Your BFC Claim to Fame

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Clearing out the loft, I was reminded that I once was part of a team who won the BSA Quiz Night and remarkably we had Keigan Parker on our table! We all got a gift bag and still have it!
 
I took 5 penalties (scored 2) against Peter Shilton at the South Paddock end in a half time competition during Keith Dysons Testimonial v Stoke. I think it was 1976.
 
Not my claim to fame but my Grandad, who was a foreman Brickie, was working on the south (or east) paddock; putting the steps in. One day Joe Smith sidled over for a chat about progress and ended up giving my Grandad a season ticket. Well, that's what I was told as a young boy. It was told to me by several family members so I like to think it was true.
 
Wizzerboy said:
Stan must have been getting on because if he'd have shimmid past your Nan in his prime she'd never have seen him😉😁
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She never forgave him, she genuinely held it against him for years, whereas she loved Morty (he had a sports shop irc and I presume she'd bought my dad something from there at some point) and considered him the archetype of gentlemanly dignity, humility and kindness.

She had absolutely no interest in football at all!
 
This is Ska said:
I took 5 penalties (scored 2) against Peter Shilton at the South Paddock end in a half time competition during Keith Dysons Testimonial v Stoke. I think it was 1976.
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Keith Dyson used to train our youth football team & he & his goodlady Jennifer were friendly with my mum & dad. Mrs D was also a teacher at our school (Hodgson) & cut me no slack.
During our exams in the hall I was sat at the back & couldn't have been sat any further away from Mrs D.
We were told to raise an arm if we needed anymore paper. I did this meaning she had to weave through all the desks to get to me. As she got within a couple of feet I put my other arm up as if I was just stretching. She was furious 😁
Needless to say I won that battle but not the war 🙄
 
I managed the club for a day during Megson's tenure and went scouting with Mike Phelan in the evening.
 
Opened the scoring at the south end of the old ground in a Lancashire Cup final for school. Still a bit gutted now that we went in to lose in extra time.

Made up for it playing in and winning the Harry Johnston cup, under the floodlights in the 2nd half, also for school the following year.
 
Applied for the managers job in the early eighties but forget which manager had been dismissed.I Received a reply on BFC headed notepaper which made my day but was not selected for interview which is a shame as my 10 year old mind had serious plans on our formation moving forward and a list of players required!
 
Paul Stewart was my neighbour when I was 9/10. He reluctantly played football with me and my brother ( probably not allowed in contract).
One day he was spray painting his Ford Escort then not long after he moved to Man City and got a new Montego and took me out for a drive in it.
 
Vic Davison live a few doors down from my parents house.
We'd go outside his and play football in the frail attempt for him to come out and have a kick about with us. Never happened😩

Unlike the great times we had playing footy with Mandy Hill👍
I went to school and was friends with Mandy's lad and we'd have a kick about on the 'garage patch'.
As soon as Mandy got the ball that was game over as you couldn't get the bloody thing back off him😁
Great bloke, taken too soon.
 
I touched Richie Welles’s nipple at Darlington away (took his shirt off, gave me an embrace and somehow poked his nipple 🥴). Most homoerotic thing that will ever happen to me 😂
 
I presented Keith Southern with his PFA player of the month award back in 2005. A solid gold boot stud and a trophy.
 
I was mascot for the 1981/2 Fourth Division encounter Vs Colchester which ended in a bloody awful 0-0 draw.
 
1. Once net Billy Rafferty at my Dentist
2. Mickey Burns used to live opposite my brother in Newton-with-scales and if we were there on a Sunday afternoon used to regularly stand next to him in the Ice Cream van queue 😀
3. Used to deliver pop(Corona Saturday lad) to Burridges landlady and he regularly answered the door 🙃
 
I once did a sponsored charity parachute jump for the club. I was part of the group raising funds to save the club when we nearly went bust in I think in the early 80's. We used to meet weekly at Club Tangerine coming up with events and ways we could raise funds. About ten of us I think did the charity jump which involved a day's training at Blackpool airport ending with a jump from 2,000 ft. I was in plane two and jumped with Tom White who was great with all of us all all day. Tom owned the Boston hotel at the time and had raised by far the most of us through his hoteI. I jumped last with Chris Hull jumping just before me. We were supposed to go through an agreed routine as we jumped. Chris just leapt out shouting Gerinimo.
 
i used to visit Stanley Matthew’s cousin. I once asked her what he might have thought of our previous owners. I think you can all guess correctly what she said!
 
I scored a header from a Suddick cross in a 4-3 pre season friendly at Lawson's Rd.
We only had 10 men and The King was walking his dog and our Manager asked him if he fancied a game.
He played the first half, we were 4-0 up and I scored the 4th goal which turned out to be the winner.
Didn't wash my forehead for a fortnight.
 
I scored at the Kop End whilst playing for The Football League staff team against The Nationwide staff team .
 
Saw Holloway on central car park just after promotion to the premier. No one else was about and we were walking straight at each other, I cheerily congratulated him, he looked me up an down then sneered and walked straight past, without so much a word. Miserable git 😂
 
Peter Suddaby presented our works trophies five a side medals which we won. Jock Dodds was the keeper and he's got the photos to prove it.
 
Shandypants said:
Saw Holloway on central car park just after promotion to the premier. No one else was about and we were walking straight at each other, I cheerily congratulated him, he looked me up an down then sneered and walked straight past, without so much a word. Miserable git 😂
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Your not the only one Holloway has done that to, who made the quote "He only comes alive when the TV cameras are on him".
 
133HSL said:
1. Once net Billy Rafferty at my Dentist
2. Mickey Burns used to live opposite my brother in Newton-with-scales and if we were there on a Sunday afternoon used to regularly stand next to him in the Ice Cream van queue 😀
3. Used to deliver pop(Corona Saturday lad) to Burridges landlady and he regularly answered the door 🙃
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Don't tell anybody these days that you're delivering Corona - unless you are stood at least two metres away
 
Three off the top of my head
1. Played footy hundreds of times with Iain Hesford on "the green" that used to be opposite Cleveleys bus station. Once scored a goal against him in a school game. (The big Sacred Heart versus Beach Road Thornton Cleveleys derby of 1971).
2. Played occasional games with Billy Ronson on the old Fleetwood Grammar fields.
3. Peter Suddaby taught me maths and footy at school
 
CleveleysPete said:
Three off the top of my head
1. Played footy hundreds of times with Iain Hesford on "the green" that used to be opposite Cleveleys bus station. Once scored a goal against him in a school game. (The big Sacred Heart versus Beach Road Thornton Cleveleys derby of 1971).
2. Played occasional games with Billy Ronson on the old Fleetwood Grammar fields.
3. Peter Suddaby taught me maths and footy at school
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As a kid with my mates I used to play on grammar fields regularly against Billy Ronson and his mates using the hockey nets as goals.
He was fine until losing and as he was older would resort to kicking lumps off us.
Lad called Gerrard who was Ronsons mate was a miles better player, we thought Ronson was a dirty bastard but he had the connections so got his foot in the door.
to be fair he turned out to be half decent
 
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Alfie Conn said:
Your not the only one Holloway has done that to, who made the quote "He only comes alive when the TV cameras are on him".
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It was a bit weird. I wasn't in his face it was a cheery "congratulations Ian" with a smile on my face. He looked at me as though I'd mortally offended him, really strange
 
20togo said:
Certainly is. RIP Gaz sadly taken from us at 49. Miss you mate. Rob and Gaz godfathers to my two eldest lads.
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Played for Gaz when he managed No 3 Kingsfield for a couple of seasons in Saturday Combination. Great Bloke and sadly missed.
Played alongside Rob at Kingsfield late 80's / early 90's. Another good lad, and was my neighbour too for a while.
 
I played for a Sunday League team managed by Mickey Walsh. I also played in a walking football team with Derek Spence. Happy Seasider!😁
Just remembered, Billy Rodaway lived 7 doors up from me in Bispham in the 80s!
 
Next Goal WIns said:
Played for Gaz when he managed No 3 Kingsfield for a couple of seasons in Saturday Combination. Great Bloke and sadly missed.
Played alongside Rob at Kingsfield late 80's / early 90's. Another good lad, and was my neighbour too for a while.
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Yep, me Rob Gaz and Paul Edge founded Kingsfield in 1970/71. I played for them for nearly ten years. Edgy sits on same row as me at Bloomfield Rd and used to see Rob when we were in south stand. Still see him occasionally. Presume you know me by name.
 
As an alternative to Fame, this is more about ‘Infamy‘ by association. On Bob Stokoe’s return with Sunderland to Bloomfield Road the season after leaving us as manager, me and my mate hatched a devious plot to remove his trademark Trilby hat. So on his return to the dugout after halftime, we emerged from the West Paddock and whoosh off went the traitors Barnet cover! Followed by us laughing our cojones off leaping back into the West! Happy days!😉
 
20togo said:
Yep, me Rob Gaz and Paul Edge founded Kingsfield in 1970/71. I played for them for nearly ten years. Edgy sits on same row as me at Bloomfield Rd and used to see Rob when we were in south stand. Still see him occasionally. Presume you know me by name.
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Yes, I presume you are PB. I sit with Roy at Bloomfield Road and he mentions you regularly, and Paul is one of my neighbours and old aquait
ance.

Back to the Thread - My BFC Claim to fame, was scoring 5 out of 5 in a school penalty competition and Billy O Rourke was the guest keeper.
He was not amused and didnt smile or congratulate me when handing over the trophy 🤢
 
Once started a chant of 'You're just a fat Ben Burgess' to Jon Parkin which I'd say half the away end at Deepdale joined in with 😁
 
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