February 10, 20224 yr Seems like he's retiring. Been at the club a very long time. Article in the BN about it, and apparently he's not missed a first team game since 1981. That's some going. Top effort.
February 10, 20224 yr Good luck to him done a great job for the club, would imagine a big loss, he’s been well paid for a job that he must of loved.
February 10, 20224 yr 3 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: Good luck to him done a great job for the club, would imagine a big loss, he’s been well paid for a job that he must of loved. Yes. A great bloke and servant to the club. He’ll be very hard to replace. Good luck to him in his retirement
February 10, 20224 yr Part time role as a Historian, can’t really think of a better person for that. Maybe @leigh white
February 10, 20224 yr Author 2 minutes ago, Mr Grey said: Could do with his book updating, I think my version goes up to 1989. Its still an absolute Bible. I would imagine that's a possibility now. Part time club historian would lend itself to exactly that. Some money for the club too flogging the books.
February 10, 20224 yr Must have been a dream job for any fan not good enough to have played. Been a great servant to the club
February 10, 20224 yr 45 minutes ago, Mr Grey said: Could do with his book updating, I think my version goes up to 1989. Its still an absolute Bible. Read every page of this inside out and back to front as a kid.
February 10, 20224 yr 19 minutes ago, Mr Grey said: I still read it, check attendance, who played, scored...etc, superbly written. Blokes a behind the scenes club legend, massive loss. Same here, top book.
February 10, 20224 yr 28 minutes ago, gonzo said: Read every page of this inside out and back to front as a kid. Would absolutely buy an updated version. It's a shame the bloke who put together the complete history of BWFC matches and players on the interweb decided he had enough. Brilliant was that. Shepeard I think he was called 🤔
February 10, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, gonzo said: God yeah BWFC stats. What happened to the database? http://www.boltonnuts.co.uk/stats.html# Don’t think it’s as comprehensive as Shepherds, but it’s the best one I’ve seen since then.
February 10, 20224 yr 24 minutes ago, gonzo said: God yeah BWFC stats. What happened to the database? This one? https://web.archive.org/web/20091027001345/http://geocities.com/nigelsheppard/bwfc/
February 10, 20224 yr If Simon Marland posted on here who would he be? @MalcolmW I'm looking at you statto!
February 10, 20224 yr 16 minutes ago, burnden said: This one? https://web.archive.org/web/20091027001345/http://geocities.com/nigelsheppard/bwfc/ Yeh those are the ones which sadly stopped after the 2009/10 season
February 10, 20224 yr I’d be amazed if Simon Marland didn’t have a database far and above any of those seen online before.
February 10, 20224 yr 55 minutes ago, desperado said: http://www.boltonnuts.co.uk/stats.html# Don’t think it’s as comprehensive as Shepherds, but it’s the best one I’ve seen since then. Bloody hell nice one, had no idea of its existence. 34 minutes ago, burnden said: This one? https://web.archive.org/web/20091027001345/http://geocities.com/nigelsheppard/bwfc/ Nice one 🙌
February 11, 20224 yr Top man is Simon, I'm luckily enough to know him personally and spend nearly every Sunday (when Bolton aren't playing) watching Swinton RL home and away with him, his knowledge is unbelievable he remembers absolutely everything regarding BWFC.
February 11, 20224 yr Wow not missed a fixture from 1981 and missed one home game which was Watford since 1975 that’s some record Edited February 11, 20224 yr by Farnywhite
February 11, 20224 yr 18 hours ago, gonzo said: Read every page of this inside out and back to front as a kid. I have the 1887-2002 edition & referred to it twice only yesterday (can'tfind Vernon Allott anywhere in it). I'd love him to update it to the Evatt era one day. Not many people with Simon's utter devotion. No side to him and worked with some of the best & some of the worst. We can only thank him, admire him & wish him the best.
February 11, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, glennboltw said: Top man is Simon, I'm luckily enough to know him personally and spend nearly every Sunday (when Bolton aren't playing) watching Swinton RL home and away with him, his knowledge is unbelievable he remembers absolutely everything regarding BWFC. Where did his support for Swinton come from.
February 11, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said: Where did his support for Swinton come from. I think his support first started when Swinton moved to play at Gigg Lane, I'm sure his daughter went to school in Bury or had some affiliation with Bury and he got some tickets to watch Swinton and just became hooked.
February 11, 20224 yr This was the updated ( at the time ) version , it goes up to 2011 . Edited February 11, 20224 yr by dusan nikolic
Seems like he's retiring. Been at the club a very long time.
Article in the BN about it, and apparently he's not missed a first team game since 1981. That's some going. Top effort.