Just to take your minds off uefa/relegation depression here's a little story from my Wanderers history. In 1978 just before my 10th birthday (39 now) my mum accidentally bumped into Ian Greaves (then Wanderers manager) downstairs in Whiteheads store sports department in Bolton town centre. How she managed to persuade him to give me a guided tour of Burnden Park and meet the players as a birthday present I will never know. Anyway it was probably on reflection all these years later the best birthday surprise I ever had. I remember being in the changing rooms with all the players folllowing a training session. I was totally in awe.

 

I was presented with a signed (by all the players) souvenir casey ball. I treasured it. One day though I could not resist going out on the back field where I lived (Gilnow) to play with it. After a break between being Frank Worthington and Neil Whatmore combined I took a toilet break and left my ball in my back garden. When I returned - it was gone - this is where it gets embarrrassing - with me distraught my mother phoned the Bolton Evening News - they in turn offered a reward for the ?9 ball - next thing I know i'm dragged out of class at school midmorning for a posed glum looking "Paul is devasted" page 9 headline photo story (cue huge amounts of pisstaking and bullying on the council estate where I lived).

 

Fortunately though this tale had a short term happy ending. The Evening news in their infinite journalistic wisdom scratched a few backs and whisked me off on a 501 bus after school up Blackburn Road to a rendezvous in a sports shop with two Wanderers stars for a replacement ball. This story in their opinion now represented a front page slot .... (cue even worse pisstaking) ...

 

I haven't named the players photographed with me.. i'll leave that to you ......

 

Happy days (if you're old enough to remember) ......

Edited March 14, 200818 yr by photosynth1

Great story and a great nostalgic photo, the 2 easy players are nicholson and Mcdonagh, thing the one with a tash is Mick Carter, not sure who the other 1 is.

Edited March 14, 200818 yr by Mounts Kipper

Great story and a great nostalgic photo, the 2 easy players are nicholson and Mcdonagh, thing the one with a tash is Mick Carter, not sure who the other 1 is.

 

The tash one is the shop guy and the other one is Benny from Abba.

The tash one is the shop guy and the other one is Benny from Abba.

 

 

 

 

The guy at the back is Steve Walmsley who worked in the offices at Burnden Park, he went on to be the commercial manager at every other north west team...except the Scum....hey even Steve has morals....still a season ticket holder and can be found in the De Veers hotel before the game

Just to take your minds off uefa/relegation depression here's a little story from my Wanderers history. In 1978 just before my 10th birthday (39 now) my mum accidentally bumped into Ian Greaves (then Wanderers manager) downstairs in Whiteheads store sports department in Bolton town centre. How she managed to persuade him to give me a guided tour of Burnden Park and meet the players as a birthday present I will never know.

 

Errr, let me guess that your mam was quite attractive? he was a rum bugger that Ian Greaves

Great story though.

 

PS - similar era, anyone remember all the players being given sponsored Lada cars with their names written on 'em? Must have been highly embarassing for a young trendy footballer to be seen driving about in one of these

 

Great story and a great nostalgic photo, the 2 easy players are nicholson and Mcdonagh, thing the one with a tash is Mick Carter, not sure who the other 1 is.

 

Ahhh Mike Carter! I remember seeing him score an Eidur v Wimbledon goal at Burnden against I cannot remember but a classic all the same! Then also saw him throw some gravel at some QPR fans at Loftus Road when I think we got beat 7-1 and they scored after 15 secs or so (Langley). When Seamus leg was wearing thin when Bolton started calling in....

 

Happy apprentice days eh Crew?

Errr, let me guess that your mam was quite attractive? he was a rum bugger that Ian Greaves

Great story though.

 

PS - similar era, anyone remember all the players being given sponsored Lada cars with their names written on 'em? Must have been highly embarassing for a young trendy footballer to be seen driving about in one of these

 

Frank Worthington sponsored by Euroway car centre, bet he never managed to christen one of them Lada cars.

Frank Worthington sponsored by Euroway car centre, bet he never managed to christen one of them Lada cars.

Peter Reid did though (and no, it weren't me before anyone starts. )

that f?ckin 501 bus gets everywhere, gets right on my tits always holding up traffic

Ahhh Mike Carter! I remember seeing him score an Eidur v Wimbledon goal at Burnden against I cannot remember but a classic all the same! Then also saw him throw some gravel at some QPR fans at Loftus Road when I think we got beat 7-1 and they scored after 15 secs or so (Langley). When Seamus leg was wearing thin when Bolton started calling in....

 

Happy apprentice days eh Crew?

 

 

spurs, embankment end

 

think we lost

that f?ckin 501 bus gets everywhere, gets right on my tits always holding up traffic

 

aye, doesn't go up Blackburn Rd though like photosynth mentioned

Why was Nico balancing a Liverpool sports bag on his head, though?

Why was Nico balancing a Liverpool sports bag on his head, though?

 

He just needs an eye patch and a parrot on his shoulder !

He just needs an eye patch and a parrot on his shoulder !

 

I must admit, I thought it was a pirate's hat at first too!

Just to take your minds off uefa/relegation depression here's a little story from my Wanderers history. In 1978 just before my 10th birthday (39 now) my mum accidentally bumped into Ian Greaves (then Wanderers manager) downstairs in Whiteheads store sports department in Bolton town centre. How she managed to persuade him to give me a guided tour of Burnden Park and meet the players as a birthday present I will never know. Anyway it was probably on reflection all these years later the best birthday surprise I ever had. I remember being in the changing rooms with all the players folllowing a training session. I was totally in awe.

 

I was presented with a signed (by all the players) souvenir casey ball. I treasured it. One day though I could not resist going out on the back field where I lived (Gilnow) to play with it. After a break between being Frank Worthington and Neil Whatmore combined I took a toilet break and left my ball in my back garden. When I returned - it was gone - this is where it gets embarrrassing - with me distraught my mother phoned the Bolton Evening News - they in turn offered a reward for the ?9 ball - next thing I know i'm dragged out of class at school midmorning for a posed glum looking "Paul is devasted" page 9 headline photo story (cue huge amounts of pisstaking and bullying on the council estate where I lived).

 

Fortunately though this tale had a short term happy ending. The Evening news in their infinite journalistic wisdom scratched a few backs and whisked me off on a 501 bus after school up Blackburn Road to a rendezvous in a sports shop with two Wanderers stars for a replacement ball. This story in their opinion now represented a front page slot .... (cue even worse pisstaking) ...

 

I haven't named the players photographed with me.. i'll leave that to you ......

 

Happy days (if you're old enough to remember) ......

Edited March 16, 200818 yr by photosynth1

that f?ckin 501 bus gets everywhere, gets right on my tits always holding up traffic

 

 

 

The 501 goes all the way backwards and forward to Farnworth. It used to pick up from my school (st cuthberts)

back to the photo, did not realise gattuso was on the bolton books in the late 70s.