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Fled Eccles when Leeds came to town apparently.

Still not wholly convinced that "Lusty" and Whites since 63 arent the same poster 😃

Theres dicking about on a football forum then theres real life issues. Lets not cross the two old beam.

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.

Cut back #1, stop paying MAD MAX

Come on mate, you're better than that. If there's one thing thread where snidey remarks aren't welcome it's this one.

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.

At least get the pebble correct

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Makes sense. Steering clear of Sober Dan.

Can’t remember if I went but it’s very likely I did…. Anyhow this is good article about Headridge didn’t realise he died soon after leaving Bolton for Man U. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-jimmy-headrige-tribute-21214885

I know a couple on £30k who did it. They just didnt go on holidays and only shopped at Kwik-Save for a bit.

Wanderlust and Whites63

I think it’s a Christian sign, but code for “I’m a shit driver”

Was working in Torquay during the 74/75 and missed the away game. I went the home game on the Lever that day, rough as fuck. No wonder folk vowed to get revenge.

Remember those 2 coming in & trying not to look suspicious 😁

Tuts at people who have 11 items in the 10 items or less queue.

To me, to you...

Some cracking replies. Thanks folks. Keep them coming. If anybody has tales from earlier wins in the 50s and 60s they'll do too. Next time I have a pint with my Dad I'll ask him. He's got some - usually involving Nat or Freddie Hill.

Haha Bet you did a little jig and shouted "Get in there!" when you posted that.

^ As I've said before, it's really not worth sharing personal stuff about your mental health on here, as you get comments like this, and it will no doubt be brought up again in future over something totally unrelated. Shame really. You'd think after what happened to Gary Speed our fans would be far more "aware" of the issue, but alas.

Absolutely agree. I've predicted the Sky induced money would dry up for 2 decades now but it never has. It will, sooner or later, though. Personally, though we've seen some terrific players here on the back of it, overall I'd happily reset and get things back to some form of normality. It's now completely insane & no relatability for the average fan.

There are "drawbacks"

These 3 clubs pushing this are desperate for some of this premiership money. I hope it goes pop very soon and the money dries up.

It's extremely rare for a pilot to end up in a jet with his or her name on it, unless they're fairly senior rank. It's basically like picking up a pool car when they're assigned a jet before a flight. Often it's not even a pilots name under the canopy its ground or support staff who've had their name put on there as a reward for something they've done.

we're just about in the all time premier league table

I know it's geek niche and a longish read but this is really worth anyone's time for those who think just plonking a load of second hand F-16s into Ukraine would solve anything. Specifically interesting is how the actual nature of the war being fought negates the advantage they'd bring anyway, and the reluctance to let them have the really advanced weapons the F-16 could employ that they don't want falling into Russian hands. In the end, if you're going to take the time and money to just give them a dumbed down F-16, they may as well persist with what they've got.

Says "Can I get..."

I had a Samsung watch and I found it a waste of time. It needed to go on charge every 12 or so hours. I went out for a run once with Strava and Spotify on and the battery ran out half way round the route. And I wasn't even running that far. Hated the thing!

has 'live, laugh, love' on his living room wall

Because when talking about a generational issue, using one example isn't a worthwhile sample. Example, we earn collectively close to 150k a year, we can't afford to put down a deposit, haven't been on a holiday in two years, own a second hand car etc etc This does not prove your point about 30k wrong. To do that you'd need to look at a greater picture of house buying, despises and lending issues across multiple age ranges and across the nation as a whole. See? Dead easy. Did you not do statistics at school? Pretty sure it was GCSE level maths.

I've got a Garmin vivoactive 3 from a few years ago and there's a training plan/mode that lets you do just that

Yes some Garmin watches have that feature

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

We have a war in Europe that could be catastrophic if Russia wins. We have never been involved so heavily in a war without a single casualty. Ukraine lives are dying for the hope of stability in Europe, IMO.

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

Attended all five, just. I wasn’t going to go to the 2-1 Ricketts winner, assumed we’d lose. Then rang the ticket office the day before and they’d had a return. Each of those has been special, but, perhaps the 1979 was the best. We’d been away from the top league for so long and this was my first visit. For some reason went on a club coach. Here’s to the next time, assuming I’m still alive.

Did both the 78-79 games, plus the Anelka home win. Was 10 years old for the first two, so memories are also murky. The home win was electric - sat in Burnden Stand - I can remember Frankie W and Alan Gowling shared the goals, but that’s about it. As said in other threads footage would be gold dust. The disbelief at walloping them though still remains. The away game was fab. For some reason we were sat in the main stand, so presume was with the home fans. Didn’t stop us going mad when the winner went in in front of the scoreboard end. I remember Gordon McQueen I think getting their goal and one of the Greenhoffs (?) missing the penalty at the Stratford End before Frankie W swept the winner in. Glorious.

removes the wrapping from his fish and chips and puts them on a plate

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