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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:21 pm
Nice to watch golf without some idiot shouting "get in the hole" on every shot.

Indeed, I believe they " lynch " anybody who yells that at Augusta, quite like old times in Georgia !!

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Underway now for 40-50 of the hopefulls. A Kiwi, a Safa, a Korean the early leaders with England's Danny Willet (a previous winner) also up there. A long, long ay to go though. Yes, I raised an eyebrow when my pick Ryan Fox ( 200/1 ) was 5 under after 7, but he dropped two shots on the back nine. M...

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Most firms now offer the facility to pre " check in " so to speak, by uploading your driving license and passport details before arriving. I did this the last time before picking up our hire car at Bergerac-Perigord airport. From saying thank you to the cabin crew at the top of the plane steps, to d...

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NottsClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:15 pm
Just amused myself by watching the goals. Proper pub league defending. That lad at full back, Hyam is it.. he can’t be a pro surely?

It's almost as if he's on our payroll ... certainly a " night to forget " for him !!

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Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:24 pm
We want 5 !

Your wish is granted ...

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Unfortunately, I think that 1-5 away win at Sunderland will see them safe ... I think they'll lose to Leeds. Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry at home are 50/50 calls, with Wednesday scrapping for their lives, and Coventry in good form ... For some reason, t'Rovers seem to save their better displays ...

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Scheffer
Fleetwood
Finau
Aberg
Ryan Fox

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The first round of County Championship Cricket concluded yesterday, nine matches were scheduled, five in Division One and four in the Second tier .. Remembering that the season started on 5th April, the blithering idiots who put together the schedule put Durham, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Warwicks...

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yTib wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:33 pm
for someone who works in a school your misuse of apostrophes is shocking.

Someone bit, I thought it would be someone else, mind you !

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I understood that the prevalence of these " double-barrelled " names, was because of the increasing number of children born to un-married couples who took both parent's names. I'm sure I read Sean Wright-Phillips added his mother's name as a tribute to his mother for bringing him up largely on her o...

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There are probably guidelines that prevent it, but surely the VAR officials saw the " free kick that wasn't " last night ! If VAR was brought in to prevent injustices and " clear and obvious errors ", then why couldn't it have been used last night ?

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Looking forward to this ... good to have it back !!

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Very well constructed piece of click bait by Clarets4me. Did you get any rewarding responses on the Barstewards site? The first few were apoplectic but then an online subscriber to the " Indie " double checked the " story " and couldn't find it. To be fair, they took it with good grace, mostly ... ...

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Quicknick wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:36 am
Are you short of something to do?

The joys of semi-retirement ...

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Given today's date, I thought I'd repost one of my better efforts that caused a bit of a stir on the " BRFCS " site a few years back ... An Exclusive reported on-line on the " Independent's " website .... " The Football Association and the Football League have backed a proposal from The National Ass...

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:29 am
Not bad have copied and pasted it to our whatsapp group

With the punctuation corrected ? Let me know if you get any " takers " ... my son fell for it " hook line and sinker " ..

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His next assignment should be on Hackney Marshes, and those teams will wonder what they've done to deserve him ...

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:19 am
Tbf the punctuation gave that away

My late English teacher, Jack Longstaff would be ashamed of me ... I thought it read well though !

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claret2018 wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:50 am
Is there anything as tedious as April fools day stories in the papers.

It wasn't in the " Times ", it was all my own work ...

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Just in case some of you aren't aware, taken from yesterday's Sunday Times, I've copied and pasted it as it's behind a paywall ... " Bank of England officials have warned that a " significant " number of people, primarily the elderly, are still unaware of the May 1st deadline for the exchange of exi...

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claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:47 am
Fans on BRFCS are confident that they need just two wins, maybe even one to stay up.

That's as maybe, but they've won 2 of their last 22 games ....

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It's a shame all the teams below them didn't get any results tonight Stoke and QPR both won, and Sheffield Wednesday drew which, shall we say, rather focusses the minds at Ewood ... They are away at Sunderland on Easter Monday, ( Sunderland won 2-0 at Cardiff today ), and then face Southampton at h...

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By her own admission, Mrs " Clarets4me " is no Delia Smith, but her Cheese & Onion Pie is the food of the Gods, and in part, responsible for my current waistline .. Shortcrust Pastry, Tasty/Crumbly Lancashire Cheese, finely chopped raw onions, and two eggs to bind. Salt and Pepper to season, and an ...

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£11m just been invested by way of share purchase ( 18th March ) ... which makes share capital of £230,083,419 ! That means they'd invested £194,473,418 into t'Rovers in less than 13 years, on top of their original share issue of £35,610,000 to finance the purchase in April 2011 ... Including the pur...

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Back in the early 90,s there was a butty shop in Rosegrove that did amazing bacon sausage and egg butties, proper butties where everything was cooked in a deep fat fryer and the bacon was crispy yet chewy at the same time. Heavenly. Remember it well, my son is now 37 and still says they're the best...

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Casper2 wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:42 pm
https://youtu.be/SfIDJqrL0MQ?si=kMV0E52ehTLaABSV

Karma

To be fair, makes it rather hard to feel any sympathy for the Welsh Team at this time ... lucky for them they won the Rugby 6 Nations " Grand Slam " this time round ... oh, hang on a minute !!

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dsr wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:48 am
When you say "only in America", I take it that you haven't read the bit about it being a Scandinavian tradition since the 1800's?

Yes, Norway, Finland and Estonia particularly ...

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Keith Newton ( 2 ) ... Blackpool 1-1 Burnley, April 1977 ?

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Who remembers Roger Westbrook? I do, but not for his singing ... a fine Prop forward for Calder Vale RUFC ( now Burnley RUFC ) back in the day, played against him many times .. and on this occasion, in 1991, with him for the Anti-Assassins Club. An 18 year old Will Greenwood ( England World Cup win...

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You’re too good for me TT. I didn’t include the Sherpa Van final. Was it Mark Kendall (later to become a Claret?) Yes, it was ... one of 28 " Clean Sheets " he achieved that season which remains a record at Wolves ... He only played twice for us, a 2-0 away win at Chesterfield and then was made the...

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Going on daylight precision raids must have been horrendous especially when the Luftwaffe was still strong enough to put up fighter screens in strength. The scenes where they are being attacked I think are very realistic unlike in other films when the Gunner tracks the fighter for ages as he engage...

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If you look at it another way, Frank Blunstone of Chelsea is still alive, he won his first cap on 10th November 1954 aged 20, in a 3-2 win against Wales and is the longest lived since his debut. Tommy Banks is older, but didn't make his debut until 1958 .. For interest, 1954 was the year that the pa...

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I'm in, they were great fun ... a waltz down " memory lane " for our more senior members, and an opportunity to learn about our history for our younger brethren ! Top Tip .... if it's a " missing outfield player ", answer either Les Latcham or Arthur Bellamy ... you have a fair chance of being corre...

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1.30 Storm Heart
2.10 So Scottish
2.50 Captain Teague
3.30 Fastorslow
4.10 It's On The Line ( NAP )
4.50 Dinoblue
5.30 Quai De Bourbon

Good luck one and all ..

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1.30 Facile Vega
2.10 Gaoth Chuil
2.50 Ahoy Senor
3.30 Teahupoo ( Nap )
4.10 Theatre Man
4.50 Brighterdaysahead
5.30 Inothewayurthinkin

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Wednesday ...

1.30 Ballyburn
2.10 Fact To File ( NAP )
2.50 Sa Majeste
3.30 El Fabiolo
4.10 Delta Work
4.50 Libberty Hunter
5.30 Cantico

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Remain fixtures Boro away Ipswich home Sunderland away Southampton home Bristol City away Leeds away Sheff Wed home Coventry home Leicester away They've won two out of the last 19 games they've played in the Championship, but were outstanding against Newcastle in the Cup ! As a greybeard who can re...

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1.30 Mystical Power
2.10 Il Etait Temps
2.50 Stumptown
3.30 State Man ( NAP )
4.10 Lossiemouth
4.50 Batman Girac
5.30 Corbetts Cross

Many thanks again for the time you put into this, " Tybfc " .. always a sign that Spring is on it's way !!

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This makes Vincent Kompany the 23rd longest serving Manager amongst the 92 EPL & EFL Clubs ....

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ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:47 pm
Already a thread mate.

Sorry, missed it down the page ... delete please mods !!

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John Coleman and Jimmy Bell sacked at Accrington Stanley this morning ...

I think they've worked wonders given the resources at their disposal, but had already been told that their contracts would not be renewed at the end of this season.

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On average over the last 10 seasons you need around 44-46 points to stay up, or 1 point per game. They already have 39 points with 11 games left. So their run-in would have to be catastrophic, like win only 1 of their last 11. Same points per game principle applies to us too, meaning we need to win...

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Following their defeat at Swansea, t' Rovers stand one point above the relegation places, after 2 wins in their last 17 League games. Their new manager, John Eustace, has garnered 3 points from the last 15 available, but they now have two successive home games against Millwall on Tuesday, and Plymou...

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The world has moved on .... the only current MP who actually worked as a Coal-Face Miner is Lee Anderson, elected as a Conservative, but now an Independent .. the Conservative Government are now trying to open a Coal Mine in Cumbria, but are being opposed by Labour and the Environmental lobby. Harol...

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55649.jpg Massive longshot here, I've been chatting with a member on BRFCS who attended the above game, which was Burnley v An England XI. His recall is very good but we're struggling to fill in a couple of gaps ... Burnley lined up a virtually full strength, missing Alex Elder & Jimmy McIlroy who ...

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Jerusalem is so 19th century! Rees-Mogg would love that. England should have an anthem called 'Just Us' or 'Local People Only'. That's a bit rich, Ian !! All three verses of " Flower of Scotland " make reference to the Battle of Bannockburn, which I seem to recall was 1314 ... " Jerusalem " is posi...

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Has Austen Butler managed to shake off his " Elvis " accent yet, or does he start saying " Thank you, thank you very much ! " when he gets his flight directions from the Navigator ??

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Colin is not only the oldest surviving Burnley player, but he most be one of the oldest surviving English International players too. I believe that honour goes to Ron Baynham of Luton Town, who won 3 Caps as a Goalkeeper in 1955. He was born on 10th June 1929, may both of them be with us for a good...

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Stay ...

1) We're down, accept it, don't waste the money ...

2) We have a talented young squad, most of whom signed because of VK ... if we go up from the Championship next year, then they'll be 18 months older, stronger and more experienced

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Just musing with a fellow fan, who is the oldest surviving ex-Burnley player ?
I'm reluctant to suggest any names, as I'd be mortified to mention someone who's passing I didn't know about, perhaps one for Claret Tony ??

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