Wolves fan The angriest I have ever been at a football ground was at Burnden Park in 1995 when John McGinlay punched David Kelly in a play off game back in 1995; the most obvious sending off you could wish to see. McGinley stayed on and of course scored the winner! I hated Bolton and McGinlay for years... ...flash forward to 2021. I would give anything to spend just another game at a proper ground like Burnden Park, watching footballers like John McGinlay giving their all rather than a life time of modern footballers being paid millions to perform in a soulless stadium. I miss proper football.
I was there for the last game against Charlton. We only took 200 tickets off Bolton and they put us in that little temporary scaffold stand. Had a few beers before and after in a pub just across the road from the ground. Bolton fans were really good that night. I went to Burnden Park 4 times with Charlton and we lost every time lol.
I never saw the ground as it ended up with a supermarket built in to it, just remember it as it was when I used to stand in the stands from the early 1960's till 1971, did see a match on Bermudian tv around 1981 Bolton v Chelsea think it was a 1-1 draw ( Chelsea scored both goals) great memories still my team
Believe it or not, I played there. Our team, Canon Slade Grammar School, won the George Fell Cup for Under 15s in 1967. I'm afraid I dont remember who we beat. The pitch at Burnden was raised, like a stage, about 3 feet above the red gravel track that surrounded it. (Many a winger became ruefully acquainted with the red gravel after "chopper" Hartle or Tommy Banks deposited them there.) I mention this because we were supposed to play the day before at Bolton's practice ground but torrential rain caused a postponement. The next day at Burnden it was if there'd been no rain! The field was huge. I believe it was the maximum: 130yards by 100 yards. It certainly seemed that. One other memory: the shape of the goal frames was elliptical, not square or round. Lots of other memories. We lived half a mile away and I went to many, many matches. Saw, inter alia, Lofthouse, Finney (as a visitor), Franny Lee, Fred Hill, Wyn Davies, Brian Douglas (visitor). Thanks dad, RIP.
In my opinion, and I am quite a new/young supporter, the passion is always going to be there. We will always have passion each and every game, waiting to see our team return to the top flight of football one day. We will watch with passion every game, hoping for a win. It is such an on-off experience, to support a club who go from high to low VERY quickly and unexpectedly. I hope to see the team play in top flight football again, one day.
How many old school grounds were condemned in the 90's? My team Middlesbrough were the first and seemed to start a trend of every first and second division side moving to a soulless bowl, where each stand was indistinguishable from the other.
Reebok never created atmosphere, loved burden park Saturday afternoons few frames at spencers ,cheese salad and chips then to watch wanderers ,what a great life.miss it
Scriptwriters would've dismissed it as a plot too corny...relegated year before but smashing the division to pieces and being crowned champions..or at least getting the trophy..the last footballing act at Burnden. Club not really been the same since ..even Sam Allardyce years seem a long time ago now. The same Sam Allardyce that used to plough through the burnden mud. Great times sadly missed Had a pint with Gerry taggart the day after in the Coach and Horses..now sadly gone..great bloke.
Ironic that you chose Pink Floyd's Echoes from their Meddle album as drummer Nick Mason was part of the consortium that saved Bolton Wanderers in 2018.
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The angriest I have ever been at a football ground was at Burnden Park in 1995 when John McGinlay punched David Kelly in a play off game back in 1995; the most obvious sending off you could wish to see. McGinley stayed on and of course scored the winner! I hated Bolton and McGinlay for years...
...flash forward to 2021. I would give anything to spend just another game at a proper ground like Burnden Park, watching footballers like John McGinlay giving their all rather than a life time of modern footballers being paid millions to perform in a soulless stadium.
I miss proper football.
John McGinlay - what legends are made of. Fantastic video.!!
I used to go to every home game at burnden Park. Also went to this final game. Absolutely loved it there. The atmosphere was immense.
I was there for the last game against Charlton. We only took 200 tickets off Bolton and they put us in that little temporary scaffold stand. Had a few beers before and after in a pub just across the road from the ground. Bolton fans were really good that night.
I went to Burnden Park 4 times with Charlton and we lost every time lol.
I never saw the ground as it ended up with a supermarket built in to it, just remember it as it was when I used to stand in the stands from the early 1960's till 1971, did see a match on Bermudian tv around 1981 Bolton v Chelsea think it was a 1-1 draw ( Chelsea scored both goals) great memories still my team
Believe it or not, I played there. Our team, Canon Slade Grammar School, won the George Fell Cup for Under 15s in 1967. I'm afraid I dont remember who we beat. The pitch at Burnden was raised, like a stage, about 3 feet above the red gravel track that surrounded it. (Many a winger became ruefully acquainted with the red gravel after "chopper" Hartle or Tommy Banks deposited them there.) I mention this because we were supposed to play the day before at Bolton's practice ground but torrential rain caused a postponement. The next day at Burnden it was if there'd been no rain! The field was huge. I believe it was the maximum: 130yards by 100 yards. It certainly seemed that. One other memory: the shape of the goal frames was elliptical, not square or round. Lots of other memories. We lived half a mile away and I went to many, many matches. Saw, inter alia, Lofthouse, Finney (as a visitor), Franny Lee, Fred Hill, Wyn Davies, Brian Douglas (visitor). Thanks dad, RIP.
a part of me died when this ground was no more 💔
There isn't this passion at Bolton anymore.....the spark has gone. Very sad.
Not when it comes to fighting it isn't.
In my opinion, and I am quite a new/young supporter, the passion is always going to be there.
We will always have passion each and every game, waiting to see our team return to the top flight of football one day. We will watch with passion every game, hoping for a win.
It is such an on-off experience, to support a club who go from high to low VERY quickly and unexpectedly. I hope to see the team play in top flight football again, one day.
was there as a pool fan loved it best game ever
Higson is a one-off. I'm not even a trotter and know who he is. Mr BWFC if there was ever one.
How many old school grounds were condemned in the 90's? My team Middlesbrough were the first and seemed to start a trend of every first and second division side moving to a soulless bowl, where each stand was indistinguishable from the other.
Reebok never created atmosphere, loved burden park Saturday afternoons few frames at spencers ,cheese salad and chips then to watch wanderers ,what a great life.miss it
Scriptwriters would've dismissed it as a plot too corny...relegated year before but smashing the division to pieces and being crowned champions..or at least getting the trophy..the last footballing act at Burnden.
Club not really been the same since ..even Sam Allardyce years seem a long time ago now.
The same Sam Allardyce that used to plough through the burnden mud.
Great times sadly missed
Had a pint with Gerry taggart the day after in the Coach and Horses..now sadly gone..great bloke.
Would love to see this made as a film!
Ironic that you chose Pink Floyd's Echoes from their Meddle album as drummer Nick Mason was part of the consortium that saved Bolton Wanderers in 2018.
Once these grounds move outside of the town , they lose there heart . The Reebok was always a Soul less place.
Great music - what are the tunes ?
Echoes by Pink Floyd
plus a bit of pink floyd
Should never have put seating in the Lever End in the late 1970s.
the music is off putting