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by aclaretinstevenage
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Internationals 26-3-24
Replies: 98
Views: 2346

Re: Internationals 26-3-24

The England game should be abandoned for wearing that deplorable grey kit. Where’s the traditional white. “money, money, money. Definitely, I see some comments about the Belgium kit but heck that England strip is rotten. Obviously just flicking around looking for a decent game somewhere , tried the...
by aclaretinstevenage
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Internationals 26-3-24
Replies: 98
Views: 2346

Re: Internationals 26-3-24

Decided to watch Scotland v N. Ireland purely because Jamie Reid of Stevenage fc is playing for N.I.

The odious Robert Jones is Ref. Not the best game.
by aclaretinstevenage
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Harry Kane statue
Replies: 44
Views: 2146

Re: Harry Kane statue

My God! that is truly awful. As said Council Tax payers can't be happy with having to pay for such rubbish.
by aclaretinstevenage
Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Royals.
Replies: 46
Views: 3385

Re: The Royals.

I suppose we need a head of state and if so I'd sooner have what we have as opposed to a Putin, Trump,Biden Macron etc. It's all ceremonial they have no actual power and wouldn't have a hope of standing against parliament. That said the antiquated House of Lords needs scrapping, a load of daft old ...
by aclaretinstevenage
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3766

Re: League One

claretburns wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:05 pm
Lincoln leading Bristol Rovers 3-0 at half time, that's 19 goals in their past 6 games and they are right on the cusp of the play offs at the moment.

Whereas Stevenage have scored 3 goals in 6 games, taken 9 points from the last 10 games. It's all gone horribly wrong! :roll:
by aclaretinstevenage
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: MURIC IS IN!
Replies: 54
Views: 3101

Re: MURIC IS IN!

It was probably time to give Trafford a break as much for his own mental health as anything else. It can't be much fun having to pick the ball out of the net 2-3 times per game. Call me a cynic but with two England U21 games coming up my take is that VK didn't want to risk Trafford being injured. A...
by aclaretinstevenage
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3766

Re: League One

ElectroClaret wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:55 pm
Posh 3 Stevenage 1 in added time.
Typical Stevenage performance of late, need to score when on top but 3 goals in 5 games shows the issue.
by aclaretinstevenage
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3766

Re: League One

ElectroClaret wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:55 pm
Posh 3 Stevenage 1 in added time.
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by aclaretinstevenage
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Quick Turf Moor return for referee Bond
Replies: 2
Views: 360

Re: ARTICLE: Quick Turf Moor return for referee Bond

How on earth is Geoff Eltringham anywhere near a Premier League match? I've witnessed him ruin games at Stevenage more than enough times, I know he is only 4th official here but it's scary to think he might one day soon be given the middle for a premier League match - or even another League one matc...
by aclaretinstevenage
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3766

Re: League One

ElectroClaret wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:57 pm
As likely as not, we'll be competing with Bolton again
next term.

And possibly Stevenage as well.
Now wouldn't that be a thing! :D
by aclaretinstevenage
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Martin Ødegaard
Replies: 42
Views: 3351

Re: Martin Ødegaard

Casper2 wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:28 pm
Or Henderson

I suspect that should be Phillips AND Henderson!
by aclaretinstevenage
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RIP Dave Myers
Replies: 39
Views: 2672

Re: RIP Dave Myers

Sad news indeed, easy to watch programmes from the two of them. No doubt Si will be devastated as they seemed so close.

As with others here I thought he was in remission and was looking healthier recently.

R.I.P Dave Myers
by aclaretinstevenage
Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 103
Views: 3027

Re: Today's Football

Van Dyke and Diaz have been immense today. About the right result I reckon.
by aclaretinstevenage
Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 103
Views: 3027

Re: Today's Football

Yet another VAR Farce, NO Chelsea player getting anywhere near that cross, nobody impeded yet these sh*t Ref's on VAR need to interfere.

Absolute garbage PGMOL!
by aclaretinstevenage
Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stan Bowles RIP
Replies: 36
Views: 2074

Re: Stan Bowles RIP

One of those players you'd happily pay to watch. Wonderfull skills, a bit of devilment about him and an ordinary bloke with faults like many of us. Alzheimers took hold some years ago. Sad news RIP Stan.
by aclaretinstevenage
Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Frequently used ‘modern day’ football terminology
Replies: 74
Views: 2197

Re: Frequently used ‘modern day’ football terminology

All of the above and any / many more. I now don't listen to any punditry before the game, at half time or after the game. Carragher is simply the worst of all with his unintelligible drivel but the others aren't far behind. As for the geeks sitting behind their laptops on the "total football" and "T...
by aclaretinstevenage
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tom Lockyer: I thought I was dying
Replies: 29
Views: 1865

Re: Tom Lockyer: I thought I was dying

I hope he makes the right decision for him and importantly his family. Surely Luton will offer him a full time role coaching or scouting.
by aclaretinstevenage
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: A Long move to Canada
Replies: 9
Views: 1426

Re: ARTICLE: A Long move to Canada

Good move for him, should have a nice lifestyle for a year or two.
by aclaretinstevenage
Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Beale gone at Sunderland
Replies: 24
Views: 2306

Re: Beale gone at Sunderland

Something about him that I can't stand but I'm not sure what it is.

How he has been given the Manager's job at some big clubs baffles me. Shaggy has it right, the bloke is a chancer but surely he has been rumbled for good now!
by aclaretinstevenage
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tony Mowbray
Replies: 11
Views: 1363

Re: Tony Mowbray

I remember him losing his first wife to breast cancer at he age of 26. He married her a few months before she passed which was fantastically supportive. Came across then as a solid good guy.

Hopefully he recovers soonest from whatever this condition is. Football needs more like him.
by aclaretinstevenage
Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 181
Views: 4811

Re: Today's Football

WTF Rashford, Embarrassing!
by aclaretinstevenage
Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 181
Views: 4811

Re: Today's Football

Mark the Claret wrote:
Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:11 pm
Surely that's a second booking for casemiro.
It would have been if he was wearing a White shirt today!
by aclaretinstevenage
Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Parking on outskirts of London - tube station
Replies: 30
Views: 1521

Re: Parking on outskirts of London - tube station

You could try Mill Hill Broadway, a few minutes by train from St Pancras International. 5 minutes off the A1 just south of M25 J 23. Blue Badge Holders can park for free at given times. Local parking via Just Park App. Check for ULEZ.
by aclaretinstevenage
Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Relegation accepted
Replies: 37
Views: 2810

Re: Relegation accepted

dougcollins wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:37 pm
I’d rather rewatch today’s game than go to an Adele concert.

Each to their own.
Don't seem to have a "like" button just now, so logged in to like this!! :lol: :lol:
by aclaretinstevenage
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FA Cup - Tv deal
Replies: 7
Views: 1362

Re: FA Cup - Tv deal

Maybe now BBC and ITV will have to broadcast matches other than those involving United,City and Liverpool as surely TNT will have first dibs on picking those.
by aclaretinstevenage
Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New York
Replies: 63
Views: 3378

Re: New York

We liked Ellens Stardust Diner on Broadway and Churascarria Plataforma - Brazilian Steakhouse restaurant on West 49th Street.
by aclaretinstevenage
Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Referee Lewis Smith steps into PL
Replies: 15
Views: 1224

Re: Referee Lewis Smith steps into PL

Foshiznik wrote:
Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:37 am
The referees with only a couple years in the lower league can't be any worse than the current 'elite' group who've probably felt untouchable for the last 3/4 years.
Trust me! watching League One games with Stevenage this year, they really can be "a whole lot worse".
by aclaretinstevenage
Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: My Prostrate Diagnosis
Replies: 65
Views: 3011

Re: My Prostrate Diagnosis

Apologies for doing another thread but I didn’t want anyone to miss it. As some on here wanted an update after my visit last night to the Hospital to see the Urologist here it is Background. A total knee replacement on 10/01 resulted in me not being able to pee, they kept me in for a further 2 days...
by aclaretinstevenage
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: International breaks x 4
Replies: 14
Views: 1558

Re: International breaks x 4

boatshed bill wrote:
Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:40 pm
I have to say I don't much care for international football.
You're not alone!
by aclaretinstevenage
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Private Pike RIP
Replies: 29
Views: 2041

Re: Private Pike RIP

The last major character from a great series now gone to join the rest. From the days when comedy shows were actually funny.

R.I.P Ian Lavender
by aclaretinstevenage
Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Parkinson's disease
Replies: 37
Views: 1755

Re: Parkinson's disease

Signed and shared on FB.
by aclaretinstevenage
Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Meanwhile in Shadsworth...
Replies: 28
Views: 2725

Re: Meanwhile in Shadsworth...

Suez Charity - banner on the side tarpaulin - funds Community projects such as recycling PC's and the like aimed at reducing landfill and helping less well off.

While the image looks a bit naff Mr Leathert seems to have missed the point.
by aclaretinstevenage
Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New ground
Replies: 171
Views: 9027

Re: New ground

ArmchairDetective wrote:
Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:21 pm
An entire new ground built and we still can't get the goals to line up with the middle of the stand.
Well spotted that man. User name very accurate! :D
by aclaretinstevenage
Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wordle ....
Replies: 37
Views: 2699

Re: Wordle ....

The site also links to Connections - as in Only Connect wall round - and I'm often stumped by "Americanisms" on that game.

Bigger issues in the world I know.........just saying.
by aclaretinstevenage
Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Melanie
Replies: 30
Views: 3782

Re: Melanie

My choice for the best cover of another hit song. Second behind Joe Cocker's Little Help from my Friends for me but a superb version. I Loved listening to her unique voice. As for Brand New Key - Melanie has acknowledged the possibility of detecting sexual innuendo in the lyrics, but has denied any...
by aclaretinstevenage
Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bournemouth v Abertawe (Swansea)
Replies: 52
Views: 2215

Re: Bournemouth v Abertawe (Swansea)

I'm watching with the sound off while listening to commentary on Radio Solent on the BBC Sport web site..........only issue is that the Radio Commentary is a full minute behind the TV picture!
by aclaretinstevenage
Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Water meter
Replies: 57
Views: 2420

Re: Water meter

My water bill has halved since I had one installed. Yes pretty similar here, decent saving since it was installed. I wasn't in favour and wouldn't have elected to have one, however the choice was taken away by the supplier. Now I would respond positively if asked by anyone whether to have one or not.
by aclaretinstevenage
Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Davies signs for Salford
Replies: 9
Views: 1664

Re: ARTICLE: Davies signs for Salford

Good to see a lad with ambition to play League football as opposed to endless U21 games. Good luck to him.
by aclaretinstevenage
Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars in Action
Replies: 17
Views: 890

Re: The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars in Action

Looks like we're playing at Home v Everton and Away v Liverpool at the same time at Anfield?
by aclaretinstevenage
Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sky App
Replies: 11
Views: 979

Re: Sky App

Sky Apps working fine here...............but anyone else irritated by having to put up with the ad for Sky Sports when trying to watch each and every clip on SKY Sports!? :x :x
by aclaretinstevenage
Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Songs that passed you by, that you’ve only recently stumbled upon
Replies: 20
Views: 1361

Re: Songs that passed you by, that you’ve only recently stumbled upon

MT03ALG wrote:
Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:46 pm
You need to hear the Colne Orpheus Glee Union version of Hallelujah :D :D
Is it available on CD! :D :D
by aclaretinstevenage
Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Songs that passed you by, that you’ve only recently stumbled upon
Replies: 20
Views: 1361

Re: Songs that passed you by, that you’ve only recently stumbled upon

In my case it has to be Leonard Cohen. Recently added a lot of his tracks to my Spotify collection and listen to it over and over again. Genius.
by aclaretinstevenage
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Car mechanical advise
Replies: 39
Views: 2814

Re: Car mechanical advise

My daughter had a similar sounding issue with her Mercedes A class (2009) and today it was diagnosed as a faulty Knock sensor - who knew (look it up). If your wife's Golf has one - a quick google suggests it might - it could be that.
by aclaretinstevenage
Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Words not to be used in the same sentence
Replies: 105
Views: 4043

Re: Words not to be used in the same sentence

Jamie Carragher / Intelligible comment
by aclaretinstevenage
Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Entitled fans
Replies: 21
Views: 2049

Re: Entitled fans

I have no idea how Beale gets such a job with any club. Short on pedigree and personality to me.

Owners eh!
by aclaretinstevenage
Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bristol City 1 Wet Spam 0
Replies: 32
Views: 1925

Re: Bristol City 1 Wet Spam 0

Cornet looks disinterested as usual.
by aclaretinstevenage
Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dinner Party's Help Needed
Replies: 36
Views: 1766

Re: Dinner Party's Help Needed

Why not stick to your UTC persona, you know let someone give an opinion on something and then put an opposing view. Hours of fun guaranteed! :) :D
by aclaretinstevenage
Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Taking football too seriously…
Replies: 29
Views: 2402

Re: Taking football too seriously…

I don’t take football seriously anymore. VAR as killed everything football use to be. I went to my second ever live game 54 years ago today, Bury 8-0 Tranmere. If I was that 8 year old now, I don’t think I’d be interested in football at all. In fact, this 62 year old, isn’t far off not liking footb...
by aclaretinstevenage
Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Corruption? Ineptitude? Or anti-Burnley?
Replies: 59
Views: 3622

Re: Corruption? Ineptitude? Or anti-Burnley?

So personalising things here but, Do I travel 4-5 hours each way to watch a lightweight team try hard but ultimately not be good enough or worse stuffed by another crap VAR decision, or pop down to my local league one club and watch an honest (mostly) collection of journeymen footballers scrambling ...
by aclaretinstevenage
Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Annie Nightingale
Replies: 22
Views: 1585

Re: Annie Nightingale

Really sad news, brilliant shows and always had the music more important than the self.

RIP Annie.