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- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Favourite films of all time
- Replies: 123
- Views: 4663
Re: Favourite films of all time
And LA Confidential - thanks Quicknick
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Favourite films of all time
- Replies: 123
- Views: 4663
Re: Favourite films of all time
Sorry
Missed out Midnight Cowboy
Missed out Midnight Cowboy
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Favourite films of all time
- Replies: 123
- Views: 4663
Re: Favourite films of all time
There's no such thing as The Best Movie Of All Time but here are some of my personal favourites - some obvious, some, not so: Angel Heart - favourite movie - watch it at least twice a year - never fails! Rollerball Godfather Godfather Part 2 Breaker Morant The Duellists Outland Lone Star Dinner Rush...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ramsey
- Replies: 72
- Views: 4295
Re: Ramsey
When he was taken off guy behind said 'I seriously didn't know he was on the pitch'. I know how he feels - He's been worrying me ever since the Chelsea home game - comes on, loses the ball which leads to them scoring and then wanders around in the centre circle watching the ball being passed around...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Problem Accessing Ticket Website
- Replies: 3
- Views: 384
Problem Accessing Ticket Website
Is it me or is anyone else having problems accessing the ticket website?
I've done the 'change password' thing - can't log on - keeps saying that I need to enable cookies and javascript - which I have
Is this a ticket website thing or just me?
I've done the 'change password' thing - can't log on - keeps saying that I need to enable cookies and javascript - which I have
Is this a ticket website thing or just me?
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Worst scenes in a film
- Replies: 82
- Views: 5884
Re: Worst scenes in a film
Any, and every, scene in Ned Kelly that has Mick Jagger in it. Given that Jagger was the star of this movie that probably tells you what a terrible film this was - it just reeked of a vanity project where a very famous man thinks he can do anything. Jagger was also in another awful movie called Free...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 10:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Your biggest sporting achievements?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 7076
Re: Your biggest sporting achievements?
Never got beyond Sunday football - played at left back in a team for around 4 years (would have played right back but he other full back was better and this was the only way to get a shirt) Staffordshire League so we got to play in the Staffs Senior Cup (this used to get won regularly I believe by P...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Springsteen at Villa park
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3119
Re: Springsteen at Villa park
I've had the privilege of seeing Bruce Springsteen twice: May 1981 at Stafford, Bingley Hall and 1988 at Bramhall Lane - personally I think I caught him at his peak. 1981 at Stafford was brilliant - only on his 5th album and it was full of great songs - 'Darkness' is my favourite album of his and th...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:05 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Wow what a sight
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4976
Re: Wow what a sight
I work on HS2 at a place called Calvert in Buckinghamshire
We had a meeting yesterday and they flew right over the site offices (I assume it was the same ones) - that was probably around 15:00
- Sun May 21, 2023 8:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Anyone responsible?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3078
Re: Anyone responsible?
Well it wasn't me but I wonder if anyone remembers a bar in Las Americas in Tenerife - it was an underground bar called The Red Lion in Veronicas 3 Proprietor was ex Parachute Regiment - the walls of the bar were covered in football shirts - apparently every football fan who visited left a shirt and...
- Sat May 20, 2023 9:31 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Songs You Play Over & Over
- Replies: 80
- Views: 2862
Re: Songs You Play Over & Over
Ode To Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry
- Sat May 20, 2023 9:29 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Track 1, side 1, 1st album...best opener
- Replies: 130
- Views: 5059
Re: Track 1, side 1, 1st album...best opener
Chop The Tree - The Icicle Works - The Icicle Works Welcome To The Working Week - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths - The Smiths I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles - Please Please Me Shake Like Judy Does - ...
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians
- Replies: 94
- Views: 2692
Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians
Creeque Alley by The Mamas & The Papas namechecks loads of musicians - in particular Roger McGuinn & Barry McGuire
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Clubs should hang their heads in shame over derby tickets
- Replies: 633
- Views: 33502
Re: ARTICLE: Clubs should hang their heads in shame over derby tickets
Down_Rover got it right when he pointed out the 400 replies without agreement - incredibly divisive subject! For what it's worth my opinion is: 1) First and foremost Blackburn Rovers are predominantly to blame here - petty, spiteful and all because they don't want too many Burnley fans turning up an...
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Films which disappointed you
- Replies: 138
- Views: 5405
Re: Films which disappointed you
Sorry - it's been mentioned already but The Blues Brothers Candidate for most overrated movie of all time thank to it's status as a 'cult classic' Took me a while to actually see it but in 1988 I was working in Coventry and sharing a house with 2 other blokes off the site - they loved this movie and...
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Season tickets 2023/24
- Replies: 313
- Views: 22566
Re: Season tickets 2023/24
In the whole of this thread I haven't seen a mention of ticket availability in the CFS?
It's not like I want one - too old - but I assume that stand is completely sold out for Burnley fans next season?
It's not like I want one - too old - but I assume that stand is completely sold out for Burnley fans next season?
- Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:52 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Accy Clarets to Cardiff City - Sat 1st October ko 3pm
- Replies: 134
- Views: 6347
Re: Accy Clarets to Cardiff City - Sat 1st October ko 3pm
Morning
Can I book 1 adult seat from Turf Moor please - surname is Grocott
Thanks
Can I book 1 adult seat from Turf Moor please - surname is Grocott
Thanks
- Sun Jul 31, 2022 11:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Luton Town - different animal
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4116
Re: Luton Town - different animal
For some reason this game reminds me of when Burnley played Yeovil in 2013 - a team that you feel, given their recent history, don't really belong in the Championship - (and then I look back a bit further and remember Luton in the top flight with players like Kingsley Black). I think this game's goi...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 6:34 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Rolling Stones 60 Tour
- Replies: 54
- Views: 4070
Re: Rolling Stones 60 Tour
I saw the Rolling Stones at Roundhay Park in Leeds - July 1982. The Stones were going through a bit of a comeback phase with 'start me up' & 'undercover' but the main reason I went to see them was because of their legendary status as the 'old men of rock' It was a decent gig but it's hard to believe...
- Tue Dec 21, 2021 12:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: post 1 favourite christmas song
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1798
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Elaine - Ticket Office
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5689
Re: Elaine - Ticket Office
My Son went over to Athens to watch Burnley at Olympiakos - he said the funniest thing was walking into the hotel to get his ticket and seeing all the ladies from the ticket office sat there just like it was Turf Moor. I assume she'd have been there handing out the tickets On a related note I can't ...
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 8:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Your first ever record
- Replies: 141
- Views: 11362
Re: Your first ever record
The various formats:
First single - "Cum On Feel The Noize" - Slade
First album - "Face The Music" - Electric Light Orchestra
First cassette - "A New World Record" - Electric Light Orchestra
First CD - "If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song" - The Icicle Works
First single - "Cum On Feel The Noize" - Slade
First album - "Face The Music" - Electric Light Orchestra
First cassette - "A New World Record" - Electric Light Orchestra
First CD - "If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song" - The Icicle Works
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Health and safety when you were a child.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 3253
Re: Health and safety when you were a child.
Too many to mention but 3 things stand out: 1) There was a disused wooden warehouse awaiting demolition near where we lived. One night me and a mate climbed up on to the roof. The roof was wood and shallow pitched so you could run around on it. The roof was rotten and one of my feet went straight th...
- Sun May 30, 2021 10:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Last British veteran of both Dunkirk evacuation and Normandy landings dies aged 98
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1762
Re: Last British veteran of both Dunkirk evacuation and Normandy landings dies aged 98
My late uncle Alf who was 3 years older than my dad was a regular prior to World War II.
He was also evacuated from Dunkirk and was shot in the chest on D Day plus 2 - he survived and ran a shop with my auntie Edna for years. He never said a thing about it and I got all this from my dad.
He was also evacuated from Dunkirk and was shot in the chest on D Day plus 2 - he survived and ran a shop with my auntie Edna for years. He never said a thing about it and I got all this from my dad.
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Everton v Clarets - Match Thread
- Replies: 344
- Views: 16119
Re: Everton v Clarets - Match Thread
Brownhill for the goal - reminded me of Dean Marney against QPR in 2013
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chuck Yeager
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1465
Chuck Yeager
Surprised it hasn’t been mentioned already but Chuck Yeager the first man universally acknowledged to have broken the sound barrier in 1947 has died aged 97
If you’ve ever read The Right Stuff or seen the movie you’ll understand the sheer skill and courage of this man
If you’ve ever read The Right Stuff or seen the movie you’ll understand the sheer skill and courage of this man
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Phil Lynott
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4539
Re: Phil Lynott
Proper old school rocker the sort rarely found in the music biz these days I read an article about Phil Lynott once with various band mates and associates - everyone seemed to love him and didn’t have a bad word for him I liked what Midge Ure said “he was a great bloke but you wouldn’t trust him wit...
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 6:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bolton
- Replies: 1317
- Views: 157322
Re: Bolton
a report from Bassini's visit to Horwich tonight https://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2019/8/20/20823141/ex-watford-chairman-bassini-heaps-further-embarrassment-on-bolton-wanderers-with-bizarre-performance?utm_campaign=lionofviennasuite.sbnation&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twi...
- Wed May 01, 2019 12:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 2 Everton Tickets Available
- Replies: 0
- Views: 823
2 Everton Tickets Available
I have 2 spare adult tickets for the Everton game on Friday
Lower tier - Row Q - face value £10.00 each
Lower tier - Row Q - face value £10.00 each
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 8:35 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Spurs v Ajax
- Replies: 62
- Views: 4761
Re: Spurs v Ajax
What - even Arsenal fans?Top Claret wrote:Don't know why any English man wouldn't want Spurs to win
If it was Blackburn Rovers playing Ajax would you want them to win?
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Spurs v Ajax
- Replies: 62
- Views: 4761
Re: Spurs v Ajax
I think this could be a very good tie - Ajax are clearly capable of beating anyone else out there. I'm looking forward to this as I have a big soft spot for Ajax who are my favourite overseas team. I first got into football in the early 70s and Ajax just seemed to represent the very highest level of...
- Sun Apr 28, 2019 10:33 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Man City Predictions
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2145
Re: Man City Predictions
Ever since Burnley's form improved after Xmas I've had a feeling about this game. I'm far too old to be doing this but I still play out fantasy game scenarios in my head and I'm convinced Burnley are going to cause a major upset and be instrumental in deciding who wins the league. They're playing th...
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Wolves v Watford
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3897
Re: Wolves v Watford
Wolves absolutely appalling stuff. I seriously rate them as a league club but when it comes to holding your nerve they’re appalling. Shocking mentality in that situation. I criticise us, but when you’re 2-0 up at Wembley with 11 to play against that sort of side, you defend with 11 men. Not 9, not ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2019 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cardiff at home
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7869
Re: Cardiff at home
My view is that what happens against Bournemouth will have a massive effect on the Cardiff game. A win for Burnley tomorrow will mean Cardiff are 8 points back when they visit Turf Moor. This makes it a game that they really have to win to stand a realistic chance of catching Burnley - the pressure ...
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Anyone else thinking of NOT renewing next season?
- Replies: 203
- Views: 16654
Re: Anyone else thinking of NOT renewing next season?
At Xmas I asked my daughter (11) if she still wanted to go if Burnley got relegated
She still wants to go and that’s good enough for me - renewed 2 weeks ago
Taking my seat at 14:50 on a Saturday- I feel like I’m In the right place at the right time
She still wants to go and that’s good enough for me - renewed 2 weeks ago
Taking my seat at 14:50 on a Saturday- I feel like I’m In the right place at the right time
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Robbie brady
- Replies: 79
- Views: 8600
Re: Robbie brady
Brady - the winger who can’t cross the ball
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Charlie Taylor
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1538
Re: Charlie Taylor
Agree 100 percent
Proper Premier League quality full back
Proper Premier League quality full back
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:07 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Roy Harper
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4087
Re: Roy Harper
First gig was Elvis Costello & The Attractions in 1978 at Leicester De Montfort Hall - great night! I saw Costello 7 times between 1978 and 1982. I used to like the way bands named the tours after whatever album they had out at the time - In 1981 Costello had just released Trust so it was 'The Tour ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2019 6:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Todays football
- Replies: 62
- Views: 5049
Re: Todays football
More points dropped for Liverpool, they were pretty dire up front, Everton fought well, City with the advantage. A victory for us at Anfield next week could be the story of the season, they'd talk about it for years, would love our club to be pivotal in the story. I'd love Burnley to be pivotal in ...
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:11 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Which teams has Sean Dyche not beaten?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7511
Re: Which teams has Sean Dyche not beaten?
I genuinely remember this coming up in one of your threads not so long ago - it's someone they've only played once and it was in his first season and they drewClaretTony wrote:Not played Scunthorpe since Eddie Howe's first game in charge
Peterborough?
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:48 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Which teams has Sean Dyche not beaten?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7511
Re: Which teams has Sean Dyche not beaten?
Didn't this get mentioned a short while back?
Scunthorpe?
Scunthorpe?
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:04 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: BHA messageboard
- Replies: 73
- Views: 12885
Re: BHA messageboard
I actually logged on to their messageboard first thing this morning just to see what they were saying - didn't disappoint, absolutely hilarious! I looked at some of the earlier threads - on their matchday thread they were moaning about their team and there was a lot of talk about wanting rid of Chri...
- Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Joe Jackson
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4017
Re: Joe Jackson
One of my favourite artists when he first started out. Like a lot of artists he had an early creative burst and his first 2 albums were released within 12 months of each other. They sound very similar and I always felt that most of the songs from the second album were written at the same time as his...
- Sun Dec 30, 2018 1:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: To all the moaners on this board
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6419
Re: To all the moaners on this board
I am getting behind them - I’m in the ground ready to cheer them on
To the team - give the fans a reason to get behind you - to start with don’t go 3 - 0 down after 20 minutes - it makes it difficult for us to get behind you!
To the team - give the fans a reason to get behind you - to start with don’t go 3 - 0 down after 20 minutes - it makes it difficult for us to get behind you!
- Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: `ammer the `ammers mutiny thread
- Replies: 79
- Views: 5938
Re: `ammer the `ammers mutiny thread
I will miss Madge and so should we all
But desperate times call for desperate measures so with a heavy heart - I am backing this thread!
Burnley to win 2 - 0!!!
But desperate times call for desperate measures so with a heavy heart - I am backing this thread!
Burnley to win 2 - 0!!!
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 12:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Autographs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1499
Re: Autographs
Thanks - 13:30 kick off tomorrow so I need to get her there for about 10:30.wilks_bfc wrote:For a 3pm ko they start to arrive between 12-12:30
Then on to The Miners for a pint (me not her - she can have a coke)
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 12:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Autographs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1499
Autographs
My 11 year old daughter would like to get some of the players' autographs.
Does anyone know roughly what time the players start to arrive at the ground on match day?
Does anyone know roughly what time the players start to arrive at the ground on match day?
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 6:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Where the hell is Madge?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3818
Re: Where the hell is Madge?
Madge is an animated GIF who lives in a shoebox, in the cupboard under the stairs, at Holycustard''s home. He let her out and onto the match thread, many years ago, when he was the board's most prolific poster. He ran the match thread and kept us bang up to date with what wax happening.....before w...
- Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Where the hell is Madge?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3818
Re: Where the hell is Madge?
Thank God she's back - the away game matchday thread on Sunday just wasn't the same without her!
I'm sure this has been asked and answered many times but how, when & why did Madge become the face of the Burnley matchday threads?
I'm sure this has been asked and answered many times but how, when & why did Madge become the face of the Burnley matchday threads?
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RED TV - Aberdeen
- Replies: 138
- Views: 16878
Re: RED TV - Aberdeen
Keep going on redtv website lasts about 2 seconds then screen goes blank