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Guest appearance from Albert Steptoe. Nice of him to make the effort. (or is it his Burnley brother Shapcot!!?)

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I actually don't think that's true. I know there might be some pro's who could get complacent if they simply felt they were going to be renewed year on year or they got too "matey" with other players, especially the skipper, but I don't think House (or any other club) have a "policy&q...

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As mentioned above I think most at the House are happy enough with Oki's batting, calm and quite measured that it usually is, rather than bish, bash bosh, but I suspect they're looking for someone who offers a bit more threat with the ball.

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Local cricketer wrote:A winning one man team though. Do you the house offer returns on the merchandise I purchased when Burnley was losing?

So a bit like buying a Rovers shirt when Burnley FC got relegated then!? Crumbs you lot from the BooHoo stoop very low!!!

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As mentioned above, make sure you check out Unsworth's Yard right in the heart of the village (providing you enjoy real ale that is!) and probably best to forget about the horses altogether as that's simply wasting your money!!

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Local cricketer wrote:Smit is back now so fear not my friend. The dark clouds have been lifted

A one man "team" then!!!

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Local cricketer wrote:Been offered 3 years at boohoo

Hope he inserts a relegation clause!!

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Well I STILL say it's Hart's fault!!

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I assume Hart's in goal!!!

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Rick_Muller wrote:My mum uses FaceTime to call me and she’s 80 this year...

Mine's 87 and seems to think that mobile phones are the work of the devil (And ITV is only for poor people..apparently!)

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Rileybobs wrote:Your mum can phone your mobile too. She still needs to dial a 11 digit number.

Apparently not!! (And from what I can gather it ain't just MY mum!!)

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We still have a landline and that's for the same reason 99% of other people who still keep a landline have one........So your mum can phone you!!

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Apparently neither of the stands will be opening until at least January 2020 because it's suddenly been pointed out that they need gender neutral loos (and Mr Barnfield didn't know that!).

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Mixed bogs where I work...no p1ss stones. Just 4 traps..6 inch gap under doors. There's one poor young chap always late for work because he won't leave home till he's logged out...he's that embarrassed at the thought of sitting on the bog 2 feet away from some curvy young bint from admin. I was str...

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I actually suspect that although Wood could possibly have tinkered around the edges of the laws of the game and given himself an advantage by dispensing with the helmet and maybe even some other gear, England deliberately chose not to and wanted to make sure everything was done within the spirit of ...

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I think if you make the females share toilets with the males on the Turf a good number of the females would soon stop attending.

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Absolutely dreadful and it's pushing at the boundaries re sponsorship on shirts which means if it IS actually real (could be a clever wind up) then in the coming seasons other clubs will be following as the ££££ become too lucrative to turn down. I can only hope not.

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Malinovskyi still not been announced at Atalanta although he had his medical at weekend. Would hope that if not announced today then he may be weighing up his options with our interest. Although not a bad move for the lad as only just realised Atalanta qualified for the Champions League for the fir...

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JohnDearyMe wrote:Isn't Mace Goodridge meant to be well thought of too in centre mid?

Yes he is supposed to be a very good prospect and was getting excellent reviews, but he was badly injured half way through last season and sidelined unfortunately. I'm not sure of his status now. I just hope he comes back strong.

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Re Buchan: I had a friend at the time who taught in a local primary school. She told me Buchan and his wife had been in on a particular Monday to put their kids names down to start asap and it was agreed they'd start the following week, but five days later Mrs B phoned to say they wouldn't be coming...

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Big Ben may be just the Great Bell inside the tower but to 99% of the world the whole tower is known as Big Ben. It is just a question of semantics, pedantism v general usage. To say different is like saying my hoover is not a hoover because it was made by a different company! But your hoover is NO...

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I understand why Lords was chosen to host the final as the "home of cricket" and all that, but as mentioned previously the atmosphere can be rather sterile and The Oval would have been a better (and noisier) option imo.

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Great toss to lose!!!!

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Bairstow looking like the injury means he's decided it's all or nothing which could lead to him chucking his wicket needlessly away.

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This could take all the momentum out of our reply, whether Bairstow carries or retires hurt and Root has to make a fresh start. It's a shame and it's worrying.

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Carey did well to carry on and not go off as he got a proper smack and a cut there and it must have hurt. (Good!!!

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Course Australia will be all out for 115 and we'll fail to chase it down. You heard it here first!!!

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I should be there summarising for TV!!!

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Handscombe has already been very, very lucky and looks like he won't last 5 minutes. If he gets runs I'll be very surprised, especially remembering he's not played in any of the previous matches so he's in a tough spot.

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When they won the toss and batted I thought we may as well forget it, but then Finch hides his bat behind his pad and goes first ball....you never know...!!!

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IF he's come very cheap in terms of transfer fee and providing we're not paying him a small fortune in wages, it makes a lot of sense, as he's more than decent back up for Taylor in a sometimes difficult to fill position. Not strengthening our starting 11, but ok business.

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Rossendale General. 1958.

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I read "One Shot" (before the film was made) and although I enjoyed it I didn't think there was anything that remarkable about it tbh.

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ClaretTony wrote:You should know by now that men make a better brew. I was brought up in a house where my dad was the best brew maker and my mum's were like dishwater.

I live in a house where THE man is the ONLY brew maker!!!

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ClaretTony wrote:I can make brews.

Can you teach my wife???

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As said it's a murky and seedy side of the game and one which we rarely see, but when you read stories like this and the Sala transfer saga and fat Sam and his son's dodgy dealings at Bolton and the Pulis shenanigans at Palace a few years ago etc, etc you come to realise it's actually common place a...

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So everyone who wants an ice cream simply asks the guy for one in exchange for posting a picture on social media. He gives away all his ice cream for free, his business is all over the internet and he's broke by the end of the week. Sounds like a "business" plan I'd sooner not share with L...

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It's accurate, but it doesn't tell Burnley fans anything they didn't already know. Other fans, maybe from oversees might find it enlightening as to why we don't wade into the transfer market whenever the window creaks open, but anybody on here could have written that tbh (well ALMOST anybody! :roll: )

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How many times did he end up on his knees but tried taking players on whilst down?! :lol: First time I saw him was at Anfield when he came on as a sub. Looked good that night. He'd only been on the field five minutes and a scouser turned to me and said "why the hell didn't this lad play from t...

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It's incredible that skill alone won't win you cricket matches, but also how lucky you get in deciding to bat first or second. The toss has always played a huge part in cricket in every format of the game and it's accepted that it's a lucky, but crucial part of the game. And there IS a time and a p...

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I was saying on day one that teams who won the toss really should choose to bat first and generally that has proved to be the best way to winning games. I still can't believe that after all the matches we've seen some teams are still winning the toss and putting the other team in. It's almost suicid...

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We've come storming back at just the right time and look to be in with a great chance of winning it . NZ on the other hand are rather lucky to be progressing (probably) and are limping into the semi finals. Australia will still take a bit of beating and our demolition of India the other day can't hi...

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I feel a bit sorry for him in a way, because I think playing for Burnley probably held him back. I know he went onto play for Bolton and Reading in the Premier League, but it was probably a couple of years too late. Great talent. Fans from all the clubs he has played for loved him though. Absolutel...

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Every time he got the ball you expected something fantastic to happen. An absolutely brilliant talent.

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Take it to any Tesco or Asda and just explain they will remove it. This is true, but they may ask to see the receipt. My son bought an item in London recently and found a tag had been missed when he got home, but Tesco took it off for him, even though it was bought from a small independent shop and...

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My son spends a lot of time at Old Trafford and says Hameed often trains alone and away from the rest with his Dad coaching him. Not sure that's a good thing at all if it's true.

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Jonathan Pearce must be being paid by The Women's FA or whatever it is to TRY to make out it's all exciting and absolutely scintillating STUFF, when it clearly isn't. It's slow and littered with mistakes and hospital passes you wouldn't see up Towneley. I won't be watching again in a hurry. (And tha...

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Administrators have named the preferred bidders as Football Ventures https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2019/july/statement-on-behalf-of-the-joint-administrators-for-bolton-wanderers/ apparently Bassini talking about going to the High Court to block the sale https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/17741995....

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Depends if the fraction is 9/10ths In all seriousness the Belgian league - really ? My Uncle lives in Brussels and he won the Golden Shoe one year...and he’s never played football - he was just walking past the ground Belgium is the sort of place where "men of a certain age" probably WEAR...

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Staff is very good, but rather in the middle of nowhere unfortunately which makes getting there and then "moving on" something of an issue. First division really is wide open and you can't discount any team in the top 6 or 7 plus The 'Ouse are on a charge so you write them off at your peri...

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