July 28, 201511 yr Happy Birthday, JB. Just a few days before me. Surely a definite a BW legend. Sat near him in corporate at Blackburn last season Would they claim him as "theirs" though?
July 28, 201511 yr Happy Birthday and a true legend. I've told this story before and no apologises for saying it again As a young lad I went down to Bromwich Street with my Dad to watch the lads train and with my note book in hand I went over to JB for his autograph. He looked at me and smile "is this a rent book" needless to say I thanked him kindly before leaving sharpish.
July 28, 201511 yr Kaydan who posts on here used to have a dog called JB, named after the great man himself. He was an ace dog.
July 28, 201511 yr There is a player in our team and he is a goal machine And his name is John Byrom John Byrom........ Happy birthday JB.
July 28, 201511 yr Met him in the Prince Bill years ago. Had a good chat over a couple of pints,then walked down Manny Road with him. Got to Burnden Park. He walked into the players entrance. I stood on the Embankment. 30mins later he ran onto the pitch. Around 15mins later he scored !! As it turned out we drew 2-2 but he will always be a legend to me.
July 29, 201511 yr No one else could have given us the JB shuffle and so many other fine memories. A true BWFC legend. Happy birthday JB. Never forgotten.
July 29, 201511 yr Just about caught end of JB career he seemed a bit podgy and slow but you could see he had that bit of something about him. Happy birthday Johny Byrom.????
July 29, 201511 yr Before my time, but those who came of Burnden age in the early 70s all seem to adore him. And those who watched from the late 50s and early 60s hold Freddie Hill in the same high regard. Though not like for like I know. Who would you put up there in the years after that - in the real legends bracket? I guess doing it over a period of time has to be a criterion - so could you really class Hierro as one? More a legend of the game, who played for us at the end of his career. McGinlay obviously not in the same class as Hierro, but a bigger BWFC legend... Edited July 29, 201511 yr by davidjack
July 29, 201511 yr My boys middle name is McGinlay. To my generation he is the epitome of bwfc. Happy belated b'day JB; Jesus saves... Edited July 29, 201511 yr by Dr Faustus
July 29, 201511 yr Always recall Byrom turning up at the local in Atherton. The Station Hotel as it was called then contacted the club to ask if John Byrom would come down to push over a pile of pennies. Also in attendance that night was a local beauty queen called Linda Ramsbottom. Byrom mixed with us all and talked openly about the team members and what they got up to. One lad asked Johnny B " do you think you will be going up at the end of the season" Byrom relied, "I'm hoping I'm going to be up tonight, pointing at the beauty queen. Happy birthday John, you were never the quickest but you knew where the nets were.
July 29, 201511 yr Did JB score a hat-trick in the 70's Sunday FA Cup tie v Stoke, or is my memory playing up ?
July 29, 201511 yr Before my time, but those who came of Burnden age in the early 70s all seem to adore him. And those who watched from the late 50s and early 60s hold Freddie Hill in the same high regard. Though not like for like I know. Who would you put up there in the years after that - in the real legends bracket? I guess doing it over a period of time has to be a criterion - so could you really class Hierro as one? More a legend of the game, who played for us at the end of his career. McGinlay obviously not in the same class as Hierro, but a bigger BWFC legend... There used to be at least one banner on th'Embankment saying "Freddie Hill is God". Or words to that effect.
July 29, 201511 yr Yes - we won 3-2. A Burnden crowd of 39,000. Not bad for a side not long up from the old 3rd Division.
July 29, 201511 yr Yes - we won 3-2. A Burnden crowd of 39,000. Not bad for a side not long up from the old 3rd Division. Yes - we won 3-2. A Burnden crowd of 39,000. Not bad for a side not long up from the old 3rd Division. Entry by programme. Farcical. Various 'Repent ye sinners' protestors. We got 33,000 against t'Rovers in 3rd division around that time. We're not a football town though. :lol:
July 30, 201511 yr There used to be at least one banner on th'Embankment saying "Freddie Hill is God". Or words to that effect. Aye, Warbys Mob. Sign said "Freddie Hill Alias God".
July 30, 201511 yr Kaydan who posts on here used to have a dog called JB, named after the great man himself. He was an ace dog. I also had a Dog named JB after the Legend also
July 30, 201511 yr Entry by programme. Farcical. Various 'Repent ye sinners' protestors. We got 33,000 against t'Rovers in 3rd division around that time. We're not a football town though. 33,000 on a Tuesday night at that.
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