paulhanley Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Hard to believe its so long ago but it was on this day in 1982 that Newcastle came to Bolton with about 10000 of a 17700 attendance, fuelled by the arrival of Kevin Keegan on Tyneside and lots of hard drink. Bolton put in one of their best performances of what was to be a relegation season with Tony Henry scoring two playing in an experienced midfield alongside Peter Reid and John McGovern. The whole day was marred by enormous crowd trouble with missiles being chucked in to the Manny Road North and a "Henry's Restaurant" sign being removed and hurled down - thick Geordies on the Embankment obviously thought it was Tony Henry's gaff. From there the season went to ratshit for Bolton and Tony Henry left in a late season firesale to Oldham as the club sought to stave off the bank. Years later I remember Dave Higson saying Tony Henry had been a cry baby and the club were glad to see the back of him. But when he left, the goals dried up and it was instrumental in the relegation that followed. He's certainly not a player often spoken of among Bolton fans nowadays.
TheWanderer1958 Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) Hard to believe its so long ago but it was on this day in 1982 that Newcastle came to Bolton with about 10000 of a 17700 attendance, fuelled by the arrival of Kevin Keegan on Tyneside and lots of hard drink. Bolton put in one of their best performances of what was to be a relegation season with Tony Henry scoring two playing in an experienced midfield alongside Peter Reid and John McGovern. The whole day was marred by enormous crowd trouble with missiles being chucked in to the Manny Road North and a "Henry's Restaurant" sign being removed and hurled down - thick Geordies on the Embankment obviously thought it was Tony Henry's gaff. From there the season went to ratshit for Bolton and Tony Henry left in a late season firesale to Oldham as the club sought to stave off the bank. Years later I remember Dave Higson saying Tony Henry had been a cry baby and the club were glad to see the back of him. But when he left, the goals dried up and it was instrumental in the relegation that followed. He's certainly not a player often spoken of among Bolton fans nowadays. What do you mean "marred"? Edited September 4, 2011 by TheWanderer1958
Mounts Kipper Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Henry's. Before it's time was that place. Dont remember it where was it and was it good? Back to the match I was in the manny road north that day and it was like being a welsh guard at rourkes drift fook knows how we did not get filled in, group of geordies somehow found there way into the manny road north and got a pasting for there troubles from the older Bolton lads, a great performance from Bolton that day, I was gutted when Henry left for 125 k and I think we lost Redfearn soon after.
no balls Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) Dont remember it where was it and was it good? The drive through at the bottom of Derby St (McDs now). Actually, come to think of it, it's a right walk with a sign from there to the ground. Edited September 4, 2011 by no balls
Casino Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 at the risk of being reeled in, the henrys sign was from inside the ground mk - henry left for the princely sum of 20k exactly the amount the bank were going to shut us down for
SpiritofBurnden Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 We also sold Peter Reid that season for ?60,000. Three years later he was voted Footballer of the Year.
Mounts Kipper Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 at the risk of being reeled in, the henrys sign was from inside the ground mk - henry left for the princely sum of 20k exactly the amount the bank were going to shut us down for You might be right there it must have been 125 we paid for him. NB re Henrys was it sold to China Gardens?
no balls Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 You might be right there it must have been 125 we paid for him. NB re Henrys was it sold to China Gardens? That's the place.
newton_white Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Been thinking about that game recently as my father passed away a couple of weeks ago and it was the first game he took me to. I was 8 and remember being so excited as we walked hand in hand down to the ground. Happy memories.
DazBob Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Crikey. It is therefore 29 years to the day since my bro and I attended out first ever BWFC game.
paulhanley Posted September 4, 2011 Author Posted September 4, 2011 Crikey. It is therefore 29 years to the day since my bro and I attended out first ever BWFC game. A good game to start with but a bad time overall ..... given that a decade of almost uniform shite was to follow!
DazBob Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 A good game to start with but a bad time overall ..... given that a decade of almost uniform shite was to follow! Absolutely. I grew up supporting a fucking terrible team. I think I'd rather it was that way though. Makes me appreciate what we've had over the last decade even more. I wonder what someone in their late teens would think if we (God forbid) slid down a couple of division, probably having only ever really known top flight football.
Mounts Kipper Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) It was pretty grim times but it did not seem to matter that much to me I was just happy following us everywhere I some how knew we would come back, looking back that optimism was youthful exuberance, thankfully it did happen but we as a club went as low as a snakes belly and only the very very few kept the faith. Edited September 4, 2011 by Mounts Kipper
paulhanley Posted September 4, 2011 Author Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) Absolutely. I grew up supporting a fucking terrible team. I think I'd rather it was that way though. Makes me appreciate what we've had over the last decade even more. I wonder what someone in their late teens would think if we (God forbid) slid down a couple of division, probably having only ever really known top flight football. I wasn't quite in that position .... but I had been supporting Bolton as a kid in 1976 so had been used to far better than we were to get from 83 onwards. Stuck with it though! Edited September 4, 2011 by paulhanley
paulhanley Posted September 4, 2011 Author Posted September 4, 2011 It was pretty grim times but it did not seem to matter that much to me I was just happy following us everywhere I some how knew we would come back, looking back that optimism was youthful optimism, thankfully it did happen but we as a club went as low as a snakes belly and only the very very few kept the faith. We had to come back really ... but even in 82 the writing was on the wall, gates were at an all time low. I think I'm right in saying that after that Newcastle game we had about five straight defeats and were at the bottom.
leigh white Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 We had to come back really ... but even in 82 the writing was on the wall, gates were at an all time low. I think I'm right in saying that after that Newcastle game we had about five straight defeats and were at the bottom. We was pretty lucky the year before having to rely on Luton beating Cardiff away 3-0, what a fucking good night that was in Wiggin that Friday night when the result come through.
Casino Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 it was a tuesday remember having to wait for the 10 o clock news on radio manc
Farnywhite Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) the eighties led to the worst time in clubs history we were basically utter shit for about ten years it was hard work being a bolton fan around them times i think we even went a year without winning an away game at one point in the 3rd division think it ended at somewere like newport county away with a jeff chandler penalty but could be wrong we were a poor team back then Edited September 5, 2011 by Farnywhite
SpiritofBurnden Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 Just about everything that could go wrong, did go wrong back then. The club was desperate for money but we didn't get a drawn at home to a single big team in either the League or F.A. Cups for virtually the whole of the decade. In fact the biggest cup tie was probably Sunderland at home in the third round of the F.A. Cup in the mid-80's when we lost 0-3 and the attendance was 14,000.
Casino Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 we only made the 3rd round about 3 times, you're not gonna get a big draw in round 1 or 2 we drew arsenal one year home or away makes no difference, surely
paulhanley Posted September 5, 2011 Author Posted September 5, 2011 the eighties led to the worst time in clubs history we were basically utter shit for about ten years it was hard work being a bolton fan around them times i think we even went a year without winning an away game at one point in the 3rd division think it ended at somewere like newport county away with a jeff chandler penalty but could be wrong we were a poor team back then It was Bristol Rovers ... in either Jan or Feb. By which stage we had an away record of something like Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 12. Just absolutely unbelievable. Then there was the London jinx, no win in the capital from beating QPR in Div One in 1978 through to an unlikely win in 1986 at Brentford. But we went on to get relegated to the Fourth Division just to knock any cockiness out of us.
Casino Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 last minute winner from the penalty spot at bristol rovers one of charlie wrights first games pissed wet through gets no better
SalfordOriginal Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 last minute winner from the penalty spot at bristol rovers one of charlie wrights first games pissed wet through gets no better You ever kissed a girl son?
Mounts Kipper Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 last minute winner from the penalty spot at bristol rovers one of charlie wrights first games pissed wet through gets no better I was there, think it was a night match all I can remember was being in the open end behind the net at eastville the end where the motorway flyover is behind what a massive win that was.
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