You Tube Bolton Stuff

[athywhite1958]

The trouble with those videos is they are addictive, bring back so many memories

[RONNIE PHILLIPS]

Taken as a percentage of our home attendances our away followings at that time were mental. 

[paulhanley]

Back to the October of our Division 4 season. The point at Rochdale had maintained a mini unbeaten run and another home fixture beckoned. Swansea were to eventually be promoted via the play offs but rarely featured in terms of contention for the automatic slots. However their team featured a central defence of future Prem player Chris Coleman and Alan Knill. A stubborn combination if ever there was - and so it proved.

 

Bolton had played Swansea on a few occasions in the eighties and not won home or away. They were becoming a bit of a jinx team. Another pretty poor first half display on a drizzly Autumn Saturday saw us 0-1 down at half time. The second half took on the familiar theme of a home side chasing the game in an increasingly desperate way with the canny away side wasting time and looking a threat on the break.

 

Dave Higson's ire was split between the team and the referee as the match wore on ... and on. Chances came, chances went. Then in the very last minute of normal time a free kick was won on the edge of the box and Steve Thompson  curled a beautiful shot in to the Lever End goal. 

 

Relief was everywhere at Burnden ... but it was only a point. Won 7 Drawn 4 Lost 4 was no disaster - but not quite the form to indicate we were going to storm Division Four. Still ... four games unbeaten...

 

Edited August 30, 2020 by paulhanley

[Casino]

Got a feeling this is one of pauls, but sure ive never seen this once since live

Brian smiths fluke

 

 

[dusan nikolic]

4 hours ago, paulhanley said:

Back to the October of our Division 4 season. The point at Rochdale had maintained a mini unbeaten run and another home fixture beckoned. Swansea were to eventually be promoted via the play offs but rarely featured in terms of contention for the automatic slots. However their team featured a central defence of future Prem player Chris Coleman and Alan Knill. A stubborn combination if ever there was - and so it proved.

 

Bolton had played Swansea on a few occasions in the eighties and not won home or away. They were becoming a bit of a jinx team. Another pretty poor first half display on a drizzly Autumn Saturday saw us 0-1 down at half time. The second half took on the familiar theme of a home side chasing the game in an increasingly desperate way with the canny away side wasting time and looking a threat on the break.

 

Dave Higson's ire was split between the team and the referee as the match wore on ... and on. Chances came, chances went. Then in the very last minute of normal time a free kick was won on the edge of the box and Steve Thompson  curled a beautiful shot in to the Lever End goal. 

 

Relief was everywhere at Burnden ... but it was only a point. Won 7 Drawn 4 Lost 4 was no disaster - but not quite the form to indicate we were going to storm Division Four. Still ... four games unbeaten...

 

Cheers Paul , interesting free kick set up at the end , with the 2 players in front of Tommo , I can imagine Dave getting home and kicking the Cat  how cross he seemed . With Elliott and Morgan you can see why we had such a heavy reliance on J.T's goals , neither seemed blessed with a deal of finishing ability , although I always had a soft spot for Big Trev.

[paulhanley]

1 minute ago, dusan nikolic said:

Cheers Paul , interesting free kick set up at the end , with the 2 players in front of Tommo , I can imagine Dave getting home and kicking the Cat  how cross he seemed . With Elliott and Morgan you can see why we had such a heavy reliance on J.T's goals , neither seemed blessed with a deal of finishing ability , although I always had a soft spot for Big Trev.

Yep. Big Trev was a target man. Eliott had been more prolific earlier in his career. I think we got him on the decline. Funnily enough though he does score the winner in the next game at Newport the following Tuesday night. Against Swansea him, JT and Trev were all on at the end. Kitchen sink.

[paulhanley]

4 hours ago, Casino said:

Got a feeling this is one of pauls, but sure ive never seen this once since live

Brian smiths fluke

 

 

Yep. That's mine. From a BBC dvd about the old Lancashire clubs. I've posted all the BWFC stuff but on the original you have to fast forward through loads of Blackpool, Blackburn, Burnley and PNE shit.

[dusan nikolic]

2 minutes ago, paulhanley said:

Yep. Big Trev was a target man. Eliott had been more prolific earlier in his career. I think we got him on the decline. Funnily enough though he does score the winner in the next game at Newport the following Tuesday night. Against Swansea him, JT and Trev were all on at the end. Kitchen sink.

On a few games Elliott scored some good goals , but more often than not he was always ' going close' , yep  , I liked Big Trev and had more understanding of the all round contribution he gave us , with him being the big target man .

[Casino]

9 minutes ago, paulhanley said:

Yep. Big Trev was a target man. Eliott had been more prolific earlier in his career. I think we got him on the decline. Funnily enough though he does score the winner in the next game at Newport the following Tuesday night. Against Swansea him, JT and Trev were all on at the end. Kitchen sink.

I was at that Newport game

I think it remains the lowest league attendance for any BWFC game

[paulhanley]

6 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said:

On a few games Elliott scored some good goals , but more often than not he was always ' going close' , yep  , I liked Big Trev and had more understanding of the all round contribution he gave us , with him being the big target man .

Big Trev also did a reasonable job the season after in Div 3. Probably could have been fitter but he was a third tier standard player.

[paulhanley]

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

I was at that Newport game

I think it remains the lowest league attendance for any BWFC game

I will post our winner from that soon, tomorrow if I can. Season before at Newport was a 2-1 defeat in pissing rain and a nail in our coffin. We play them for the first time in 32 years late next month!

[dusan nikolic]

11 minutes ago, paulhanley said:

I will post our winner from that soon, tomorrow if I can. Season before at Newport was a 2-1 defeat in pissing rain and a nail in our coffin. We play them for the first time in 32 years late next month!

Did Newport finish this season ? , or go under before the end of it.

[paulhanley]

1 minute ago, dusan nikolic said:

Did Newport finish this season ? , or go under before the end of it.

From memory they finished it with kids. We beat them 6-0 at Burnden very late season. 

[dusan nikolic]

Just now, paulhanley said:

From memory they finished it with kids. We beat them 6-0 at Burnden very late season. 

One of J.T's Hat Tricks iirc , I know they were on they're arse then.

[Casino]

10 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

I thought it was Darlington 

Including aways, mate

[dusan nikolic]

1 minute ago, Mr Grey said:

They were, start of them going out of existence, near the end of the season and a much needed win at the time. 

They have done really well to come back to this standard of football , did they ever go back to their old ground (Somerton Park?).

[dusan nikolic]

1 minute ago, Mr Grey said:

Not sure, but were playing some decent football a couple of years ago, did really well in the FA cup if I recall.

They did , I'm sure they claimed a decent scalp , anyhow good to see them back.

[jayjayoghani]

15 hours ago, paulhanley said:

From memory they finished it with kids. We beat them 6-0 at Burnden very late season. 

Aye we did. Burnden Paddock was singing "we love you Newport, we do" as it was clear they were fielding a low strength side and struggling. Seem to remember they had a decent centre midfielder with long hair who really gave his all in spite of the circumstances. 

[RONNIE PHILLIPS]

15 hours ago, dusan nikolic said:

They did , I'm sure they claimed a decent scalp , anyhow good to see them back.

Think they beat Leeds? 

[paulhanley]

Back to Div 4 in 1987/88. November had been reached and with the season almost one-third over Bolton had won 7 drawn 4 and lost 4. It was more play off form than automatic promotion stuff but after years of drab relegation battles it was a change. Next up was Newport County away. One thing that hadn't changed was our dismal 1980s away form. We'd so far only managed one win - at Hereford. The second away win came in this Tuesday night fixture at Somerton Park courtesy of a Steve Elliott piledriver. Newport were to finish a distant bottom of Division 4 in huge financial difficulties. At this relatively early stage of the season they were still a functioning football club. 

 

This was now five games unbeaten for Bolton and a big fixture at home to Leyton Orient was next up. At the time the O's were near the top of the league. That'll be the next installment.

 

Edited August 31, 2020 by paulhanley

[paulhanley]

2 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

Aye we did. Burnden Paddock was singing "we love you Newport, we do" as it was clear they were fielding a low strength side and struggling. Seem to remember they had a decent centre midfielder with long hair who really gave his all in spite of the circumstances. 

Id forgotten the singing but you're right. Will be posting that game when we reach that point in 87/8. Just posted th'away fixture from November

[Guest]

18 hours ago, Casino said:

I was at that Newport game

I think it remains the lowest league attendance for any BWFC game

That'll be beat soon, I predict

[woolli]

20 hours ago, Casino said:

I was at that Newport game

I think it remains the lowest league attendance for any BWFC game

2,902 against Darlington is the lowest i believe. I was there, we lost 3-0!

[dusan nikolic]

31 minutes ago, woolli said:

2,902 against Darlington is the lowest i believe. I was there, we lost 3-0!

1,566 on at Newport.

[dusan nikolic]

2 hours ago, paulhanley said:

Back to Div 4 in 1987/88. November had been reached and with the season almost one-third over Bolton had won 7 drawn 4 and lost 4. It was more play off form than automatic promotion stuff but after years of drab relegation battles it was a change. Next up was Newport County away. One thing that hadn't changed was our dismal 1980s away form. We'd so far only managed one win - at Hereford. The second away win came in this Tuesday night fixture at Somerton Park courtesy of a Steve Elliott piledriver. Newport were to finish a distant bottom of Division 4 in huge financial difficulties. At this relatively early stage of the season they were still a functioning football club. 

 

This was now five games unbeaten for Bolton and a big fixture at home to Leyton Orient was next up. At the time the O's were near the top of the league. That'll be the next installment.

 

Cheers Paul , a good away win in Wales whatever the circumstances,  I do love the Blue mid eighties away shirts.