The South Lancashire Derby?

[paulhanley]

Was sent this link to a page on Wikipedia by a Burnley supporting mate who had looked up "East Lancashire" derby on Google but tripped over this at the same time.

 

So Bolton v Wigan is supposedly called "The South Lancashire Derby" and Bolton and Wigan fans consider the other to be one of their main rivals.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lancashire_derby

 

News to me.

[LiOC]

Bolton is east lancashire anyway isn't it?

 

It'll have been written by a pie eater. Always amazes me how much they dislike us when, to be honest, I don't care about them very much.

[Guest]

Bolton is east lancashire anyway isn't it?

 

It'll have been written by a pie eater. Always amazes me how much they dislike us when, to be honest, I don't care about them very much.

 

Bolton, East Lancashire?

[LiOC]

Bolton, East Lancashire?

 

In my defence, I've lived in Preston since I was about 8. I always thought it was?

Edited May 5, 2012 by LiOC

[no balls]

In my defence, I've lived in Preston since I was about 8. I always thought it was?

 

Do you not have maps in Preston then

[Mounts Kipper]

Did some spotty 15 year old write that how can you have a rivalry with a club that has only 3000 fans?

[Andydee]

Bolton, East Lancashire?

In my defence, I've lived in Preston since I was about 8. I always thought it was?

 

I blame the education system!

[frankietheman]

Long ago when I was a kid and in the scouts at Blackburn RD Cong I remember having a badge on my uniform with a fleur di lys superimposed on a red rose stating Bolton 32nd SE Lancs. So there you have it.

[no balls]

If you google "Baden Powell", you don't even have to go past the first page to find a page entitled "Famous British Paedophiles".

 

The internet is not a good thing all the time.

Edited May 5, 2012 by no balls

[frankietheman]

No doubt about either - BP and his little african servant boys and the geographic location of Bowton!

[Gonk]

SELNEC buses operated in the area.

 

South East Lancashire North East Cheshire

[leigh white]

Lancashire was a massive county to administrate with the scousers, mancs and us cotten mill dwellers. So it got split up with the mickeys having Merseyside,, Greater Manchester having the urban sprawl, and Lancashire and Cheshire taking up the bits what was left over..

[Guest]

Long ago when I was a kid and in the scouts at Blackburn RD Cong I remember having a badge on my uniform with a fleur di lys superimposed on a red rose stating Bolton 32nd SE Lancs. So there you have it.

 

Have what?

[frankietheman]

Bolton is in E lancs deffo.

[Traf]

Bolton is in E lancs deffo.

 

It isn't, but carry on.

[beer_swiller]

I`m a CAMRA member of the S E Lanc`s branch and I`m from Atherton.

[Whites man]

SELNEC buses operated in the area.

 

South East Lancashire North East Cheshire

 

Are you Malcolm's son?

[Guest]

Bolton is in E lancs deffo.

 

Not unless they've moved it

 

South East Lancs is where we live

[Guest]

Bolton is in E lancs deffo.

 

You even had "SE Lancs" in your your bloody quote

[Gonk]

Are you Malcolm's son?

 

Hell no.

 

For some reason that bit oif information has been lurking in my head for about 40 years, and I've finally managed to put it to some use.

[leigh white]

What i find confusing is the East Lancs Rd in my neck of the woods, when clearly it runs from SW Lancs in Liverpool to SE Lancs in Salford.

[MickyD]

Bolton is in E lancs deffo.

 

The only thing Bolton is in East Lancs is in Freemasonry. The Province of Lancashire is split into East and West. East covers pretty much Pennines to Winter Hill, West Winter Hill to Sea.

 

No, I'm not a mason but my old man was and I read a lot.

[LiOC]

 

 

Do you not have maps in Preston then

 

Bolton is east of Preston...

[no balls]

Bolton is east of Preston...

 

When you say East do you mean South with a little bit of East?

[Traf]

When you say East do you mean South with a little bit of East?

 

As far South as it is East and vice versa I think. (to within a mile or two)