In issue 13 the Gigg Lane Rock Lyrics section featured this brilliant parody of 'A Town called Malice'.
With the unmentionables from Horwich heading downwards again at last, it's a good time to give it another airing.
A Town Called Bolton
Better stop dreaming of the premier league
Cos its the one you'll never know
The only way you'll leave division one
is to drop back down below.
Stop fantasizing about things you'll never do,
its a better that 12 months from now
we'll see you in division 2
In a town called Bolton.
Rows and rows of disused seats
in your old graet lever stand.
And you talk of ground improvements
Is another supermarket planned?
So you got promotion
did a bus tour round the town,
but your time in division one is short
'cos this year you're going down.
In a town called Bolton.
Struggle after struggle
Year after Year.
Then you bought half of Bury's team
and they moved you up a gear.
In a town called Bolton.
In the embankment rain,
our view of the game
gets dashed against the Co Op.
But we're tanked on beer and we always cheer
'Cos we've stuffed the buggers again.
In a town called Bolton.
The ghost of Wanderers victory
Lost in your great grandfathers brain,
It's over 70 years ago
since their league win at Gigg lane.
But our annual Burnden victory
Well we all remember this,
I could go on for hours and probably will
'Cos I love to take the piss
Out of a town called Bolton.
Sunday 30 March 2008
Another Funny Old Season
It feels very odd to be able to sit back at the end of March and review matters unfolding above and below without too much fear of becoming involved in the action. The last few weeks since the appointment of Alan Knill have thankfully been a revelation with players playing in their best positions, useful loan signings coming in and, best of all, a straight talking boss who doesn't use 'gaffer speak' but says it as he finds it.
The final few weeks of the Casper reign were a complete misery, awful to watch and depressing to discuss because we knew that we were drifting ever downwards into the end of season lottery that is the relegation scrap, suddenly with AK in charge there's a skip in the step of Shakers people again and positive noises coming from everywhere.
The fact that Knilly still lived in Bury and likes being in the town maybe sets him apart from other bosses that there's a little bit of the fan in him too. He quickly knew he didn't like what he saw in the five at the back defence, and the strange tactics and made our football simple to watch, play and understand.
He has a good idea for who needs a kick, and who needs a gentle arm around them and has got the lads playing in a way I feared was impossible. It goes to show that the cynics who say "there's no money, you have to make do with what you can get" are wrong. The same players are suddenly looking quicker, stronger and happier and consequently playing better football.
Hopefully we can look forward to next season with confidence that the Casper pattern of awful start, october recovery, christmas blues, spring panic which had become too regular will be banished to the memory, and a bit of Knilly normality return to life at Gigg.
The final few weeks of the Casper reign were a complete misery, awful to watch and depressing to discuss because we knew that we were drifting ever downwards into the end of season lottery that is the relegation scrap, suddenly with AK in charge there's a skip in the step of Shakers people again and positive noises coming from everywhere.
The fact that Knilly still lived in Bury and likes being in the town maybe sets him apart from other bosses that there's a little bit of the fan in him too. He quickly knew he didn't like what he saw in the five at the back defence, and the strange tactics and made our football simple to watch, play and understand.
He has a good idea for who needs a kick, and who needs a gentle arm around them and has got the lads playing in a way I feared was impossible. It goes to show that the cynics who say "there's no money, you have to make do with what you can get" are wrong. The same players are suddenly looking quicker, stronger and happier and consequently playing better football.
Hopefully we can look forward to next season with confidence that the Casper pattern of awful start, october recovery, christmas blues, spring panic which had become too regular will be banished to the memory, and a bit of Knilly normality return to life at Gigg.
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