the atmosphere was electric, you could feel something momentous was going to happen, i dont know if you know jack who use to go with the walkden whites, but he was the lad who ran the full length of the pitch before thew game to score a goal at the Hull end of the ground, i must mention the midweek game, 3 days before was also a key factor in us getting promoted, i went down to bournemouth that night in a mini bus with some walkden and L/H lads if you ever get to see that video you can see quite a few of our mini bus on the fence celebrating brownies goal, including a certaim M.K. with full head of hair.

 

was at Bournemouth, though in truth the fact that I was living in Southampton at the time does lessen the kudos a bit and also explains why I was not at Hull

I posted this on tw last summer - the link at the bottom are the memories of the TW lads who went to the match -

 

Sluffy's Date's give you Brucie's most favourite Bolton match ever!

 

Hull City 1 Bolton Wanderers 2. 1993

 

For every single reason imaginable.

 

League Division Two - Hull City 1 Bolton Wanderers 2 - 30th April, 1993

 

IN these times of Premiership luxury - a Friday night at Hull's old ramshackled Boothferry Park would hardly rate as a mouthwatering encounter.

 

But back in the old Second Division, 5,000 Wanderers fans flooded over the Pennines to witness what became one of the club's greatest comebacks of modern times.

 

Bruce Rioch's Wanderers lay in third place - four points adrift of Port Vale in the final automatic promotion spot.

 

Bruce Rioch

 

In what had been an incredible end to the season, they had won 13 of their last 16 games. The latest victory had come in the final three minutes of a game at Bournemouth, courtesy of a rare Phil Brown effort.

 

The pressure was on, and everyone in a white shirt knew it.

 

Much of the verve and swagger which had epitomised Bolton's season until that point was missing in the opening 30 minutes, with young centre half Alan Stubbs particularly nervous.

 

His slip let in Ryan France on 24 minutes, only for the Hull winger to shave Keith Branagan's left-hand post. Moments later, Stubbs again put his keeper under pressure - allowing a long ball to drop over his head and cause Branagan to collide with Tigers' giant striker David Jones.

 

To cap off a miserable first half, Stubbs was then sent off for deliberately handballing France's goalbound header on the line. Dean Windass smashed home the spot kick, and left Wanderers with a massive mountain to climb in the second half.

 

Despite having a numerical disadvantage, Wanderers had much the better possession in the second half, with McGinlay turning and testing the Hull backline at every opportunity.

 

Hull keeper Steve Wilson made a miraculous save from Tony Kelly on 67 minutes, but soon after, Wanderers got the goal they deserved.

 

McGinlay once again harried Hull full-back David Mail into a mistake to force a corner, from which Brown crossed for Mark Seagraves to head goalwards, off Tigers' goalscorer Windass and into the net.

 

The crowd poured on to the pitch, and for one unsavoury moment it looked like the game could be abandoned when Hull defender Rob Miller collapsed in a heap.

 

But the game continued, and Branagan was forced into reaction saves from David Norton and Linton Brown before the final sting in the tail arrived with three minutes to go.

 

David Burke sent a shot towards goal, and, not for the first time, McGinlay was in the right place at the right time to stab the ball home.

 

On came the exuberant Bolton fans once more - and Wanderers held on for a famous victory.

 

Keeper Branagan reflected: "You play in cup finals and play-off finals, but games like the one at Hull are the ones which really stick in your memory.

 

"When we scored the equaliser, the crowd just flooded on to the pitch and it seemed to take them ages to get back into the stands.

 

"We started off again, but it always looked as if they would spill back on to the pitch - so the referee asked Phil Brown (Bolton's skipper) if he wanted him to blow the final whistle.

 

"But Browny was saying 'no, play on,' and in doing so, we scored the goal which eventually saw us get promoted."

 

Winger David Lee, whose drive on the day helped Wanderers force their way back into the game added: "The spirit in that side was incredible, we didn't know when we were beaten. It was an incredible night."

 

Happy memories, eh Bruce?

 

http://www.the-wanderer.co.uk/boards/viewt...30th+april+1993

I mean people off here.

 

What was it like?

 

It was a great night had by all and we all behaved ourselves Officer

Great Memories, probably my favourite away game of all time

me me dad and cousin went o that one great memories up the with bindippers away a few months earlier

Great Memories, probably my favourite away game of all time

 

Mine too! Drove the lads to Bournmouth on the Tues before, I had a company car so it was free petrol, Someone else drove for Hull, got there at 5pm and got legless, fell over when he scored that goal, rolled down the side terrace and could not get up happy times and probably the best two weeks following the whites. The tide really did turn that night and I feel if we had drawn and lost in the play offs, we would not be were we are today.

The top bananas were at Bournmouth on the Tuesday then Wembley the night after for the Holland game.

 

Hull was full of JCL's.

 

Fact

 

I drove that night, and had a cracking fish supper.

I had a good night at this sporting event also.

I've said this a thousand time on here ............ that night was magic .

 

when the second goal went in it was pure joy , and the crush to get on the pitch was fantastic .it was even better to see my owd mucker who had fell in the crush and was yelling ''my back is broke '' then jump up and race on the pitch . he would have beat linford christie that day

The top bananas were at Bournmouth on the Tuesday then Wembley the night after for the Holland game.

 

Hull was full of JCL's.

 

Fact

 

 

bournemouth was full of jcls

 

FACT

me, nobby, ted mack, martin ryan, big d, to name but a few of the ww who were there....

I did Bournemouth and Hull, both quality.........But Hull just edges it imo.

I too did both B'mouth and Hull. The Bournemouth game was a good day out too. What was the name of the pub on the corner that we had all been in since about three in the afternoon. I don't think there was a sober person in the ground!

Wife (then girlfriend) drove me and two mates to Hull and it was pissing down. I then found out she didn't like motorways and closed her eyes when overtaking lorries because of the amount of spray. I took over at Hartshead Moor services but allowed her to drive back due to my incapability.

And then the Stoke game. . .

bournemouth was full of jcls

 

FACT

 

 

we must have had 600 tops!

aye

 

and i wasn't one of em

 

gmr for me, that night

 

I listened in my room at uni in Preston, couldn't afford a ticket never mind the trip down there (insert Big E's violin), listened on a mixture of GMR and a lot of interference.

Up there with the best away games that. Got on pitch for 2 of 3 'invasions' - what you do in your youth eh!!

 

 

Watching that clip shows how stewarding and policing has changed. I couldn't see one single arrest, as the Police had virtually given up the ghost of crowd control.

 

 

We are 5th in The Prem and never had it so good but that team brought a level of excitement that will never be matched our life time.