leigh white Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Bolton were ripping the league apart in 75/ 76, with Sunderland and Bristol City on our coat tails, then the run in collapsed, losing to all low placed teams, Oxford, Blackburn and fucking York all at home. Took me ages to get over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted December 26, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2021 That's football innit. No further explanation needed really. Sometimes you go on a bad run and lose games you're expected to win. It happens to every team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 37 minutes ago, leigh white said: Bolton were ripping the league apart in 75/ 76, with Sunderland and Bristol City on our coat tails, then the run in collapsed, losing to all low placed teams, Oxford, Blackburn and fucking York all at home. Took me ages to get over it. Typical Bolton!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: Typical Bolton!! Some memorable kick offs that season on the Manchester Rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter victor meldrew Posted December 26, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2021 york game did it for me as a 12 ,year old. pitch was muddy as f..k, they shot ,ball got stuck in the mud. all the players stopped looking at the ball, waiting for the ref to decide if it had crossed the line or not. never happen these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, victor meldrew said: york game did it for me as a 12 ,year old. pitch was muddy as f..k, they shot ,ball got stuck in the mud. all the players stopped looking at the ball, waiting for the ref to decide if it had crossed the line or not. never happen these days. You say that, then Plymouth's third goal happened... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, leigh white said: Some memorable kick offs that season on the Manchester Rd. Was only 11/12 so bit young to head into town those days, used to get the 42 bus or sometimes just walk back home to save the few pence, quite often saw coaches bricked further up manchester road just before St. Peter’s way as there was, possibly still is an underground tunnel that takes you under St. Peter’s way which was a quick escape for the lads chucking the bricks… different times back then. Edited December 27, 2021 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Two seasons running we blew it, despite being the league's best team. Somehow kept much of the squad together & finally made it ... for just 2 seasons and we were broke, letting players go and on a slide. But those good years ... my, they were fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said: Two seasons running we blew it, despite being the league's best team. Somehow kept much of the squad together & finally made it ... for just 2 seasons and we were broke, letting players go and on a slide. But those good years ... my, they were fun. Absolutely fantastic era, the last decade of 30/40/50k attendances our crowds & support were on a different scale to anything witnessed since, 10/15 and nearly 20k away followings, immense times and I’ve never ever forgot the massiveness of our support, the feel of anticipation all week, arriving 3 hours before kick off I was so excited, if I could just bottle that buzz. Magical times. Edited December 27, 2021 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted December 27, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted December 27, 2021 56 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: Absolutely fantastic era, the last decade of 30/40/50k attendances our crowds & support were on a different scale to anything witnessed since, 10/15 and nearly 20k away followings, immense times and I’ve never ever forgot the massiveness of our support, the feel of anticipation all week, arriving 3 hours before kick off I was so excited, if I could just bottle that buzz. Magical times. The big away followings were reserved for FA Cup games. Twice at Huddersfield; one v Huddersfield and one v Emley. Both great followings. DMBs away was a decent crowd as was Everton in semi-final of League Cup. Great times to follow the whites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 It was two the following year that stand out for me Carlisle 3-4 & Sheffield Utd 1-2. They'd both not long since been in the 1st division so it probably wasnt too surprising to most but as a young lad, I was crushed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Marc505 said: You say that, then Plymouth's third goal happened... He wouldn’t know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 We hit town after the final match of the season 0-1 loss to Wolves. Very morose & pissed in the Anchor as the players & coaches came in. Mostly legless. I will never forget Ian Greaves slurring the words, referring to Sammy Chung, the Wolves manager ... "... an' 'e came up t'me ... an' y'know wha' 'e sed ?! 'e shook mi 'and, an' sed "Bad luck. You'll do it next season". NEXT FCKG SEASON !! I told 'im to fck off. Fckg yellow cunt !". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 40 minutes ago, MickyD said: The big away followings were reserved for FA Cup games. Twice at Huddersfield; one v Huddersfield and one v Emley. Both great followings. DMBs away was a decent crowd as was Everton in semi-final of League Cup. Great times to follow the whites. Massive following at Derby for the 1/4 final and FA cup replay at Elland Road, Emley game was much later era, didn’t compare to the following we took in 76. Edited December 27, 2021 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted December 27, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted December 27, 2021 26 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: Massive following at Derby for the 1/4 final and FA cup replay at Elland Road, Emley game was much later era, didn’t compare to the following we took in 76. Went to Derby. Set off to Elland Road but didn’t get there. The Huddersfield game in 76, I recall we had a full side and one end. Did we outnumber the home crowd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, MickyD said: Went to Derby. Set off to Elland Road but didn’t get there. The Huddersfield game in 76, I recall we had a full side and one end. Did we outnumber the home crowd? Same, we had the big terrace and think we had behind one goal, definitely outnumbered them from memory there was about 28k on and about 15k from Bolton. Edited December 27, 2021 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 1 hour ago, MickyD said: Twice at Huddersfield; one v Huddersfield and one v Emley. Emiley game was in the 90s when Tony Kelly scored . Would of thought the biggest away following in the late 70 S would of been the league cup games against Newcastle at Leeds and Everton . Before my time but must of been 20k at Everton and over 25k at Leeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted December 27, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted December 27, 2021 The Christmas game at Blackpool was another large following & let's not forget Ewood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted December 27, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted December 27, 2021 And Spurs in the cup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 32 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: The Christmas game at Blackpool was another large following & let's not forget Ewood. That must of been the biggest. Was trying to think of the biggest away following of a game I went to and we actually won would probably be the Liverpool game with Rioch Not sure how many we took though Edited December 27, 2021 by Farnywhite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfc2003 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 50 minutes ago, Farnywhite said: That must of been the biggest. Was trying to think of the biggest away following of a game I went to and we actually won would probably be the Liverpool game with Rioch Not sure how many we took though 8500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 2 hours ago, bwfc2003 said: 8500 Thanks that must be the biggest apart from a Wembley game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Dr. Feelgood said: Two seasons running we blew it, despite being the league's best team. Somehow kept much of the squad together & finally made it ... for just 2 seasons and we were broke, letting players go and on a slide. But those good years ... my, they were fun. Best years of my BWFC life 75-80. Two absolute heartbreaks but the joy of going up third time was amazing thanks to that Ewood game Strangely I don’t remember us being broke at that time. We had massive attendances (massively underreported - 18K every week, oh aye) and I always remember my Dad saying that we were one of only a few clubs actually in the black at the time. We’d invested in the under soil heating and were still getting good crowds on Saturdays when other clubs were postponing games and getting shit attendances for rearranged midweek fixtures. Could be completely wrong of course Never saw the Manny Road shenanigans as my Dad parked in The Haulgh as we were Burnden Paddock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrotter Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Some huge away followings in 77/78. Blackpool, Hull, Oldham and Blackburn away to name a few. Went to Mansfield in the March 13k on. Probably not that many people in the whole of Mansfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, TrickyTrotter said: Some huge away followings in 77/78. Blackpool, Hull, Oldham and Blackburn away to name a few. Went to Mansfield in the March 13k on. Probably not that many people in the whole of Mansfield. Remember the Mansfield trip mainly because we went to catch a coach from Moor lane bus station and back then you just rocked up jumped on either Hargreaves coaches or Ribble Rabble coaches (which were cheaper if you were skint) and there were that many fans there that they ran out of coaches, was shitting it thought I’d miss the game, luckily Ribble commandeered a single decker 84 bus stop which was a right bone shaker and top speed of about 50 mph. Who smashed the long range goal at Mansfield was it Ritson? Great days!! Edited December 27, 2021 by Mounts Kipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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