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Caballo wrote:I will pass on your regards. I am, as the yoof would say 'punching'.

and by common consent, #me2 !!

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Really looking forward to Saturday. I think we may see the the sun setting on Pocock and Hoopers careers, great as they both have been time waits for no man and they may get get old very quickly facing Curry and Underhill. The caveat to that being Garces, who hasn't got a bloody clue at the breakdo...

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If anyone's subscribed to this, please read Daniel Taylor's first offering about how Brian Clough showed kindness to two young lads from Sunderland, who were having problems at home ... great story !

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Yep he had a great loan spell with us. He was also back end of his career and had put some timber on. He was only 27, and scored 8 goals in 10 appearances for Burnley .... legend has it that we didn't pursue the deal, because the board had heard he was fond of a few sherberts ... rather ironic, con...

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Me, when it's played back !! Mrs Clarets4me would agree, was videoed years ago on a course, came back horrified at her accent, " don't I sound broad ? " Also ran into a local lass recently who we used to work with. She appeared on a TV reality show, " Never heard you so quiet,****** ...

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I can feel a " Less than svelte XI " coming shortly ...

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Rowls thanks for that. My brother was called Michael Collins. Quite a large family. Irish hereditary, mostly still about Burnley. We used to tell him off over his obstreperous responses to you and a few others. If you had met him and had a drink together I reckon you would have enjoyed his company ...

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the_magic_rat wrote::) That's me C4m! I know Hampstead, like St. Albans and quite a few others on here, was a big Bruce fan, as demonstrated by the 70th birthday thread.

Long may you continue to " drive your slick machine, over the Jersey state line " ....

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Hampstead for me represented what was good about the UTC messageboard. I didn't know him other than through the music threads he instigated on the messageboard His music tastes were very similar to my own and I'd have loved the opportunity to talk music with him. A big loss to UTC . RIP Hampstead. ...

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Ex Liverpool defender Joey Jones was in that Wrexham line-up, his last season before retiring ...

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tim_noone wrote:Yes...bob the scutter who worked at the reform club....I can only think it's ants?? I knew every one who worked there from Burnley. The poster above your last post is my son no more clues now.

Not like you to be so shy, Tim !

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I understand from reading the " runes ", that Hampstead was a good mate of one of our close friends, who was at St.Teds with him in the 1970's .. The last two interactions I found between us was a post with him gently chiding me for " moving to the right " politically, but within...

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The Constabulary could do worse than put their speed vans there between 9 pm and 2 pm each night for a couple of months, rather than on Padiham Road/Rossendale Road trying to catch school run Mums doing 36 mph on a dual carriageway ...

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Mrs Clarets4me has just returned reporting chaos, anybody know what's going on ??

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Firthy wrote:Brilliant. I actually shed a tear reading that. It's such a refreshing change to read something nice and positive which is down to earth and about ordinary people.

I think that wife of mine has been peeling onions again ....

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ClaretTony wrote:I’ll look at a way of doing it

You'll know better than me Tony, but what about a " Just Giving " page for Clarets who can't attend games, for whatever reason, to donate. This would cover those who work Saturdays, those with infirmities, those exiled in the UK and also overseas Clarets ...

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I think in the 1974 World Cup, Scotland were the only participant not to lose a game, and still went home, having not made it through the Group stages ..

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I don't think you have the nous of paxman or Bamber for running a quiz.... They at least respond to a correct answer....well done Tim of Cambridge ....Wigan is correct for one point! :roll: I found your answer muddled and devoid of clarity, hence the lack of response. " Tim of Cambridge "...

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We're there ..... Hereford United replaced Barrow, Wimbledon replaced Workington and Wigan Athletic took Southport's place ....

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Fenwick wrote:Maidstone ?

Maidstone gained automatic promotion to the Football League in 1989, by winning the Conference the previous season ....

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Wimbledon is one of the three, but didn't replace Southport ....

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Relatively early days, but the National League is now over a third of the way through it's fixtures, and Barrow have tonight beaten Boreham Wood 3-1, to record their 7th straight win, and move up to 4th in the table, just 4 points off the leaders AFC Halifax ... Barrow failed to be re-elected to the...

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I liked him, although he could be contrary .... he was a generous contributor to many good causes locally, especially those relating to young people getting involved in sport .. He stood for Parliament in 2005 on a " Burnley First " ticket, and polled a very respectable 5,786 . He came 3rd...

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One of Labour's biggest individual donors in the late 80's and early 90's was a great football man .... Owen Oyston !!

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I've just donated and seeing she works in Bbn, I've asked her if I can work at her practice, to inflict some more pain on them lot. I even offered to take my own pliers, to extract teeth. I suspect watching t'Roverrrrs over the past 8-9 years has been the equivalent of " pulling teeth " a...

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Massive ask given that they're probably gonna have to beat a team from the Conference or Conference North now. Even if they don't get any further it will have been a good money spinner for them. Hopefully get a home draw and a full house in the next round. I'm fairly sure they entered at the Prelim...

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MDWat wrote:The announcer at the Turf is embarrassing, I’m sorry to say.

Who is, btw ? Is it still IB ?

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I believe one of the reasons Calder Vale Rugby Club, on Colne Road, changed to Burnley Rugby Club, was the few occasions that opponents turned up at the village of Calder Vale, in Wyre ..... which is 35 miles away ...

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spadesclaret wrote:You are justly proud, Tim. Well done Lauren!

Mrs Clarets4me and I wish her Godspeed, and hopefully Papa does not worry himself too much !

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Marney&Mee wrote:We only need to start worrying once they get the vote...

It's no laughing matter, we've lost a whole Empire since we gave " fillies " the vote in 1928, the whole Country's gone to rats**t ever since !!

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fidelcastro wrote:Why? But for your information, yes I have worked for greedy unscrupulous employers.

Just curious, given some of your views on here ... not expecting you to answer, obviously ..

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I'm just curious as to what fidel does or did for a living ?

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martin_p wrote:But they do give a **** about facts. It was 37% of the electorate voted leave, even less of the population.

65.3% of the electorate failed to endorse remaining in the European Union .....

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Shes no Priti Patel in the looks and oratory department How a child of East African immigrants became a Tory is another issue but shes nailed on to be PM when Boris finally gets stabbed in the back Labour need to ditch Corbyn and Abbott now and get a leader who can win an election Corbyn will get s...

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It's supposed to be aimed at "a different market than the existing cricket supporter" who will get excited by watching the world's best cricketers playing each other. I'm clearly not the market they are after. If there was a new tournament for sloggit, I'd have gone for extra sides in a 3...

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Absolute nonsense. Completely unnecessary. Absolutely agree, only in England could you win the World Cup in one format, and the season after degrade that format's premier domestic competition, the Royal London Cup, to that of a " development " tournament .. it's a joke .. If people don't ...

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Just before h/t, and Club Bruges are leading 0-2 away at Real Madrid ...

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Signed up a couple of weeks ago, it's excellent ..

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fidelcastro wrote:No idea who Tom Boyer is, but how do I already know that this biography won't have been fair and balanced?

Tom Bower, my apologies !

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Imploding Turtle wrote:The backstop. The ******* backstop.
That was our idea. You haven't got a ******* clue, have you?

The Backstop was insisted upon by the Irish Government ....

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You're admitting your double standard. That a majority opposing Corbyn is proof of Corbyn's unsuitability, but a majority opposing Johnson is not proof of Johnson's unsuitability. Not at all, I personally find Corbyn completely unsuitable for the job of Prime Minister and I'm not in a small club. I...

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:lol: **** off, mate. It's our government that did **** all for two years. It's our government's fault we're in this mess. But lets entertain your delusion for a moment. Explain how the EU have "refused to negotiate in good faith". Maybe you're right, eh? So explain your opinion that the ...

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Imploding Turtle wrote:Your point was "a majority" though. Now you're changing your position. Make up your mind before it starts to look like you're moving the goalposts of debate.

I used the word " majority " referring to Corbyn, not Johnson.

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Brexit hasn't been cancelled. No one is standing in the way of the will of the people. That's just bullshit that is being spread by extremists who want the most damaging form of Brexit possible, for which there is absolutely no mandate. The will of the people is to leave the EU based on campaign pr...

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Imploding Turtle wrote:A majority think that of Johnson too. Funny how you're ignoring that. Almost like you're doing so because it doesn't fit your preferred argument.

Fully aware that Johnson isn't very popular but according to YouGov's polling last week, his net approval is -16, whereas Corbyn's is -49 ....

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If you were at all concerned about the country being cost "a fortune" then you wouldn't have supported Brexit in the first place, so stop your bullshit. He could have considered Sovereignty as more important than money, or indeed he might be a supporter of Democracy in wanting to see the ...

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Of course he does! Because he's said exactly what rabid Brexiters want to hear, in that we'll leave on October 31st "do or die". The trouble is, the law isn't on his side and neither is a majority in Parliament. Or it could be that the majority of people regard Corbyn as unsuitable to be ...

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fidelcastro wrote:Remind me how well things are going for Boris at the moment.

Seems to have a 12 point lead over Labour at present,( Observer poll, today ), and personal approval ratings far better than Mr Corbyn's ....

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" Jerusalem " , " How great thou Art " and " Guide me, O thou great Redeemer " would be my hymns of choice ...

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Cheltenham stay in 3rd with a 1-1 draw at home to in form Crewe, whilst Michael Jolley's Grimsby probably ruined a few coupons with a 1-3 away win at leaders Exeter, and move up to 7th. Grimsby are on 18 points after 11 games, it took them 18 games to reach that mark last season .... :D n.b: My inte...

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