Parade of Legends

[TKIZ!]

Thinking about it today something that Arsenal have done very well is the outside of the Emirates, the Parade of Legends. My question is would this work at Bolton and what 'Legends' would you have on the outside of the 'Bok'?

I think it would inspire a little more than the 'Spirit of Sport' or whatever that weird sculpture thing is on the roundabout?

Roy Hartle? Gudni? Frank Worthington? who?

[BWFC_Wyles]

Personally I'd include Roy Greaves, Jussi, Davo, Eddie Hopkinson, John McGinlay, Frank Worthington, Nat, Gudni & Roy Hartle. From there, I'm not sure.

[General Mannerheim]

That wall looks fantastic at the Emirates, and im sure it could easily be emulated at the reebok!

[Lord Kangana]

Haven't they kind of copied it from Sevilla, and their wall with all the Europeans badges on? TBH never seen it.

[Riviman]

Top 50 BWFC Legends as voted by supporters March 2005

1 --------- Nat Lofthouse
2 --------- Jay Jay Okocha
3 --------- John McGinlay
4 --------- Gudni Bergsson
5 --------- Frank Worthington
6 --------- Eddie Hopkinson
7 --------- Paul Jones
8 --------- Peter Reid
9 --------- Keith Branagan
10 -------- Jussi Jaaskelainen
11 -------- Freddy Hill
12 -------- Youri Djorkaeff
13 -------- Tommy Banks
14 -------- Andy Walker
15 -------- Alan Thompson
16 -------- Bruno N'Gotty
17 -------- Roy Greaves
18 -------- Roy Hartle
19 -------- Per Frandsen
20 -------- Seamus/Jim McDonagh
21 -------- Sam Allardyce
22 -------- Jason McAteer
23 -------- Henrik Pedersen
24 -------- Alan Stubbs
25 -------- Radhi Jaidi
26 -------- John Byrom
27 -------- Eider Gudjohnsen
28 -------- Peter Thompson
29 -------- Willie Moir
30 -------- Kevin Davies
31 -------- Ricardo Gardner
32 -------- David Jack
33 -------- Neil Whatmore
34 -------- Tony Kelly
35 -------- Warwick Rimmer
36 -------- Phil Brown
37 -------- Jimmy Phillips
38 -------- Barry Cowdrill
39 -------- David Lee
40 -------- Ivan Campo
41 -------- Johnny Wheeler
42 -------- Kevin Nolan
43 -------- Malcolm Barass
44 -------- Ray Parry
45 -------- Wyn Davies
46 -------- Franny Lee
47 -------- Dean Holdsworth
48 -------- Syd Farrimond
49 -------- John Thomas
50 -------- Florent Laville

[boltonboris]

Laville? He was fantastic when he was here, but if he made more than 20 appearances, I'd be surprised

[Riviman]

Laville? He was fantastic when he was here, but if he made more than 20 appearances, I'd be surprised

Yep, and I suspect Jaidi had scored the previous weekend hence his inclusion !!!

[boltonboris]

Laville? He was fantastic when he was here, but if he made more than 20 appearances, I'd be surprised

Yep, and I suspect Jaidi had scored the previous weekend hence his inclusion !!!

Didn't notice that! Jeeeeeeeesus

[TKIZ!]

David Lee at 39 while Jaidi at 25 is shocking!

[Montreal Wanderer]

Laville? He was fantastic when he was here, but if he made more than 20 appearances, I'd be surprised

Yep, and I suspect Jaidi had scored the previous weekend hence his inclusion !!!

And ahead of SKD!

[Leyther_Matt]

Got to love Henrik Pedersen being ahead of David Jack!!

[Gary the Enfield]

Has anyone suggested Allardyce or Rioch?

Scratch that. Allardyce is there, but no Rioch?

[Leyther_Matt]

Has anyone suggested Allardyce or Rioch?

Scratch that. Allardyce is there, but no Rioch?

Seems that it's players rather than managers (though a few of them have tried their hand at both).

[BWFC_Insane]

That list is bollocks.

As is any attempt to have a "hero's wall" or "legends parade" or anything similar.

I'm all for remembering the history but stuff like this is wanky pretentious, ott, sycophantic, bollocks that clubs like Arsneal and Liverpool do.

[marshall_42]

where's Dan Smith?

[Riviman]

where's Dan Smith?

51st ??

[Montreal Wanderer]

That list is bollocks.

As is any attempt to have a "hero's wall" or "legends parade" or anything similar.

I'm all for remembering the history but stuff like this is wanky pretentious, ott, sycophantic, bollocks that clubs like Arsneal and Liverpool do.

Oh! Actually IMHO it is not necessarily a bad idea and can be done tastefully. BWFC has a great tradition and such a display could help contemporary and younger fans know about it. However, the selection standard would have to be somewhat stricter than that applied to the fifty mentioned above.

[TKIZ!]

That list is bollocks.

As is any attempt to have a "hero's wall" or "legends parade" or anything similar.

I'm all for remembering the history but stuff like this is wanky pretentious, ott, sycophantic, bollocks that clubs like Arsneal and Liverpool do.

Say what you think BWFCi, as it was just a thought. The awful off white/brown brick work was a bit too depressing to think about so that original thought popped into my head

[Gary the Enfield]

We do have the 'Spirit of Sport' memorial already on the roundabout don't we?

[Riviman]

One major problem with the wall would be an agreement from BWFC, they won't even consider a statue of the greatest of them all, Nat lofthouse, so a wall with tributes to 10, 20, 50 others would I fear be a none starter.