Sir Roger Hunt RIP

[Take Hunt Off]

Persuaded by Nat to sign for the team he supported as a boy RIP

[medwaywhite]

RIP Roger Hunt another one who was a gentleman another sad day for football 

[burnden]

7 minutes ago, Take Hunt Off said:

Persuaded by Nat to sign for the team he supported as a boy RIP

[buckhurstwhite]

RIP Roger another sad day, I was buzzing when he signed for us.

[Steejay]

Sir Roger Hunt, Sir Roger Hunt, Roger...

As sung by many of us owd gits.

Great memories of him scoring at Deepdale in particular.

Sad day as another gentleman leaves us.

RIP

[Steejay]

2 minutes ago, burnden said:

Great photo.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Just had a read of his scoring rate.

Bloody hell it's phenomenal. Could do with one like that now.

RIP.

[Take Hunt Off]

Liverpool ‘s all time top league scorer.

Not a glamour boy , more a goal machine.

[Rudy]

4 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Just had a read of his scoring rate.

Bloody hell it's phenomenal. Could do with one like that now.

RIP.

Yeah me too before my time but my word what a record 

RIP

[tomski]

RIP to a great footballer and true gent.

Way before my time but told by all.

[Anderson]

Roger and his family lived local to me, not just a great footballer but a great man who raised a wonderful family. 

He'll be missed by many.

[MalcolmW]

I saw him play for Stockton Heath (now Warrington Town) in the Mid-Cheshire League as a teenager. By far the best player on the pitch (box-to-box striker!).

Glad than he eventually joined BWFC after his exploits at Liverpool, including gaining promotion to the top flight after several years of missing out before he arrived.

[Burndens Bogs]

Roger Hunt oozed class both as a footballer and as a man.

 When we signed him i thought we’d really made a statement in signing someone who had actually won a World Cup winners medal.It’s not like he was some old “has been” he was 31 years old and still had a couple of good seasons left in him.

Some of the football he played for us was fantastic.

A lovely bloke who always had time for the fans.

Rip Sir Roger Hunt.

Edited September 28, 2021 by Burndens Bogs

[Mounts Kipper]

Never watched him play but a true football legend, fantastic he played for BWFC who were his first love, saw him at a sportsman’s dinner about 30 years ago and seemed a lovely fella. RIP. 

[leigh white]

R.I.P. Sir Roger.

[Johnnyrotten]

RIP Roger Hunt, sad to hear this news.  He was before my time so I wasn't lucky enough to see him play for us.  Met him briefly when he presented me with a medal in the late 70s in Leigh, even as a kid I was struck by what a gentleman this "star" was.  Always came across as genuine, modest and unassuming.  A credit to football,  to BWFC and this area generally.

[Dr. Feelgood]

A lovely player & by all accounts, a lovely man.

Like Alan Ball, a Bolton fan who wanted to sign for us. When he eventually did he said it "was a dream come true".

I'm glad to have seen him playing for us. RiP Sir Roger.

[Burndens Bogs]

6 hours ago, Take Hunt Off said:

Liverpool ‘s all time top league scorer.

Not a glamour boy , more a goal machine.

Yeh just had a look at his stats - incredible to think he scored more league goals for Liverpool than  Ian Rush or Kenny Dalglish.

[RONNIE PHILLIPS]

3 hours ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Yeh just had a look at his stats - incredible to think he scored more league goals for Liverpool than  Ian Rush or Kenny Dalglish.

Or El Hadji Diouf 😊

[royal white]

I’m Surprised the players didn’t wear black armbands, or did they and I didn’t see? 

[gonzo]

11 minutes ago, royal white said:

I’m Surprised the players didn’t wear black armbands, or did they and I didn’t see? 

Sickening 

[Leyther_Matt]

25 minutes ago, royal white said:

I’m Surprised the players didn’t wear black armbands, or did they and I didn’t see? 

They’d have already been down in London at the time of his passing so might have been a bit short notice on that front. Plus you need EFL/FA approval which, although it seems obvious in these circumstances, might not have necessarily come through in time. 

[bolty58]

All been said earlier in the thread. Absolutely ecstatic when he signed for us and his debut at Deepdale will always be with me. It almost looked like Ewood Park did on that night because so many Bolton fans wanted to see the great mans first game for us.

Absolute gentleman; Bolton fan; World Cup Winner. What else could anyone need in a CV?

RIP Roger.

[RUREADY2ROLL]

9 hours ago, bolty58 said:

All been said earlier in the thread. Absolutely ecstatic when he signed for us and his debut at Deepdale will always be with me. It almost looked like Ewood Park did on that night because so many Bolton fans wanted to see the great mans first game for us.

Absolute gentleman; Bolton fan; World Cup Winner. What else could anyone need in a CV?

RIP Roger.

Massive Bolton following at Preston for his debut and the sound of EI hady o Sir Roger Hunt. Another nice guy gone - RIP Roger

[Burndens Bogs]

3 hours ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Massive Bolton following at Preston for his debut and the sound of EI hady o Sir Roger Hunt. Another nice guy gone - RIP Roger

What a fantastic memory you must have! As soon as i read your post my own memories came  flooding back of being a 9 year old starstruck kid in that packed away end at Deepdale - “Sir Roger Hunt, Sir Roger Hunt,Ee aye adio, Sir Roger Hunt” trouble is, i can’t stop singing it in my head now!

Edited September 29, 2021 by Burndens Bogs