Site Supporter Cheese Posted June 15, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2022 My favourite player of all time is a guest on the latest episode of The Wanderer podcast, with part 2 coming next week. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cdxb2t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrelli Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Gudni is a great person and was such a fantastic leader for Bolton. My all time favourite as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted June 15, 2022 Author Site Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, Farrelli said: Gudni is a great person and was such a fantastic leader for Bolton. My all time favourite as well. I bumped into him in JJB Sports (I think it was at the time?) on Middlebrook the day before the Preston Play-Off Final. I was 18 at the time, but felt like a 10 year old meeting his hero. He signed a copy of the Bolton News for me and shook my hand when I wished him luck, told me to have a safe journey to Cardiff and enjoy the game. I'll never forget it. 😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Something happened to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrelli Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, radcliffe white said: Something happened to him? Subject of the latest wanderers podcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrelli Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 41 minutes ago, Cheese said: I bumped into him in JJB Sports (I think it was at the time?) on Middlebrook the day before the Preston Play-Off Final. I was 18 at the time, but felt like a 10 year old meeting his hero. He signed a copy of the Bolton News for me and shook my hand when I wished him luck, told me to have a safe journey to Cardiff and enjoy the game. I'll never forget it. 😍 I’m a bit older than you but I’d have been the same. He is a top bloke👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Club legend without a doubt. Always comes across as a lovely, humble guy. One of my all time favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Phew. Was worried opening that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanGreavsie Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Remember away at QPR when he came over to our end after the whistle, clapped us then bent down to pick up a tooth he'd dropped off behind the goal line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 I don't normally approach players however I spoke to Gudni when were on Denmark tour years back under Allardyce think we had just failed in play offs either watford or ipswich and lost loads of players, squad was down to bare bones, he was out injured but what a great fella, took time to talk and no edge at all, superb pro and a warrior of a player. Defo a legend and in my top 5 BWFC Heroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) As far as players go, he’s as near as we’ll ever have as fans to have seen the changes at the club during the 90s and 2000s. Mind boggling to think he was signed by Ricoh at Burnden, training with Mark Seagraves, Aidan Davison, Shilton even, and finishes his career under Allardyce at the Reebok playing alongside Okocha, Djorkaeff and, erm, Simon Charlton. Mad really. Edited June 15, 2022 by Leyther_Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said: As far as players go, he’s as near as we’ll ever have as fans to have seen the changes at the club during the 90s and 2000s. Mind boggling to think he was signed by Ricoh at Burnden, training with Mark Seagraves, Aidan Davison, Shilton even, and finishes his career under Allardyce at the Reebok playing alongside Okocha, Djorkaeff and, erm, Simon Charlton. Mad really. he played alongside GAZZA for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnden Pies Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 As a birthday treat I stayed in the Whites Hotel after we beat Middlesbrough to stay up. it was Gudni's last game for us and he spent the evening having a meal in the hotel with his wife, which really touched me. Anyway when he was making his way out I plucked up the courage to go over and I thanked him for all that he'd done for BWFC and to wish him every success back in Iceland; he shook my hand, looked me in the eye, thanked me and said he'd loved every minute playing for us. Utter class that fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWFC_LOVE Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Retired in his prime. Nine goals the season we got promoted in 01 was it? Proper dye in the wool Wanderer too. Class act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Site Supporter Steejay Posted June 15, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2022 24 minutes ago, Cheese said: One of the most memorable goals ever at the Reebok. I can see it now like it was yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breightmet Boy Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 I have a mate who worked at Dickens Menswear on Mealhouse Lane and Gudni used to shop there. My mate said "BB, he doesn't look it on the pitch but he's built like a brick shithouse" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 The goal that stands out for me was at WBA got us back into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted June 15, 2022 Moderators Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 minute ago, radcliffe white said: The goal that stands out for me was at WBA got us back into it Was just about to post the same, probably his most important goal for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Steejay said: One of the most memorable goals ever at the Reebok. I can see it now like it was yesterday. Took me years of hunting through BWFC DVDs to get the footage so the first thing I did was get it on YouTube. I really can’t understand how the late 90s are such a black hole of archive footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 52 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said: Took me years of hunting through BWFC DVDs to get the footage so the first thing I did was get it on YouTube. I really can’t understand how the late 90s are such a black hole of archive footage. And the stuff that does surface is usually pretty poor quality as well, the picture quality on the clips from last couple of Burnden seasons is often better than 98-00 era! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Marc505 said: And the stuff that does surface is usually pretty poor quality as well, the picture quality on the clips from last couple of Burnden seasons is often better than 98-00 era! Moody dvds and dodgy streams at the flying flute will do that. There's not the hard core 80s mob willing to hunt down decent original videos. It's just Keith who now supports city's random videos off his iPhone 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 15 hours ago, Marc505 said: And the stuff that does surface is usually pretty poor quality as well, the picture quality on the clips from last couple of Burnden seasons is often better than 98-00 era! 13 hours ago, stevieb said: Moody dvds and dodgy streams at the flying flute will do that. There's not the hard core 80s mob willing to hunt down decent original videos. It's just Keith who now supports city's random videos off his iPhone 2. I uploaded the Bergsson goal direct from the DVD and it’s still shite quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted June 16, 2022 Author Site Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2022 16 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said: Took me years of hunting through BWFC DVDs to get the footage so the first thing I did was get it on YouTube. I really can’t understand how the late 90s are such a black hole of archive footage. Haha only just noticed it's your video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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