Site Supporter MickyD Posted March 8, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted March 8, 2019 Burnden disaster 73rd anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 How very sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I'd expect something about this tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfc2003 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, Traf said: I'd expect something about this tomorrow I would, but wouldnt surprise me if nothing happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted March 8, 2019 Author Site Supporter Share Posted March 8, 2019 13 minutes ago, Traf said: I'd expect something about this tomorrow The book will be open on the page with the 33 names of those killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 As ever, BWFC folk will go about their remembrance in a quiet and respectful way and won't make a fuss It won't make the mainstream media and there (hopefully) won't be any outpourings from grief monkeys apart from the odd Twittermong RIP to those who never came home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 on bwfc website says estimated crowd of 85,000 on that day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Take Hunt Off Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Aye even before my time 33 lost lives but always dignified respect not sure about tommorow though with all the turmoil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted March 9, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2019 Never forgotten in our part of the world. R.i.p 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Never forgotten. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted March 9, 2019 Author Site Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2019 A tragedy unnoticed by the rest of the footballing world; mainly due to our club not milking every drop of grief each year on the anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watsmore Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, MickyD said: A tragedy unnoticed by the rest of the footballing world; mainly due to our club not milking every drop of grief each year on the anniversary. Absolutely spot on.Think most of us when we see pictures of this tradgedy,hold back a tear or 2 in our own private thoughts.We grieve alone but that is real,we don't want false public sympathy sympathy from those who don't love our club as we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Custodiet Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) Not forgotten in Bolton but the FA forgot about it and so did Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. I don't expect Assistant Chief Constable Bob Goslin did though when he was the officer in charge of safety at an FA Cup Semi-final at Hillsborough in 1981. Serious overcrowding at the Leppings Lane end resulted in ACC Goslin ordering the gates to the pitch to be opened to relieve the pressure and avoid the risk to life. Later his actions were heavily criticised by the chairman of Sheffield Wednesday. 'Bollocks there would have been no loss of life', said Mr McGee. Eight years later, 96 Liverpool supporters lost their lives at Hillsborough with the responsible officer on the day now on trial for manslaughter. If the name Goslin means nothing to you, its time it did: https://spartacus-educational.com/BOLTONcgoslin.htm Edited March 9, 2019 by Chris Custodiet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Steejay Posted March 9, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2019 My Grandad (RIP) was at this game & told me how he walked home without his jacket (ripped off) & his shirt all torn. All the women were waiting at their front doors for their fellas, worried that theirs might not come home. Frightening stuff. It's amazing how little is heard about this disaster from the wider football world. Bless 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breightmet Boy Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 That picture is very upsetting, our forefans dead on the track. R.I.P, what a bloody shame eh, god bless the lot of em. Like said, glad we dont balloon about it, very dignified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrotter Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 My late dad at the game (21) but said he didn’t really know what was going on at the time. Just that something terrible had happened. Would have a news helicopter hovering over it now and videos on social media within seconds now. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 As a kid it always struck me how many of the 33 were from Leigh & Atherton, including a couple from streets literally around the corner from where I grew up. Somehow made it all the more relatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUREADY2ROLL Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 RIP the 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Steejay said: My Grandad (RIP) was at this game & told me how he walked home without his jacket (ripped off) & his shirt all torn. All the women were waiting at their front doors for their fellas, worried that theirs might not come home. Frightening stuff. It's amazing how little is heard about this disaster from the wider football world. Bless 'em. Mine too. Posted this before but he, like most in the crowd, didn’t know what had happened. In the days just after the war, massive attendances, and I mean really big, we’re the norm, especially if Matthews was playing, and big crowd surges on packed terraces were fairly normal and remarkably uneventful. He got off the bus or tram (whichever it was that ran) halfway up Chorley Old Road (I think) and there were loads of women waiting at each stop to check on husbands, sons, uncles, etc getting home safely. They’d heard about it whereas those at the match, in the main, had no idea and wondered what the fuss was about. Seems odd now in the days of instant news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted March 9, 2019 Members Share Posted March 9, 2019 RIP to the 33 - and to my grandad and grandma who were deeply affected by it and never went near Burnden Park ever again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted March 9, 2019 Author Site Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2019 Not a murmur about this from the club. Nice touch on 33 minutes by the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MancWanderer Posted March 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2019 49 minutes ago, MickyD said: Not a murmur about this from the club. Nice touch on 33 minutes by the fans. They put stuff out on social media but kept it low key Maybe it’s “reverse snobbery” from me but happy with no wailing or gnashing of teeth, no “celebratory” clocks, gates, monuments or owt and no big media circus. A simple plaque and book. Those that know....know...and grieve and remember in their own way Over the years BWFC and the fans have dealt with this disaster in a class way. No finger-pointing. No demands for action or media campaigns asking for everyone to remember it. Just a quiet remembrance of our own in our own way. Hope it stays like that tbh. Horrible day that doesn’t need highlighting, simply remembered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 A sad day in the history of our club which like the Ibrox disaster in 71 when 66 souls lost their lives is very rarely mentioned in the media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrener Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 3 hours ago, MancWanderer said: They put stuff out on social media but kept it low key Maybe it’s “reverse snobbery” from me but happy with no wailing or gnashing of teeth, no “celebratory” clocks, gates, monuments or owt and no big media circus. A simple plaque and book. Those that know....know...and grieve and remember in their own way Over the years BWFC and the fans have dealt with this disaster in a class way. No finger-pointing. No demands for action or media campaigns asking for everyone to remember it. Just a quiet remembrance of our own in our own way. Hope it stays like that tbh. Horrible day that doesn’t need highlighting, simply remembered Well said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 23 hours ago, Chris Custodiet said: Not forgotten in Bolton but the FA forgot about it and so did Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. I don't expect Assistant Chief Constable Bob Goslin did though when he was the officer in charge of safety at an FA Cup Semi-final at Hillsborough in 1981. Serious overcrowding at the Leppings Lane end resulted in ACC Goslin ordering the gates to the pitch to be opened to relieve the pressure and avoid the risk to life. Later his actions were heavily criticised by the chairman of Sheffield Wednesday. 'Bollocks there would have been no loss of life', said Mr McGee. Eight years later, 96 Liverpool supporters lost their lives at Hillsborough with the responsible officer on the day now on trial for manslaughter. If the name Goslin means nothing to you, its time it did: https://spartacus-educational.com/BOLTONcgoslin.htm What relation was Bob to Harry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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