Town v Bolton Memories

my memory is a little different. crowd being around 25,000 and i'd estimate a little under half the crowd was bolton. i was on the terrace with my dad and there were an incredible number of bolton fans there that day.
also another memory is the outside wall of the terrave being spray painted with 'MATT - BWFC' and then going to blackpool in the summer and someone had managed to spraypaint the same thing at the top of the black dipper.
also remember my dad leaving me by the car at the front of the main car park at the back of the terrace at the end of the game and a group of older bolton fans offering me to one of their young uns to beat up. fortunately he was crapping himself more than me and declined the opportunity and they laughed and moved on (phew!!!)

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Your right there were loads of them I was guessing how many was in the terrace I wasnt including all of the open end

Bloody hell, harry belafonte, that's a right blast from the past.. Harry Webster too, where are they now? . Seem to remember the crowd being 27,000, and what a cracking atmosphere it was that day .. Did we lose about four nil too?

Fina score 1 - 0 to Bolton very disapointing we had a few chances chances and could have won

The lad climbing up the floodlight.

My third ever Town game I saw was against Bolton Wanderers in September 1965. Town won 1-0 thanks to a McHale goal in the 72nd minute in front of nearly 25k. John Coddington hit a penalty miles wide at the open end in the first few minutes. It was an evening game and Leeds Road was rocking. I remember it as if it was yesterday ;-)

in canalside before and after every home game.top brackenhall lad ::

looking an old c*** now though :iconlol: :boxing:

Away game at Burden park, sometime in mid 60s. Lost 3-0 at Burden Park, Franny Lee hat-trick. Miserable day out.

A few of us left the match and legged it back to station with about 15 mins to go (sorry). To top a bad day out, we arrived at the station to find a Bolton 'mob' waiting for us and had to run the gaunlet. Train then bricked on way out (different thread I know).

I know it's not about the actual match but during the eighties we were at home to Bolton and me our kid were walking down to the ground, just getting past the wagon and horses i think, it just kicked off inside, a guy actually came through the window cartoon style and carried on running over the road!!! i was only about 11 year old and couldn't believe what i was seeing!!!!!!! :boxing: :boxing:

I've got a feeling that one of their fans also climbed the Leeds Road floodlights during the afore mentioned match from the late 80's ? The match ended 1-1 I think.

When we were both in the third tier we always tended to play each other either very early in the season or very late. A few other memories:

1) First ever trip to Burnden Park late 1980's (maybe '89) and getting the shock of our lives when we discovered that the away end had been literally cut down the middle and replaced with a Normid Superstore. What an eyseore that was.

As a young lad it was supposed to be a birthday treat, but we lost 3-1 wearing the infamous bruised banana kit. I think Maskell scored a penalty for us.

2) 2-2 draw at Burnden the following season (another Birthday outing, two seasons running !). Penultimate game of the season and Town could no longer qualify for play offs after their customary second half of the season collapse. We played really well on the night, only to concede the usual late equaliser.

3) 4-0 win at home with Keith Edwards scoring a hat-trick. Bolton had gubbed us the previous week in the Littlewoods Cup (or whatever it was known as then). We drafted in a lad called Peter Jackson in on a free transfer from Sadford earlier in the week, and he settled a fragile defence. I think Edwards only scored one more that season.

4) 1-1 draw on the opening day of the season at Burnden. Marsden scored (I think). Remember the game mostly for 'Coco' Clarke making his debut and looking very uncertain.

5) 1-1 draw at Burnden on a cold January day. Hardly any games were on that day (only 4 or 5 in the entire FL) but Bolton had undersoil heating. Haylock scored for Town, but lightweight Terriers gave their hosts a usual late equaliser. Probably David Lee, he always ripped us a new one every time he played against us !

6) First trip to Reebok and losing 2-0 (or 3-0) under Jacko. Arrived just in time for kick off after friend driving followed wrong road signs and ended up outside a semi-demolished Burnden Park. Arnar Gunnlaugsson tore us apart and game was over at half time.

7) Going to Reebok in Bruce's first season. Lucketti broke leg, and Monkou did his hamstring. First sign of wheels falling off that season, although Gray and Dyson did a sterling job deputising for much of the remaining matches.

8) 2-2 draw and missed pen from Amstrong (as discussed)

9) Miserable 3-0 late season home defeat to Allardyce's Bolton, missed opportunity to qualify for play offs.

10) Miserable home defeat, shortly before Bruce was sacked. We were so desperate for a striker that we signed Kevin Kyle, who appeared in this game.

11) Town greats played for both clubs: David Burke, Paul Jones, Phil Wilson, Sam Allardyce and Simon Charlton.

Sums up the the ups and downs of following Town with just one opponent

And if he'd scored....we'd have stayed up! Fine margins and all that....

I remember a night game at the McAlpine where Nico nearly scored from a goal kick! It was wind assisted though......

Am I right in remembering a 4-0 home win c.1990 with a Keith Edwards hat-trick?

cheers mate ::