Between which years would you say Bolton had their finest mob(s)?

In recent years it has been horrendous to see the likes of Wigan, Burnley, Blackburn Preston et al take the piss at our place. 

Which years would these teams have dreaded most a visit from Bolton. 
On our day how did we compare to our neighbours and more notorious mobs like stoke, Birmingham, Sheffield United? 
Were we known Nationally for having a bad reputation? 
 

 

Took some good followings to stoke in the 90s 

Night games weren’t the friendliest 

1 hour ago, paulhanley said:

Strong memories of the 70s and 90s Stoke games mentioned above. But there's actually a more recent memory with them. When they tried to get in to the East Stand from the South in the aftermatch of Ivan Klasnic snatching a late winner against the around a decade or so ago. They were not happy little Stokies that day!!

Their assault over the fence at Scott’s was short lived as they picked on the wrong bunch of blokes who should’ve known better at their age

Fun and games on way back from Wembley as well. 

4 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Their assault over the fence at Scott’s was short lived as they picked on the wrong bunch of blokes who should’ve known better at their age

Fun and games on way back from Wembley as well. 

Think I heard of incidents at most service stations between London & stoke on way back😀

6 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

When we score the 1st goal, look how many of us are in the Hull end, standard in those days 😁

Fucking steejay behined the goal in an east is east parker 🤣

Haha, not me guv. 
 

But, a few years before that, we went in numbers and had agro all day.

FD had his steel toe cap boots confiscated by the cops and some young lad lent him his shoes so FD gave him a piggy back to the ground. 😀

We stood our ground all day but then there was a big group of them waiting at the station. Both sides were skins.

Anyway, FD had got his boots back by then and we duly followed him as he smashed into them. They scattered quickly.

He was fcuking fearless.

 

1 hour ago, Steejay said:

Haha, not me guv. 
 

But, a few years before that, we went in numbers and had agro all day.

FD had his steel toe cap boots confiscated by the cops and some young lad lent him his shoes so FD gave him a piggy back to the ground. 😀

We stood our ground all day but then there was a big group of them waiting at the station. Both sides were skins.

Anyway, FD had got his boots back by then and we duly followed him as he smashed into them. They scattered quickly.

He was fcuking fearless.

 

Aye,a very handy little fucker was FD back in the day.

28 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Aye,a very handy little fucker was FD back in the day.

Got to be pushing late 60s perhaps even 70. Saw him at Rochdale this season and had a chat. I reckon he'd still take on anybody on a one on one. 

I used to work with his ex wife at Rockerfellas. 

1 hour ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Aye,a very handy little fucker was FD back in the day.

He’s a top wanderer, many from that era dropped the flag, not FD. 

Is FD the ‘cock of the lever end’ as my dad called him?
He got talking to him in Lincoln after the game got abandoned. Was buzzing off his tits all day after that 😂 

Apparently he's often seen on the local bowling greens a very sedate pass time for the young F I remember. 

11 hours ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Think I heard of incidents at most service stations between London & stoke on way back😀

Yeah me too 😁

Whilst running the other night I observed L'Oréal from a few metres away heading out to the shop. Apparently conditioner false tan and moisturisers are essentials even during a war  

7 minutes ago, Good Knee said:

Apparently he's often seen on the local bowling greens a very sedate pass time for the young F I remember. 

...and Northern Soul events where he is (reputedly) still tearing up the floor.

10 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

...and Northern Soul events where he is (reputedly) still tearing up the floor.

Haha don't know about that P if you'd seen the speed he was walking the last time I saw him at a match this season! Don't tell him I said that though please. 

I remember coming back from somewhere on a coach and a window got smashed by some man u at a service station..anyway driver was fuming so when we got back on motorway he pulled along side a couple of coaches full of man u and the loons on our coach put there windows through with bottles etc....cant remember what year but maybe late 70's iirc..anyone remember..i think it was hereford away that got called off but our coach went all the way down 

54 minutes ago, itdiddidit? said:

Yeah me too 😁

Whilst running the other night I observed L'Oréal from a few metres away heading out to the shop. Apparently conditioner false tan and moisturisers are essentials even during a war  

I’m thinking more sunbed than fake tan

he will read this thinking you cnuts😀

 

Haha you know it 😷

56 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

I’m thinking more sunbed than fake tan

he will read this thinking you cnuts😀

 

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4 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

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The Lurkmeister General.

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15 hours ago, Steejay said:

Haha, not me guv. 
 

But, a few years before that, we went in numbers and had agro all day.

FD had his steel toe cap boots confiscated by the cops and some young lad lent him his shoes so FD gave him a piggy back to the ground. 😀

We stood our ground all day but then there was a big group of them waiting at the station. Both sides were skins.

Anyway, FD had got his boots back by then and we duly followed him as he smashed into them. They scattered quickly.

He was fcuking fearless.

 

We always got the better of Hull except for one game a long time back over the xmas period, when Hull had lots of big, hard fuckers nearly all in sheepskins & Bolton  certainly got the worst of it. Fortunately for me ,I was young enough to escape but years later spoke to a Hull fan who said that they would have been fishermen/dockworkers who were off for xmas.

Stories of FD could probably fill a thread on their own, a couple......

Carlisle away....Carlisle were waiting for Bolton fans at the end of the alley so FD led the charge that scattered them but got detained. The PC told him that they were going to batter him in the van so he managed to distract him & break away,  running off into the moors/hills but followed by some Carlisle fans who'd seen what happened. After a while he stopped & saw that only 1 was still chasing, so he turned back & twatted him, & then made his way home by hiding in train toilets all the way.

Oldham away.....at the back of the Chaddy End ,Bolton & Oldham were separated by a line of police & 1 Oldham fan spent the 1st half threatening FD from the other side. Minutes before half time, the nearest PC quietly told FD that he was going for a brew at h/t, so as soon as he went, FD stepped across & knocked the Oldham fan out & then stepped back as he was carted out. When the PC returned he just nodded at FD & nothing more was said !!

15 hours ago, Steejay said:

Haha, not me guv. 
 

But, a few years before that, we went in numbers and had agro all day.

FD had his steel toe cap boots confiscated by the cops and some young lad lent him his shoes so FD gave him a piggy back to the ground. 😀

We stood our ground all day but then there was a big group of them waiting at the station. Both sides were skins.

Anyway, FD had got his boots back by then and we duly followed him as he smashed into them. They scattered quickly.

He was fcuking fearless.

 

Was you on my coach to Carlisle with FD and all the lads? The one when about 50 of us run about 200 of them after the game but when we got round a corner there was only 10 of us left.

4 hours ago, itdiddidit? said:

Yeah me too 😁

Whilst running the other night I observed L'Oréal from a few metres away heading out to the shop. Apparently conditioner false tan and moisturisers are essentials even during a war  

L'oreal

Earns a plus one from the harwood jury

14 minutes ago, bolton va va said:

We always got the better of Hull except for one game a long time back over the xmas period, when Hull had lots of big, hard fuckers nearly all in sheepskins & Bolton  certainly got the worst of it. Fortunately for me ,I was young enough to escape but years later spoke to a Hull fan who said that they would have been fishermen/dockworkers who were off for xmas.

Stories of FD could probably fill a thread on their own, a couple......

Carlisle away....Carlisle were waiting for Bolton fans at the end of the alley so FD led the charge that scattered them but got detained. The PC told him that they were going to batter him in the van so he managed to distract him & break away,  running off into the moors/hills but followed by some Carlisle fans who'd seen what happened. After a while he stopped & saw that only 1 was still chasing, so he turned back & twatted him, & then made his way home by hiding in train toilets all the way.

Thats the one; he went up on my coach - about 10 didn't make it back - only a few of us continued to chase them into the alley and it was a mess round there

14 minutes ago, bolton va va said:

Oldham away.....at the back of the Chaddy End ,Bolton & Oldham were separated by a line of police & 1 Oldham fan spent the 1st half threatening FD from the other side. Minutes before half time, the nearest PC quietly told FD that he was going for a brew at h/t, so as soon as he went, FD stepped across & knocked the Oldham fan out & then stepped back as he was carted out. When the PC returned he just nodded at FD & nothing more was said !!

 

Had a cracking away trip to Charlton in Dec 77 with FD, 4 of us in a hired car what set off on the Friday afteroon, landed in Birmingham for a great pub crawl round the city, met a bluenose in one of the pubs and he told us about an Irish Club what was open nearly all night, so we all went in having a good sing song with the locals, we staggered out about 5 in the morning and gave our Brummie pal a lift to the south of the city. Got on the M 1 soon after and some pricks tried to cut us up, FD said fucking ram em, driver did and they soon fucked off. Got into London and F opened his door into a lamppost before the car stopped and dented the door, we also checked the bodywork on the other side, which was also dented. Had a mooch in the War Museum at Lambeth before the pubs opened, and then made our way to Charlton. Lost 2-1 and slept all the way back. Mate who drove told me he just chucked the hired car keys on the desk and fucked off quickly.

1 hour ago, bolton va va said:

We always got the better of Hull except for one game a long time back over the xmas period, when Hull had lots of big, hard fuckers nearly all in sheepskins & Bolton  certainly got the worst of it. Fortunately for me ,I was young enough to escape but years later spoke to a Hull fan who said that they would have been fishermen/dockworkers who were off for xmas.

Stories of FD could probably fill a thread on their own, a couple......

Carlisle away....Carlisle were waiting for Bolton fans at the end of the alley so FD led the charge that scattered them but got detained. The PC told him that they were going to batter him in the van so he managed to distract him & break away,  running off into the moors/hills but followed by some Carlisle fans who'd seen what happened. After a while he stopped & saw that only 1 was still chasing, so he turned back & twatted him, & then made his way home by hiding in train toilets all the way.

Oldham away.....at the back of the Chaddy End ,Bolton & Oldham were separated by a line of police & 1 Oldham fan spent the 1st half threatening FD from the other side. Minutes before half time, the nearest PC quietly told FD that he was going for a brew at h/t, so as soon as he went, FD stepped across & knocked the Oldham fan out & then stepped back as he was carted out. When the PC returned he just nodded at FD & nothing more was said !!

 

1 hour ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Was you on my coach to Carlisle with FD and all the lads? The one when about 50 of us run about 200 of them after the game but when we got round a corner there was only 10 of us left.

Yep, I remember going into that alley and there was a couple of them with coshes waiting for us. Howard C was right at the front and he was trying to kick the weapon out of one cnut’s hand.

 I got detained and we were lined up outside the coach. Howard got charged, I think. They took my name and address but I think I told them, Dave M from Longfield Rd. 😁. I got back on the coach as they knew that I was a nice boy really. 

It was the week after the ‘incident’ with Eric H , facing the Odeon. 🙄

Edited April 4, 20206 yr by Steejay

43 minutes ago, Steejay said:

 

Yep, I remember going into that alley and there was a couple of them with coshes waiting for us. Howard C was right at the front and he was trying to kick the weapon out of one cnut’s hand.

 I got detained and we were lined up outside the coach. Howard got charged, I think. They took my name and address but I think I told them, Dave M from Longfield Rd. 😁. I got back on the coach as they knew that I was a nice boy really. 

It was the week after the ‘incident’ with Eric H , facing the Odeon. 🙄

They came round my house and although I denied everything they fined me £1000; have it ready for our next away game 😁

Edited April 4, 20206 yr by RUREADY2ROLL