I think it is about time we highlighted superb games at the reebok i feel we have had as many superb performances at the reebok in 10 years than the last 20 years at burnden, we have beaten liverpool a top arsenal side more than once and the semi final win over villa was a great performance by the team, the year we escaped relegation was a superb rollercoaster ride with some fantastic support from the bolton faithful.

Edited September 4, 200619 yr by Mounts Kipper

Name your great burnden games,and why.

 

Bolton 4 Cambridge United 5

 

Literally the only game to have had me on the edge of my seat. Which is what it???s all about.

Bolton 4 Cambridge United 5

 

Literally the only game to have had me on the edge of my seat. Which is what it???s all about.

 

 

Ho hum. It's not getting any better is it? I think we've already discussed that generally, the important thing following the final whistle is the three points. But you have to be different.

Ho hum. It's not getting any better is it? I think we've already discussed that generally, the important thing following the final whistle is the three points. But you have to be different.

 

Of course I want to win, but I???d rather lose 3-2 in an end-to-end thriller than win 1-0 with hoof-n-hope football.

 

I realise I am alone, but I go to football to be entertained.

Bolton 4 Cambridge United 5

 

Literally the only game to have had me on the edge of my seat. Which is what it???s all about.

 

so theres only been 1 great game in all the years you have spent watching bolton

 

god knows y you bother. i can list plenty of truly great games (in my view) and if i couldt do that i would not bother going at all

 

Of course I want to win, but I???d rather lose 3-2 in an end-to-end thriller than win 1-0 with hoof-n-hope football.

 

I realise I am alone, but I go to football to be entertained.

 

when was the last time you were entertained?

The comeback against Arsenal when Pedders scored.

 

or when Ricketts scored against us for Boro and we stayed up, which sparked wild

celebrations inside the Bok. i remember seeing Campo walking round the pitch

celebrating after the game, his look on his face said what the fook! he must of thought we

were all mad.

 

I loved Burnden but times change.The attitude towards the Bok is shite.We have an impressive

ground now and ok the whole experience has changed but rest assured without it we wouldnt

have the likes of Anelka,Campo,TBH,EHD in our current team and we certainly wouldnt have had

the priveledge of seeing Youri and Jay Jay wear the famous white shirt.

 

Its up to us to get an atmosphere going and maybe just maybe some of us will

start to enjoy the game more. thats my two penneth

Bolton 4 Cambridge United 5

 

Literally the only game to have had me on the edge of my seat. Which is what it???s all about.

 

 

http://www.geocities.com/nigelsheppard/bwfc/C1/index.html

 

http://www.geocities.com/nigelsheppard/bwfc/C1/index.html

 

quality i was racking my brain as well to try and think of when the game was and now i no its because it never existed

Unless 'Tasha means the 4-3 defeat at Burnden in 1981, er how old were you back then Natasha?

 

By the way, have you seen the attendence figures at those games? Looks like Bowton folk have never been fired up about watching Cambridge.

Of course I want to win, but I???d rather lose 3-2 in an end-to-end thriller than win 1-0 with hoof-n-hope football.

 

I realise I am alone, but I go to football to be entertained.

 

 

does that make you a supporter or a fan.

 

 

i have just relaised only one person is this good as an alias.

 

 

you are tangoman, the only explanation, welcome back keyser,.

does that make you a supporter or a fan.

i have just relaised only one person is this good as an alias.

you are tangoman, the only explanation, welcome back keyser,.

 

i fear you may be right , i have thought the same myself, i hope not because i used to think he was a good lad.

Edited September 4, 200619 yr by Mounts Kipper

Gnosher doesn't make the same grammatical mistakes. It ain't him.

For me the last five years have been the best in our history (history for me is 1978 onwards!) for entertainment. There were some great individual games at Burnden but the majority were of poor quality in front of poor crowds creating poor atmospheres.

 

For me the season that got my blood well and truly curdling was the 2002/03 season. Memorable games. For total frustration 1-1 v Blackburn - conceding an equaliser in the 6th minute of a supposed 4 minute injury time period, two weeks after we let 3 points ago against Chelsea in the last minute. Sheer drama and entertainment of the 4-3 v Newcastle, 1-0 v Tottenham - I didn't go to this game but watched it in a pub in Bristol. I went totally beserk when Jay Jay scored that penalty, started leaping around with my arms in the air - spilling beer, to the complete bemusement of all other people in the pub. I had kept myself restrained until that point, and they clearly thought I was just another neutral watching the footy! My mates who I was with almost pissed themselves laughing.

 

Then of course the last nine games when us and West Ham played like CL contenders. Particularly remember the 2-0 v City with JJ showboating, 1-0 v WHU (JJ and Joe Cole), and of course the 2-1 v Mboro and Frandsen's fantastic strike which led me into a spontaneous jig of relief in the West Stand Upper.

 

Since then:

 

2003/04:

 

Everton 2-0. Took us 10th and the first time we really looked top 10 material. Jay Jay and Youri swopping 40 yard crossfield passes.

Arsenal 1-1. Pulsating game even for the neutral (I distinctly remember MOTd and Arsene Wenger praising the game and us after the game)

Newcastle 1-0. Pederson lobbed the keeper from the by line. Meant relegation was pretty much definitely avoided that year. Out in Bolton celebrating after.

 

2004/05

 

Charlton 4-1. Jay Jay 35 yard free kick and general stormer.

Man U 2-2. Celebrated so hard at 2-1 then......

Arsenal 1-0. No Davies but fantastic football against one of the best sides in history.

Southampton 1-1. For me the best football we have played at the Reebok. Again no Davies, we played along the ground, itnerchanging positions and at half time the crowd was purring. We couldn't take our changes and Phillips equalised.

 

2005/06

 

Plovdiv 2-1. First game in Europe. Not a great game, but lots of passion after Borgettis winner.

West Ham 4-1. Pummelled them for 45 minutes in one of the most dominant halves of football you'll see anywhere.

Arsenal 2-0. Dominated a top four side in every facet of the game.

Great summary Bristol. I think you've included all my favourite memories of late.

can't be tango he's down at Bolton Central...

 

or writing his book...

can't be tango he's down at Bolton Central...

 

or writing his book...

 

What page is he up to now then page 2!!

Off topic a bit but even if it was a sh1t game I don't think I have enjoyed a match more than the last twenty minutes against Plovdiv in Bulgaria.

 

The night after was pretty good too

Off topic a bit but even if it was a sh1t game I don't think I have enjoyed a match more than the last twenty minutes against Plovdiv in Bulgaria.

 

The night after was pretty good too

 

 

that was my favourite for a while too. looking back that was a special day eh?

 

goosebumps when Nolan scored the winner. and the Joyous scenes that followed were incredible

ones that will stick with me forever

A selection of my memorable Reebok games.

 

97/98

Bolton 3 Derby 3

Bolton 5 Palace 2

 

98/99

Bolton 4 Bury 0

 

99/00

Bolton 3 Blackburn 1

Bolton 2 Wolves 1

 

00/01

Bolton 3 West Brom 0

 

01/02

Bolton 2 Liverpool 1

Bolton 2 Leicester 2

Bolton 3 Villa 2

Bolton 4 Ipswich 1

 

02/03

Bolton 4 Newcastle 3

Bolton 1 Spurs 0

Bolton 2 Arsenal 2

 

03/04

Bolton 1 Arsenal 1

Bolton 5 Villa 2

Bolton 4 Leeds 1

 

04/05

Bolton 2 Man Utd 2

Bolton 1 Arsenal 0

 

05/06

Bolton 2 Arsenal 0

Bolton 2 Liverpool 2

 

Arsenal the last 3 years in a row.

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QUOTE(James B @ Sep 5 2006, 11:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

A selection of my memorable Reebok games.

 

97/98

Bolton 3 Derby 3

Bolton 5 Palace 2

 

98/99

Bolton 4 Bury 0

 

99/00

Bolton 3 Blackburn 1

Bolton 2 Wolves 1

 

00/01

Bolton 3 West Brom 0

 

01/02

Bolton 2 Liverpool 1

Bolton 2 Leicester 2

Bolton 3 Villa 2

Bolton 4 Ipswich 1

 

02/03

Bolton 4 Newcastle 3

Bolton 1 Spurs 0

Bolton 2 Arsenal 2

 

03/04

Bolton 1 Arsenal 1

Bolton 5 Villa 2

Bolton 4 Leeds 1

 

04/05

Bolton 2 Man Utd 2

Bolton 1 Arsenal 0

 

05/06

Bolton 2 Arsenal 0

Bolton 2 Liverpool 2

 

Arsenal the last 3 years in a row.

 

Good shout, some great games there, the Bury one was a comedy classic! And to think some people say there are yet to see a decent game at the Reebok

Add the 1-0 win over West Ham and the 2-1 win over Boro the season we stayed up and it's more or less spot on.

 

Another one that sticks in my mind is us scoring in the last minute to beat Forrest 3-2 in Division 1, Ian Wright was playing for them and scored i think

Dunno if anyone else remembers a 3-0 demolition of Huddersfield?

 

It was still early season, they were top and had brought a large following.

 

I know it was only Huddersfield but our football particularly first half was top class.

 

Very much a Colin Todd team on a good day with Blake, Gunnlaugsson, Jensen and Frandsen at their best.

Dunno if anyone else remembers a 3-0 demolition of Huddersfield?

 

It was still early season, they were top and had brought a large following.

 

I know it was only Huddersfield but our football particularly first half was top class.

 

Very much a Colin Todd team on a good day with Blake, Gunnlaugsson, Jensen and Frandsen at their best.

 

Yeah, nearly made my list. We annihilated them.

It got a good write-up anyway...

 

http://archive.boltoneveningnews.co.uk/1998/9/28/788868.html

I realise I am alone

 

Not fooking surprising is it?

2003/04:

 

Arsenal 1-1. Pulsating game even for the neutral (I distinctly remember MOTd and Arsene Wenger praising the game and us after the game)

 

2004/05

 

Arsenal 1-0. No Davies but fantastic football against one of the best sides in history.

 

I don't know if it had something to do with the way Arsenal played, but those 2 performances stick in my mind as the highest quality football I've seen at the highest level from any Bolton team.