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

^ Great stuff! Whatmore's technique for the 3rd was outstanding.  Almost as impressive as the cameraman's bright orange trousers!

 

 

Speaking of awful decisions 

 

1 minute ago, jayjayoghani said:

Speaking of awful decisions 

 

Didnt matter like as Walker's shot saved but how he can give offside for that. 

Wasn't handball by the looks of it neither. 

Anyway, is there any footage of our more successful visit around that time when we won (3 or 4 nowt)?

94/95 league cup quarter finals , Liverpool Arsenal , Palace City, Bolton Norwich from approx 45 mins .

Also notable for a fair few future Wanderers and Steve Lomas turning purple with a swallowed tongue .

 

On 31/12/2023 at 07:14, jayjayoghani said:

Speaking of awful decisions 

 

Felgate was my first hero. Lucky enough to be u19s keeper when he was 1st choice at RMI- he's watched my lad a few times in his role at Liverpool; proper melt though when I see him. Mark Came's grandson is the other keeper, so he bobs about

Can't seem to remember seeing this before from 1968 v Preston

 

Watched this game live in a pub in High Wycombe , got a load of shit of some carpenter fuckers sat behind me , ended up lobbing a pint glass at them and being dragged out cos I was a sulky bastard ( still am ) . Kept getting told to calm down by a swedish junior sprint champion . Cynthia something.

 

 

 

24 minutes ago, Krimzon said:

Watched this game live in a pub in High Wycombe , got a load of shit of some carpenter fuckers sat behind me , ended up lobbing a pint glass at them and being dragged out cos I was a sulky bastard ( still am ) . Kept getting told to calm down by a swedish junior sprint champion . Cynthia something.

 

 

 

Derby knew how to ping it about back then 

That day at least anyway

 

Me and a Chelsea fan were in the Bolton end for this game . Nearly got beat up by Chelsea fans in one of their pubs because we didnt beat them . So Surreal. Still cant watch it back . 

 

Before we had ever won at the Reebok ...

 

 

 

On 31/12/2023 at 12:21, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Wasn't handball by the looks of it neither. 

Anyway, is there any footage of our more successful visit around that time when we won (3 or 4 nowt)?

Despite Dave Higson saying it was for handball it must've been given for the tug back on their striker.

Whilst it was a bad call on the offside in that game, we benefited from a poor call at home against Palace.

On 09/01/2024 at 02:46, Krimzon said:

Me and a Chelsea fan were in the Bolton end for this game . Nearly got beat up by Chelsea fans in one of their pubs because we didnt beat them . So Surreal. Still cant watch it back . 

 

I was there & i'm not watching that again.

Alongside Black Sunday & Stoke at Wembley, the 3 most spineless Bolton performances I've seen. (the relegation at Stoke was another contender )

On 07/01/2024 at 17:57, Krimzon said:

94/95 league cup quarter finals , Liverpool Arsenal , Palace City, Bolton Norwich from approx 45 mins .

Also notable for a fair few future Wanderers and Steve Lomas turning purple with a swallowed tongue .

 

Absolutely tremendous memories, thanks for posting.  The quality on show was breathtaking, I sort of expect to be underwhelmed by older clips as we are told the pace today is so much faster.  Not if you watch that, the likes of Lee, Stubbs, Sneekes, Tomo, I could go on, would fit effortlessly into top level football now.  And Branagan's save at the death, fantastic!  What a keeper.  And the atmosphere was spine tingling at times, I remember the excitement everyone felt going to that game,I bet it will never be replicated for a league cup quarter final (anywhere).

On 11/01/2024 at 17:02, bolton va va said:

I was there & i'm not watching that again.

Alongside Black Sunday & Stoke at Wembley, the 3 most spineless Bolton performances I've seen. (the relegation at Stoke was another contender )

Agree with all those, don't forget Watford at Wembley too, given that we had a better team.  A few others over the years (probably a separate thread at some point!).

Ace work all this @Krimzon

Some proper gems found.

On 30/12/2023 at 22:41, superjohnmcginlay said:

 

Loved going to Preston in them days. Always a good chance of agro.

On 31/12/2023 at 12:21, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Wasn't handball by the looks of it neither. 

Anyway, is there any footage of our more successful visit around that time when we won (3 or 4 nowt)?

Think the pen was for the pull-back by Burke just before. 

On 28/12/2023 at 21:17, Marc505 said:

 

3 consecutive headers, all in the 6yd box, by Allardyce. Don't think that's ever been done by anyone in the history of football. Prove me wrong people.

On 08/01/2024 at 23:36, Krimzon said:

Watched this game live in a pub in High Wycombe , got a load of shit of some carpenter fuckers sat behind me , ended up lobbing a pint glass at them and being dragged out cos I was a sulky bastard ( still am ) . Kept getting told to calm down by a swedish junior sprint champion . Cynthia something.

 

 

 

Uriah Rennie what a brilliant ref 

On 08/01/2024 at 23:36, Krimzon said:

Watched this game live in a pub in High Wycombe , got a load of shit of some carpenter fuckers sat behind me , ended up lobbing a pint glass at them and being dragged out cos I was a sulky bastard ( still am ) . Kept getting told to calm down by a swedish junior sprint champion . Cynthia something.

 

 

 

Interesting watching back on these early Reebok Stadium games as the fans look miles away from the pitch. Am I remembering right here that the opening capacity was 25k? So I'm guessing from the look of the stadium now, we added rows at the front to bring the fans closer to the pitch to get to the 28.5k capacity we have now?

And I seem to remember Gartside having some plan to up it to 31k - does anyone know where those additional seats would go?