FOLLOWING Bolton Wanderers certainly has its ups and downs – but there are certain advantages to signing on to being a Super White.
If you remember Aldershot, Newport and Scarborough, Big Sam dancing with Jay Jay or giving Fernando Hierro a standing ovation in his final game of football, some of the things on our list might bring a smile to your face.
Asked the question: “Something you only know if you’re a Bolton Wanderers fan” we got a great response from readers on Twitter and Facebook. Here’s a list of some of the best…
1. That Super John McGinlay only gave David Kelly a “wee push”…
2. Being offered a “rub-off” by Dave Higson on the coach to an away game was considered perfectly normal.
3. You know what a Norpig was.
4. What it feels like to dream of a team of Nicky Hunts.
5. How a proper commentary should be done. Ding-dong-doo!
6. That Wanderers were the only Premier League team to have three Jamaican players on their books at the same time.
7. Tony Christie’s Amarillo can transport you instantly back in time. And that there are ‘alternate’ lyrics.
8. That you can’t mess with Stig Tofting.
9. There is only one Robbie Savage. And we know what his backside looks like.
10. How to use Burnden Park’s Lever End toilets without having to break stride.
11. The blue light covers in the Lofthouse Upper stand roof were put there for a Coldplay gig in 2005 and have been there ever since!
12. You know Barry Knight’s name and you have a picture of him on your dart board.
13. The fastest route out of Wembley after going 3-0 down in 30 minutes.
14. There were two Zicos.
15. Why Mark Lawrenson lost his ‘tache.
16. Adam Le Fondre, he is a Wanderer, ole, ole, ole, ole…
17. It is possible to come on in the 80th minute, score the winner AND get sent off in the same game.
18. The capacity of Feethams…
19. What it was like to own a Dane Hat, an inflatable fish or an Ivan Campo wig.
20. What TR85 stands for.
21. That we only need a second string to get results in the UEFA Cup.
22. That Jay Jay was so good, they named him twice.
23. Knowing the joy of watching away fans travelling up the escalator outside Normid singing songs, thinking they were entering the stadium.
24. That Emile Heskey can play centre half, Sam Ashton can play up-front and Henrik Pedersen plays left-back.
25. That Frank Worthington scored the best goal ever.
26. That David Wheater > Neil Diamond.
27. Watching your club win more court cases than football matches in a season.
28. That John Byrom’s middle name is ‘Tetley’.
29. Nemanja Vidic feared Ariza Makakula.
30. David Felgate could kick a ball from one end of Bolton to the other with a decent wind.
31. Wanderers were unbeaten in Europe in 1993/94.
32. That Burnden Park's car park was mint for a game of knockout.
33. The entire population of Bolton was in the away end at Hull at Boothferry Park.
34. The look of sheer panic on a players’ face at Burnden when Dave Higson interviewed them against their will.
35. It is possible to hit the Normid sign from the penalty spot at Burnden.
36. That Bolo Zenden kicked it twice.
37. Knowing neither of these is Mixu Paatelainen.
38. How to spell Giannakopoulos.
39. That a dislocated finger isn’t going to stop Super Kevin Davies finishing a match.
40. It was three pies for a pound in the Burnden Park pie shop.
41. That Tadiusz Novak was fast.
42. That Mario Jardel was not. Any more.
43. That Yang Changpeng was a 6ft 10ins striker from China.
44. That the Postman always delivers.
45. That Sam Allardyce can move well for a big man.
46. Somewhere, there is a very interesting fax...
47. That Dietmar Hamann doesn't like the Bolton accent...
48. We've won the cup. Four times.
49. That we had the Lion of Vienna... And he was one of our own.
50. And that Bolton Wanderers are the greatest football team. Fact.
Did we miss any? List them in the comments section below!
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