Interesting on the post match interviews that they are bigging this game up.

An opportunity for the squad to excel again.

A winning draw on penalties - could be the most irrelevant penalty shoot-out ever 😂

Seen we sold out 

What was the allocation?

28 minutes ago, Zico said:

Seen we sold out 

What was the allocation?

Sure I seen 1500.    

 

1 hour ago, W.cramp said:

Sure I seen 1500.    

 

Given the home attendees and general lack of enthusiasm for these games, that's decent following 

Presume it will be mainly young uns who've never been there

Think we've only played them once this century, in the FA cup

56 minutes ago, Zico said:

Given the home attendees and general lack of enthusiasm for these games, that's decent following 

Presume it will be mainly young uns who've never been there

Think we've only played them once this century, in the FA cup

Got beat there in 16/17 promotion season, Easter time i think. Freezing.

2 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Got beat there in 16/17 promotion season, Easter time i think. Freezing.

Zero recollection of that 

I know we played them COVID season but obviously couldn't go 

49 minutes ago, Zico said:

Zero recollection of that 

I know we played them COVID season but obviously couldn't go 

One of a few that season we took loads to and either got beat or didnt score in front of the away end at

51 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Got beat there in 16/17 promotion season, Easter time i think. Freezing.

We battered they with 11 men then their striker got sent off and Spearing scored an own goal.  They were better with 10 men than 11.  Parkys infatuation with a back 5 cost us that match 

5 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

One of a few that season we took loads to and either got beat or didnt score in front of the away end at

Also lost at Rochdale, Chesterfield, Sheff Utd, Scunthorpe which I think we took a few too. Drew at Bradford.

Beat Bury though (remember them)

14 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Also lost at Rochdale, Chesterfield, Sheff Utd, Scunthorpe which I think we took a few too. Drew at Bradford.

Beat Bury though (remember them)

Walsall as well off top of my head. Bury and then Port Vale made up for it all though 😃

That Bradford day was great, proper big game feel, they'd been forcing a rivalry with us all season as well. Last away game this season could be similar.

2 hours ago, Marc505 said:

Got beat there in 16/17 promotion season, Easter time i think. Freezing.

https://youtu.be/dGJGw6ZwJjI

We were utter bobbins.  They got relegated a few games later, played with 10 men for half the game and still took the lead and beat us.

Howard was in nets, it was a windy day, and in the first half he repeatedly couldn't reach the halfway line with his kicks, he was a bad 'un and that was one of his worst days, virtually handed them a goal.  Parky ball at its worst around the time we were touching promotion but couldn't buy a goal. 

17 hours ago, Marc505 said:

Got beat there in 16/17 promotion season, Easter time i think. Freezing.

Its always bloody freezing at Boundary park!!

Sure that was a Sunday too? Dinner time KO?? 

3 minutes ago, barrycowdrill said:

Sure that was a Sunday too? Dinner time KO?? 

Saturday but yeah was an early kick off 

one thing I remember from the Sunday FA Cup tie, we had to get train from Victoria, so walking across town in that direction and found ourselves in Sinclair's Oyster Bar at 10am on a Sunday (or whatever time it was open, might've been 10.30 or 11, but deinitely early doors)

the thing of note was there were about 30 people waiting outside to get in just before they opened the doors

felt like a proper piss can

56 minutes ago, Zico said:

one thing I remember from the Sunday FA Cup tie, we had to get train from Victoria, so walking across town in that direction and found ourselves in Sinclair's Oyster Bar at 10am on a Sunday (or whatever time it was open, might've been 10.30 or 11, but deinitely early doors)

the thing of note was there were about 30 people waiting outside to get in just before they opened the doors

felt like a proper piss can

A slightly better class of piss can than folk waiting outside Spoons for their early morning pint.

7 hours ago, bwfc2003 said:

Its always bloody freezing at Boundary park!!

Used to be a lot worse when the end behind the nets didnt have a roof on it! It was frigging baltic!

 

On 09/11/2025 at 13:24, Zico said:

Given the home attendees and general lack of enthusiasm for these games, that's decent following 

Presume it will be mainly young uns who've never been there

Think we've only played them once this century, in the FA cup

And as always it was freezing.

35 minutes ago, woolli said:

Used to be a lot worse when the end behind the nets didnt have a roof on it! It was frigging baltic!

Youre not wrong - I remember the snowball fights in the seventies

Went there in ?1977 and it was a howling gale. Frank gave a masterclass in controlling the ball played up to him.

We played these loads in the 70s and early 80s and a rivalry of sorts built up, especially on their side. We took thousands there and invaded the place on a good few occasions. 

After that fixtures have been sparing. Two league games there in the 90s in the Championship - a 3-1 for them in 94/5 and a 0-0 towards the end of our 100 goals 98 points season. in 96/7. 

Folk have mentioned the most recent couple of games (a 0-2 win for us in COVID and the horrible 1-0 in 16/17). We should not forget a 0-1 win there for us in our Prem years with Vaz Te on the scoresheet. 

A couple of memories from the early 80s. We had a 2-3 win there in 82/3 in a season when we got relegated from what is now the Championship. Freezing cold day (as always) and a game or two after that famous day when Seamus McDonagh scored direct from a goal kick v Burnley at home. Something I remember better was a Tuesday night trip a couple of season later (84/5) in the League Cup. This was the year we never picked up a single point in something like our first 12 or 13 away league games lasting until January. Unbelievable. Yet early that season we went to Oldham (a division above us) and drew 4-4 after winning the first leg 2-1 at Burnden. 

Not a derby that ranks high - but a lot of interesting trips there down the years!! Pretty sure we have never played them in this competition before.

1 hour ago, paulhanley said:

We played these loads in the 70s and early 80s and a rivalry of sorts built up, especially on their side. We took thousands there and invaded the place on a good few occasions. 

After that fixtures have been sparing. Two league games there in the 90s in the Championship - a 3-1 for them in 94/5 and a 0-0 towards the end of our 100 goals 98 points season. in 96/7. 

Folk have mentioned the most recent couple of games (a 0-2 win for us in COVID and the horrible 1-0 in 16/17). We should not forget a 0-1 win there for us in our Prem years with Vaz Te on the scoresheet. 

A couple of memories from the early 80s. We had a 2-3 win there in 82/3 in a season when we got relegated from what is now the Championship. Freezing cold day (as always) and a game or two after that famous day when Seamus McDonagh scored direct from a goal kick v Burnley at home. Something I remember better was a Tuesday night trip a couple of season later (84/5) in the League Cup. This was the year we never picked up a single point in something like our first 12 or 13 away league games lasting until January. Unbelievable. Yet early that season we went to Oldham (a division above us) and drew 4-4 after winning the first leg 2-1 at Burnden. 

Not a derby that ranks high - but a lot of interesting trips there down the years!! Pretty sure we have never played them in this competition before.

Good memories from the early 80s that struck a chord with me.  I was only present at the home games and it never felt like a rivalry, it may have been different away, but their turn outs here were less than a lot of teams from much further away (eg Grimsby and Luton).  

We also played them in the league cup in 82/83, also winning the 1st leg 2-1 but lost the away leg 4-2.  Four days later we played them at home in the league, I just remember Roger Palmer scoring and we lost again, 0-2.  Played 4, lost 4, scored 1 goal in the league and failed to get to round 2 of the LC, I think for the first time since its inception but could be wrong, it was definitely a first since I started going in the 70s.

Next home game, played Newcastle.  Crowd 6,429.  That's in total, not just the Geordies.  They were grim times, but we did somehow stop up.

2 hours ago, paulhanley said:

Folk have mentioned the most recent couple of games (a 0-2 win for us in COVID and the horrible 1-0 in 16/17). We should not forget a 0-1 win there for us in our Prem years with Vaz Te on the scoresheet. 

That was the game Nicky Hunt got an awful challenge? Allardyce was going mental and the replay showed why. 

The 82-3 game that @paulhanleyrefers to ^ was a belter. Mike Doyle getting Roger Wylde(?) sent off then Wayne Foster bursting through to score the late winner.  The 4-4 league cup tie a few years later had a similar dramatic ending. Our very late equaliser (Oghani?) meaning we went through on aggregate. We got chased back to the train station after that one! 

The selection of the side, is more intriguing than the game itself!

Are the players who’ve been out injured fit enough to start? He’s said Forrester will start.

Do any of Saturdays starters get a spot?

Do we delve into B team/youth team? Some were training with the squad yesterday. 

                        Miller

Cogley.   Forrester  Johnston.  Taylor

                Sharples-Ahmed 

           Morley.           Dempsey 

Warren.                                    Tutu

                         Dalby
 

That only leaves Johnston from Saturday. Think I’d prefer him not playing and throw a young-un in. But I think he might be the only pick from Saturday. 

If Mcatee is fit, then I guess he’ll start. Push Demps/Morley back and play him in the 10.

A big squad to go at.