Duck Egg Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Didn't some pikeys break in a few weeks later and had a big party in the executive suite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfcfan5 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 There was something about the atomosphere, from the pre-walk up to the ground, the smells, the scenes, the buzz inside, the rank awful bogs smelling of bleach and piss, and the proximity to the pitch that all combined to just make it magic. If I could go back there for a big evening game, just once, I'd sell everything I had to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolton va va Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 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 A Blackpool fan got hit a bit higher up than his neck, with a wooden toilet seat......but that's a different story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Once they started knocking it down I went and got a brick from the corner of the paddock I always stood. Had plans to get it mounted on a plinth with an engraving. Sat in my shed for years and got lost in one of my many house moves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Once they started knocking it down I went and got a brick from the corner of the paddock I always stood. Had plans to get it mounted on a plinth with an engraving. Sat in my shed for years and got lost in one of my many house moves I’ve got 2; you can have one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 My 26th Birthday and my mum and sister got a birthday message read out at half time, I was part embarrassed (as got loads of stick from the lads), but also proud as I was the last birthday announcment at Burnden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Faustus 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 Me and my mate ended up with one each, tried flogging them outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Watched it in the student union bar as was at uni at the time My mate, who is a sheff weds fan, decided he'd get in the spirit and wear a Bolton shirt He later smacked a Wigan fan for calling him a Bolton cunt ???? 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 Watched it in the student union bar as was at uni at the time My mate, who is a sheff weds fan, decided he'd get in the spirit and wear a Bolton shirt He later smacked a Wigan fan for calling him a Bolton cunt Well, you'd have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 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 I did the same walk on Wednesday picking my car up from the Mot station, felt a bit sad and nostagic. Being an old fcuker i spent many more years watching us at Burnden than i have at the Reebok/Mac - the memories of that place i hope i never forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Well, you'd have to.Daft thing is he's not even from Sheffield, he's from Winchester! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoopJohnnyJohn Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) Same date that I emigrated - biggest change in my life. I remember if for the final Burnden match more, however. Edited April 26, 2018 by SnoopJohnnyJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 26, 2018 Moderators Share Posted April 26, 2018 We left down the players tunnel Told Kevin lynch he was a shit ref I wasn't wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 We left down the players tunnel Told Kevin lynch he was a shit ref I wasn't wrong Aye but at least he looked like a proper old school referee Not like that cunt Clattenburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) 21 years, blimey! I wasn't even 21 then but the 21 years since have gone a hell of a lot quicker than the ones before it did! i'll always remember my dad, ever keen to get off, marching us past the Greyhound track when it was open on a night game. Always looked a bit seedy and therefore intriguing . . . Missed an important goal once and didn't stop skrikin for about an hour. Poor Dad Weird feeling that last game - like the last night of a holiday. Edited April 26, 2018 by madthatter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted April 26, 2018 Moderators Share Posted April 26, 2018 What was weird was going to the match in "going out" shirt, trousers and shoes as we went out in town after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 26, 2018 Moderators Share Posted April 26, 2018 We were out early afternoon and ended in hawthorns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only1stig Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 My 26th Birthday and my mum and sister got a birthday message read out at half time, I was part embarrassed (as got loads of stick from the lads), but also proud as I was the last birthday announcment at Burnden On the Wanderers official video of the last game at Burnden, the closing scene of a Wanderer stood on the terrace (Manny Road North ... where the super fans watched) is only1stig (handsome chap, denim shirt, scarf round neck). Been told numerous times about it but can't find it on t'internet. And then an evening round Bolton and a quick word with SJM (not WW poster) in some nightclub to say "thanks". Followed by shenanigans in a curry house on Chorley Old Road. "If Carlsberg did last games at a proper football ground ...". A day and evening to never forget until the grey matter goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) Managed to get a few items, got a Gents sign and we had it in my local pub with a plaque saying it was stolen from Burnden Park on the very last game, but it was a petty offence. Edited April 26, 2018 by leigh white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Wasn't there. Absolutely gutted Remember the previous autumn time being told that the annual Spring four-day piss-up sales conference was in Paphos and being really fucking giddy all the way leading up to it until I realised that my flight back landed at about kick-off time on that date........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I did the same walk on Wednesday picking my car up from the Mot station, felt a bit sad and nostagic. Being an old fcuker i spent many more years watching us at Burnden than i have at the Reebok/Mac - the memories of that place i hope i never forget. That set me thinking. I watched us at Burnden over 21 seasons. I can't believe in my time as a fan, next year I'll have been going to the Reebok longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Did 26 at Burnden Burnden vs Reebok/Macron? Burnden For - atmosphere/young and giddy/proper football/prices Against - absolute shithole in later years/Normid/away fans in the Burnden Paddock Reebok/Macron For - European games/Prem success/able to take two young daughters cheaply and safely on season tickets and get them to be avid BWFC supporters Against - atmosphere/prices/no butter on hot dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 Put the hankies away chaps......this time 21 years ago....nearing the end of a golden unforgettable era. Seen this clip many times but only just noticed the ending where it shows the Cup winning team returning to the town hall in 1958. Impressive crowds around the town hall. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qmAu3ShkKDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Lost count of the number of times BWFC have been in a dream in last 20 years and the scene us always BWFC, never has it been the new ground. It's always disappointing to wake up to the realisation that we'll never gather there again, i'd love my (grown up) kids to experience it just once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Meant to say the scene is always burnden park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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