@owlstalk Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 What can you remember about this bloke? What was he like? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheriwozgod Posted October 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2020 Steve Burtenshaw...........probably just shading Peter Eustace, Alan Irvine and Jos Luhukay as the worst manager in my 50 + years of watching us. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Came with a decent reputation. Wasn’t he a coach at Arsenal at the time? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls about that Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Tough times but great times 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendaryswan Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 The era under Burtenshaw was quite easily the worst times Ive had watching Wednesday,brilliant coach, hopeless manager. Had a stint as manager at QPR and almost relegated them too before they sacked him,later as caretaker boss at Arsenal he won just two solitary games with one of the best sides in the league and suffered some embarrassing defeats. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Remember my dad telling me at the time . "Things will get more professional and successful now with an arsenal man in charge ". Didn't quite work out that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Owl Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, owls about that said: Tough times but great times they were indeed... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Think he was sacked as at coach at Arsenal at same time as George Graham for taking backhanders when transfers took place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAnotherShez Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 21 minutes ago, matthefish2002 said: Think he was sacked as at coach at Arsenal at same time as George Graham for taking backhanders when transfers took place. Never knew that but.............. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Burtenshaw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Capone Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Oh dear. Like so many other "good coaches" terrible manager!! So many of our players at the time praised his coaching methods , which is bizarre as they managed to lose so many games!! ,Never mind though We were the East Bank Republican Army!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOWL Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Dark and miserable days for many of us in the seventies and not just with Steve Burtenshaw. From the game against Man City in 1970 ,when we were relegated from the then First Division, to the Southend match in 1976 where we narrowly escaped dropping into the then Fourth Division. Nowt really to look forward to on those match days but we still had to be there because that's why we are Wednesday. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, REDOWL said: Dark and miserable days for many of us in the seventies and not just with Steve Burtenshaw. From the game against Man City in 1970 ,when we were relegated from the then First Division, to the Southend match in 1976 where we narrowly escaped dropping into the then Fourth Division. Nowt really to look forward to on those match days but we still had to be there because that's why we are Wednesday. A hard core of 7 to 10 thousand of us were there, but plenty lost interest at that time. Remember being at Hillsborough plenty of times with less than 10k there including the Colchester game when we got our lowest post war crowd (just 6,900). For some reason though we still turned up in decent numbers for most away games. It was a strange time, the football was dire, the future looked bleak yet the camaraderie was top notch, maybe because so many of us seemed to know each other! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOWL Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, Utah Owl said: A hard core of 7 to 10 thousand of us were there, but plenty lost interest at that time. Remember being at Hillsborough plenty of times with less than 10k there including the Colchester game when we got our lowest post war crowd (just 6,900). For some reason though we still turned up in decent numbers for most away games. It was a strange time, the football was dire, the future looked bleak yet the camaraderie was top notch, maybe because so many of us seemed to know each other! Afternoon Utah. You are right as the support was all as one and the camaraderie very much in evidence. Never occurred to me once not to go despite the performances and having read John Dysons account it brought back many memories. Not so happy days but all a part of our history. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 5 wins in 42 games and yet he survived to make a terrible start to the following season in Division Three. Different times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, REDOWL said: Afternoon Utah. You are right as the support was all as one and the camaraderie very much in evidence. Never occurred to me once not to go despite the performances and having read John Dysons account it brought back many memories. Not so happy days but all a part of our history. Depends on how you look at it I suppose. As a teenager they were some of the happiest days of my life, win lose or draw (plus all the other stuff outside football)! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubled123456 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 40 minutes ago, REDOWL said: Dark and miserable days for many of us in the seventies and not just with Steve Burtenshaw. From the game against Man City in 1970 ,when we were relegated from the then First Division, to the Southend match in 1976 where we narrowly escaped dropping into the then Fourth Division. Nowt really to look forward to on those match days but we still had to be there because that's why we are Wednesday. I was on the Kop on that fateful day when we lost against Man City. City tried to help us out by missing many chances. They forgot to tell the sub as he scored and we were relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOWL Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 minute ago, doubled123456 said: I was on the Kop on that fateful day when we lost against Man City. City tried to help us out by missing many chances. They forgot to tell the sub as he scored and we were relegated. Me too mate and it sticks in the memory like it was yesterday. The beginning of our 70's decline but we still stuck with 'em all the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Dec1966 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I lived in Tibshelf, between Mansfield and Chesterfield and having those two above us was awful in the 70's but, bad as we were, I took pride in following Wednesday. No internet, no mobiles but you just walked into a pub before an away game and it would be full of Wednesday, great feeling! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 12 minutes ago, doubled123456 said: I was on the Kop on that fateful day when we lost against Man City. City tried to help us out by missing many chances. They forgot to tell the sub as he scored and we were relegated. And that sub in 1970 at Hillsboro was...... Ian Bowyer. Fast forward 14 years to 1984, and our first game back in the top division was against Forest, who included a veteran Ian Bowyer. Thankfully he did not score, and we won 3-1. Yes- Burtenshaw.. A lot of us on here don't rate Gary Monk, but I'd take him over Steve Burtenshaw any day. It was embarrassing watching Wednesday in those days. We lost 20,000 fans from 1967 to 1976. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsHall Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Utah Owl said: A hard core of 7 to 10 thousand of us were there, but plenty lost interest at that time. Remember being at Hillsborough plenty of times with less than 10k there including the Colchester game when we got our lowest post war crowd (just 6,900). For some reason though we still turned up in decent numbers for most away games. It was a strange time, the football was dire, the future looked bleak yet the camaraderie was top notch, maybe because so many of us seemed to know each other! Hello....that attendance....I'm sure I went to one against Bournemouth...might have been a cup game, and it was a lot less than that....nowt to brag about I know, but I'm starting to wonder if it was a dream :-)....night game I think. UTO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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