what is your total number of grounds visited in this country?

as many others,watching bolton ive seen us rise from the depths to where we are now so have been fortunate enough to take division loads of ground en route.

while i was pondering,i had a quick glance through the paper and...

my paltry total at the current league standing is 56 league grounds....

i included old and new stadiums in my total as i my opinion,if youve been to huddersfield,youve been to fucking huddersfield!

They wore green & black quarters

 

wasn't that the colour front cover on the programme for a season?

72 for me, I reckon.

96 BWFC away competitive matches, clubs only (not different stadiums). I don?t usually bother with friendlies, though I can see the attraction of pre-season trips abroad. I know you don?t want the detail, but I?ve gone & checked it up now .......

 

83 current Prem/League clubs -a-

 

12 ex League clubs -b-

 

1 non-League club -c-

 

-a- As far as I know, the Whites haven?t play competitively at MK Dons, Dagenham & Redbridge, Wycombe, Cheltenham, Stevenage, Morecambe, Burton Albion & Barnet; and the last game at Accrington Stanley was 1926 ? a year or two before my time.

 

-b- Including Scarborough (now defunct) and Wimbledon (now AFC Wimbledon).

 

-c- Bath City ......... plus, if they count, you can add Rossendale Utd (at Bury), Emley (at Huddersfield), & Gretna (at Burnden).

 

The only different clubs I can remember missing were Gateshead in 1953 (my first away match was a cup tie at, strangely enough, Birmingham City in 1955) and Witton Albion (flu).

 

Plus 9 UEFA away ties & the Anglo-Italian at Pisa.

 

Maybe I can make the 100 before I pop my clogs.

On the other hand, if I translated all that (including travel/hotels/food) into a current value in ??s, I?d probably top myself.

I recall Bristol Rovers wearing our green away kit in the match at Burnden in 80-81 season owing to them losing theirs in the fire, or am I imagining things?

 

 

sheff weds once played at burnden on our second strip.

 

can people remember why?

Saw Bolton play at Accrington's Peel Park in late 50's pre season friendly or something like that, but dif played there since 1926.

sheff weds once played at burnden on our second strip.

 

can people remember why?

 

 

Didnt they not bring there away kit and the referee deemed there blue n white stripes clashed with our white, so the ref made them wear the yellow one

Edited February 28, 201115 yr by superjohnmcginlay

Didnt they not bring there away kit and the referee deemed there blue n white stripes clashed with our white, so the ref made them wear the yellow one

 

 

No.

No.

 

 

Oh, it seems a kit clash with the referee then?

 

http://www.the-wanderer.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21302

sheff weds once played at burnden on our second strip.

 

can people remember why?

 

was it not an older kit?

 

I remember it looked about 2 sizes too small on each player

Oh, it seems a kit clash with the referee then?

 

http://www.the-wanderer.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21302

Aye. Their first kit clashed with ours, their second kit clashed with the ref's and their third kit (white with narrow black stripes) clashed with both!

 

Dozy fuckers had faced the same problem a week previously when Newcastle were forced to wear their away colours for a 4-2 home win.

 

Wednesday must have liked our yellow kit because they brought out their own and made it their third kit shortly afterwards.

Edited February 28, 201115 yr by enzo gambaro

Oh, it seems a kit clash with the referee then?

 

http://www.the-wanderer.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21302

 

Aye, although the question was can anyone remember why not look it up.

 

It was just after refs in the premier league started wearing different coloured tops, it had nt spread to the little leagues so as it was a football league rather than premier league competiton the ref refused/was nt allowed to change.

grounds where ive watched football was 76 at last count a while ago but that included clubs in europe and the u.s. and not always watching Bolton

We played at Wycombe int Carling Cup a few years back, if memory serves

We played at Wycombe int Carling Cup a few years back, if memory serves

 

I might be wrong, but I don't think we did.

I might be wrong, but I don't think we did.

correct

 

 

it was yeovil

 

 

same difference

on the kit bit,did we not play in the fabulous red and blue stripped shirt at home to gretna?

on the kit bit,did we not play in the fabulous red and blue stripped shirt at home to gretna?

 

 

was nt that officially an away game ?

on the kit bit,did we not play in the fabulous red and blue stripped shirt at home to gretna?

I think you're right but were we not the away team as the match was switched to Burnden

on the kit bit,did we not play in the fabulous red and blue stripped shirt at home to gretna?

 

Yeah, pretty sure we did.

 

Counting just the clubs in the leagues now I've been to 37 - would have said it was more than that.

17 from 20 current Prem clubs (inc bolton)

15/24 Championship clubs

9/24 League 1 clubs

6/24 League 2

4 Blue Square

Plus 4 or 5 friendlies and Atletico madrid.

 

So 60 I think

thats enough, i've got a bigger willy than you....

 

who cares

 

by the way i've been to every game since 1971

A mere 36 and 5 europe away days, I'm only 27 so give me chance to catch up with all the old timers on ere and will become competitive!

thats enough, i've got a bigger willy than you....

 

Don't believe everything your wife tells you.

A mere 36 and 5 europe away days, I'm only 27 so give me chance to catch up with all the old timers on ere and will become competitive!

Problem is, though, there isn't the variation any more. It might have been shit going all the way down to the fourth division but it got a fair few on here a big stack of spotter's badges.

 

The likes of West Brom and Wolves bobbing up and down between the leagues doesn't help anyone get their number up, does it?

 

That said, I reckon there'll be three new grounds for a plenty of folk to go at once the Championship dust has settled this season.

 

I'm just hoping West Ham stay up...

Problem is, though, there isn't the variation any more. It might have been shit going all the way down to the fourth division but it got a fair few on here a big stack of spotter's badges.

 

The likes of West Brom and Wolves bobbing up and down between the leagues doesn't help anyone get their number up, does it?

 

That said, I reckon there'll be three new grounds for a plenty of folk to go at once the Championship dust has settled this season.

 

I'm just hoping West Ham stay up...

 

That's it isn't it was thinking that as I toted up the list as I had the 92 names in front of me, just got to hope for some of the bottom feeders in the cup games!