There have been some great players born in Bolton and district (yes that includes Farnworth) who have never played for BWFC.

I'll start with one, you name the rest.

Here is mine:

 Tommy Lawton

 

3 hours ago, Traf said:

Nicky Adams

I worked with Nicky Adams uncle Pete for years, a died in the wool BW fan.  He used to watch Nicky as much as possible, which meant watching a lot of Bury and Rochdale.  Then he went to Crawley, they simply offered more money, seems hard to believe that anyone would go to Crawley for the cash (Morais too?).  

41 minutes ago, Farnywhite said:

Agree tommy Lawton was the one that got away read is autobiography and all he wanted to do was play for club as a kid Bolton tried to sign him but Burnley tapped is dad up offered him a job as grounds man assistant and gave them a   house so is dad said your going there . Also nats hero growing up both went to castle hill school 

It was a good book that one , didn't he end up virtually penniless?

Once got talking to Phil Stant outside Su's Chippy in AB. Said he'd love to play for Bolton. 

Me.

10 hours ago, Farnywhite said:

Agree tommy Lawton was the one that got away read is autobiography and all he wanted to do was play for club as a kid Bolton tried to sign him but Burnley tapped is dad up offered him a job as grounds man assistant and gave them a   house so is dad said your going there . Also nats hero growing up both went to castle hill school 

Tommy Lawton didn't attend Castle Hill mate ,I think he was born and lived in Castleton St facing the school football pitch but he went to Folds Rd school. 

12 hours ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

Used to play with Stan when we were kids, he was a bit of a soft arse & a titliner in those days, God lad though. Certainly toughened him up in the army 😁

Played in Bolton boys fed for lads club with Phil, our manager was not very good Phil was our goalie

Also used to play on St Mathews field down Halliwell on a Sunday afternoon.

Last time I seen him was on the 501 bus when I was about 15,told me he had just been to Army careers office and he was joining up.

 

If I remember right his sister was also in the army.

1 hour ago, masi 51 said:

Played in Bolton boys fed for lads club with Phil, our manager was not very good Phil was our goalie

Also used to play on St Mathews field down Halliwell on a Sunday afternoon.

Last time I seen him was on the 501 bus when I was about 15,told me he had just been to Army careers office and he was joining up.

 

If I remember right his sister was also in the army.

I used to play on St Matts as well mainly of an evening iirc... I reckon we must must know each other 😊

Your initials JC by any chance? 

1 hour ago, masi 51 said:

Played in Bolton boys fed for lads club with Phil, our manager was not very good Phil was our goalie

Also used to play on St Mathews field down Halliwell on a Sunday afternoon.

Last time I seen him was on the 501 bus when I was about 15,told me he had just been to Army careers office and he was joining up.

 

If I remember right his sister was also in the army.

Shirley worked at Townleys last time I saw her. 

I am going back to perhaps 1979. And the was a JC  but he was DMB so no it was not me

Bobby Owen.

Can't say many of these are in the 'great' class, some couldn't even tie Tommy Lawton's laces.

53 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

I am going back to perhaps 1979. And the was a JC  but he was DMB so no it was not me

78 for me. I asked because their was a JC & he also played for the Strollers. 

Tommy Lawton was ace. My grandad loved him.

He come to Everton to replace the greatest of them all, who was also his idol....although he would he been all players idol tbh.

Think his grandad was given a groundsman job too.

So has a best of line up been agreed:

Nash, Stephens, Hill, Meadows, Flitcroft, Ainscow, Ball, Norburn, Mariner, Lawton, Fletcher.

The defence is not that great!

Simon Burton - Preston defender  who conceded penalty that Supa John scored to give us promotion

Ryan Kidd ??

10 minutes ago, bwfc2003 said:

Simon Burton - Preston defender  who conceded penalty that Supa John scored to give us promotion

indeed, but he was a centre forward, not a defender.....fuck knows what he was doing there to concede the penalty

1 minute ago, Sweep said:

indeed, but he was a centre forward, not a defender.....fuck knows what he was doing there to concede the penalty

Thought he played full back ?

Jay Jay Oghani knows this lad I think, I remember him by sight as he was from AB.

1 hour ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

78 for me. I asked because their was a JC & he also played for the Strollers. 

The JC you are talking about was a  few years younger.....His brother SC played in those sunday games on St Mathews

23 hours ago, Sweep said:

Tomski

Ah, but was he born in Bolton..?

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42 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

The JC you are talking about was a  few years younger.....His brother SC played in those sunday games on St Mathews

Yeah Ste was my age, Jay a few years younger. 

Not all those born in Bolton and played for the club were a success. After selling Franny Lee to City for 60K we replaced him with Bolton lad Terry Wharton, signed from Wolves for 70K.

Graham Allen....Morris Green lad who played for Everton and Liverpool's second biggest club,Tranmere 

Lee Howarth....think he was a Breightmet lad, made his league debut belatedly aged 23 for Peterborough....played with Lee in the town team alongside Moulden, Darby and Welch.

Alan Kirkman...Man City and Newcastle....his son is a well known face at the match, a good few off here will know him.

Plus we had a Bolton born chap with the honour of being the only one to manage both Man City and Man United.

He's also credited with being instrumental in the respective clubs's moves to Old Trafford and Maine Road.