tomski Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, Traf said: Years ago, I went to a Warrington v Widnes RL game. Supposedly a grudge match or something. I lasted 20 mins. I doff my cap you lasted that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, tomski said: I doff my cap you lasted that long. I had a pie, pint and a piss during my stay too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted September 10, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2022 I’ve done a couple of local non-league v league FACup games. Chorley v Wolves at Burnden where the enjoyment of the game was more anti-Wolves than pro-Chorley. Accrington v Scunthorpe at Turf Moor, again, no enjoyment other that watching a shit game David v Goliath… imagine Scunthorpe being a Goliath! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 3 hours ago, MickyD said: I’ve done a couple of local non-league v league FACup games. Chorley v Wolves at Burnden where the enjoyment of the game was more anti-Wolves than pro-Chorley. Accrington v Scunthorpe at Turf Moor, again, no enjoyment other that watching a shit game David v Goliath… imagine Scunthorpe being a Goliath! Paul Moss (Chorley centre forward) left us tickets on the gate for that one, we used to play for the Bug on Sundays, the then missus said if you go to football tonight I won't be here when you get back, I went to football and got home to an empty house, the rest is history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, athywhite1958 said: the then missus said if you go to football tonight I won't be here when you get back, I went to football and got home to an empty house, the rest is history Wish my first marriage could have ended so easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted September 10, 2022 Moderators Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 hours ago, athywhite1958 said: Paul Moss (Chorley centre forward) left us tickets on the gate for that one, we used to play for the Bug on Sundays, the then missus said if you go to football tonight I won't be here when you get back, I went to football and got home to an empty house, the rest is history Reminds me of this country classic   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 6 hours ago, MickyD said: I’ve done a couple of local non-league v league FACup games. Chorley v Wolves at Burnden where the enjoyment of the game was more anti-Wolves than pro-Chorley. Accrington v Scunthorpe at Turf Moor, again, no enjoyment other that watching a shit game David v Goliath… imagine Scunthorpe being a Goliath! I did Wigan v Northwich FA cup game back in the 70s was a cracking game, decent crowd on, thankfully my heart had already been stolen by BWFC otherwise I might have ended up being a pie eater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 6 hours ago, MickyD said: I’ve done a couple of local non-league v league FACup games. Chorley v Wolves at Burnden where the enjoyment of the game was more anti-Wolves than pro-Chorley. Accrington v Scunthorpe at Turf Moor, again, no enjoyment other that watching a shit game David v Goliath… imagine Scunthorpe being a Goliath! Even worse, if they played each other this season Accrington would be the giant! 4 years ago Stockport of National League North went to Yeovil of league 2, and knocked them out of the FA Cup in a "giant killing". Just seems odd when smaller clubs lose to bigger clubs and its called a giant killing. Like if Notts County beat Fleetwood or Morecambe now. Off top of my head I can't think of us claiming a "scalp" when it was a team far smaller than us, thankfully. Would be the case if we beat Bournemouth or Brentford, I'd rather we didn't have that "indignity". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 26 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: I did Wigan v Northwich FA cup game back in the 70s was a cracking game, decent crowd on, thankfully my heart had already been stolen by BWFC otherwise I might have ended up being a pie eater. Ridiculously I did both Wigan-Northwich home and away! I had a load of mates at school who were going to Northwich so I went along for the fun of the FA Cup 1st round (I went to any game going in them days in my defence). Around 10k on for the first and 3rd games, the first was abandoned after an hour with Wigan 3-0 up and when they played it again, it was 2-2, so they had the replay at Wigan. In them days cup games usually attracted a bigger crowd than the league, paying the same prices, not cheaper tickets and smaller crowds like now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 14 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said: Ridiculously I did both Wigan-Northwich home and away! I had a load of mates at school who were going to Northwich so I went along for the fun of the FA Cup 1st round (I went to any game going in them days in my defence). Around 10k on for the first and 3rd games, the first was abandoned after an hour with Wigan 3-0 up and when they played it again, it was 2-2, so they had the replay at Wigan. In them days cup games usually attracted a bigger crowd than the league, paying the same prices, not cheaper tickets and smaller crowds like now. Must have been the replay I went to, got the train from Walkden was great day out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted September 16, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2022 On 10/09/2022 at 10:24, Traf said: Years ago, I went to a Warrington v Widnes RL game. Supposedly a grudge match or something. I lasted 20 mins. I managed to half time in a Shit Helens (as Warrington fans call them) v Warrington when I worked in Warrington. We were behind the sticks but everybody but me could tell if a pass was forward. I told my mates to pick me up from the pub up the road but it was Greenhalls so I was fucked either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ands1 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 On 08/09/2022 at 15:41, Casino said: Used to watch walton play for boro Was a good un Did you ever play for Kenny Wright? Ken Wright was manager at Horwich RMI, I went there training a few times and Ken offered to sign me but I decided to stay where I was out of loyalty to the club I was with. Paul Moss was good at RMI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Mossy player in goal for us in a Sunday league cup final, against Horwich St Mary's (I think) he was good at that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 A merger between the two fan groups has failed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 29 minutes ago, radcliffe white said: A merger between the two fan groups has failed as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 45 minutes ago, Traf said: as expected. Bury have nowt to offer the new lads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfc2003 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Is it the group with ground/no team that voted no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 6 minutes ago, bwfc2003 said: Is it the group with ground/no team that voted no just fell short  https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/23086851.plans-merge-bury-fans-groups-bring-professional-football-back-town-fails/   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Could it be more Pythonesque ? Bury FC Supporters’ Society (BFCSS) and Bury AFC’s Shakers Community Society (BAFCSCS). "Splitters !!!" One with 771 members, 63% saying "yes" and one with 1,003 where 97% said yes ... so it fails by a margin of 3.7% of the 771. That's 28 people of one of the groups, or 1.58% of the whole total. You could have a sitcom based on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestar Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 On 16/09/2022 at 21:59, Francis Fogarty said: I managed to half time in a Shit Helens (as Warrington fans call them) v Warrington when I worked in Warrington. We were behind the sticks but everybody but me could tell if a pass was forward. I told my mates to pick me up from the pub up the road but it was Greenhalls so I was fucked either way. Once went to Leigh v Barrow RL. Donno if Leigh were good or Barrow were shite but i think they stopped counting at about 80odd to nil. Probably wigans 1st ever season in the league went with a mate (just out of curiosity) to see them play tranmere (didn't even know where tranmere was), can't remember the score and not many there but loads of aggro between what looked like school boys. We found it funny but left early. Around the same time i once went to Stoke city , they played utd, utd won 3-0 and stoke fans seemed terrified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Went to watch an FA Cup First Round tie between Slough and Harrogate Railway many years ago, it was a surprise 1-2 away win with a large Yorkshire following. No trouble but quite a lot of verbal hostility. Hopeless floodlights and the game was completed in semi darkness FA Cup First Round weekend is pretty special. Not sure there's much else like it in the world. Before the internet the Sunday papers were a treat. The results page was stacked with fixtures of teams of whom we'd barely heard playing league sides. Real tussles on misty, gloomy November days at grounds not much better than parks football. The only other decent non-Bolton first round tale I have is watching Preston v Blackpool in 1994 - a true grudge match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted October 30, 2022 Moderators Share Posted October 30, 2022 It’s brilliant, Bury FC doesn’t exist as a football entity, the people with the name and Gigg Lane lost their council funding. A car crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted October 30, 2022 Moderators Share Posted October 30, 2022 Like they say: We are Bury AFC, and we have games to run, to watch, and to play. Starting this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Carlos said: Like they say: We are Bury AFC, and we have games to run, to watch, and to play. Starting this weekend. Aye. They don't need the others. They'll get Gigg Lane eventually. Edited October 30, 2022 by mickbrown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Take Hunt Off Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Unfortunately lived in Burton on Trent for a few years .Went to an FA cup fixture when they were at home to Bury in the late seventies .Burton were very non league then most of the locals following Derby Co. Remained fairly neutral until Alan Waldron got pole-axed (he was almost at the end of his career & that tackle didn’t help) Anyway was a decent game Bury won 2-0. John Ritson played for Bury as well . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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