Barnsley v Bolton Play Off Semi Final 1st Leg

That was what added to the injustice of it all.  Tranmere had half as many fans, an ugly football team and had finished miles behind us in the regular league.  That game hurt me so much I chose not to go to the Reading match....at half time in that game I though I had made a good decision.........

I was there too o2m and that drive home felt the longest of my life! Just about everything showed the unfair side of the play offs. I can’t remember how many points ahead of Tranmere we finished but I know it was a lot and they just scraped in. As well as the piped music due to their small following I’m sure we were also missing a number of key players due to injuries and I think suspensions which completely changed our game. The rest is history but again like you were able to make up for it in the Reading game which I still think is probably my favourite of all time along with the Swindon home league cup semi final. We’ve had so many ups and downs since but let’s hope tonight’s one of the ups for the next generation? 😁👍

Anyway I’m just about to turn everything off for our flight I will be back on sometime tomorrow afternoon after catching up with the game if I get a chance to watch it as I’m on “Holiday “ COYWM beat Barnsley for us all 👍

we've got a virtual bye to the final, Barnsley in a right state. not only are we faves of all the play off teams. i expected we'd be faves to get through his tie, we're even faves to win at their place.

6/5 BWFC. 9/4 for Barnsley. and 12/5 the draw..so it's not that the draw is even most likely or a short'ish price anyway.

we've had 73 years in the top flight. they've had 1 year. we don't have a divine right, but we should expect to win. and be calm about winning. don't be going crazy over-celebrating & getting tense beforehand. be like Greavsie when he used to score. he didn't celebrate much . expected to score. act like a winner. you hear stories about that old Liverpool bootroom. no big fan fare handing medals out. Ronnie Moran
sweeping the dressing room floor, with a cig in his gob, chucking medals across to people. new players initially thought.. is this it. ? then they realised the message behind it all.
job done..don't go overboard. don't let it go to your head. re-focus for next season. etc etc


what a state Barnsley are in. i fully expected them to get maybe Warnock in or someone like that on a short term deal. to bin their previous manager and just leave an assitant in charge. good grief.

prediction. 2 -1 to us.

Completely different team to last year OM and so are we. I know the games this season have been tight but since those games Barnsleys form has plummeted and talking to the locals here they reckon they’ve just scraped games all season and never been convincing. I think this time Paris and AC plus a functioning Sheehan will be much too much for them in both games. Obviously I could be wrong but I don’t think their physical stature of last season will be there this time. If we can take our chances we could win by a few tonight, especially if we can get an early goal but the danger as always is that we don’t and yet again fail to capitalise on the pressure. It’s never easy at Oakwell but if we’re on the front foot from the start and don’t let Rico resort to the walking stuff then I can only see one outcome. I’ll still go for 1-3 to the Wanderers and not as tough a night as some expect. 🥴😉

2 teams playing as though they’ve never played before
Awful game from both sides (14 mins)

Come on BOLTON how much do you want it

Has Dion touched the ball yet

Baxter’s kicking!!!!!!🤔🤔

Ref has bottled that - straight red if ever I saw one

Great goal but not a great performance. Too many poor passes. Sheehan and Collins not involved enough. Defending OK