Bolton Wanderers thread 2019/2020

[Ardwick Green Blue]

That's all very sell, but WWYWWWS?

Supporting the Rags, obviously.

 

[KS55]

When I first attended Burnden Park, not only was there a good crowd, but the attendance was swelled by the driver and the firemen of the railway engine which they parked at the open end. Ah yes jumpers for goal posts.
Edit PS. And here it is.
https://pin.it/4kxbdy52bspscd

 

[BrianW]

When I first attended Burnden Park, not only was there a good crowd, but the attendance was swelled by the driver and the firemen of the railway engine which they parked at the open end. Ah yes jumpers for goal posts.
Edit PS. And here it is.
https://pin.it/4kxbdy52bspscd

There was actually an old film (The Love Match I think it was called) where Arthur Askey, playing an engine driver did exactly that, and drove his train at excessive speed to be there on time. (But it was supposed to be City v United.)

Best line from the film, in the magistrates court accused of throwing a pie at the ref. "Football match? It were City and United!" Worth watching if you can find it, corny but a real period piece.

 

[manclad]

"A Kind Of Loving" is set in 1960s Bolton and Alan Bates and James Bolam attend a Bolton game at Burnden Park.
Not sure who the opposition was though,or the result of the game.

 

[KS55]

There was actually an old film (The Love Match I think it was called) where Arthur Askey, playing an engine driver did exactly that, and drove his train at excessive speed to be there on time. (But it was supposed to be City v United.)

Best line from the film, in the magistrates court accused of throwing a pie at the ref. "Football match? It were City and United!" Worth watching if you can find it, corny but a real period piece.

They don't make them like that anymore, thank god.

 

[xgorton]

When I first attended Burnden Park, not only was there a good crowd, but the attendance was swelled by the driver and the firemen of the railway engine which they parked at the open end. Ah yes jumpers for goal posts.
Edit PS. And here it is.
https://pin.it/4kxbdy52bspscd

Remember when I first went I was stood at that end 64/64 we got beat 4-0 think Wynn Davies scored 2 for Bolton,old 2nd Division game Dowd in goal for us.

 

[manclad]

"A Kind Of Loving" is set in 1960s Bolton and Alan Bates and James Bolam attend a Bolton game at Burnden Park.
Not sure who the opposition was though,or the result of the game.

After mentioning "A Kind Of Loving" earlier today,I have just noticed that it is on TV tonight.
Talking Pictures_ Freeview Channel 81.
And people on here think that I throw these threads together without any thought or planning!!!

 

[sir baconface]

Not good to see us becoming gratuitously snide about clubs who have fallen on hard times. It’s just arrogant.

We had a huge stroke of luck getting our owners. They were unlucky getting theirs.

As for attendances, compare the two clubs’ histories and local populations.

Finally, OP, if you’re mortally offended by a routine piss-take chant, maybe football’s not for you.

 

[manclad]

Not good to see us becoming gratuitously snide about clubs who have fallen on hard times. It’s just arrogant.

We had a huge stroke of luck getting our owners. They were unlucky getting theirs.

As for attendances, compare the two clubs’ histories and local populations.

Finally, OP, if you’re mortally offended by a routine piss-take chant, maybe football’s not for you.

It would take more than a few chanted songs to offend me sunshine.
I have had bricks,bottles,snooker balls and darts thrown at or near me at various times over the last 50 years or so, so a few songs ain't going to bother me.
I was merely pointing out the irony of some clubs supporters who sing WWYWYWS and have been poorly attended for large parts of their history(as pointed out by the BWFC fan on this thread quoting poor attendances in the 80s and 90s) and they have now reverted to form with @10k attendances.
They are the very epitome of "fairweather fans" .

 

[roman totale]

My first ever game at Burnden was Bolton against Lincoln City in the mid 80s in the old Third Division. My mate was an Imps fan. I just looked it up and there were 5k there. My second game was a couple of years later in the Fourth Division against Hereford United. That game got about a thousand less.
I think biggest attendance I ever saw at Burnden was for Chorley vs Wolves in the FA Cup. The night Chorley did them 3-0.