miamiwhite Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 39 minutes ago, paulhanley said: I'll post that league game as soon as I can. Quite a build up in the local media given the trouble there'd been. Did Burnley really get the better of it that day as their main man claimed in his book? Our main mob of approx 250 were put into the ground at noon that day so Burnley were free to pick off smaller mobs of Bolton. It was mentioned on here earlier, 20 of us in a boozer and 80 Burnley came in, had a look round, never said a word, then went outside and smashed our van up instead . The league game saw a huge mob of Bolton making their way to the home end until the old bill stopped us literally at the turnstiles, not many Burnley were out that day I've some good mates from Burnley and they have a good respect for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 minute ago, paulhanley said: I thought they got surrounded at the Bradford Arms and came off worst. Remember seeing some of that from a distance. It went off under the Burnden Paddock in the home game too if memory serves, at half-time. their arses went at the Bradford Arms, we had huge numbers. Yes, i recall it under the Paddock at half time, a lot of the Stag Head lads from Daubhill led the charge 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, miamiwhite said: their arses went at the Bradford Arms, we had huge numbers. Yes, i recall it under the Paddock at half time, a lot of the Stag Head lads from Daubhill led the charge 😉 It's noticeable when you watch that game from start to finish that there were some mouthy Burnley fans right up against the Paddock segregating fence in the first half and the coins were flying. Second half ... nowhere to be seen. I lived in Burnley for about four years in the second half of the 90s. Salt of the earth folk on the whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 minute ago, paulhanley said: It's noticeable when you watch that game from start to finish that there were some mouthy Burnley fans right up against the Paddock segregating fence in the first half and the coins were flying. Second half ... nowhere to be seen. I lived in Burnley for about four years in the second half of the 90s. Salt of the earth folk on the whole. Yes, decent lads to be honest mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, paulhanley said: It's noticeable when you watch that game from start to finish that there were some mouthy Burnley fans right up against the Paddock segregating fence in the first half and the coins were flying. Second half ... nowhere to be seen. I lived in Burnley for about four years in the second half of the 90s. Salt of the earth folk on the whole. The home game was lively, I 've never seen so many cut heads it seemed the st John ambulance spent all the game escorting lads past me to be treated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said: The home game was lively, I 've never seen so many cut heads it seemed the st John ambulance spent all the game escorting lads past me to be treated. It was following on from the away games. I don't recall it ever having been like that before with Burnley at Burnden and we played them three or four times at home in the 80s before that Fourth Division year. It was the first time they came and at least had a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, paulhanley said: It was following on from the away games. I don't recall it ever having been like that before with Burnley at Burnden and we played them three or four times at home in the 80s before that Fourth Division year. It was the first time they came and at least had a go. Red hot day too , I think bank holiday weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted September 13, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2020 49 minutes ago, Duck Egg said: I didn't go to the league game, no idea why. After the cup game there were battles going on everywhere and it was a pretty intimidating journey back to the car. The return match at Burnden was when they mobbed up at the Bradford Arms so perhaps they were encouraged from the earlier rucks? Went to both. League crowd was smaller, 7000ish iirc. Still a bit moody, but nowt like the previous week. That was a war zone afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted September 13, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2020 26 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said: Red hot day too , I think bank holiday weekend. It was Bank Holiday Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: It was Bank Holiday Monday. Cheers , I had an inkling it was one of them days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: It was Bank Holiday Monday. Easter Monday mate, the loyal whites went to Orient 0n the Saturday 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted September 13, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2020 Am I right in thinking there were shenanigans in Burnley on the Friday night with Bolton before the cup tie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted September 13, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2020 19 minutes ago, miamiwhite said: Easter Monday mate, the loyal whites went to Orient 0n the Saturday 😉 I know it was Easter mate, its part of Bolton folklore 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: I know it was Easter mate, its part of Bolton folklore 😁 Aye mate, we were at Orient, whilst you were preparing to play roly poly up Rivvy 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted September 13, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, miamiwhite said: Aye mate, we were at Orient, whilst you were preparing to play roly poly up Rivvy 😄 Is that what they used to call dogging? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 More from our last Div 4 season in the next day or so. In the meantime here are highlights of a 2-1 defeat in the 1980/81 season at West Ham. This game will have been posted on here before but these are more complete highlights. It's fairly rare to see footage of Bolton in the first half of the 80s. This era is in the aftermath of relegation to Div 1 and it's a very experienced BWFC side with Len Cantello, Brian Kidd, Paul Jones, Mick Walsh, Peter Reid and Neil Whatmore. This season was the first of three Division 2 relegation battles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted September 19, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 19, 2020 Never heard that theme tune before Not a patch on the 70s one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted September 19, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 19, 2020 Had west ham won the cup and been relegated or did they win it from div 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Casino said: Had west ham won the cup and been relegated or did they win it from div 2? They won it from Div 2 The game at Burnden finished 1-1. Massive brawl in the Manny Road North terrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Back to our 1987/88 season and sharing highlights of games in sequence. Last time I posted our 0-1 FA Cup win at Turf Moor - an eventful day on and off the pitch. The following week we played them there in the league. The outcome was not the one we wanted this time. The crowd was down by 3,000 and Nat Lofthouse and Burnley championship winner Tommy Cummings sought to address the sections of the ground where the volatile element stood before the game. The aim was to encourage about better behaviour than was on display the previous week. Both were shouted down from supporters of both sides in the Longside terrace. As Nat is waiting to be given the microphone he is wearing a grim expression. After a goalless first half Burnley scored two quick goals half way through the second half with future Bolton player David Reeves scoring the second during a loan spell at Turf Moor. John Thomas bagged what proved to be Bolton's consolation. Six uneaten games ended in derby defeat and we'd won 9 drawn 4 lost 5 and missed a chance to go second. As a postscript, 13 years later Nat walked the around the track at Turf Moor during half time in a 0-2 Championship win in Big Sam's era. He was greeted warmly with queues of Clarets fans going to the front of their stand to shake his hand. I'm sure that opportunity was organised by those with long memories of the disrespectful events of November 1987 and showed Burnley fans in a light that was a much more accurate reflection of the way Burnley people are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted September 20, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2020 David Reeves with Burnley’s 2nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted September 20, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2020 Reeves, Comstive, Steve Taylor, Deakin.. Are you sure we didn't win 2-1?😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 On 13/09/2020 at 16:53, paulhanley said: I'll post that league game as soon as I can. Quite a build up in the local media given the trouble there'd been. Did Burnley really get the better of it that day as their main man claimed in his book? It did I was there Bolton were in the duck and furkin and went down to the Bradford arms Burnley would not come out of the pub the windows got smashed in the pub and under the burden stand the gates got smashed down with a large plank of wood used as a battering ram to get to the away end . They weren’t keen to come out of the away end after the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nantwichwhite Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Farnywhite said: It did I was there Bolton were in the duck and furkin and went down to the Bradford arms Burnley would not come out of the pub the windows got smashed in the pub and under the burden stand the gates got smashed down with a large plank of wood used as a battering ram to get to the away end . They weren’t keen to come out of the away end after the game After the first away game it was rough as fuck, they were well organised with mobs on every side streets, thought Rovers fans were involved too and they were waiting at the top of the road after the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted September 20, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, nantwichwhite said: After the first away game it was rough as fuck, they were well organised with mobs on every side streets, thought Rovers fans were involved too and they were waiting at the top of the road after the game. It would be very unusual for Burnley and t’Rovers to be fighting alongside each other. They hate each other much more than either of them dislike us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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