i was on the embankment when he scored that,burnden went mental. then we beat sheff wed to stay up. not bad considering we lost a week earlier 7-1 at QPR. The season though was 81/82.

sadly,it was only a temporary stay of execution as we went down the following season

 

was it wayne foster or chris thompson who scored the winner when we beat oldham 3-2 at boundary park ? cracking game but bastard freezing

Yeah, sorry it was 81/2. The season we started so poorly that it felt like we'd be relegated by Xmas. After 11 games, won 2 drawn 0 lost 9. Strangely, one of the wins was a very, very rare league success at the Baseball Ground. Derby has never been a happy hunting ground for Bolton in the league at least.

Anybody remember Chris Thompson's dramatic late goal against Derby in the second last game of the season in 82/3? Set us up for the last game against Sheff Weds, which we also won. Ended up staying up against the odds. One of the main things I remember about that night v Derby was that the Manny Road South terrace being full of bikers, heavy metal types and a scattering of punks with mohicans. The celebration in the terrace after each Bolton goal were absolutely wild.

I'd probably go for Wheater and hope he's not rusty. Don't rate Mills at all and Blackpool are the type of side who'll find him out. Was more convinced with Ream in the Prem than the Championship.

Its always the same with these bell-ends. I am from Bolton, therefore I am a murderer in their eyes. With the exception of a few who will have known or are related to the deceased it's fake grief. In large part this comes down to the fact that they spent 29 years in the lower divisions from 1978 to 2007. Subconsciously they feel the 1974 incident is a connection to a long ago day when English football took Blackpool a bit more seriously. They look up to Bolton. They wish they were more like Bolton. Deep down, they know they're chicken shit. If they stop us getting in to the play offs on Saturday, they'll celebrate wildly - which will emphatically show that they are chicken shit in the Bury category. League One is calling. It's not going to be this year, it might not even be next - but its a magnetic draw on Blackpool and when it does, normal service will have been resumed.

If you'd offered me this scenario before kick off today I'd have taken it. Going to Cardiff and getting draw with depleted ranks and a poor away record is no mean feat. The tinpot tangerine shit will be girding themselves to spoil it for us next week, so it won't be easy.

I bet those bastards will be begging us for one in the summer, I hope we tell them to fuck off.

Yep. Fuck em.

Didn't Cardiff get chased into the sea at Swansea once?

Yep. Subject of hot debate in South Wales ever since. Swansea taunt, Cardiff claim it wasn't their main firm.

Do we need him

Probably, yes. Though the need would be a little less if normal service is ever resumed with Stuart Holden.

Often wonder if history would have worked out different at Burnden had the superstore never been built. The board might have chosen to invest in the old ground rather than move to Horwich. Not sure what impact either way that would have had on life since.

Fuck em.

There's Bury, Wigan, Tranmere etc. However there's something uniquely tin pot about Blackpool.

Blimey how did we cope when then Shopping Mall blocked the corner of the pitch at Burnden Park

You didn't cope at Burnden. You never coped. "Shopping Mall" or pre-"Shopping Mall".

Some of our away followings in the mid to late 70s were incredible the Everton away semi-final was their 12,000 Bolton on Derby 1/4 final was 8,000 but that Blackburn game was incredible Bolton were in the majority on 3 sides of the ground, and a large amount on there main end.

Boxing Day 1978 at Blackpool would have to come in to the equation in any discussion about huge Bolton away followings in the 70s.

People have lost interest this season. Plenty of better things to do in Blackpool on a Saturday afternoon. Remember it's Britain's number one tourist destination. You Bolton people are lucky to be positioned relatively close to it. At least you can say you went on a summer holiday in these tough times.

Are you still here you delusional fuckwit? I look forward to normal service being resumed in future years with Bolton being one or more divisions above Blackpool (as with 1978-1985 or 1993 to 2010). There was silence from Blackpool during each of those years.

Hughie Currant, Dennis Pee Cock...... I'll get my coat.

Andy Coleslaw

Trevor Cherry, Michael Appleton, Pat Rice, Tony Curry,

its alarming that we will be without ngog , spearing, and dawson, and watching highlights of brighton yesterday is a concern, they look good. but you never know lets just scrape through and fill the reebok.

This is all similar to 94/5. We seemed to pick up all kinds of injuries late season that year (Simon Coleman, Richard Sneekes, Mark Patterson injured and I think Keith Branagan was suspended and we ended up with Peter Shilton in goal!). We limped in to the play offs. We played Reading at Wembley ......

Slight blip yesterday but we are still the pride of Lancashire

Pride of Lancashire on what measure?

How many tickets theyve sold even has its own thread

 

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I know they had some bad experiences at Burnden in the 70s but for fucks sake the way they go on you'd think it was a trip to Galatasaray. Maybe we should get loads of banners saying "welcome to hell" just to make it feel right for them.

Barnsley and Peterborough in my opinion. Really hoped it would be Blackburn or Blackpool. Just relieved we managed such a good February and March - even an average points haul over those months would have seen us sucked in to the quicksand at the bottom end. Its been a very remarkable year in the lower half of the Championship, as the stats show.

It comes as no surprise to me that he bases his thoughts on Italian football. His whole philosophy screams Italy. Neat and tidy possession football, often unadventurous but with enough cutting edge in a game to win. We had Sam's winning football that was often (but not always) not very pleasing on the eye. We had Lee who was cavalier and defensively clueless - same with Coyle and more so as his time went on. Then there was Megson..... ! Freedman allies pragmatism with a certain amount of style. The summer will be interesting whether we go up or stay down. I do think we have found a real gem - and I don't dish out that kind of praise lightly.

Wigan still have Tottenham, City and Arsenal to play in their last seven games. West Ham and WBA away won't be easy either. I think 39 is going to be required this year.

just followed that link to the Bristol City forum to see this latest posting. "i was in there when it all kicked off, City definitely ran for the doors as soon as it went off. But there were more than 8 Bolton though, i would say closer to 30 of them". It does sound like it was a very old school day out!

Radiohead: "how to disappear completely"