First meeting in 1983 (except for a poxy Lancs Cup pre season jobby) was on boxing day 1983.

 

3 coaches early doors from the Albion,some very tasty old heads combined with a good mix of ''boys'' wearing lyle and scott,pringle,lacoste,kappa,tacchini,ellesse,you know the score with the clobber.

 

Approaching the shithole near the Earl of Balcarres,we clocked approx 70/80 lads wearing all the gear. They turned out to be Bolton as well,who'd parked up near the Pink Flamingo and were en route to the Ball and Boot, Wigan's so called main pub.

 

our coaches parked up and we ventured into the town centre,soon catching sight of a good 150 or so lads up the main street. We went flying up,but once again soon realised it was another mob of Bolton trying to find Wigan's firm.

 

Mobs of the size we had soon came under the scrutiny of the local filth,and were herded up and escorted to the shithole known as Springfield Park.

 

Bolton were everywhere,enormous queues for both our end and the home end. There were more Bolton lads queueing up for their end than the filthy inbred locals.

Once inside,the same story was repeated and Wigan's lads appeared in dribs and drabs,trying to mob up in the side near to the main(only fucking) stand.

 

The amount of Bolton lads and gruffters was simply staggering and the hosts couldn't compete on a level playing field

 

Bolton soon ventured over to offer festive greetings but Wigan's lads were not too keen to receive our offerings...

 

Out of a crowd of over 10,000 my conservative estimate was that 6,000 plus Wanderers were in the ground with a good 2000/3000 in their end as clearly evident when Jeff Chandler scored the only goal,causing most of the ground to start the classic ''Jingle Bells''

 

Game over and outside,Wigan did a vanishing act and were on their toes,appearing briefly later to try and ambush a van or 2 of Bolton stragglers.

 

Bolton certainly took over Wigan that day as they have done repeatedly sinc and no doubt Sunday will be the same.

 

I'll be gracing that shithole once again on Sunday,good luck ladies and gents,but keep your wits about you,as they are snidey bastards and will only mount an attack if we're heavily outnumbered or a female

 

 

Wigan  ?    i've shat bigger

i think there were even less pie munchers present at Springfield Pit in 92/93 when Tony Kelly scored his Maradonaesque goal. Most of the ground erupted when that went in,we were in the stand(not grand) and only a few locals with rattles were present in there as well

 

It looks great, and rather dangerous, on the 92/93 DVD behind the goal when he celebrates scoring that!

Was in the market tavern with an old bowton lad who always wore a deer stalker when it went off , allsorts came flying through the windows and i got hit with a metal fence post from the roadworks , bolton behind the bar robbing the tills and the lad with the deer stalker running upstairs to the landords gaff and chucking stuff out the upstairs window onto the piemen outside.

 Grass. Port Vale incident. Not been seen since, allegedly...

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standing on that grass hill  while some local scrotes firing fireworks from outside, wigan steward ,fat bald head deep wigan accent getting abuse for not stopping them, and general piss took out of his " ahm tryin fort stop um" and getting things thrown at him while he too was avoiding the fireworks

 

turns up at work on the Monday and the same fat wigan twat is the new starter at our place, full of coin scars on the back of his skull and everything, asked what it was and got " ah doo stewardin at springfield, loads of bowton twats threw coins and spat at mi, and w wre tyin stop em gettin hit by firworks some scrotes were throwin, got hit by one of them too"  lifted up his shirt and showed me the burn on his back took me a year to tell him I saw him getting the abuse and was laughing

Think that would have been the 92/93 game

 

felt a bit sorry for him until he also showed me the united tattoo on his arm

went to a pre season at workington with the fella who got his back cut up in the market tavern

 

not seen him since

went to a pre season at workington with the fella who got his back cut up in the market tavern

 

not seen him since

Pretty sure i saw Greeny (slashed back) last season not seem pat G (slashed face for a year or 2 both top lads. If Pats still going he will be there 2 morrow he's friendly with a few Wigan lads I think.

It looks great, and rather dangerous, on the 92/93 DVD behind the goal when he celebrates scoring that!

I was there as a kid with my dad.

 

He deemed it too unsafe to go behind the goal so we went in the main stand near corner flag.

 

Bolton had the whole of the ground bar the opposite side from the main stand.

 

Remember my dad having to shield me in someone's front doorway outside afterwards as a mob of what I presume we're Bolton came steaming along throwing plant pots and hanging baskets at everyone.

 

One bloke lay on the road with blood pouring from his head.

 

Growing up watching Bolton with my dad was ace! Haha

Pretty sure i saw Greeny (slashed back) last season not seem pat G (slashed face for a year or 2 both top lads. If Pats still going he will be there 2 morrow he's friendly with a few Wigan lads I think.

 

p has an account on here but not been on for ages

 

think he did some euros with zozzy

 

last saw him at blackpool last season

 

think he was only there cos there was a northern soul night on

p has an account on here but not been on for ages

 

think he did some euros with zozzy

 

last saw him at blackpool last season

 

think he was only there cos there was a northern soul night on

Him and Ralph Gubbins on the Euro adventures? Went with Zozzy tours to Guimaraes. Ex-midland was there too. Great times.

p has an account on here but not been on for ages

 

think he did some euros with zozzy

 

last saw him at blackpool last season

 

think he was only there cos there was a northern soul night on

Its Pat C not G of course, pished last neet.

a memory that will stay with me to my grave was Wigan away on boxing day '84.

 

a few vans met up near the bus station and went to pick up a fair few horwich lads. we met at the pub near Crown Lane,can't think of it's name. A Horwich lad turned up in a hearse and 7 or 8 lads jumped in for the short journey across the border.

 

Whoever that Horwich lad was,I salute you sir. Thanks for a lifetime memory

That'll be the crown

That'll be the crown

 

Lots of pubs in Horwich with a dentist connection. The Crown, The Bridge and the one with the plaque outside! (RIP Hovis!!)

Pretty sure i saw Greeny (slashed back) last season not seem pat G (slashed face for a year or 2 both top lads. If Pats still going he will be there 2 morrow he's friendly with a few Wigan lads I think.

I know Greeny childhood mate, he still goes but takes his son nowadays. NSL nowadays.

I was there as a kid with my dad.

 

He deemed it too unsafe to go behind the goal so we went in the main stand near corner flag.

 

Bolton had the whole of the ground bar the opposite side from the main stand.

 

Remember my dad having to shield me in someone's front doorway outside afterwards as a mob of what I presume we're Bolton came steaming along throwing plant pots and hanging baskets at everyone.

 

One bloke lay on the road with blood pouring from his head.

 

Growing up watching Bolton with my dad was ace! Haha

 

haha yeah my 50p Junior Whites jaunts don't quite compete!

 

Cant wait for tomorrow now, though Ill just about be getting out of bed by the time this planned start at Wetherspoons gets going!

Went as a 14/15 year old with a mate from school. Being polite youngmen from Smithills we asked a policeman for directions to the ground who obliged then wished us good luck which was a little disconcerting, Was a very educational walk to Springfield Park that, it was the day the Bolton lad went in the canal.

 

A couple of seasons later got a lift in the back of an Escort van which stank of petrol, no real problem until the cigs started being passed around   

Wasn't the crutch wielded a certain pub landlord in Deane?

Went as a 14/15 year old with a mate from school. Being polite youngmen from Smithills we asked a policeman for directions to the ground who obliged then wished us good luck which was a little disconcerting, Was a very educational walk to Springfield Park that, it was the day the Bolton lad went in the canal.

 

A couple of seasons later got a lift in the back of an Escort van which stank of petrol, no real problem until the cigs started being passed around 

 

 

that must have been the freight rover northern final whites man,when 300 of us got off the train at Ince. The lad who decided to use the canal instead of the small footbridge was from Little Lever IIRC.  Probably thought it was time for a wash as they've not got baths on their campsites yet

after one match in 89,we legged their poxy mob up to the train station as usual.  One of theirS,an much older lad who i know as GC was caught and was begging ''please don't hit me,i'm a dickhead,i like Bolton,honestly''.........we felt sorry for the feeble twat and let him go.  When he thought he was safe he started bellowing  ''you Bolton wankers,you're fuck all''..................BUT,behind him was one of our lot,who politely tapped him on the shoulder,gave him a wry smile before unleashing a stunning right hook knocking the Wigan wanker sprawling across the road in the pouring rain. He was flat out chewing road markings for a good few minutes.  That Wigan lad has since retired from attending matches involving us,i know him through work

Wasn't the crutch wielded a certain pub landlord in Deane?

No, it was a Wigginer

Can't remember who it was when CG got a mention in the BEN for his crutch wielding exploits outside Churchills.....was funny as fuck tho!

There was a Wigan game when they turned up outside wagon horses and were met crossing the road by Bolton. Bolton had a lad on crutches meeting them.

 

They did not get half way. We were walking down manny road and saw this happen.

There was a Wigan game when they turned up outside wagon horses and were met crossing the road by Bolton. Bolton had a lad on crutches meeting them.

 

They did not get half way. We were walking down manny road and saw this happen.

 

 

was that the 89 game when we beat them 3-2 and it was pissing down ?  I remember one of theirs getting cleaned out in one outside the King Bill off a well known Deane lad. Finest punch i've ever seen thrown at a football match. The Wigan lad didn't get up for a while

I saw a pretty damn fine one myself last night