Anyone but him!

[bwfcdan94]

two things firstly i wouldnt take BSA back now as he is clearly past it and leaving Bolton has damaged his carrer secondly hoof ballstill works look at Stoke they are basically coping us they will soon be in europe again and will stay up for at least a few more years. we are more likely to have succes especially in this league with a good hoofball manager than a passing football manager and anyway we could attract a better quality hoofball manager than we could passing football manager

well what club was he far the most succesfull at and he hasent lasted to long in a job since that club

[truewhite15]

two things firstly i wouldnt take BSA back now as he is clearly past it and leaving Bolton has damaged his carrer secondly hoof ballstill works look at Stoke they are basically coping us they will soon be in europe again and will stay up for at least a few more years. we are more likely to have succes especially in this league with a good hoofball manager than a passing football manager and anyway we could attract a better quality hoofball manager than we could passing football manager

well whart club was he far the most succesfull at and he hasent lasted to long in a job since that club

He's still very highly thought of in the profession. He was doing well at Newcastle before the owner went loopy. He was doing well at Blackburn before the owners went loopy. He's doing very well at West Ham.

[James B]

find it incredible people can slag allardyce off on here. he's an arrogant sod but if we get a better manager in my lifetime i'd be very surprised.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

If it was Di Canio (unlikely, I know), I'd find another club to support..

And I honestly mean that.

Why?

[bwfcdan94]

find it incredible people can slag allardyce off on here. he's an arrogant sod but if we get a better manager in my lifetime i'd be very surprised.

were you around when Bill Riding was he was defo better

[Lost Leopard Spot]

ZULU. Do him.

[truewhite15]

find it incredible people can slag allardyce off on here. he's an arrogant sod but if we get a better manager in my lifetime i'd be very surprised.

were you around when Bill Riding was he was defo better

Feck off!! If you are who you say you are, then you've feck all idea about Bill Riding!!

[bwfcdan94]

find it incredible people can slag allardyce off on here. he's an arrogant sod but if we get a better manager in my lifetime i'd be very surprised.

were you around when Bill Riding was he was defo better

Feck off!! If you are who you say you are, then you've feck all idea about Bill Riding!!

i admit i know little about him but he was manager for 17 years so i presummed anyone who was manager for 17 years must of been quite good (mind u this is all irrelevant as he is dead now) what do a Bolton fans have against their longest serving manager

[truewhite15]

find it incredible people can slag allardyce off on here. he's an arrogant sod but if we get a better manager in my lifetime i'd be very surprised.

were you around when Bill Riding was he was defo better

Feck off!! If you are who you say you are, then you've feck all idea about Bill Riding!!

i admit i know little about him but he was manager for 17 years so i presummed anyone who was manager for 17 years must of been quite good (mind u this is all irrelevant as he is dead now) what do a Bolton fans have against their longest serving manager

Nothing against him...

[bwfcdan94]

this is all i know about him and there is a bit more good then there is bad there

Ridding replaced Walter Rowley, who resigned due to ill health, in October 1950 as manager of Bolton Wanderers. The 1950–51 season saw a significant improvement in Bolton’s league performance, finishing eighth, six places higher than the previous season. The following season they finished three places higher in fifth. An FA Cup final appearance followed a year later; however they lost a thrilling encounter against a Stanley Matthews inspired Blackpool team 4–3. Another fifth place finish came in the 1953–54 league season as well as a run to the quarter finals of the cup. The 1954–55 season saw Bolton struggle for form in the league, narrowly escaping relegation, finishing the season in eighteenth place. Bill Ridding’s men bounced back the following season to finish in a respectful eighth position, following that up with a ninth place the next year.

The 1957–58 saw Bolton win their fourth and, to date, last FA Cup with a victory over a post Munich Manchester United. Nat Lofthouse scored twice in a 2–0 win. The team that won the cup had cost just £110 in signing-on fees.[3]

The FA Cup victory inspired Bolton in the league as they embarked on their finest league performance in 33 years, finishing the 1958–59 season in fourth position. The year later they finished sixth, a position it would take another forty five years to replicate. A slow and gradual demise in Bolton's fortunes started from here, linked somewhat to Lofthouse's retirement and respective finishes of eighteenth, eleventh and eighteenth foreshadowed what was to come. Ridding also missed out on signing Alan Ball, who joined Bolton on a trial in 1961. Ridding rejected Ball on the grounds that, at 5 ft 6 ins, he was too small to make the grade as a footballer, advising him that "You'll make a good little jockey!"[4]

The 1963–64 season proved to be the nadir of Ridding's times at the club as a twenty first place finish condemned Bolton to relegation, their first time out of the top flight since 1935. In the 1964–65 season Bolton narrowly missed out on promotion back to the top flight, finishing the season in third position. Positions became gradually worse, with Bolton finishing ninth, twice, and then twelfth, at the time the clubs worst ever position. Ridding left Bolton just before the start of the next season and was replaced by Lofthouse.[5]

[Lost Leopard Spot]

find it incredible people can slag allardyce off on here. he's an arrogant sod but if we get a better manager in my lifetime i'd be very surprised.

were you around when Bill Riding was he was defo better

Feck off!! If you are who you say you are, then you've feck all idea about Bill Riding!!

i admit i know little about him but he was manager for 17 years so i presummed anyone who was manager for 17 years must of been quite good (mind u this is all irrelevant as he is dead now) what do a Bolton fans have against their longest serving manager

I just thought you were an idiot. But I am now firmly of the opinion that those who called you a WUM were right all along.

[truewhite15]

this is all i know about him and there is a bit more good then there is bad there

Ridding replaced Walter Rowley, who resigned due to ill health, in October 1950 as manager of Bolton Wanderers. The 1950–51 season saw a significant improvement in Bolton’s league performance, finishing eighth, six places higher than the previous season. The following season they finished three places higher in fifth. An FA Cup final appearance followed a year later; however they lost a thrilling encounter against a Stanley Matthews inspired Blackpool team 4–3. Another fifth place finish came in the 1953–54 league season as well as a run to the quarter finals of the cup. The 1954–55 season saw Bolton struggle for form in the league, narrowly escaping relegation, finishing the season in eighteenth place. Bill Ridding’s men bounced back the following season to finish in a respectful eighth position, following that up with a ninth place the next year.

The 1957–58 saw Bolton win their fourth and, to date, last FA Cup with a victory over a post Munich Manchester United. Nat Lofthouse scored twice in a 2–0 win. The team that won the cup had cost just £110 in signing-on fees.[3]

The FA Cup victory inspired Bolton in the league as they embarked on their finest league performance in 33 years, finishing the 1958–59 season in fourth position. The year later they finished sixth, a position it would take another forty five years to replicate. A slow and gradual demise in Bolton's fortunes started from here, linked somewhat to Lofthouse's retirement and respective finishes of eighteenth, eleventh and eighteenth foreshadowed what was to come. Ridding also missed out on signing Alan Ball, who joined Bolton on a trial in 1961. Ridding rejected Ball on the grounds that, at 5 ft 6 ins, he was too small to make the grade as a footballer, advising him that "You'll make a good little jockey!"[4]

The 1963–64 season proved to be the nadir of Ridding's times at the club as a twenty first place finish condemned Bolton to relegation, their first time out of the top flight since 1935. In the 1964–65 season Bolton narrowly missed out on promotion back to the top flight, finishing the season in third position. Positions became gradually worse, with Bolton finishing ninth, twice, and then twelfth, at the time the clubs worst ever position. Ridding left Bolton just before the start of the next season and was replaced by Lofthouse.[5]

So wikipedia then.

Fecking WUM.

[bwfcdan94]

seriously what did he do wrong

[Lost Leopard Spot]

seriously what did he do wrong

Feck off dipshit.

[TANGODANCER]

find it incredible people can slag allardyce off on here. he's an arrogant sod but if we get a better manager in my lifetime i'd be very surprised.

were you around when Bill Riding was he was defo better

You are making yourself look more foolish than normal, if that's possible.

[89bwfc89]

Dan...don't think it's what HE did wrong.

Remember I told you you make people think you are a WUM and if you took some of the advice on board they wouldn't think that? This is a prime example. Just saying.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

find it incredible people can slag allardyce off on here. he's an arrogant sod but if we get a better manager in my lifetime i'd be very surprised.

were you around when Bill Riding was he was defo better

You are making yourself look more foolish than normal, if that's possible.

Now that's a more measured response than mine. Thank you.

[Wandering Willy]

Yet another thread fecked up because of numbnuts.

[TANGODANCER]

Yet another thread fecked up because of numbnuts.

Dan's taking a short holiday, which could be followed by a very long one.

[truewhite15]

Yet another thread fecked up because of numbnuts.

Dan's taking a short holiday, which could be followed by a very long one.

Thank feck!!!