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On 9 March 1946, the club's home was the scene of the Burnden Park disaster which, at the time, was the worst tragedy in British football history. 33 Bolton Wanderers fans were crushed to death, and another 400 injured, in an FA Cup quarter-final second leg tie between Bolton and Stoke City. [18]
On 9 March 1946, the club's home was the scene of the Burnden Park disaster, which at the time was the worst tragedy in British football history. During an FA Cup quarter-final second leg tie between Bolton and Stoke City, 33 Bolton Wanderers fans were crushed to death, and another 400 injured. [6]
Bolton Wanderers F.C. is an English professional association football club based in Horwich, Bolton.The club was founded as Christ Church F.C. in 1874, making them one of the oldest football clubs in England, and turned professional in 1877, before joining the Football League as founder members in 1888.
The Burnden Park disaster was a crowd crush that occurred on 9 March 1946 at Burnden Park football stadium, then the home of Bolton Wanderers. The crush resulted in the deaths of 33 people and injuries to hundreds of Bolton fans. [1] It was the deadliest stadium-related disaster in British history until the Ibrox Park disaster in 1971.
[8] [9] A 2008 report showed that West Bromwich Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers was the number one rivalry in English football. [10] While Old Firm derby matches between Scottish clubs Rangers and Celtic are known to go beyond the sport with its "enormous quantity of references to wider cultural and political issues". [ 11 ]
Bolton Wanderers's record appearance-maker is Eddie Hopkinson, who made more than 570 appearances between 1952 and 1970. The club's leading scorer is Nat Lofthouse with 285 goals in his 14 years with the club. Along with Hopkinson and Lofthouse, seven other players have made more than 500 appearances.
Chart showing the progress of Bolton Wanderers F.C. through the English football league system from the inaugural season in 1888–89 to the present time. Bolton Wanderers was founded by the Reverend Thomas Ogden, the schoolmaster at Christ Church in June 1874 as "Christ Church F.C." [1] It was initially run from the church of the same name on Deane Road, Bolton, on the site where the ...
He also lauded Bolton's fans and the efforts of Okocha, Djorkaeff and Davies, while noting how Bolton's Campo was effective despite "the odd pantomime dive". [26] Alan Smith of the same newspaper opined that 33-year-old Southgate was the most deserving winner, as reward for his consistency since arriving in an "average" Boro side in 2001.