peanuts2 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Dont tell lemys they will be resurecting that idea next all joking aside very sad day for nw football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticMark Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/jan/09/newsstory.sport6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddyexile84 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 12 minutes ago, LaticMark said: https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/jan/09/newsstory.sport6 What was the general thoughts at the time? Obviously internet was still in it's infancy with regards forums and social media then but if AL suggested this I would imagine he would be (quite rightly) driven out with pitch forks and torches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperKeeper Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, Chaddyexile84 said: What was the general thoughts at the time? Obviously internet was still in it's infancy with regards forums and social media then but if AL suggested this I would imagine he would be (quite rightly) driven out with pitch forks and torches There was such an uproar that it finished Ian Stott as chairman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddyexile84 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 9 minutes ago, SweeperKeeper said: There was such an uproar that it finished Ian Stott as chairman. Thanks - I was 14 and it was during my "pretend to support Liverpool or be bullied period" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worcester Owl Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I went to school in Bury in the 70s. Back then Gigg Lane had one of the finest pitches in the country. Terry McDermott dropped by one day to help with our school team training, before he hit the big time with Liverpool. A very sad day as @peanuts2says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfatjoe1 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Worcester Owl said: I went to school in Bury in the 70s. Back then Gigg Lane had one of the finest pitches in the country. Terry McDermott dropped by one day to help with our school team training, before he hit the big time with Liverpool. A very sad day as @peanuts2says. Very sad. They had some good players. Always remember Derek Spence (Oldham reject, of course) and the excellent Terry Mac. What's happening to football at this level is tragic. Still, nice to see Macc are back up and running, even though it's a long way back. Well done Robbie Savage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddyexile84 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Worcester Owl said: I went to school in Bury in the 70s. Back then Gigg Lane had one of the finest pitches in the country. Terry McDermott dropped by one day to help with our school team training, before he hit the big time with Liverpool. A very sad day as @peanuts2says. Got quite a few ex player connections to Bury havent we? Matt Tipton Chris Porter Dale Stephens Peter Clarke Chris Armstrong Lee Duxbury Connor Ripley Probably a good few more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris15Arm Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, Chaddyexile84 said: Got quite a few ex player connections to Bury havent we? Matt Tipton Chris Porter Dale Stephens Peter Clarke Chris Armstrong Lee Duxbury Connor Ripley Probably a good few more Nicky Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Down Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 35 minutes ago, Chris15Arm said: Nicky Adams George Jones David Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 How much? Less than £6m? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddyexile84 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 minute ago, kowenicki said: How much? Less than £6m? As much as someone is willing to pay? As we’ve said with BP - they’ve not specified a price. I guess the fact it has no business on it and administrators needed to get the best they can will drive the price down - like bidding on repossessed houses at auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Chaddyexile84 said: Got quite a few ex player connections to Bury havent we? Matt Tipton Chris Porter Dale Stephens Peter Clarke Chris Armstrong Lee Duxbury Connor Ripley Probably a good few more Mike Jones Sam Wynne: https://www.chrishobbs.com/deathofsamwynne1927.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Bosnian Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I always remember Christian Collusso (The Inspector) scoring at Gigg Lane in the last minute, great days. Went there many times over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 16 hours ago, Chaddyexile84 said: Got quite a few ex player connections to Bury havent we? Matt Tipton Chris Porter Dale Stephens Peter Clarke Chris Armstrong Lee Duxbury Connor Ripley Probably a good few more Gary Kelly and his disco pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott2 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 23 hours ago, peanuts2 said: Dont tell lemys they will be resurecting that idea next all joking aside very sad day for nw football Good riddance to them. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worcester Owl Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 9:52 AM, Lee Sinnott2 said: Good riddance to them. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch... If by "them" you mean Bury FC, I'm not having that. It was a tragedy for the playing staff, club officials and fans. There are several lower league clubs struggling to survive of whom we may be one. It's despicable, and tempting fate, in my view to dance on any club's grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Sad for some of the staff, some of the old dears who went all their lives and sad for those to tried to speak out and warn others but were drowned out. Fuckin hilarious on all those drown outers tho goading us and thinkin they were mint when they were paying players tens of thousands of pounds whilst chasing promotion, but still needing to give away teams both ends of the ground to try and scrape the cash together Must have been there ten times and they were shaking buckets at us half the time!! Could easily have been us tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitts Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Its a tragedy when any football club goes out of business for a few weeks wages of a Premier League Player Football clubs like Oldham and Bury are the hub of their local communities. Its the whole structure of football, the distribution of TV money and owners who are not "fit and proper" that are the problem. It all needs a good shake up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 22 minutes ago, Whitts said: Football clubs like Oldham and Bury are the hub of their local communities. Might have been true a few decades ago, but now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott2 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 16 hours ago, Worcester Owl said: If by "them" you mean Bury FC, I'm not having that. It was a tragedy for the playing staff, club officials and fans. There are several lower league clubs struggling to survive of whom we may be one. It's despicable, and tempting fate, in my view to dance on any club's grave. I mean the Bury fans who were lobbing coins into the away end when I was carrying my then 3 year old son out of the ground. Every time I read about their demise, I smile a little bit more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 19 hours ago, Monty Burns said: Sad for some of the staff, some of the old dears who went all their lives and sad for those to tried to speak out and warn others but were drowned out. Fuckin hilarious on all those drown outers tho goading us and thinkin they were mint when they were paying players tens of thousands of pounds whilst chasing promotion, but still needing to give away teams both ends of the ground to try and scrape the cash together Must have been there ten times and they were shaking buckets at us half the time!! Could easily have been us tho. Yep, there were Bury fans giving it the big one about their squad in 17/18. They ended up being relegated and going bust because of that squad. They regularly under-estimated how many we'd bring until they cottoned on that they could give us both ends of their ground and still have enough room for their fans. Although for balance I think the intelligence we gave them was off as well. The fiasco in April 2013 when they locked fans with tickets out, had some empty seats in the away end, while claiming poverty summed that club up. Oh and this (warning for swearing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 1 hour ago, rudemedic said: Yep, there were Bury fans giving it the big one about their squad in 17/18. They ended up being relegated and going bust because of that squad. They regularly under-estimated how many we'd bring until they cottoned on that they could give us both ends of their ground and still have enough room for their fans. Although for balance I think the intelligence we gave them was off as well. The fiasco in April 2013 when they locked fans with tickets out, had some empty seats in the away end, while claiming poverty summed that club up. Oh and this (warning for swearing) Why the hatred for a club when the majority of fans are fine? All have their idoits, ours being no exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 I don't hate them. l view them with amusement like the Scottish and the Welsh. Figuratively look down and smile at them whilst ruffling their hair, maybe give em a worthers original or sumat. Playful kick up the arse as you move them along as you try and get on with something that actually matters in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Rumour Latics and Oldham Rugby may be ground sharing, but not at BP, anyone else heard this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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