Stay alert.😅

I get your point, also 'other clubs do it, so we'd better too' but the EFL should stop it, across the board. On a separate note I see a lot more involvement from subs whilst supposedly warming up. The authorities should stamp the lot out.

Stands naked in front of a mirror & tucks his todger between his legs to look like a Woman

@Tonge moor green jacket @gonzo You might like this too, really interesting how our weather works to some places advantage and others not so.

So I've finally admitted to myself I had post natal depression at the beginning of the year. Never got help with it, never talked about it much. Just cried and cried. Add to that I became a single Mum of two, I left my house 'for a few weeks' whilst it was renovated. That few weeks became 8 months. Now I'm back home with my babies, I don't cry anymore, I met a wonderful man who makes me happier than I've ever been before. Oh and I'm starting a new job hopefully next year. 2022 has ended a lot better than it started.