Rizlar Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 1968 Bolton vs Derby think it finished 5-3 to Derby only 8 years old went with my uncle and alll his mad mates . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 1997 Bolton 3 Wolves 0, Battle of Burnden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 1982 Bolton 3:1 Newcastle Utd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Just now, DazBob said: 1982 Bolton 3:1 Newcastle Utd That was a decent game for a first one. Huge away following, big home crowd, great weather, great win, crowd trouble, it had it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 1989, 2 - 0 win at home to Sheffield United. I mostly remember the snack Mars bars my Dad had brought for half time and the pigeons flying in the roof for some reason. Also being scared witless when we scored the first, never heard anything like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottm_Wanderer Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) As28 January 1967 BWFC 1 Crewe 0 Franny Lee ( pen ) I was 9 years old, stood on the embankment with my dad, grandad and some of their mates . I shouted all the way through the match " come on Bolton" , I don't think I shut up , I was that excited . Bizzare thing is I caught the bus from Bradshaw to trinity Street on my own and waited outside the Queen's cinema for my dad and grandad to finish drinking in the trotters on Bradshaw Gate . Even more surreal moment , when my grandad died and my dad lost interest , I used to go on my own , millwall at burden was my first " solo" game . Last home game of 1968 I was 10 years old . By the time I'd made some mates at secondary school , I went with them . 50 odd years service and we've never won anything !! Edited November 5, 2022 by Nottm_Wanderer Added a bit more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjhb Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 1997, Luton at home in the cup at Burnden. 2-1 down at ht, won 6-2 if I remember correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrelli Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 14 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said: This was my first game. That was mine as well, so we do have something in common😀Roy Greaves hatrick that day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Traf said: 1965? Who did you support before you left school? Swinton RLFC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted November 5, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2022 6 hours ago, DazBob said: 1982 Bolton 3:1 Newcastle Utd That was mine! 👏 Keegan mania. 3-1 to us. I thought we were brilliant, little did I know what was to follow the rest of the decade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrotter Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Spent all my early years abroad. Came to Bolton in Summer of 68. Dad from Atherton and mum was from Carlisle and we had relatives down for the game/Boxing Day. We all stood together on the Embankment. I was hooked despite the defeat. Only time my dad came with me. I went on my own/with mates thereafter. Bolton Wanderers v Carlisle United, 26 December 1968 Score 1-0 to Carlisle United Competition League Division Two Venue Burnden Park, Bolton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 14 minutes ago, desperado said: That was mine! 👏 Keegan mania. 3-1 to us. I thought we were brilliant, little did I know what was to follow the rest of the decade! Aye, think my Dad only took my brother and I so we could see Keegan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 The Newcastle game was my 2nd game. The 1st was a carefully selected Tuesday night match home to Notts County 25/11/80. Picked to avoid crowd trouble. Also the day Roberto Duran said No Mas. Perhaps I should have said the same... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 3 hours ago, DazBob said: Aye, think my Dad only took my brother and I so we could see Keegan. Upstaged by Tony Henry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestar Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 05/11/2022 at 11:26, Traf said: When i first started going we seemed to always be playing Fulham, did we get them in cup competitions too around the mid 70s?? That John Lacy sticks in my mind too, very tall lad similar style to Paul Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted November 6, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Whitestar said: When i first started going we seemed to always be playing Fulham, did we get them in cup competitions too around the mid 70s?? That John Lacy sticks in my mind too, very tall lad similar style to Paul Jones. There was the famous trilogy with Bobby Moore getting sent off at Burnden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestar Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 1 minute ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: There was the famous trilogy with Bobby Moore getting sent off at Burnden. Rings a bell, was that around the time a lad runs on & gives a handbag to Rodney Marsh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianofcleveleys Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 1970-71 season, home to Sheffield United, won 2-1, think Paul Fletcher scored one or both goals. Not much more joy afterwards that season, relegation beckoned but the next few years were a great watch for a young lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted November 6, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 6, 2022 31 minutes ago, Whitestar said: Rings a bell, was that around the time a lad runs on & gives a handbag to Rodney Marsh?? Yes, the sending off was in the League Cup, the handbag incident in the League game about 3 or 4 weeks later if I remember right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted November 6, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 05/11/2022 at 07:15, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: 1st I can remember is Eddie Hopkinsons testimonial, 1st league game Villa in Div 3 (72ish?), massive away following, both were enthralling for a young lad. Villa was a year earlier than I remembered, should have clicked as I was at the famous Garry Jones game a month later!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted November 6, 2022 Moderators Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 05/11/2022 at 07:15, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: 1st I can remember is Eddie Hopkinsons testimonial, 1st league game Villa in Div 3 (72ish?), massive away following, both were enthralling for a young lad. Same season villa had 48 thou on v bournemouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted November 6, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Casino said: Same season villa had 48 thou on v bournemouth Never knew that...... Mind you our 33,000 for a midweek game against Blackburn the season after wasn't too shabby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Well one thing is true, its certainly gentlemen of a certain vintage on here. Feel like a whippersnapper 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 20 hours ago, desperado said: That was mine! 👏 Keegan mania. 3-1 to us. I thought we were brilliant, little did I know what was to follow the rest of the decade! Attendance was 17,738, if I'm not mistaken we never got anywhere near that crowd again in the 80s. 2nd home game v Wolves was 9,264, next 3 homes, best crowd was 5,804! You just don't get that fluctuation any more with all seater grounds and the volume of STs sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted November 6, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 6, 2022 6th Feb 1982. Home win over Barnsley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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