Leyther_Matt Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 hours ago, gonzo said: Times you touched the ball.. Brum at home in that 3-3 with about 10k on. Lowest ever for a league game I think. Always mix the and QPR up around the same time. Wigan at Home in cup which was incidentally my lads first proper game. Ball got booted out of play straight from kick off and I headed the fucker. Lad thought it happened every week Two ball touches in 30 odd years. Crap really. NSL in stoppage time when we were beating Blackburn. Brad Friedal screaming at me to give the ball back so I chucked it further back in to the crowd. They equalised in the extra time added on because of the delay. Dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted November 9, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2022 My first two games were night matches towards the end of 72/73 season when it looked like we were doing very well. Sat in Burnden Stand with my mum and brother and the bloke from next door but one and his son. Not a clue who against or what the score was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Nov 1971 Vs Chelsea League cup with about 29,000 on and lost 0-6. Stood on tall steps on Embankment under scoreboard. Charlie Wright in goal for us and Peter Bonetti (The Cat) for Chelsea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) My first match, I had to look up these details, was a Wednesday night match ... 5 September 1962. Just short of 6 years old, 45,097 (+1) on .v. a team from Salford & we won 3-0. Dad took me as an early birthday present. We were on the Embankment, I was handed over the turnstile by the Manchester Road entrance and I was perched on a barrier to the left of the goal, high enough up that the floor was that black, compacted coal dust/shale. I remember that and being surrounded by loud, cheering grown ups more than once. I had to ask my dad what colour we were. There were Salford types in the Embankment too & I recall some shouting and pushing & shoving. That really is all I recall of it, except that it began in the light but got dark & colder by the end and we left 5 minutes before. Bolton's squad was: Eddie Hopkinson; Syd Farrimond, Roy Hartle; Ian Threllfall, Brian Edwards, Warwick Rimmer, Denis Holden; Freddie Hill, Wyn Davies, Peter Deakin, Brian Pilkington. The opposition was, David Gaskell; Shay Brennan, Tony Dunne (before he saw the light); James Nicholson; Bill Foulkes Nobby Lawton, Johnny Giles, Albert Quixall; David Herd, Dennis Law, Ian Moir*. No subs in those days. Bolton's scorers were Davies, Pilkington & Hill. We lost, 0-3, played only a week later, as was the fashion those days. There were only 37,951 there. We finished the season 18th, one place & one point above the Red gits. Man City & Leyton Orient were relegated. *17 years later I was working for a Company on the Wirral where Ian Moir was a shift worker. Lovely guy. I played with him for the factory team in the West Cheshire League. He was George Best's understudy for years. I had no idea till now that he'd been in this match. Edited November 18, 2022 by Dr. Feelgood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUREADY2ROLL Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 On 14/11/2022 at 21:09, Elvis said: Nov 1971 Vs Chelsea League cup with about 29,000 on and lost 0-6. Stood on tall steps on Embankment under scoreboard. Charlie Wright in goal for us and Peter Bonetti (The Cat) for Chelsea. Went to the 1-1 draw at their place before the 6-0. Loads of Bolton and a great day. We got them in the fa cup same season at Stamford Bridge and lost 3-0 and their lot was waiting in the area end and it wasn’t a good sight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted November 18, 2022 Members Share Posted November 18, 2022 9 hours ago, RUREADY2ROLL said: Went to the 1-1 draw at their place before the 6-0. Loads of Bolton and a great day. We got them in the fa cup same season at Stamford Bridge and lost 3-0 and their lot was waiting in the area end and it wasn’t a good sight I was there also mate. Graham Rowe's greatest game for us. Loads of us in the Shed and wandered under the stand at half time to get to the North Stand where their big lads were (singing about some fucker with a 'staircase nose' for the entire second half). Turned out to be grand lads and we ended up on the piss with them. Couldn't get my head around a skirmish we had half way round with a bunch of gooners. Still can't. Wouldn't have thought Chelsea would have welcomed any of that lot loitering around inside their stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globaldiver Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I really can’t remember, possibly at Blackburn, 1969, lost 3-1. Don’t know why we went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted November 18, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2022 5 hours ago, globaldiver said: I really can’t remember, possibly at Blackburn, 1969, lost 3-1. Don’t know why we went. To watch the match possibly? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globaldiver Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: To watch the match possibly? 😁 Sure, but why did mi dad take us? Perhaps I pestered him, but I wasn’t a pesterer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted November 18, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 hours ago, globaldiver said: Sure, but why did mi dad take us? Perhaps I pestered him, but I wasn’t a pesterer. Had you been naughty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globaldiver Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 13 hours ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: Had you been naughty? More than likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottm_Wanderer Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) On 09/11/2022 at 17:14, Totty Whites said: January 1967 , 3rd round FA cup won 1:0 no idea who scored. Remember the smell of fag smoke mixed with the smell of Asphalt from the old Viking factory at the back of the Burnden Terrace My first match too . Ses earlier in the thread . 28 January 1967 BWFC 1 Crewe 0 Franny Lee ( pen ) Edited November 19, 2022 by Nottm_Wanderer Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Hill Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 v. Chelsea 1964 as a ten year old. We lost 1-0 with Eddie Hopkinson in goal. Was stood on the embankment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 8 hours ago, Freddie Hill said: v. Chelsea 1964 as a ten year old. We lost 1-0 with Eddie Hopkinson in goal. Was stood on the embankment. Weren't you playing, Freddie ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted November 19, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 26th March 1994, Bristol City with David Lee and Owen Coyle scoring.. Fell in love. Phil Browns goal at 1.12 is immense! 1.13 is when we played Bristol... Pitch is a right state!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 4-1 pre season win against Liverpool for me, wish there were some highlights available. They had that gold coloured kit on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 52 minutes ago, Marc505 said: 4-1 pre season win against Liverpool for me, wish there were some highlights available. They had that gold coloured kit on Ian Rush up front for them Was convinced it was going to be a great season after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghana White Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I took my 4 year old to his first match against Oxford. His face stepping into the stadium was brilliant, he enjoyed it but told me he was a Boro fan with 10 minutes left... the battle continues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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