Trotters pics

[TANGODANCER]

Oh wow. So will that have been at an early Burnden or at Pikes Lane?

Burnden. You can see from this that Bolton played at Burnden in 1902.
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[jaffka]

Is it facing the paddock or Manchester road?

i will guess at Manchester road.

[Bruce Rioja]

Is it facing the paddock or Manchester road?

i will guess at Manchester road.

Facing the Paddock I'd say given the terraced houses behind the (Lever) end to the right.

[jaffka]

Did the paddock have a covered stand then? I thought that Manchester road was the first covered stand?

I have lost my Simon Marlund history of BWFC book.

[Harry Genshaw]

Brilliant bit of footage that. I'd say it was taken in front of the Manny Rd and facing the paddock, as that must be the embankment on the left with the train running past.

[TANGODANCER]

All correct. Facing the Paddock with the embankment to the left of screen and a goods train passing by. The two arms that look like they're coming out from the big chimney and look like scaffold, are actually the old style stop/go railway signal arms. If you watch closely you'll see them move.

[jaffka]

All correct. Facing the Paddock with the embankment to the left of screen and a goods train passing by. The two arms that look like they're coming out from the big chimney and look like scaffold, are actually the old style stop/go railway signal arms. If you watch closely you'll see them move.

well done bruce and tango

[jaffka]

All correct. Facing the Paddock with the embankment to the left of screen and a goods train passing by. The two arms that look like they're coming out from the big chimney and look like scaffold, are actually the old style stop/go railway signal arms. If you watch closely you'll see them move.

well done bruce and tango

and harry

[Gary the Enfield]

Is that not the old Embankment in the background?

[TANGODANCER]

Is that not the old Embankment in the background?

Watch the goods train when it crosses the pic. It's running along the top of the embankment.

[Gary the Enfield]

Is that not the old Embankment in the background?

Watch the goods train when it crosses the pic. It's running along the top of the embankment.

Sorry TD. Can't play it. It just appears as a still.

[Bruce Rioja]

Is that not the old Embankment in the background?

Watch the goods train when it crosses the pic. It's running along the top of the embankment.

Sorry TD. Can't play it. It just appears as a still.

Ahhh, the Alan Turing of Enfield strikes again!!!

[TANGODANCER]

Is that not the old Embankment in the background?

Watch the goods train when it crosses the pic. It's running along the top of the embankment.

Sorry TD. Can't play it. It just appears as a still.

Didn't realise that GTE, sorry. The embankment runs from left to right (or vice-versa) behind the goals as it ever did....

[twilight]

I'd say we had a Freedman type manager looking at those results! Great pics

[Prufrock]

Is that not the old Embankment in the background?

Watch the goods train when it crosses the pic. It's running along the top of the embankment.

Sorry TD. Can't play it. It just appears as a still.

Ahhh, the Alan Turing of Enfield strikes again!!!

[Gary the Enfield]

Is that not the old Embankment in the background?

Watch the goods train when it crosses the pic. It's running along the top of the embankment.

Sorry TD. Can't play it. It just appears as a still.

Ahhh, the Alan Turing of Enfield strikes again!!!

[Nicko58]

Some time ago I discovered that if you enter 'Bolton British Pathe' into the search bar on Youtube, you can find quite a few old clips of Bolton at Burnden and elsewhere. There's an absolute belter of a video of the White Horse final, featuring the build-up, highlights and an unfortunately silent interview with the victorious captain Joe Smith, which can be found here, and then there's this one which shows the 1926 FA Cup final. Some of the matches from the earlier rounds of the cup in the 20's and 50's have also been uploaded.

My favourite, however, has to be this one from a game at Burnden against the now defunct South Shields in 1926. Check out that mascot eight seconds in...

[TANGODANCER]

We lost 3-0 to South Shields and you dared to publish that....

Good stuff, well done.

[Burnden Paddock]

Some time ago I discovered that if you enter 'Bolton British Pathe' into the search bar on Youtube, you can find quite a few old clips of Bolton at Burnden and elsewhere. There's an absolute belter of a video of the White Horse final, featuring the build-up, highlights and an unfortunately silent interview with the victorious captain Joe Smith, which can be found here, and then there's this one which shows the 1926 FA Cup final. Some of the matches from the earlier rounds of the cup in the 20's and 50's have also been uploaded.

My favourite, however, has to be this one from a game at Burnden against the now defunct South Shields in 1926. Check out that mascot eight seconds in...

That's Gunnersaurus!! Arsenal stole our mascot.

[Nicko58]

We lost 3-0 to South Shields and you dared to publish that....

Good stuff, well done.

Don't let the title of that video mislead you, TD. We beat them 3-0 and later went on to win the cup.