http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkfvJp5awJc

Bit of a giggle ...

 

Bit of modern nostalgia ...

 

 

On 13/12/2025 at 22:59, Traf said:

For a short period of time, he was pretty much impossible to defend against

I dont really remember seeing Frank Worthington live very often , but Ricketts was the best 1-v-1 against the goalkeeper Ive ever seen for us . 

On 13/12/2025 at 23:19, Marc505 said:

All this will be yours someday, Gary.

I have basically no memory of the actual game. Was in Bergeracs and the Griffin before the game (with Colin H, ended up with a random flag), and tbh other than brief interaction with a Baggie outside its all gone

Really regret the forms I’ve followed in life now I’m older

On 13/12/2025 at 20:52, dusan nikolic said:

Well spotted , also Meggo's face at the end , if looks could kill. I remember we went in the pub afterwards watching Preston beat Brum on pens , I think it was when Francis had a melt down .

Did the same, watched the shoot out in old Orleans

3 hours ago, Zico said:

Did the same, watched the shoot out in old Orleans

I remember buzzing that we didn't get Brum .

Quick 90 seconds of pain for the pie men ....

 

back to the "good " old days ......

 

 

 

 

 

On 17/12/2025 at 20:14, Zico said:

Did the same, watched the shoot out in old Orleans

Yeah me too, god knows how I got home afterwards

How close we were ...

 

Doing a vlog but you leave 5 mins before the end to "beat traffic" and get home 37 seconds earlier ....

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5jkZ2qOhYo

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpNlRVCrWdk

Edited January 2Jan 2 by Krimzon

 

1 hour ago, burnden said:

 

 

I can remember that game. I was in the Manny Road North Terrace. Loads of Chelsea in the stand behind us giving it the large one all day. I recall one especially as he had teeth like Bugs Bunny. Towards the end he was gloating over the barrier to the Wanderers fans below. One of em jumped up, and managed to grab the cunt, and pull him into the MRN. He got kicked to fuck! 

I hated Clive Walker after that game.....

 

4 hours ago, jeep said:

 

I can remember that game. I was in the Manny Road North Terrace. Loads of Chelsea in the stand behind us giving it the large one all day. I recall one especially as he had teeth like Bugs Bunny. Towards the end he was gloating over the barrier to the Wanderers fans below. One of em jumped up, and managed to grab the cunt, and pull him into the MRN. He got kicked to fuck! 

I hated Clive Walker after that game.....

 

Clive Walker scored against us every single time he pulled on a shirt against us.

That was a grim day. Despite being early May (I think it was Bank Holiday Monday)  it was dull, wet and cold and so much was riding on the game. I think it was our penultimate league game. Loads of sides in the Div 2 relegation dogfight including us and Chelsea. The game got quite a way in to the second half at 0-0 before Walker scored his winner. Sickener - but it didn't relegate us and we still had a chance at Charlton the following weekend, which we blew.

As for the trouble, my main memory is the same as Jeep - the Chelsea loons who suddenly appeared in the Manny Road North Stand at the back of all the regulars, who were themselves (as always) up for trouble. There were pockets of Chelsea all over the place. Notably they were in the Burnden Stand hurling seats down to the BWFC fans in the paddock. Definitely not a massive following - maybe not even 2000. But most of them were there for the off-field activities every bit as much as those on the mudbound pitch. Of course at Burnden they found the mither they were after. 

I also have a memory that given segregation had broken down it was chaos outside afterwards amidst the usual dystopian scenes and sounds of police dogs and riot vans up the Manny Road.

If the technology existed to do vlogs in those days this day would have had millions of views. The thing that was always so odd about days like this was that the bloke on the Burnden tannoy often just completely ignored the general atmosphere of threat and intimidation while making cheery birthday announcements and playing chart music. 

Not many comparisons to be made with BWFC of late 82/3 and of December 2025/January 2026 but one is valid - scoring a goal was/is a rare thing! 

 

15 minutes ago, paulhanley said:

Clive Walker scored against us every single time he pulled on a shirt against us.

That was a grim day. Despite being early May (I think it was Bank Holiday Monday)  it was dull, wet and cold and so much was riding on the game. I think it was our penultimate league game. Loads of sides in the Div 2 relegation dogfight including us and Chelsea. The game got quite a way in to the second half at 0-0 before Walker scored his winner. Sickener - but it didn't relegate us and we still had a chance at Charlton the following weekend, which we blew.

As for the trouble, my main memory is the same as Jeep - the Chelsea loons who suddenly appeared in the Manny Road North Stand at the back of all the regulars, who were themselves (as always) up for trouble. There were pockets of Chelsea all over the place. Notably they were in the Burnden Stand hurling seats down to the BWFC fans in the paddock. Definitely not a massive following - maybe not even 2000. But most of them were there for the off-field activities every bit as much as those on the mudbound pitch. Of course at Burnden they found the mither they were after. 

I also have a memory that given segregation had broken down it was chaos outside afterwards amidst the usual dystopian scenes and sounds of police dogs and riot vans up the Manny Road.

If the technology existed to do vlogs in those days this day would have had millions of views. The thing that was always so odd about days like this was that the bloke on the Burnden tannoy often just completely ignored the general atmosphere of threat and intimidation while making cheery birthday announcements and playing chart music. 

Not many comparisons to be made with BWFC of late 82/3 and of December 2025/January 2026 but one is valid - scoring a goal was/is a rare thing! 

 

The Chelsea game was pretty scary in the burden terrace . Lobbing loads of wooden seats into the wanderers fans , not just one or two , lots ot them raining down ( pre planned and timed ) .  I was surprised there were no serious injuries or anyone stopping them 

" One man went to mow" echoing in the burden stand ... Followed by "We are going to wreck your ground if we lose " ... Looked to me like they had already trashed a lot of it during the game . I seem to recall the windows at the back of the stand getting trashed too 

 

 

I was in the paddock that day dodging coins and bits of wooden seating.  My main recollection of the game was Simon Rudge up against Mickey Droy and the too frequent high balls that Rudge had no chance of winning.  I couldn't stand Clive Walker but tbf, it was a belter he scored that day.

Who are the "bakers of rather special bread"?

Punchy.