Doctor Tongue Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 listened to it on radio, some local station, while playing footie on park. the goals as they went in were greeted with 'ohhhhhhhhhhhh no' when someone local team had conceded or as cheering if they'd scored. i think it were big sam who got the winner for chelsea. Its a goal!!! When a NW team scored - wasnt often us them days! Piccadily Radio - Sweenny and the Doc! - Great Sat Afternoon entertainment when we were away from home. Only did home games then - amazing how things come full circle........ Also....... Seeing David Cross in Wanderers colours - superstar signing at the time.....didn't really work out did it.
trotter58 Posted November 21, 2007 Author Posted November 21, 2007 (edited) What about Burnley away, some time early eighties; think we drew 2-2 (memory frazzled by beer n pils ). Caught the train and about 100 of us got off a stop early to avoid old bill escort. ended up runnin and bein runnin by burnley all ovet town center, even through WH Smiths "Those were the days my Friends" Too old to run now just stand there and drink I think i was at that game. Didn't Neil Whatmore score for us and then they equalised so late on that there were hardly any Burnley fans left in the ground! Loudest travelling support was always at Burnley and there was always trouble. I remember fireworks being lobbed between the two sets of supporters inside the ground on one visit. On another occaision i was travelling over to Burnley on the bus with my mates and some bloke asked us if we knew a place where he could stash something when he got off at Burnley bus station. He then reached into his jacket and brought out a crowbar! It got so bad that one of my mates decided that he was just going to hide his scarf and pretend he was a Burnley supporter so that he could get back to the bus station in one piece. I last saw him being chased through moving traffic by a group of Bolton supporters shouting 'Burnley b*****d!' at him! I shit you not! 'Oh John Bond is a w*nker, He wears a w*nker's hat...' Edited November 21, 2007 by trotter58
trotter58 Posted November 21, 2007 Author Posted November 21, 2007 Piccadily Radio - Sweenny and the Doc! - Great Sat Afternoon entertainment when we were away from home. Best football show ever! Mike Sweeny, Tommy Doc, James H. Reeve and Fred Ayre. Always remember the banter between James H. and Fred Ayre when John Thomas scored for us! Absolute quality!
Ratwhite Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 I think i was at that game. Didn't Neil Whatmore score for us and then they equalised so late on that there were hardly any Burnley fans left in the ground! Loudest travelling support was always at Burnley and there was always trouble. I remember fireworks being lobbed between the two sets of supporters inside the ground on one visit. On another occaision i was travelling over to Burnley on the bus with my mates and some bloke asked us if we knew a place where he could stash something when he got off at Burnley bus station. He then reached into his jacket and brought out a crowbar! It got so bad that one of my mates decided that he was just going to hide his scarf and pretend he was a Burnley supporter so that he could get back to the bus station in one piece. I last saw him being chased through moving traffic by a group of Bolton supporters shouting 'Burnley b*****d!' at him! I shit you not! 'Oh John Bond is a w*nker, He wears a w*nker's hat...' Burnley and PNE, both good for the crack. Remeber the walk up deepdale road from the train station and the ensuing "fun"
trotter58 Posted November 21, 2007 Author Posted November 21, 2007 Anyone remember playing Utd in the old Second Division in the mid-1970's? It was a bit before my time but there's a thread on the Red Issue webshite which mentions it. 'Winning away at Bolton (2p on the 400 bus all the way there - fights to and from the ground - throwing bits of the concrete steps at the coppers' helmets behind the open end - they were on the railway or something and it was like a coconut-shy)'
boltonways Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 Anyone remember playing Utd in the old Second Division in the mid-1970's? It was a bit before my time but there's a thread on the Red Issue webshite which mentions it. 'Winning away at Bolton (2p on the 400 bus all the way there - fights to and from the ground - throwing bits of the concrete steps at the coppers' helmets behind the open end - they were on the railway or something and it was like a coconut-shy)' Has anyone mentioned the trips to Blackpool. Our lot always seemed to end up with a casualty there, Alan Waldron, Gary Jones. Now there was a nasty place to go to.
boltonways Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 Has anyone mentioned the trips to Blackpool. Our lot always seemed to end up with a casualty there, Alan Waldron, Gary Jones. Now there was a nasty place to go to. BTW does anyone remember when we got the capacity crowds at Burnden Park. I seem to remember over 40,000 crowds for the big matches ofSunderland, Everton and Newcastle. Granted there are two cup matches and it was the seventies and ...we did have standing. Oh happy days.
trotter58 Posted November 21, 2007 Author Posted November 21, 2007 BTW does anyone remember when we got the capacity crowds at Burnden Park. I seem to remember over 40,000 crowds for the big matches ofSunderland, Everton and Newcastle. Granted there are two cup matches and it was the seventies and ...we did have standing. Oh happy days. My very first game was Bolton v Sunderland in the old Second Division around Boxing Day 1975. I just remember it being absolutely packed! I sat on a Lever End crush barrier for most of the game. Crowd was 42,000. We won 2-1. Big Sam and John Byrom scored. http://3401.e-printphoto.co.uk/ben/index.c...amp;action=view
Burndens Bogs Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 Anyone remember those midweek games during the day? Miners strike or summat, early 70's maybe?
Casino Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 Anyone remember those midweek games during the day? Miners strike or summat, early 70's maybe? i think there was only one sothampton home in the cup lost 2-0 after 3-3 away the first two sunday games were played tho v bristol city (league) and stokle city (cup, johnny b hat trick)
george Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 i think there was only one sothampton home in the cup lost 2-0 after 3-3 away the first two sunday games were played tho v bristol city (league) and stokle city (cup, johnny b hat trick) Single sheet programmes were issued against Sunderland (league) and Southampton (cup) during the strike. The Sunderland game was on a Wednesday but i don't know whether it was afternoon or night....its a ?20 plusser on ebay.
Casino Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 sunderland game was midweek after a free saturday i'm guessing the single sheet was cos the match had been postponed 4 days before??? i only remember getting out of school for the southampton game
trotter58 Posted November 21, 2007 Author Posted November 21, 2007 Has anyone mentioned the trips to Blackpool. Our lot always seemed to end up with a casualty there, Alan Waldron, Gary Jones. Now there was a nasty place to go to. Didn't a Blackpool supporter get stabbed at one of those games? All the BWFC supporters were kept in the ground until the police had questioned everyone.
hillofdaub Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 used to live 50yrds from burnden ....favorite was can i mind ya car mr .......
SatanGreavsie Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 used to live 50yrds from burnden ....favorite was can i mind ya car mr ....... don't tell me it was you who did me Hillman Hunter
SatanGreavsie Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 Didn't a Blackpool supporter get stabbed at one of those games? All the BWFC supporters were kept in the ground until the police had questioned everyone. Funnily enough, just last saturday here in Th'East Midlands I was wanķered in the boozer and a geezer asked about the final scores in the international qualifiers; chatting further it turned out he was a Blackpool fan and was at that game with the stabbing...he remembered getting a kicking at Burnden as well. I supped up before he decided upon revenge
revdishydave Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muckers#Kevin_Olsson On 24 August 1973, 17-year-old Blackpool fan, Kevin Olsson, was stabbed to death at the back of the Spion Kop, Bloomfield Road at Blackpools home match with Bolton Wanderers F.C.[4] It was the start of a long period of hatred between fans of the two clubs and was widely reported as being the first hooligan death at an English football match. Together with Manchester United fans behaviour that year it ushered in a dark era of hooliganism in England. There were numerous attacks on Bolton fans both after the match and in the coming years[5][6] Earlier that season, in December 1973, Blackpool fans had invaded the Home End at Boltons Burnden Park when the two teams met when they smashed down a gate and stormed into the ground. Speculation was that the stabbing was as a result of that and the stabbing of a Bolton fan by a Blackpool fan in 1970 at Boltons Home ground,Burnden Park.[7]
junot Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muckers#Kevin_Olsson On 24 August 1973, 17-year-old Blackpool fan, Kevin Olsson, was stabbed to death at the back of the Spion Kop, Bloomfield Road at Blackpools home match with Bolton Wanderers F.C.[4] It was the start of a long period of hatred between fans of the two clubs and was widely reported as being the first hooligan death at an English football match. Together with Manchester United fans behaviour that year it ushered in a dark era of hooliganism in England. There were numerous attacks on Bolton fans both after the match and in the coming years[5][6] Earlier that season, in December 1973, Blackpool fans had invaded the Home End at Boltons Burnden Park when the two teams met when they smashed down a gate and stormed into the ground. Speculation was that the stabbing was as a result of that and the stabbing of a Bolton fan by a Blackpool fan in 1970 at Boltons Home ground,Burnden Park.[7] I was at that game but don't remember attacks on Bolton fans afterwards, although I would have just gone home with my dad. Was that the same game when Alan Waldron broke his leg? I remember the season after when Blackpool fans bricked the Painters pub before our home game against them.
bolty58 Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 (edited) Old ground this lads. We have discussed the Kevin Olsson incident over and over again. Coincidentally, his best mate who caught him when he was stabbed is in our scooter club here in Perth. Fooker of a trip home that neet after being locked in the ground for ages and then road blocks and car searches on the outskirts of Blackpool. Don't know anything about attacks on Bolton fans by tangerine tw@ts either after that match or in the ensuing years. In all my experience, Bolton bossed that particular fixture both home and away. Edited November 22, 2007 by bolty58
Guest as Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 I was at that game but don't remember attacks on Bolton fans afterwards, although I would have just gone home with my dad. Was that the same game when Alan Waldron broke his leg?I remember the season after when Blackpool fans bricked the Painters pub before our home game against them. Some kid on wikipedia giving a Blackpool side of things.......probably Blackpool yoof yoof yoof!
yardbones Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 Speaking of Blackpool, who remembers it kicking off with them at that pre-season friendly against Fleetwood?
lancaster _white Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 TC's 5 goals v Walsall. Jim McDonagh's goal v Burnley. Jeff Chandler's leg break v Wigan in Littlewoods Cup. Sheffield United rioting after we beat them 3-1 one easter.
Traf Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 Speaking of Blackpool, who remembers it kicking off with them at that pre-season friendly against Fleetwood? I do. Good day out, that was.
Barnstoneworth White Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 It may have been mentioned before, but one of my abiding memories of the old place in the mid 70s was the crackly P A system belting out 'My World is a Football' and 'Here We Go Again.' Happy Days
Casino Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 It may have been mentioned before, but one of my abiding memories of the old placein the mid 70s was the crackly P A system belting out 'My World is a Football' and 'Here We Go Again.' Happy Days clips of both are on here
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