DomRepWanderer Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 John Byrom 71 today, happy birthday legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBWFC Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Happy birthday Johnny B Thanks for the memories . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrandt Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Happy Birthday, JB. Just a few days before me. Surely a definite a BW legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Wanderer Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Kaydan who posts on here used to have a dog called JB, named after the great man himself. He was an ace dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Take Hunt Off Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 There is a player in our team and he is a goal machine And his name is John Byrom John Byrom........ Happy birthday JB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggybwfc Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 My first Bolton hero happy bithday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embankment Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyroad58 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 My first Bolton hero happy bithday Likewise All the best to a great man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted July 29, 2015 Members Share Posted July 29, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Likewise All the best to a great man And here!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 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.???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjack Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) 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, 2015 by davidjack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Faustus Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) 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, 2015 by Dr Faustus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer_swiller Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrandt Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Did JB score a hat-trick in the 70's Sunday FA Cup tie v Stoke, or is my memory playing up ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrandt Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjack Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Yes - we won 3-2. A Burnden crowd of 39,000. Not bad for a side not long up from the old 3rd Division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrandt Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted July 30, 2015 Members Share Posted July 30, 2015 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". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isaacunt Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted July 30, 2015 Site Supporter Share Posted July 30, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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