Kenny has come out with another one of his columns.

Again he’s asking for 20k crowds.

 

This time, he says it can help add 3 million to our budget, for the transfer window.

 

A bit bonkers isn’t it ?

 

 

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/15701428.Ken_Anderson_asks_for_fans__39__help_to_add___3million_to_Wanderers__39__January_spending/

Edited January 7, 20197 yr by Horwich

Wasn't the consensus at the time that we had to do it or we would be fucked. Further down the line as burnden was deemed to be up to scratch and we couldn't kick on without the new ground

35 million these days barely gets you a stand never mind a ground.

Lucky to invest when we did as we’d have no chance now.

How many million is it costing Everton? Hundreds.

Weird as this is, occasionally I have a dream where we still have burnden and still play some games there. Dream varies but it's definitely burnden.

I’ve posted it before but how the fuck in the space of 6-7 years did we go from aldershot and selling half the embankment to survive to having the funds to build the reebok?

 

When actually think how little time that is it’s fuckin bonkers.

Because we’re BWFC we do what we want. More of interest how did we go from a 50,000 crowd in 76 to less than 2000 in less than 10 years, only BWFC that could happen too.

Edited August 1, 20187 yr by Mounts Kipper

35 million these days barely gets you a stand never mind a ground.

Lucky to invest when we did as we’d have no chance now.

How many million is it costing Everton? Hundreds.

CoMS/Etihad cost £112m and the £44m to make it football ready.

The Emirates cost £390m 10 years or so later ok its in that there London so bumped cost up. Still over 10 times the price for just over twice the capacity.

35 million these days barely gets you a shit left back

EFA. Mental but true.

CoMS/Etihad cost £112m and the £44m to make it football ready.

The Emirates cost £390m 10 years or so later ok its in that there London so bumped cost up. Still over 10 times the price for just over twice the capacity.

Good luck Fulham and all these other clubs knocking about in shite grounds

Weird as this is, occasionally I have a dream where we still have burnden and still play some games there. Dream varies but it's definitely burnden.

Genuinely believe if we built a new ground on the old site we would add thousands onto our average attendance. Maybe it’s just the nostalgia distorting reality ( or too many drugs) but like you TMGJ I often dream about burnden and playing there again.

The Fulham owner is trying to buy Wembley for the thick end of £1bn

 

Sure they will be fine

The Fulham owner is trying to buy Wembley for the thick end of £1bn

 

Sure they will be fine

Shad has said he doesn't want to move flum.

May be different if he moves the Jags over from Jacksonville.

My point was, Fulham don’t need luck with that sort of dough behind them

We didnt have the cash to build the ground.

 

That was the first 35 million of the debt

 

 

Selling burnden was supposed to pull most of that but laws on planning were changed

Still a completely bonkers turn around in such a short space of time without a multi billionaire backer.

 

Wouldn’t happen now.

Genuinely believe if we built a new ground on the old site we would add thousands onto our average attendance. Maybe it’s just the nostalgia distorting reality ( or too many drugs) but like you TMGJ I often dream about burnden and playing there again.

I know loads of folk it found it wank getting to burnden so I doubt that

Theres nowt to suggest crowds would be any higher in the town centre

 

I'd prefer it there, but crowds wouldn't suddenly be much bigger

 

Look at last season

 

Bottom of the league and averaging 15?k

 

Don't think we ever did that at burnden

 

Too many rose tinters about that place

Edited August 1, 20187 yr by Casino

Genuinely believe if we built a new ground on the old site we would add thousands onto our average attendance. Maybe it’s just the nostalgia distorting reality ( or too many drugs) but like you TMGJ I often dream about burnden and playing there again.

 

 

Maybe, but

 

The attendances in 78-80 weren't as high as much of our most recent tenure

Like I said maybe just nostalgia clouding my judgement

 

Loved the old place.

Too many rose tinters about that place

 

Is where I'm at

 

It's just not the right place for a modern football stadium

Before I saw the scale of the reebok I always thought it a shame we didn't go the greyhound track

Went past that site last Saturday after going to Bolton to see my Mum and calling at Carrs on Manny Road on my way home

 

Looking at it now that area is a lot bigger than I remember the greyhound stadium covering

Theres nowt to suggest crowds would be any higher in the town centre

 

I'd prefer it there, but crowds wouldn't suddenly be much bigger

 

Look at last season

 

Bottom of the league and averaging 15?k

 

Don't we ever did that at burnden

 

Too many rose tinters about that place

Think If we had built on Burnden the crowds would of been no different. Possibly less away fans as some would be deterred as we’d have more hooligans prowling around Burnden than bother going to the Reebok.

Edited August 1, 20187 yr by Mounts Kipper

Think If we had built on Burnden the crowds would of been no different. Possibly less away fans as some would be deterred as we’d have more hooligans prowling around Burnden than bother going to the Reebok.

 

Not trying to be an arse here, but genuinely curious.

 

Why have you used different words.

 

If you tell me to fuck off, I'd understand.

Edited August 1, 20187 yr by Alf Hartigan

We didnt have the cash to build the ground.

 

That was the first 35 million of the debt

 

 

Selling burnden was supposed to pull most of that but laws on planning were changed

What laws on planning were changed?

Crowds be no higher at burnden if still there

 

Just look at our championship winning year

Crowds be no higher at burnden if still there

 

Just look at our championship winning year

Aye think we got 13k v port vale, the game before we beat QPR to get promotion.

 

With the move to reebok, we gained a load from horwich Chorley, leyland etc in the glory days. Pretty much back at our nautral level now.

 

There’s that one season that sticks out when nobody could be arsed, in our second season down 99ish. Gates of 10k v brum and qpr etc. Think the novelty had worn off for the bolton folk making the trip out of town and we hadn’t gained the West Lancs brigade because we were shit again

What laws on planning were changed?

You would need to Google but it was on Prescotts watch

 

Something to do with out of town development

 

Massively reduced the value of the land