5 minutes ago, IvanCampoMD said:

 

See a young person has done it !!

look at that terrace !!!

Best in the North .

I’m sure there was enough room to redevelop Burnden

 

Nowt to do with space why it didnt happen

 

1 hour ago, IvanCampoMD said:

 

well done lad , where did you find that ?

3 hours ago, IvanCampoMD said:

 

Excellent that, thanks for posting. What year(s) were the United game at Burnden and the North/South game at Stamford Brudge?

3 minutes ago, desperado said:

Excellent that, thanks for posting. What year(s) were the United game at Burnden and the North/South game at Stamford Brudge?

Just seen it now, 1945

13 hours ago, IvanCampoMD said:

 

Nice one mate. Brought a tear to all three of my eyes that did.

What a history we have.

As a kid I used to work on the groundstaff at Burnden - I remember chopping the ice and snow off the Embankment to try to get a game on against Everton at the end of the 70's - it was lethal - It was the game where George Wood clattered Peter Reid and lost us the first £1m player. bought my first car (a rusty old hillman avenger) from the wages though.

You can find it easily just Google 'The Great game 'by the British Council .Sommat to do with healthy propaganda those guys .Can't get healthier than this

.Not all of the footage is at Burnden if you look closely some of the footage of bwfc v stretford munitions workers is at Maine rd (Old Trafford out of action due to bomb damage) not to be confused with thembankment.They do show Lofty scoring at the Embankment though.It was a two legged affair we won 1-0 at home via Lofty then drew 2-2 at Malne Rd.Barras scoring both.

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On 28/11/2020 at 10:10, SatanGreavsie said:

I wasn't at the Everton game in the LC semi as I'd just started going (first game was the one before, beating Notts C) and so I've often wondered out of the 50k how many were Everton? Just because the most Bolton fans I've been with at a game must be the 36k for the Fulham match (Fulham brought one coach) - as there's no way we've had a 36k allocation for any Wembley/Cardiff event, and other big crowds at Burnden I'd been in had significant away numbers. So if you were at the Everton game do you beat the 36k?

I only remember bits of the game, the Mackenzie penalty miss was the abiding memory. The atmosphere was off the scale though, hairs on the back of the neck were bristling as the teams came out.  I do remember the disappointment after being so close to Wembley and I recall an older Everton fan consoling me briefly as we trudged under the bridge afterwards.

The Everton away leg was amazing

When Whatmore scored in front of us, wow, just wow

Radio comms are well worth a listen

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7 minutes ago, Casino said:

The Everton away leg was amazing

When Whatmore scored in front of us, wow, just wow

Radio comms are well worth a listen

Only did the home, remember the radio commentary of the first leg equaliser, must have been amazing to be there.  It was from a free kick given for too many steps by the keeper wasn't it ? Those were the days!

22 minutes ago, Casino said:

The Everton away leg was amazing

When Whatmore scored in front of us, wow, just wow

Radio comms are well worth a listen

Very hairy afterwards , the knives were out for us as they say.

On 29/11/2020 at 14:30, gonzo said:

Send it someone with a Twitter or youtube accout and theyll upload it. 

@paulhanleycould do it on his YouTube. Id do it on Twitter although it may be too long.

 

I've uploaded that link before mate, not sure which thread it's on though.

 

 

Size of this fucker

3 minutes ago, gonzo said:

 

 

Size of this fucker

Charlton’s old east stand (I think) is the biggest I’ve seen in pomp

42 minutes ago, gonzo said:

 

 

Size of this fucker

Not as wide as the Embankment.

But it’s bloody steep and higher

Be scared of going over the edge if I was at either end!