March 1, 201214 yr The goal average turning to goal differance, three points for a win instead of two, the back pass law, the play offs, and the Prem.
March 2, 201214 yr Quite possibly our greatest manager ever left, we had 2 shite replacements, we've got worse, however we got better at pingpong and header tennis.
March 2, 201214 yr Author The relocation to a soul-less pit 6 miles out of town. Looking at the support we had on some of the old matches on youtube vids, you are correct. I think someone spiked the water system round Bolton in those days.
March 2, 201214 yr Looking at the support we had on some of the old matches on youtube vids, you are correct. I think someone spiked the water system round Bolton in those days. Pride in the town them days. Bit difficult to find summat to be proud about nowadays.
March 2, 201214 yr Goalkeepers who used to play in green tops with the rest of the kit the same as the outfield players replaced with poncey pink, this is the real reason for our demise this season!
March 2, 201214 yr Goalkeepers were always number 1, and all the starting 11 went in 1 to 11 order. Only one sub, now we have about 7 don't we? Toilet rolls as streamers. I once went on a special train to West Brom, (may even have been a friendly but it was the season after their relegation from the 1st Division) and our end was white with bog rolls. We found out why on the way back when we realised there wasn't a tolet roll on the whole train. Scarfs tied around wrists. Nicking other fans' scarfs as trophies.
March 2, 201214 yr Referees simply taking names down in their books and pointing to the tunnel rather than dramatically waving yellow and red cards about. An improvement is the PA guy simply reading out the half time scores rather than you having to work out a complicated alphabet scoring system on that huge cricket scoreboard type thing and cross matching it with your programme..
March 2, 201214 yr Looking at the support we had on some of the old matches on youtube vids, you are correct. I think someone spiked the water system round Bolton in those days. I only got to see games at Burnden well before the days I started drinking/going out - would have been great to have the ground in walking distance of town centre pubs, back onto Bradshawgate only a few minutes after full time as well. I may be wrong but I get the feeling that having a ground right in the middle of town, or just a short walk away from it like Burnden, makes the whole of that town feel more involved with the club and its fortunes so say you go out after a good result at the match and you can feel it in the general mood of people. There's a bit of a disconnect with it being so far out of town
March 2, 201214 yr Throwing snow balls at the away supporters as well as throwing them at the coppers walking the perimeter trying to knock their helmets off. Ah happy days, now we just stand freezing our bollocks off in a miserable concrete bowl with no atmosphere.
March 2, 201214 yr Influx of foreign owners. Champions League/European Cup being contested by teams who finish 4th. Weakened teams in domestic cups. Agents - where did these cunts come from? Grass pitches instead of mud/sand on the wings. The bosman rule. Undisclosed transfer fees.
March 2, 201214 yr Twitter creating the news rather than, you know, actual events. Crap one size fits all goal netting, where's the bits of metal that balls could get stuck behind gone?! "Sit down lad I cant see anything" Boots that dont even try to protect feet
March 2, 201214 yr Twitter creating the news rather than, you know, actual events. Crap one size fits all goal netting, where's the bits of metal that balls could get stuck behind gone?! "Sit down lad I cant see anything" Boots that dont even try to protect feet And shit footballers wearing silver, blue, yellow boots. If your shit wear black boots.
March 2, 201214 yr The all seater stadium is the biggest thing for me... I still enjoy watching the matches but I used to LOVE the atmosphere and experience of the Burnden Paddock
March 2, 201214 yr i there's nothing quite like standing in the old railway end (pre supermarket days obviously) getting pissed wet through because there's no room left under the burger van canopy then pulling you're train ticket out you're pocket and watch it fall to bits in you're hand oh such fun
March 2, 201214 yr Goalkeepers who used to play in green tops with the rest of the kit the same as the outfield players replaced with poncey pink, this is the real reason for our demise this season! Refs who wore black and linesmen who were - linesmen.
March 2, 201214 yr sanitation, plastic seats, white dog shit, playing in snow, one sub who we didn't use unless there was a leg broken in three places, 442 played by every team with number eleven on the left wing and number seven on the right wing, cigar smoke hanging in the air, winter green odour, dug outs, linesmen who knew what they were doing, fat referees not keeping up with play but still getting more decisions right than today's professional pillocks, tar drifting across the pitch, half time scoreboard that was useless without a programme to tell you what match e was, away fans running across the pitch and people biting police horses outside the ground!
March 2, 201214 yr Dinky little blue cars that emerged from beneath the Burnden Paddock , drove half way around the pitch and parked up ........
March 2, 201214 yr Burnden terrace Playoff heartache (soon to be back?) Half the east lower not rights of yesteryear being replaced with the beige drop crotch pants, toms and mickey mouse sweater brigade
March 2, 201214 yr i there's nothing quite like standing in the old railway end (pre supermarket days obviously) getting pissed wet through because there's no room left under the burger van canopy then pulling you're train ticket out you're pocket and watch it fall to bits in you're hand oh such fun The Embankment.
March 2, 201214 yr I started in 85 Burden was a shithole, the Reebok isn't (one of the best grounds in England for size) We had real shit players then(Trevor Morgan, Darby), they are technically better now... Although many would argue not There is less hooliganism (good or bad?). It was more violent then It was more affordable to go the match then, especially aways The pubs were better then Crowds are better now, average 15k more than we did in mid 80's Pies are more expensive Seats instead of terracing
March 2, 201214 yr being able to turn up on the day of a game, home or away without the rigmarole of buying tickets in advance walking down manny rd rather than round a retail park tea bars that sold wagon wheels and bovril rather than chicken wraps and rose wine pitch raised up on a banking not a flat part-synthetic carpet toilet roll on the pitch, now it's in the toilet wading in piss at half time in the Lever End bogs The Buff (a paper, not the nuddy)
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