MancWanderer Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, leigh white said: No love lost between Bolton and B/Pool in the 70s and 80s. Yep. With my dads sentiments ingrained in me, the unfortunate incident at Bloomfield in 74, Alan Waldron’s broken leg, many games attended with a lot of incidents, it all conspired to make Blackpool bigger than any other local game for me Completely understand anyone under 50 not understanding that depth of feeling Wigan, JCL shithouses, will never come near for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Judged on my time watching bolton give me a wigan or Oldham over Blackpool many times Blackpool have threatened this and that & done jack shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Take Hunt Off Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 No love at all from the sixties onwards been banjoyed on the pleasure beach as a scrawny fifteen year old doesnt make me neutral towards them.Remember being stood next to a guy on the old spoin kop at Blackpool he got a full housebrick right in the middle of his chest .Jesus I thought he was a gonner but he managed to come round it was always like that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, Take Hunt Off said: No love at all from the sixties onwards been banjoyed on the pleasure beach as a scrawny fifteen year old doesnt make me neutral towards them.Remember being stood next to a guy on the old spoin kop at Blackpool he got a full housebrick right in the middle of his chest .Jesus I thought he was a gonner but he managed to come round it was always like that . The Kop at B/Pool was never segregated when I went in the late 60s, fights breaking out all over the place, then they had a mesh put in after the stabbing in 74, still a volatile atmosphere for many years after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Casino said: Julian Darby debut? And the Wigan game, the marc Gavin one From memory I think you're spot on. Julian Darby at right back in those early days of his career. I'd have to check but I think a very young Mark Winstanley played at centre back. It was 1-1 and we were on top but they scored twice very late. Gavin scored against Wigan that Easter Saturday. Here it is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunnerFan Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Remember anti-Bolton graffiti by the railway line coming out of Blackpool North when I was a kid in the 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnstoneworth White Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, RoadRunnerFan said: Remember anti-Bolton graffiti by the railway line coming out of Blackpool North when I was a kid in the 80's. Was it something like ‘Bolton die, Preston Wankers?’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolton va va Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 "Welcome back Bolton" , which was supposed to be all scary & threatening but wasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunnerFan Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 11 minutes ago, Barnstoneworth White said: Was it something like ‘Bolton die, Preston Wankers?’ 4 minutes ago, bolton va va said: "Welcome back Bolton" , which was supposed to be all scary & threatening but wasn't. Think both of the above and "bye bye Bolton." I was very young and thought it was abusing holidaymakers. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 4 hours ago, Casino said: Julian Darby debut? And the Wigan game, the marc Gavin one Loved reading that stuff about 53 cup final etc. Great debut by Gavin at Wigan, he was a proper winger. If I'm not mistaken the Blackpool game was a stupid KO time, like 11am, correct me if I'm wrong. Does anyone else remember the 11am KOs? One was on N.Y. Day v Blackburn in 82, I was genuinely ill on terrace but couldn't miss that game (1-0 Henry free kick). Wigan away 83 Boxing Day, frozen pitch. In afternoon I went to Bury v Rochdale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 14 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said: Loved reading that stuff about 53 cup final etc. Great debut by Gavin at Wigan, he was a proper winger. If I'm not mistaken the Blackpool game was a stupid KO time, like 11am, correct me if I'm wrong. Does anyone else remember the 11am KOs? One was on N.Y. Day v Blackburn in 82, I was genuinely ill on terrace but couldn't miss that game (1-0 Henry free kick). Wigan away 83 Boxing Day, frozen pitch. In afternoon I went to Bury v Rochdale. Great goal by Gavin at Wigan that. Lovely to see Wanderers fans celebrating on all 4 sides of the ground too! That wasn't Gavins debut though. I remember 11am KO's at Wigan two years running. Boxing day 83 & 84. Southend (!) away in 94 (?). Remember the win v Blackburn in the middle of an unbeaten run. Had forgotten that was an 11am KO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted October 4, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 4, 2019 Wigan on boxing day Went to the local bus stop then realised there were no buses 3 mile yomp to burnden for a coach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 39 minutes ago, Duck Egg said: Great goal by Gavin at Wigan that. Lovely to see Wanderers fans celebrating on all 4 sides of the ground too! That wasn't Gavins debut though. I remember 11am KO's at Wigan two years running. Boxing day 83 & 84. Southend (!) away in 94 (?). Remember the win v Blackburn in the middle of an unbeaten run. Had forgotten that was an 11am KO Happy to be corrected on Gavin. Yes Southend, I remember trying to find out the score, relying on ceefax, Scott Green scored. Ridiculous KO time so far away. Very odd there were BW fans in home end, our end was half empty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 9 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said: Loved reading that stuff about 53 cup final etc. Great debut by Gavin at Wigan, he was a proper winger. If I'm not mistaken the Blackpool game was a stupid KO time, like 11am, correct me if I'm wrong. Does anyone else remember the 11am KOs? One was on N.Y. Day v Blackburn in 82, I was genuinely ill on terrace but couldn't miss that game (1-0 Henry free kick). Wigan away 83 Boxing Day, frozen pitch. In afternoon I went to Bury v Rochdale. I'd no idea that Blackburn game in 82 was an early kick off. I think that was the one where there were Bolton fans in the away end (that day it was the section of the Embankment next to the Manny Road North) and the Manny Road regulars made themselves busy trying to get over the fence and join them. Yes I think the Blackpool game in 1986 was an early kick off. Since then I reckon its eight home league games unbeaten against them and several home cup games also without defeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkonion Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 15 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said: Happy to be corrected on Gavin. Yes Southend, I remember trying to find out the score, relying on ceefax, Scott Green scored. Ridiculous KO time so far away. Very odd there were BW fans in home end, our end was half empty! I think that the grass bank at the back of the terraced area wasn't counted for the capacity of the away end so that's why it looked empty even when sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzo gambaro Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 17 hours ago, Duck Egg said: Great goal by Gavin at Wigan that. Lovely to see Wanderers fans celebrating on all 4 sides of the ground too! That wasn't Gavins debut though. It was. I wrote a limerick about him at school so I think you’ll find I’m the SME here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, tkonion said: I think that the grass bank at the back of the terraced area wasn't counted for the capacity of the away end so that's why it looked empty even when sold out. It definitely wasnt sold out. A few times we took "massive" followings there - Boxing Day 83 (Chandler), Freight Rover Semi (Caldwell) and the famous Tony Kelly goal in the promotion season. Every other time we just turned up, paid on the gate and definitely didnt fill it. I remember a game at Easter when neither side was playing for anything in Div 3, we were sat down on the grass in the sun, it was like a pre-season friendly atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 17 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said: Happy to be corrected on Gavin. Yes Southend, I remember trying to find out the score, relying on ceefax, Scott Green scored. Ridiculous KO time so far away. Very odd there were BW fans in home end, our end was half empty! I went to the Southend game when green scored it was the tranmere play off season over Christmas, few days later we smashed Birmingham away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan P Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I remember the grass bank at wigan being frozen and quite a few slipped haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted October 5, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2019 Just now, radcliffewhite1 said: I went to the Southend game when green scored it was the tranmere play off season over Christmas, few days later we smashed Birmingham away Was that the day they invaded the pitch demanding Dave McKay get sacked? My memory is Brum were the better team but we got the goals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators Casino Posted October 5, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 5, 2019 14 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said: It definitely wasnt sold out. A few times we took "massive" followings there - Boxing Day 83 (Chandler), Freight Rover Semi (Caldwell) and the famous Tony Kelly goal in the promotion season. Every other time we just turned up, paid on the gate and definitely didnt fill it. I remember a game at Easter when neither side was playing for anything in Div 3, we were sat down on the grass in the sun, it was like a pre-season friendly atmosphere. Ally Maxwell in our goal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said: Was that the day they invaded the pitch demanding Dave McKay get sacked? My memory is Brum were the better team but we got the goals Reeves & philiskirk definitely, have to google the 3rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 32 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said: It definitely wasnt sold out. A few times we took "massive" followings there - Boxing Day 83 (Chandler), Freight Rover Semi (Caldwell) and the famous Tony Kelly goal in the promotion season. Every other time we just turned up, paid on the gate and definitely didnt fill it. I remember a game at Easter when neither side was playing for anything in Div 3, we were sat down on the grass in the sun, it was like a pre-season friendly atmosphere. Wouldn’t be surprised if we had as many as they did in their end as well. Never went in our end once at their old ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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