Burnden Park was the home of English FA Premier League football team Bolton Wanderers F.C. between 1895 and 1997. Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system... Bolton Wanderers Football Club (also known as The Trotters) are an English professional football club based in the Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West England. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ...

Location

Situated in the Burnden area of Bolton - approximately one mile from the centre of the town - the ground served as the spiritual home of the town's football team for 102 years. In its place is now a large ASDA superstore. It also hosted the replay of the 1901 FA Cup final, in which Tottenham Hotspur beat Sheffield United 3-1^[1]. Bolton is a large town in the north-west of England. ... Tottenham Hotspur versus Sheffield United. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English professional football club which plays in the Premier League. ... Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ...

History

The Railway End of Burnden Park was seen in the 1962 film A Kind of Loving, starring Alan Bates and June Ritchie. A Kind of Loving was a 1962 British film directed by John Schlesinger, based on the 1960 novel by Stan Barstow. ... Alan Bates as butler in Gosford Park (2001) Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE, (February 17, 1934 – December 27, 2003) was a British actor. ...

Burnden Park was also the scene of the Burnden Park Disaster. On 9 March 1946, crowd congestion led to 33 Bolton Wanderers F.C. spectators losing their lives through asphyxiation and hundreds suffering injuries in a crowd estimated to be in excess of 85,000 people, whilst watching their team take on Stoke City F.C. in the Sixth Round second-leg of the FA Cup ^[2]. In terms of scale it was the worst disaster to hit British football stadia until the Ibrox disaster in 1971. is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bolton Wanderers Football Club (also known as The Trotters) are an English professional football club based in the Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West England. ... Asphyxia is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body. ... Stoke City Football Club (originally called Stoke Ramblers then later known as Stoke Football Club until 1926) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England where they play in the Football League Championship. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Ibrox disaster refers to two accidents which led to major loss of life at Ibrox Stadium (formerly Ibrox Park) in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

The disaster led to the Moelwyn Hughes's official report, which recommended limitations on crowd sizes ^[3] Ronw Moelwyn Hughes (6 October 1897 – 1 November 1955), known as Moelwyn Hughes was a Welsh lawyer and a Liberal Party politician who was later elected a Labour Member of Parliament (MP). ...

In its heyday, Burnden Park could hold up to 60,000 supporters but this figure was dramatically reduced during the final 20 years of its life, mainly because of new legislation which saw virtually all English stadiums reduce their capacities for safety reasons. A section of terracing at the ground was sold off in 1986 to make way for a new Normid superstore (which later closed). The majority of the support was on the two wing stands: the Manchester (Manny) Road and Burnden terrace. From the Burnden Stand and Terrace the superstore was on the right and the stand was divided 75:25 between home and away supporters, until a temporary stand was erected for away supporters immediately in front of Normid in 1995, meaning that away fans were allocated the entire Embankment, along with this temporary stand, that ensured the entire Burnden Stand was reallocated to BWFC supporters only. The more vocal fans liked to sit and stand nearest the away fans to taunt them and occasionally the more sober-behaving Manchester Road fans, usually with the chant "Manny, Manny give us a wave! Give us a wave!". But the club's directors had decided by 1992 that it would be difficult to convert Burnden Park into an all-seater stadium. Normid was a chain of superstores, located in northern England. ...

The last-ever Wanderers game played at the historic ground was against Charlton Athletic in April 1997. Bolton, who were already Division One champions, defeated Charlton 4-1 after being 1-0 down at half time. Whites' legend John McGinlay scored the final goal shortly before Bolton received their trophy and the crowd united in singing Auld Lang Syne. John McGinlay (born April 8, 1964 in Inverness,Scotland) is a former Scottish soccer (football) player who is perhaps best known for his spell at Bolton Wanderers in the mid to late 1990s. ...

It was decided to build a new multi-million pound 27,000-seat stadium - the Reebok Stadium - at nearby Lostock and the relocation went ahead in 1997, despite the sadness of many fans. For some years, the site suffered. Travellers camped in the car park of the derelict Normid superstore and Burnden Park itself fell into disrepair. As one of the main routes into town, the site needed to be redeveloped. The Reebok Stadium is the home stadium of English Premier League football club Bolton Wanderers, and is located on the Middlebrook retail park in Horwich, near Bolton. ... Irish Travellers are a nomadic or itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. ...

Today

There is now a large Asda superstore on the site, which opened in 2005 after taking over the Big W. A Co-op travel agents can be found at the front, a Subway restaurant and a new JJB fitness centre/sports store has also been relocated here to make a significant, out of town development. ASDA is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom offering food, clothing and general merchandise products. ... The Co-operative Group, the trading name of Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd, is a United Kingdom consumers co-operative, one of the largest consumer-owned businesses in the world. ... Subway is the name of a multinational restaurant franchise that mainly sells sandwiches and salads. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

References

1. ^ FA Cup finals - "Bolton" listed under 1901. (The reference to Burnden Park in 1902 is an error)
2. ^ Burnden Park disaster
3. ^ MSN Encarta entry on disaster (Subscription needed)

• Burnden Park at the Stadium Guide

Coordinates: 53°34′08″N, 2°24′58″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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