miamiwhite Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Since we played our last ever match on the hallowed turf of Burnden Park. Amazing times had there,so sad to leave it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted April 25, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2018 Shit shite and cacky. 21 fuckin years. Like you said some amazing times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Faustus Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 You know when you write a date down, and it sticks in your memory without knowing why? That's today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Finished school at dinner so we could stand in the king bill for 3 hours longer than usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Faustus Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Wow. It's starting to feel a long time ago as well. I have my ticket from this up on the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted April 25, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Spoke to a lifelong Wanderers fan that had never been to BP. I felt old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted April 25, 2018 Moderators Share Posted April 25, 2018 Left with 5 mins left to beat the traffic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northender Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemon Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Great night. Raw emotion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 25, 2018 Moderators Share Posted April 25, 2018 This used to be my playground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted April 25, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter victor meldrew Posted April 25, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2018 Spoke to a lifelong Wanderers fan that had never been to BP. I felt old. great grandson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanGreavsie Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyoneawalker Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrycowdrill Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted April 26, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyroad58 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzo gambaro Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 a wooden toilet seat around his neck That was a sit hole too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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