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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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Your First Match

Apologies if this has been done before.

 

Surely everyone can remember their first Bolton match?

 

Mine (and my bro's too I would imagine) was when Newcastle, but more importantly Kevin Keegan, came to town in 1982. We won 3-1 but bizarrely, with me only being a nipper, I can only really remember being in the beer garden yard at the Hen & Chickens before the game and an old guy sat in front of me on the terrace (or was it the embankment?) eating a packet of biscuits and me wanting one.

 

My next game was possibly the most depressing I've still been to, but also the one that made me realise I was a Wanderer for life... in 1987 when we drew 2-2 with Aldershot to get relegated to the 4th division. I still remember the paddock singing, "We love you Bolton, we do" even though there was no hope.

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Apologies if this has been done before.

 

Surely everyone can remember their first Bolton match?

 

Mine (and my bro's too I would imagine) was when Newcastle, but more importantly Kevin Keegan, came to town in 1982. We won 3-1 but bizarrely, with me only being a nipper, I can only really remember being in the beer garden yard at the Hen & Chickens before the game and an old guy sat in front of me on the terrace (or was it the embankment?) eating a packet of biscuits and me wanting one.

 

My next game was possibly the most depressing I've still been to, but also the one that made me realise I was a Wanderer for life... in 1987 when we drew 2-2 with Aldershot to get relegated to the 4th division. I still remember the paddock singing, "We love you Bolton, we do" even though there was no hope.

 

That so happens to be my first match as it happens ..i was 15 at the time ....not a place for the faint of heart but i loved it :good:

Bunch of old bastards :thumbsup:

 

Gretna in the cup was when the relationship started, we have had our ups and downs since (mainly ups :D )Feel lucky as the week I was born we lost to Aldershot.

About 74 I think

 

At home to Fulham, Rodney Marsh, George Best and Bobby Moore played for them

 

Moore got sent off and all the team walked off

 

When Bobby Moore died it was all over the news, a gentleman, never got sent off, I thought fuck off, I saw him get sent off in my first ever game

About 74 I think

 

At home to Fulham, Rodney Marsh, George Best and Bobby Moore played for them

 

Moore got sent off and all the team walked off

 

When Bobby Moore died it was all over the news, a gentleman, never got sent off, I thought fuck off, I saw him get sent off in my first ever game

 

That was the '76 League Cup game. Same season we got to the semi-final v Everton.

 

Bobby Moore was sent off and Fulham refused to come out for the first half. Ref threatened to abandon the game before they re-appeared.

 

George Best played in the league game. Don't think he played in the League Cup tie.

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