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by Man of Kent
Sun Mar 08, 2020 4:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Handshakes
Replies: 12
Views: 1378

Re: Handshakes

Get rid of it. Never bring it back. A farce.
by Man of Kent
Sun Mar 08, 2020 4:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match of the Day
Replies: 19
Views: 3960

Re: Match of the Day

Haven't you noticed that every time Burnley produce a magnificent win this season, the story the next day (and the inane, vacuous punditry spouted by Big Ears and his chums on MOTD) are always about the crisis that the loss has created at the defeated team (or as yesterday in the team that somehow d...
by Man of Kent
Sun Feb 02, 2020 6:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football tourists.
Replies: 15
Views: 2832

Re: Football tourists.

Long Time Lurker wrote:
Sun Feb 02, 2020 6:17 pm
We are the perfect team for American fans. The hard working team ethos sits well with the blue collar workers that form the core of sporting enthusiasts from the States.
Burnley - the Green Bay Packers of the Premier league.
by Man of Kent
Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Worst accent?
Replies: 83
Views: 5394

Re: Worst accent?

Burnley...?! :oops:
by Man of Kent
Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: WD 40
Replies: 22
Views: 3652

Re: WD 40

As kids, we used to spray a can of WD40 through the supplementary, clip-on red plastic nozzle and put a match to it. It made a brilliant flame thrower! Important to avoid 'blowback' though...
by Man of Kent
Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: International Driving Permit
Replies: 22
Views: 3358

Re: International Driving Permit

I've had one for many years and I've never been asked to show it to PC Plod or border staff - not in Brazil, Peru or anywhere in the EU.
by Man of Kent
Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Views From Grounds
Replies: 30
Views: 2513

Re: Views From Grounds

Few better than this one!
by Man of Kent
Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best Memory You Have Visiting A Small Ground
Replies: 109
Views: 8153

Re: Best Memory You Have Visiting A Small Ground

I was at Barnet..what a belter of an afternoon/evening. Maidstone United though...played at Dartford..a sunny Saturday, in the 1980's..think we won 0-1. Tons of Clarets there, all over the ground, pubs full...what tickled me was the announcement near the end that all the Burnley fans would be let o...
by Man of Kent
Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Man utd fans
Replies: 38
Views: 6031

Re: Man utd fans

bfcjg wrote:I dislike southerners in general.
Oh thanks pal.
by Man of Kent
Thu Aug 30, 2018 8:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mavis Riley
Replies: 2
Views: 1350

Mavis Riley

"Oooh, I don't really knooooow"
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by Man of Kent
Sun Aug 26, 2018 1:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Roll call for Fulham
Replies: 10
Views: 1653

Re: Roll call for Fulham

Four us from Kent. Just setting off in half an hour. One of the many advantages of living down here!
by Man of Kent
Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley flag
Replies: 54
Views: 8473

Re: Burnley flag

MACCA wrote:So how do you explain Colne Clarets, Yorkshire Clarets, and even London Clarets?
....and even Kent Clarets?!

Probably the furthest distance from Burnley in our country (England)?
by Man of Kent
Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fulham Away Tickets (Now Sold Out)
Replies: 66
Views: 12276

Re: Fulham Away Tickets (Now Sold Out)

Fulham will sell tickets in the neutral end - even to away fans. I was in there against Palace and it was full of visitors. Many bought them on the day. If you go in the neutral end (Putney End) which is the same end as where the visitors will be, you'll be among friends and you can wear your colour...
by Man of Kent
Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dedication
Replies: 32
Views: 2417

Re: Dedication

Go through Sofia (from Manchester), via Frankfurt, with Lufthansa on Wednesday, returning on Friday and it's currently £294 return. The flight is currently available on Orbitz.com. Then, a six hour drive to Istanbul.
by Man of Kent
Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Worst so called tourist location you have visited ?
Replies: 126
Views: 13442

Re: Worst so called tourist location you have visited ?

Gnome World in Suffolk. A living nightmare! http://www.gnomemagic.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by Man of Kent
Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Good watches
Replies: 63
Views: 6347

Re: Good watches

Rayaforspain1875 wrote:I'm sure there's a few on here that the police watches.. :)
I'm so used to the brand name, I never thought of that :oops:
They are definitely not ex-Police surplus watches as worn by PC Plod. They're the watches that Becks once promoted.
by Man of Kent
Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best place you have ever visited?
Replies: 131
Views: 11786

Re: Best place you have ever visited?

Kent, of course!
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by Man of Kent
Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Good watches
Replies: 63
Views: 6347

Re: Good watches

House of Fraser have a good selection of them. If you search on 'Police Watches', House of Fraser comes up high in the rankings (Yahoo).
by Man of Kent
Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: One of the top 6 sides in English Football
Replies: 12
Views: 2843

Re: One of the top 6 sides in English Football

Certainly one of the top six in West Yorkshire....just.
by Man of Kent
Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Good watches
Replies: 63
Views: 6347

Re: Good watches

Police watches. They look and feel like seriously expensive watches. For minimal outlay, they last well too.
by Man of Kent
Tue May 29, 2018 10:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: You’ve got to love those cuddly scousers!
Replies: 28
Views: 4262

Re: You’ve got to love those cuddly scousers!

Every time I've been there with Burnley, there's always been a warm, friendly welcome waiting for us from those salt-of-the-earth scallywags and 'best fans in football', straight from the set of 'Bread'....not. Thoroughly unpleasant glory seekers.
by Man of Kent
Tue May 29, 2018 10:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A perfect storm brewing at the Villa
Replies: 9
Views: 3151

Re: A perfect storm brewing at the Villa

Villa are too big to fail. Someone else will buy them if needs be and they'll be back in the PL at some point. They won't give a **** about FFP either Their market potential is absolutely massive, how they aren't one of the biggest clubs in the country, I've no idea. Well, their fans don't act like...
by Man of Kent
Fri May 25, 2018 10:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Championship playoff
Replies: 112
Views: 7392

Re: Championship playoff

Mitrovic has the winner!
by Man of Kent
Sun May 06, 2018 1:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tarkowski nominated
Replies: 15
Views: 2544

Re: Tarkowski nominated

Once you have cast your vote (for Tarkowski presumably), if you clear your browsing history and go back onto the voting page, you can cast your vote again (and again....)!

Not that i would ever encourage any Burnley supporters to indulge in such skulduggery....
by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Looking to our feeder club again?
Replies: 18
Views: 4856

Re: Looking to our feeder club again?

I thought our feeder club was Brentford, :?
by Man of Kent
Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fulham or Cardiff?
Replies: 51
Views: 3347

Re: Fulham or Cardiff?

From a Supporters club point of view Cardiff its so much easier to get away from Fulham Palace Road is horrendous after a match You're going the wrong way. Fulham Palace Road is a no no after a game. Walk through Bishop's Park instead to Putney Bridge tube station and take the Underground to where ...
by Man of Kent
Fri Apr 20, 2018 4:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who???? What team, what squad what??????
Replies: 12
Views: 1834

Re: Who???? What team, what squad what??????

Notts Forest - mid to late 60s? 1967 perhaps?
by Man of Kent
Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thursday night football
Replies: 7
Views: 1488

Re: Thursday night football

Watching and hoping in the southeast...unfortunately. Wish I was there!
by Man of Kent
Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Remember how annoying the pundits were a few months ago?
Replies: 14
Views: 2586

Re: Remember how annoying the pundits were a few months ago?

Still a little to go yet before Europe is a reality. One game at a time. Two tough ones coming up. Southampton and Chelsea will have a big influence on our potential European jolly. Chelsea could beat us tonight, then lose to Southampton at the weekend while Southampton might lose against Leicester...
by Man of Kent
Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bournemouth At Turf Inflatable"s Yes/No
Replies: 60
Views: 5719

Re: Bournemouth At Turf Inflatable"s Yes/No

"Peaky blinders" newsboy (flat) caps worn by everyone....and throw them all up in the air when we score.
by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We really missed Defour yesterday
Replies: 29
Views: 3294

Re: We really missed Defour yesterday

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Don't think he missed us though!
by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Sutton
Replies: 86
Views: 11671

Re: Chris Sutton

They were having a poll on BT Sport for manager of the year and Dyche was winning it. Sutton scoffed at the idea but was put in his place by Dean Saunders. He then said about us getting into Europe: "“Imagine teams around Europe, the disappointment of being drawn against Burnley." Sutton just tries...
by Man of Kent
Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cycling To The Game
Replies: 23
Views: 2459

Re: Cycling To The Game

I give it ten minutes!
by Man of Kent
Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: World War 3
Replies: 161
Views: 10061

Re: World War 3

It all kicks off tonight apparently...
by Man of Kent
Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jaguar Land Rover to cut 1,000 jobs due to Brexit
Replies: 31
Views: 2460

Re: Jaguar Land Rover to cut 1,000 jobs due to Brexit

Foulthrow wrote:I don’t know much about the car industry but would have assumed remaining to be something you would want if you worked there.
The UK is the fifth biggest car exporter in the world in fact. Over 75% of the cars produced in the UK are exported each year - currently around 1.6 million a year.
by Man of Kent
Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jaguar Land Rover to cut 1,000 jobs due to Brexit
Replies: 31
Views: 2460

Re: Jaguar Land Rover to cut 1,000 jobs due to Brexit

Sidney1st wrote:Beckham didn't design anything, it was a marketing ploy and she was involved in very little apart from some interior stuff.
Don't forget that she put some rose gold on the alloy wheels in her exterior touches on the 'Evoque by Victoria Beckham' - a stroke of true automotive genius!
by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Will they deliver on THIS promise?!
Replies: 17
Views: 3215

Will they deliver on THIS promise?!

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by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where does the North stop being the North?
Replies: 69
Views: 5825

Re: Where does the North stop being the North?

When people stop speaking to each other on public transport, you know you're heading into the north!
by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 08, 2018 9:09 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jeff Stelling
Replies: 13
Views: 4053

Re: Jeff Stelling

bfcjg wrote:Best football presenter ever. Even Merson was praising Burnley to the hilt before the game.
Must have been on 'the sweet sherry' again....
by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 08, 2018 9:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Any Clarets in Stuttgart?
Replies: 12
Views: 3003

Re: Any Clarets in Stuttgart?

Saxoman wrote:You've clearly never been to Stuttgart, and have simply gone onto wiki.. I'd wager I've been more places than you in central Europe over the last decade.
I used to work there you clown. In Sindelfingen. And you? Ever been to mainland Europe?
by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ha Ha Ha Watford?
Replies: 48
Views: 6385

Re: Ha Ha Ha Watford?

Taken off Twitter tonight...what a knob :D Capture.PNG 57 comments yet only four likes to that moronic Tweet says it all. I've never experienced any 'white heavy males' preventing me from going onto any Burnley matches home or away. That clown needs to educate himself and understand something calle...
by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ha Ha Ha Watford?
Replies: 48
Views: 6385

Re: Ha Ha Ha Watford?

Obviously I don't know about your family or financial side of things, but if you hate it down there then maybe it's worth giving Burnley another go? It's got to have changed a bit since you finished University. . Front page headline of the Burnley Express this weekend - "Boomtown Burnley". I never ...
by Man of Kent
Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Any Clarets in Stuttgart?
Replies: 12
Views: 3003

Re: Any Clarets in Stuttgart?

Saxoman wrote:I have my pic taken outside the Mercedes arena.. I can confirm Stuttgart is massive.
Ah bless. You haven't travelled much have you? 'Massive' Stuttgart has a population of 600,000 - similar in size to Sheffield at best. Compared to Blackburn though, it's a gigantic city in every respect.
by Man of Kent
Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Footballers that look like they've just woke up
Replies: 21
Views: 3180

Re: Footballers that look like they've just woke up

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by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Which striker would you like to have back?
Replies: 45
Views: 4078

Re: Which striker would you like to have back?

Rammy1968 wrote:Billy Hamilton
You'd need a big cheque to prise him away from his trophy engraving business in Bangor, Northern Ireland!
by Man of Kent
Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Financial implications of getting 7th spot ( europe )
Replies: 84
Views: 9267

Re: Financial implications of getting 7th spot ( europe )

It'll all be part of this big adventure. Enjoy it while it lasts. This might not last forever so we should embrace it and enjoy the novelty!
by Man of Kent
Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Silver Moon
Replies: 18
Views: 1650

Re: Silver Moon

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by Man of Kent
Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The supporters of which five clubs have had the toughest last decade?
Replies: 62
Views: 5236

Re: The supporters of which five clubs have had the toughest last decade?

All our favourites are in here. Read this and experience true schadenfreude!
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by Man of Kent
Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Settle Line
Replies: 14
Views: 2436

Re: The Settle Line

Thought at first you were thinking of an association Remember Barden Senior School owning Dent Railway Station before the days of Lancashire County Council on the Settle to Carlisle Line, just up from Ribblehead Viaduct. Happy memories of a few field trips there before moving on to BGS. Often go to...
by Man of Kent
Sun Mar 11, 2018 11:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham's Business Model
Replies: 17
Views: 2410

Re: West Ham's Business Model

There's nothing wrong with the stadium at all. It just should never have been converted for football. It's an awkward and ill thought out (and shabby) temporary conversion. It was a brilliant venue in the Olympics and the World Athletics Championships but it has been desecrated and abused by West Ha...