Why Bolton Wanderers are rubbish and how I wish I'd never heard of them.

gloswhite wrote:I'm with Bonce on this. Over 50 years  of agony and ecstasy. I'm not Bolton born, (mid Wales actually), and I stopped living in in Deane, in 1963, but followed them ever since, no matter where I was/am.
Like it or not, I'm stuck with them, and they are a part of my life, and I'm glad of it, (mostly)

y2johnny wrote:If bolton ceased to exist id sack football off altogether.  

NickFazer wrote:I was around 12 or 13 when my best mate at school badgered me to go to the match at Burnden Park, I had no interest in football at the time and only went to shut him up. The year would be 1977, the year before we went up as champions and I was hooked, that rat bastard stopped going when we got relegated from Div 1 as it was at the time and I was stuck with a life long addiction, cheers mate.

Norpig wrote:i'd find it hard not going to watch a match after all these years so i'd probably follow a non league team nearby but it wouldn't feel the same thats for sure. Lets hope we never have to find out.

Jack Russell wrote:

NickFazer wrote:I was around 12 or 13 when my best mate at school badgered me to go to the match at Burnden Park, I had no interest in football at the time and only went to shut him up. The year would be 1977, the year before we went up as champions and I was hooked, that rat bastard stopped going when we got relegated from Div 1 as it was at the time and I was stuck with a life long addiction, cheers mate.

Yeah and it was you who persuaded me to start going in November 1985 you fazer faced bastard !!

wanderlust wrote:I've had to put up with some shite, got into a few fights, have spent a fortune and wasted entire weekends over the years but I don't mind because it's a tribal thing and part of my identity. Sure the rewards are few but I think that enjoying and appreciating good footie - even if it's the other side that are playing it - is compensation of some sorts. Never been a glory hunter and the teams I follow in other countries tend to be equally shite - Stirling Albion being a prime example.
When we have good players, sound tactics and it all comes together is more of a bonus than an expectation for me - which under the circumstances is perhaps as well.

rammywhite wrote:

wanderlust wrote:I've had to put up with some shite, got into a few fights, have spent a fortune and wasted entire weekends over the years but I don't mind because it's a tribal thing and part of my identity. Sure the rewards are few but I think that enjoying and appreciating good footie - even if it's the other side that are playing it - is compensation of some sorts. Never been a glory hunter and the teams I follow in other countries tend to be equally shite - Stirling Albion being a prime example.
When we have good players, sound tactics and it all comes together is more of a bonus than an expectation for me - which under the circumstances is perhaps as well.

Interesting post Lusty!
I was born in Stirling and have a house there. I'm up there this week and on Saturday I'll be watching the Albion play Cumbernauld Colts in the Cup game. And I'll enjoy it as much as I enjoy watching the less-than-superwhites. But I'm coming back south on Monday for the Brentford game. On reflection that's quite sad- but as others have said ,it's in your DNA and much as you'd like to shrug it off, it's impossible. It's a  tribal thing- and BWFC are my tribe.

To be honest I still like going to the Macron as there can be sublime joy that comes from pain.
I love a good moan with hundreds of others in the East Stand Upper- the same geriatric no-marks that have sat near me since the stadium opened.

y2johnny wrote:Bath City springs to mind for some reason

boltonbonce wrote:

y2johnny wrote:Bath City springs to mind for some reason

Isn't that a bathroom superstore?