January 11, 201313 yr We must be born to be a Wanderer. Both parents are staunch Bolton fans,all northern based relatives bar a city supporting cousin and evertonian brother are Whites. Just wondering if any other Wanderers have parents who aren't Bolton fans ? If so,what made you follow the Whites
January 11, 201313 yr We must be born to be a Wanderer. Both parents are staunch Bolton fans,all northern based relatives bar a city supporting cousin and evertonian brother are Whites. Just wondering if any other Wanderers have parents who aren't Bolton fans ? If so,what made you follow the Whites My mums never been to a single game but would rip the teeth out of the head of any united fan given half a chance. You are indeed born with it.
January 11, 201313 yr I rebelled against my father. He was hardcore RMI. I still feel bad now & have pangs I'm partly responsible for the death of Grundy HIll. What with my fancy ideas of going watching the big guns down the road. Shame on me.
January 11, 201313 yr I was brought up with the grandparents, he took me to watch the egg chasing at Hilton Park for evey game imaginable as a kid, first team, reserves, etc etc....My mum claimed to be a Wanderer and her mate and fella took me as a young kid, They say love at first sight doesnt exsist, but the first time I saw that turf, It was, and to this day when the wife knows who I loved first, My sons application for the junior whites is in too,
January 11, 201313 yr I was brought up with the grandparents, he took me to watch the egg chasing at Hilton Park for evey game imaginable as a kid, first team, reserves, etc etc....My mum claimed to be a Wanderer and her mate and fella took me as a young kid, They say love at first sight doesnt exsist, but the first time I saw that turf, It was, and to this day when the wife knows who I loved first, My sons application for the junior whites is in too, Your lad hates the centurions I can sense it My old man is the only one of his family who are not scousers and blue noses so I count myself lucky to have been taken to burnden at a young age
January 11, 201313 yr My Dad looked a fixtures one saturday when i was about 14 and my brother was 11 and said lets see whos at home not too far away and go a game, bolton it was. Money was tight, had he had more he'd probably of took us to who he used to watch as a child, man u. My dad and brother still go but not as regular, it probably means less to them
January 11, 201313 yr Neither parents were bolton fans (dad was a huge leigh rugby fan) but I was born in townleys and had some kind of morality boom at 9 years old and decided I wasn't going to support the European champions anymore and wanted to support a team on its arse in division 2. That and my uncle used to tell me about the kick offs at burnden every other week which gave me a morbid facination in the place.
January 11, 201313 yr As you would expect being born and bred in Salford I spent the first 15 years of my life in a red haze and rarely missed a home game at OT. Then I saw the light and haven't looked back ever since despite the the 30 odd years of being berated by my manure mates for switching allegiances.
January 11, 201313 yr Neither parents were bolton fans (dad was a huge leigh rugby fan) but I was born in townleys and had some kind of morality boom at 9 years old and decided I wasn't going to support the European champions anymore and wanted to support a team on its arse in division 2. That and my uncle and the big lads from Athy used to tell me about the kick offs at burnden every other week which gave me a morbid facination in the place.
January 11, 201313 yr As you would expect being born and bred in Salford I spent the first 15 years of my life in a red haze and rarely missed a home game at OT. Then I saw the light and haven't looked back ever since despite the the 30 odd years of being berated by my manure mates for switching allegiances. what made you see the light?
January 12, 201313 yr what made you see the light? I'd got to the stage that going just to home games wasn't enough of a buzz and so I wanted to get to the away games too.The issue was that In the late 70s United, as other clubs did, had a reputation of ripping grounds apart plus hooliganism across football was rife. My Dad worked in the family Bookmakers business so worked every Saturday and when I asked him would he fund my away trips aswell I got polite "no", not for the money but as he couldn't come with me he couldn't be sure that I'd be safe travelling away alone so young. I made the decision then to follow a club that I could give 100% support to home and away. As for my first game It's a little vague now but I remember I dragged my younger brother and a three City supporting mates to a League Cup game against Mansfield Town (I think) at Burnden in the '77/'78 season. We stood on the Burnden Terrace and really enjoyed the game and the atmosphere so we went to a couple more games, before we knew it we were hooked. All 5 of us now are ST holders and have been for the vast majority of the 34 years we've been supporting the club. As for the inherited bit there was no option for my son to be a Wanderer and I guess that will apply to his children. Edited January 12, 201313 yr by Salford Trotter
January 12, 201313 yr As you would expect being born and bred in Salford I spent the first 15 years of my life in a red haze and rarely missed a home game at OT. Then I saw the light and haven't looked back ever since despite the the 30 odd years of being berated by my manure mates for switching allegiances. Similar situation with me. Born on Chorley New Rd. but lived in L/H till I was 21. All my mates were reds but never actually went. It was too easy to follow suit. I then went to Burnden for a change from the Bowling Alley in Walkden. That was when I saw the light. It was the last match of the 65/66 season and I thought it was greatest thing I'd ever done in my young life. Never looked back and never regretted one moment of all the years of ups and downs.
January 12, 201313 yr I rebelled against my father. He was hardcore RMI. I still feel bad now & have pangs I'm partly responsible for the death of Grundy HIll. What with my fancy ideas of going watching the big guns down the road. Shame on me. An article on a thread i read yesterday about RMI moving to Leigh off some hardcore Horwich fans got me a bit miffed, christ, they would have done nothing if that team would have stayed at Grundy Hill, at least the move to Leigh got them in to the Conf Prem and some good FA Cup runs. I know it all went pair shaped when Hilton Park was deemed unfit and the team got screwed up at the Leigh Sports Village, but all in all i think the history of Horwich RMI lived on in Leigh Genesis.
January 12, 201313 yr All the blokes in our family are Bolton. Grandad was, me dad is, and me brother too. Quite straight forward really.
January 12, 201313 yr Big Tezza (my oldman) went to a few NW based clubs in the 60's. He's from Stockport He got an ST at Burnden, his brother he same at OT Tezza took me on the early 80's and I kicked a can about at the bottom of the lever end and manny road for a bit Grew up amongst manc red and blue and randomly the odd white at our school Got an ST late 80's But was hooked from freight rover final in 86 Born to be a wanderer is Tezza's brick at the reebok And my next tattoo Might be chavvy but I don't give a fuck I was Born to be a wanderer Edited January 12, 201313 yr by jules_darby
January 12, 201313 yr Ps On the words of the great ian brown It's not where you're from It's where you're at
January 12, 201313 yr First ever ground my son went on was Gay Meadow when we won 1-0, he was 3 and bored until Stu Storer scored the winner in the last minute.
January 12, 201313 yr First ever ground my son went on was Gay Meadow when we won 1-0, he was 3 and bored until Stu Storer scored the winner in the last minute. First game of the season Roasting around when I started going home and away regularly 90 maybe?
January 12, 201313 yr First game of the season Roasting around when I started going home and away regularly 90 maybe? Twas, got to get them induced early. It worked.
January 12, 201313 yr My owd fella is 86 yrs old with dementia and brought us up to be Wanderers. When MOTD give us a mention our ears prick up when our town are on tele. My nieces and nephews love our town, they will die for it even though we are relegated. One of my nephews works on MOTD, you'll never know how much he loves our town ever
January 12, 201313 yr First game of the season Roasting around when I started going home and away regularly 90 maybe? Aye, August 1990. Time flies, eh?
January 12, 201313 yr Just been going through all of my immediate family, aunties, uncles, cousins - anyone I can think of. White to the core. Even the ones who have married in are whites. The only ones I can think of who aren't Bolton fans are not into football/sport etc. Was just going to close this off and remembered - I have a nephew on the wifes side who lives on Ainsworth Lane and is an Evertonian. I call this disease Pablorrhea.
January 12, 201313 yr Manc born , Irish decent , Stockport living, Bolton fan Just an obtuse fucker I suppose
January 12, 201313 yr First game - at Ewood. Dingle relative. First Whites game - Wrexham 87 - age 7. Several of you deviants probably bummed me when we scored.
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