One of my earliest memories of following the clarets was when my dad took me to watch us play Oldham at Boundary Park in the 90s.

I was very young at the time and can’t particularly remember much about the game. My most vivid memory (I think) was that a helicopter landed on pitch to airlift a player possibly. I don’t know if I’ve dreamt this or whether anyone can recall the game and give me more details of the game in particular.

Thanks in advance.

Only game i remember v oldham in 90s was THAT 3 all draw when we looked doomed after surrendering a lead.

There were lots of fans and police on pitch but no helicopter.

1998 btw.

Pretty sure we got beat at Oldham under Jimmy Mullen and had a player sent off?

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:Pretty sure we got beat at Oldham under Jimmy Mullen and had a player sent off?

We did. It was Marlon Beresford. First of about a dozen red cards for us that season!

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:Pretty sure we got beat at Oldham under Jimmy Mullen and had a player sent off?

Lost 3-0 and Beresford sent off. Second away game in 1994/95

We played them early on in the 99/00 season also with Payton scoring in a one nil win I think.

....and did we draw with them in 98/99 at Boundary Park?

burnmark wrote:We played them early on in the 99/00 season also with Payton scoring in a one nil win I think.

Got a parking ticket that day. Robbing barstewards.

Only ever been away to Olham twice,both ended with 3-0 defeats,the one that Beresford got sent off and previously the 82/83 season....not good memories

Was that the time it was cold and wet and the wind blew at gale force pace so you couldn’t see the pitch for your own tears... or is that too ballpark ?

burnmark wrote:We played them early on in the 99/00 season also with Payton scoring in a one nil win I think.

Second away game of the season and I think Payton also scored in the 1-1 draw there in the previous season during that late unbeaten run.

ClaretTony wrote:Second away game of the season and I think Payton also scored in the 1-1 draw there in the previous season during that late unbeaten run.

Bobbyjo won the grand national on the same day. It was even cold in April at Boundary Park.

NL Claret wrote:Bobbyjo won the grand national on the same day. It was even cold in April at Boundary Park.

It’s always cold at Boundary Park

NL Claret wrote:Bobbyjo won the grand national on the same day. It was even cold in April at Boundary Park.

The Grand National should be one of the later games in the season.

Usually around 7th April

Was the 3-0 one when Sean McCarthy (i think) scored 2 or 3 and did a somersault celebration in front of the Burnley fans nearly starting a riot?

Might be completely wrong but thats a vague memory of the only time I went Oldham

Quickenthetempo wrote:The Grand National should be one of the later games in the season.

Usually around 7th April

The end of CT's post mentioned it was during an unbeaten run late in the season - Stan's first season not the promotion season. Missed the early season games at Oldham as I was always playing cricket, probably still cold though.

Spot on. That was my first away game: we were bloody terrible.

NL Claret wrote:The end of CT's post mentioned it was during an unbeaten run late in the season - Stan's first season not the promotion season. Missed the early season games at Oldham as I was always playing cricket, probably still cold though.

Yes, the 1-1 draw was in 1998/99 during the 11 game unbeaten run st the end of the season. It was the fifth of those games. The 1-0 win was early the following season.

ClaretTony wrote:It’s always cold at Boundary Park

Positively tropical compared to Portsmouth! !!

Marlon also got sent off at Portsmouth on that freezing cold day

I don't think I have ever been so cold

I have a very vague memory of a snowy game at Hartlepool, probably early Eighties, after which I was in hospital for two days. It was the coldest I’ve ever been

The best one was in 1973-74 in the FA Cup. Burnley fans swept across the pitch and took the Chaddy End over. Closely followed by the Anglo-Scottish Cup final in very late 1978. We went two up in a minute in icy conditions.

Both games ended in 4-1 victories.

mkmel wrote:Marlon also got sent off at Portsmouth on that freezing cold day

I don't think I have ever been so cold

it wasn't funny was it !

ClaretTony wrote:Lost 3-0 and Beresford sent off. Second away game in 1994/95

Was my first ever away game that. Can't remember much about it other than us wearing the yellow away strip and big bad John Gayle playing upfront.

Quicknick wrote:The best one was in 1973-74 in the FA Cup. Burnley fans swept across the pitch and took the Chaddy End over. Closely followed by the Anglo-Scottish Cup final in very late 1978. We went two up in a minute in icy conditions.

Both games ended in 4-1 victories.

That was my first visit to Boundary Park.
Seemed to remember a lot of Clarets not bothering with the turnstyles and climbing over, or creating huge holes in the fence, to get in.

Vegas Claret wrote:Positively tropical compared to Portsmouth! !!

Ha ha - January 1995 although it was also cold at Portsmouth, I recall, sat out in the open end in the 2000/01 season. I've had more than my fair share of cold days at Oldham though.

Quicknick wrote:The best one was in 1973-74 in the FA Cup. Burnley fans swept across the pitch and took the Chaddy End over. Closely followed by the Anglo-Scottish Cup final in very late 1978. We went two up in a minute in icy conditions.

Both games ended in 4-1 victories.

There were pieces in the national papers on the morning of the FA Cup tie with Oldham manager Jimmy Frizzell saying that Leighton James wouldn't get past his right back Ian Wood (who later played for us). Apparently Adamson just showed Taffy the reports. After 6 minutes we were 2-0 up through Dobson & Fletcher with both coming from James left wing crosses and we had also wrongly had a third disallowed that came in the same way.

The Anglo Scottish final should never really have been played. I think Torville & Dean would have been better equipped to play on that pitch.

We may never play at Boundary Park again. I can see the latics going down the same path as Bury and Bolton

The Anglo Scottish final should never really have been played. I think Torville & Dean would have been better equipped to play on that pitch.[/quote]

It didn't seem to bother Skippy Kindon!! Great night!

mkmel wrote:Marlon also got sent off at Portsmouth on that freezing cold day

I don't think I have ever been so cold

My first ever Burnley game - was 13 at the time, and still remember it being absolutely bloody freezing that day.

NickBFC wrote:My first ever Burnley game - was 13 at the time, and still remember it being absolutely bloody freezing that day.

I nearly had to leave my shoes behind that day, they’d frozen onto the terracing.

Top Claret wrote:We may never play at Boundary Park again. I can see the latics going down the same path as Bury and Bolton

Every chance of them at least being relegated into non league. We could well have played there for the last time.

jrgbfc wrote:Was my first ever away game that. Can't remember much about it other than us wearing the yellow away strip and big bad John Gayle playing upfront.

Don't think we had signed Gayle at that point.

JohnDearyMe wrote:Don't think we had signed Gayle at that point.

Pretty sure we had, unless it was another 17 stone big black lad upfront He made his debut the week before at home to Stoke, unless my memory is playing tricks on me. Funny the things that stick in your mind from childhood.

jrgbfc wrote:Pretty sure we had, unless it was another 17 stone big black lad upfront He made his debut the week before at home to Stoke, unless my memory is playing tricks on me. Funny the things that stick in your mind from childhood.

Sorry you are right. Thought he was one of panic buy strikers we seemed to sign later on in that season. I was at that match too as a kid, first of many depressing away trips that season!

JohnDearyMe wrote:Sorry you are right. Thought he was one of panic buy strikers we seemed to sign later on in that season. I was at that match too as a kid, first of many depressing away trips that season!

No, he was one of the panic but strikers signed earlie in the season.

John Gayle was definitely a panic buy. Mullen bought him a couple of days before the away trip to York in the league Cup

Top Claret wrote:John Gayle was definitely a panic buy. Mullen bought him a couple of days before the away trip to York in the league Cup

He was a shocking signing

We beat Sheffield United 4-2 on the turf that season and it was on tv (ITV I think, but well before ITV digital) and if memory serves John Gayle scored twice, once with his shoulder.

I might have made most of that up....memory is a bit hazy.

duncandisorderly wrote:We beat Sheffield United 4-2 on the turf that season and it was on tv (ITV I think, but well before ITV digital) and if memory serves John Gayle scored twice, once with his shoulder.

I might have made most of that up....memory is a bit hazy.

He did score with his shoulder but was his only goal. The others were scored by Davis, Hoyland & Robinson.

Robinson!!!! (as well as Gayle!) Crumbs, how bad was the Sheff U side!!!???

Dark Cloud wrote:Robinson!!!! (as well as Gayle!) Crumbs, how bad was the Sheff U side!!!???

They'd just been weakened (?) by the sale of Jamie Hoyland

ClaretTony wrote:Ha ha - January 1995 although it was also cold at Portsmouth, I recall, sat out in the open end in the 2000/01 season. I've had more than my fair share of cold days at Oldham though.

Sat ? we did the um-ba-ba for most of the afternoon just to try and keep warm at Pompey !

Dark Cloud wrote:Robinson!!!! (as well as Gayle!) Crumbs, how bad was the Sheff U side!!!???

Robinson had been decent at Bury but was nothing like the player when we got him because of injuries. Was always said that Mullen was trying to buy someone else from Bristol City but they offered him Robinson and he said yes.

I'm guessing it was that season then that John Gayle ended Nicky Spooners career on the Turf in the infamous John McGinley game? Was certainly a feisty atmosphere that day!

jrgbfc wrote:I'm guessing it was that season then that John Gayle ended Nicky Spooners career on the Turf in the infamous John McGinley game? Was certainly a feisty atmosphere that day!

That was the season

I remember the ‘thank you very much for Jamie hoyland’ Chants after he scored!

Is it true that the Sheff U TV game was the first time we played on a Sunday? I remember Mullen playing up to the cameras, the result, watching it back when me and my dad got home and laughing our heads off at the size of John Gayles flob.