April 25, 20188 yr Since we played our last ever match on the hallowed turf of Burnden Park. Amazing times had there,so sad to leave it.
April 25, 20188 yr You know when you write a date down, and it sticks in your memory without knowing why? That's today!
April 25, 20188 yr Finished school at dinner so we could stand in the king bill for 3 hours longer than usual
April 25, 20188 yr Yeah I booked half a day, was offered £300 for my ticket, and they released more on the day... Gerry Taggart wore my bobby hat
April 25, 20188 yr Wow. It's starting to feel a long time ago as well. I have my ticket from this up on the wall.
April 25, 20188 yr Finished school at dinner so we could stand in the king bill for 3 hours longer than usual I did the darcy lever pub crawl. Never done them all previously; usually one or the other. Loads of folk with banners etc- reminded me of white Friday walks. Great atmosphere and a wonderful evening.
April 25, 20188 yr Remember a Geordie bloke at work asking what I was doing that evening. Told him going to the match. He said I was a sad git going to the match on a Friday night Pillock
April 25, 20188 yr Feels mad that it's 21 years ago. Full time whistle went one big cheer then CRACK everyone started tearing up the wood at the back of burnden terrace!
April 25, 20188 yr Feels mad that it's 21 years ago. Full time whistle went one big cheer then CRACK everyone started tearing up the wood at the back of burnden terrace! Got a piece stored away in cupboard
April 25, 20188 yr Always wish I could be transported back there to that night but at drinking age, just to live it and see what town was like after. McGinlay’s face after he scuffs that second in, says it all about the man and what the club meant to him.
April 25, 20188 yr Always something special walking down the back of the Lever End to the Burnden stand. Great night, loved Burnden even though it was a dump
April 25, 20188 yr Spoke to a lifelong Wanderers fan that had never been to BP. I felt old. great grandson?
April 25, 20188 yr Had to cancel my drive up and get the train as the IRA closed motorways with bomb warnings in the morning. Some London Whites only got as far as Worksop and had to watch it on telly in a boozer!
April 25, 20188 yr Miss it as much as ever nearly as much as being 22 again! Nothing in my life stirs nostalgia in me like the thought of Burnden special place.
April 26, 20188 yr Yeah I booked half a day, was offered £300 for my ticket, and they released more on the day... Gerry Taggart wore my bobby hat Wasn't going but happened to be in a boozer pre-match and got offered one face value.
April 26, 20188 yr stood on the embankment that night, after being on the MRN week in week out wanted to tick off every stand but felt weird not being in there for the final time few days later went back down with my mates, sneaked in through a hole in the fence between the embankment and paddock. diggers on the pitch beginning the work but not a soul around. Walked round the pitch for a final time, all proceeded to nick some turf of our own. walked down the tunnel, gate in to the changing rooms was open, went in, few showers still on and loads of stuff still dotted about. ended up lifting Chris Faircloughs players copy of the final programme (gold if i remember) which was still in a sealed envelope, loads of socks & shorts from the 3rd kits that never went on sale and i remember being gutted my mate got the Number 10 old substitution boards we used to use (white with red numbers) as kids that memorabilia meant everything. Wouldve happily got nicked for it but just waltzed back out and up Manny road with our loot
April 26, 20188 yr Fantastic night and get emotional looking at the videos of pre game and the game itself, It was great that they let the fans play matches on the hallowed turf before ground was pulled down and we played twice, drew one game then played Coventry police no idea why they played, but battered them. One of the lads has video of one of the games gonna have to ask him to get me a copy. Happy days would love a time machine to go back and press play again.
April 26, 20188 yr Used to use the changing area for search and rescue training; a dummy hidden somewhere and a massive gave of hide and seek only using your hands and feet. Your vision obscured to imitate a smoke logged building. Afterwards we went up to Supporters Lounge and were given the OK to cut the carpets up with stanley knives. I'm fairly sure one or two had the individual badges framed.On another visit we stumbled upon boxes and boxes of programmes from the last game. I still have three or four of them somewhere knocking about.
April 26, 20188 yr The place was a sit hole but it was our shit hole Remember seeing a bloke walking up Manny Rd after the game with a wooden toilet seat around his neck, the fucker must be dead now from the diseases that must have been living on that
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