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by ngsobob
Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Goin’ Down Th’Imp
Replies: 42
Views: 4598

Re: Goin’ Down Th’Imp

I have a copy, George, given by Chapps. A mine of information and photos including one ex.... It would benefit from an editor if it goes to a wider audience.
by ngsobob
Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New BFC Membership scheme
Replies: 381
Views: 24848

Re: New BFC Membership scheme

It's the owners, it's the American way to 'monetise' everything. To have a situation where non season ticket holders can buy first access to away tickets puts money before season ticketers loyalty points; years of such loyalty clearly matters less to them than commercial income. We have to accept th...
by ngsobob
Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: POLL: New Five Subs Rule - Love or Loathe?
Replies: 34
Views: 1587

Re: POLL: New Five Subs Rule - Love or Loathe?

I'd just like to know who the subs are. No longer included on the screens.
by ngsobob
Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wout Weghorst
Replies: 615
Views: 53633

Re: Wout Weghorst

If Weghorst and Cornet are examples of the technical assessment ability of our owners, there must be a problem with their algorithm. Does it include character?
by ngsobob
Sun Oct 31, 2021 11:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your first ever record
Replies: 141
Views: 11033

Re: Your first ever record

Move It, Cliff Richard, 78 not a 45.
by ngsobob
Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Would Burnley be missed in the Premier League?
Replies: 42
Views: 5376

Re: Would Burnley be missed in the Premier League?

Guardian online now discussing our style. Ian Mac defending us.
by ngsobob
Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Woan and Grealish
Replies: 89
Views: 10258

Re: Woan and Grealish

Woan just asked him if he needed a lift home.
by ngsobob
Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Battle of Britain: 3 Days That Saved the Nation Channel 5 9PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2980

Re: The Battle of Britain: 3 Days That Saved the Nation Channel 5 9PM

Allied effort. I believe the Poles had the most hits. There was an Indian Spitfire squadron too. Hitler switched his focus to bombing London which provided opportunity for the RAF to recover numbers. Amazing to think of little more than teenagers doing aerial combat.
by ngsobob
Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Junior Stanislas
Replies: 70
Views: 5320

Re: Junior Stanislas

Probably not. Lovely footballer, two good feet but has an ongoing problem with hamstrings. However, I love watching him play, the way he moves, the eye he has, the accuracy of his passing. Good player.
by ngsobob
Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hollies.Are they Burnley fans?
Replies: 43
Views: 8241

Re: Hollies.Are they Burnley fans?

Clear from his autobiog (It Ain't Heavy, It's My Story, just published) that Bobby Elliott is a Claret.
by ngsobob
Sat Jun 13, 2020 11:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Hollies and Burnley's Bobby Elliott
Replies: 0
Views: 497

The Hollies and Burnley's Bobby Elliott

As there's a Kinks thread, here's a Hollies one. Did you now that Bobby Elliott's Dad, and Bob himself, used to drink at the Talbot? Reference in Bob's autobiography 'It Ain't Heavy, It's My Story'.

http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSit ... e-Business
by ngsobob
Fri Mar 06, 2020 6:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Hollies
Replies: 33
Views: 3599

Re: The Hollies

Or you could have said they only wrote seven of their first 19 singles. SAW? X Factor? You have cloth ears. Quality performers.
by ngsobob
Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Hollies
Replies: 33
Views: 3599

Re: The Hollies

I was at that gig at the Locarno in 1963. Didn't they have a rotating stage? Tony appeared last to huge cheers, memory says.
by ngsobob
Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Hollies
Replies: 33
Views: 3599

Re: The Hollies

Singing songs written by songwriters outside the band does not make for a covers band. The Hollies current lead vocal is Pete Howarth who has been with them for over ten years. I see them regularly, presently thinking about Liverpool Phil in April. The band is superb, a great show without other acts...
by ngsobob
Sun Dec 08, 2019 1:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What was Tottenham's stadium like ?
Replies: 58
Views: 6204

Re: What was Tottenham's stadium like ?

Enforced bag drop, £10. Scam Hart Lane.
by ngsobob
Fri Aug 16, 2019 1:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chelsea vs Burnley 2017/18
Replies: 0
Views: 953

Chelsea vs Burnley 2017/18

30 minutes of highlights on BT1 at 2 pm today.
by ngsobob
Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Minor gripe
Replies: 58
Views: 12022

Re: Minor gripe

No meat when we do the teas! We get round them with delicious scones and jam for afters.
by ngsobob
Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Premier League clubs and the Living Wage
Replies: 12
Views: 1590

Re: Premier League clubs and the Living Wage

I had a conversation with Dave Baldwin about this a couple of seasons ago. It was his intention at that time to put a case to the Board when he thought he might win but he noted difficulties with outsourced staff. I emailed last season but had no reply. It wouldn't cost much. If anyone has evidence ...
by ngsobob
Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: CT's past results and Tables
Replies: 25
Views: 2229

Re: CT's past results and Tables

I was behind the goal at the cricket field end. We watched McParland powering towards us with Jimmy Adamson alongside. We were shouting 'bring him down' but Jimmy wasn't that vulgar. He scored.
by ngsobob
Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: All time classic LP's
Replies: 119
Views: 10148

Re: All time classic LP's

Me and My Shadows - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
Out of The Shadows
Freewheeling Bob Dylan
Between the Lines - Janis Ian
Hotel California - The Eagles
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
I'm Nearly Famous - Cliff Richard

I'm not ancient, I merely have longevity.
by ngsobob
Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Sarri charged by FA
Replies: 16
Views: 2842

Re: ARTICLE: Sarri charged by FA

CT wrote: I thought of using that as my match report title but the song is so old I wasn’t sure how many would have understood it.

For those who do
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I have a copy of that. MGM label. Will now play it, thinking of Sarri.
by ngsobob
Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The country is in turmoil
Replies: 113
Views: 6056

Re: The country is in turmoil

It's affected all of us already. If you haven't noticed, you're not looking. GDP is 2.5% lower than it otherwise would have been. That's cost all of us about £4000 per household. It's affecting finances for public services, which is why they are deteriorating evermore from the drop caused by failed ...
by ngsobob
Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 100 Vagina's C4
Replies: 33
Views: 4951

Re: 100 Vagina's C4

I suggest you watch it. You might appreciate your women even more than you do now. They have a lot more to put up with than we do and we're partly responsible.

By the way, the thread title doesn't need the apostrophe. Just saying, like.
by ngsobob
Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T I want to come home
Replies: 881
Views: 52658

Re: O/T I want to come home

Lancaster and friends, what do you have to do that means you can't wait thirty seconds in a queue behind an older person or, shock, a female? Life that busy? Mind, thirty seconds might count in the toilets at the Turf so I tend to stand behind a youngie.
by ngsobob
Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonight’s Pen
Replies: 105
Views: 10045

Re: Tonight’s Pen

The decision should rest on whether the opponent put him down or he put himself down. Lingard and others put themselves down as soon as the wind blows.
by ngsobob
Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Burnley in mourning with the loss of the great Jimmy Mac
Replies: 88
Views: 8433

Re: ARTICLE: Burnley in mourning with the loss of the great Jimmy Mac

Very moving piece. I saw him play from 1956. He's my hero. Thank you.
by ngsobob
Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brexit Food Shortages
Replies: 473
Views: 24296

Re: Brexit Food Shortages

425 Hampstead, Minford can't argue persuasively about anything to do with economics, his is a record of failure. Pity his students down at Cardiff. I 'm sure he'll have no success backing Brexit, nor do I hope he will. Am I right in recalling you were a Brexiter? Are you still?
by ngsobob
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brexit Food Shortages
Replies: 473
Views: 24296

Re: Brexit Food Shortages

Hampstead, Professor Minford thinks he's an economist of some standing too. Maybe time you both sat down?
by ngsobob
Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Airbus and Brexit
Replies: 166
Views: 9286

Re: Airbus and Brexit

It's this. In a binary referendum. You can't having the winning side , Leave, enacting part of the losing side, Remain.......

However, in an advisory referendum, you can treat it as binding, eh RMcC?
by ngsobob
Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Airbus and Brexit
Replies: 166
Views: 9286

Re: Airbus and Brexit

100 years ago, my forbears lived cheek by jowl in Colne Road, Brierfield. Lord knows where they kept the horse. I admire Lancaster's stamina in arguing with those who will not listen. When we win the right to a People's Vote, the task will be to ensure that people have the chance to see the truth. W...
by ngsobob
Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jay could be back on his way to us
Replies: 168
Views: 20545

Re: Jay could be back on his way to us

I love watching Jay play. I'd be thrilled if he returned. Good with both feet, great in the air, good control, nippy, excellent positioning. He's class.
by ngsobob
Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Daily Mail
Replies: 136
Views: 10414

Re: The Daily Mail

My Lord Beamish (post 42), may I demur at your description of me as "one-eyed and lacking in balanced judgement as any D Mail BTL comment section." As an occasional, erudite contributor to the Letters page, I would take some offence if I cared enough. Let me just say that my contributions are a test...
by ngsobob
Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Arsenal tickets
Replies: 6
Views: 1650

Re: Arsenal tickets

Makes a change from Stoke then..................
by ngsobob
Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alistair Campbell being his usual self
Replies: 22
Views: 3908

Re: Alistair Campbell being his usual self

his name is Alastair. Try harder to get it right. He's a good bloke.
by ngsobob
Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: New dates for Chelsea and Stoke games
Replies: 46
Views: 5350

Re: ARTICLE: New dates for Chelsea and Stoke games

Tad annoying that the tickets should go on sale just three days before the date change. Club must have known - better to hold off the sale until finalisation.
by ngsobob
Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Veggies.....can they tell???
Replies: 63
Views: 3789

Re: Veggies.....can they tell???

Of course they'll be able to tell, and they'd learn a lot about you, too. Cook a veggie lasagne or spag bol with lots of wine for all of you. I've been veggie for half my life - I assure you, I'd know.
by ngsobob
Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Official Brexit impact papers released
Replies: 206
Views: 9189

Re: Official Brexit impact papers released

I'm amused by the constant complaining by the losing side. Post 18

If we Brexit, we're all on the losing side.
by ngsobob
Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jay Rod charged!
Replies: 147
Views: 19674

Re: Jay Rod charged!

What interests me is the amount of time, effort and money that went into the investigation by the FA. As far as one can see, there was no-one else near enough to hear the Jay-Bong exchange. So no third party evidence. Does this indicate the FA's view that Liverpool-Everton relations are more importa...
by ngsobob
Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We can win the world cup
Replies: 69
Views: 4563

Re: We can win the world cup

Walker? The chap who disappeared when Johann scored against City? He's so one-footed he could register disabled. Sit on his right foot and he has to pass. Rose is his twin - another one-foot wonder. Tripper is far better at crossing the ball.
by ngsobob
Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Busby Babes ont Turf
Replies: 67
Views: 7289

Re: Busby Babes ont Turf

I was at that game, just gone 10 years old. I went home and told my Dad that Duncan Edwards was dirty. I haven't changed my mind.
by ngsobob
Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Potential Message Board Changes
Replies: 172
Views: 16557

Re: Potential Message Board Changes

Keep it as it is. On a desktop, it's easy enough to see who's posting and skip. Better thread titles would help choice too.
by ngsobob
Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who should your kids support?
Replies: 33
Views: 2996

Re: Who should your kids support?

My three lads are adults now. When they were children, one suffered peer pressure at school (we live in NW Cheshire now) to be a United fan (could have been Liverpool or Everton) so his Mum bought him a shirt. However, before that he was on the Turf with me at ten months. The middle one was given a ...
by ngsobob
Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: JBG
Replies: 89
Views: 11953

Re: JBG

If memory serves, and it doesn't always, John Connelly was left footed and played right wing so he could cut in and hammer it with his left.
by ngsobob
Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!
Replies: 2898
Views: 141546

Re: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!

Perhaps Mr McCartney could tell us which countries we can't presently export to?
by ngsobob
Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Budget 2017
Replies: 86
Views: 6056

Re: Budget 2017

I've never known of so many ostriches congregating in the same place.

Course you have, just follow any RingoMcCartney thread.
by ngsobob
Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!
Replies: 2898
Views: 141546

Re: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!

PS Don't agree with Lancaster about having to leave because of the vote. Lies, lack of info on consequences and 4m denied a vote. Now we see investigations into Leave funding by the Electoral Commission. Dodgy Ref, not bowing the knee to that.
by ngsobob
Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!
Replies: 2898
Views: 141546

Re: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!

Today: Leaving the European Union would cause a serious shock to the UK economy that could lead to 950,000 job losses and leave the average household £3,700 worse off by 2020, a report commissioned by the CBI business lobby group has warned. In a stark warning, an analysis conducted by accountancy f...
by ngsobob
Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BAE - well over 1,000 UK jobs going
Replies: 173
Views: 11658

Re: BAE - well over 1,000 UK jobs going

And we can already control our own border but Home Secretary May didn't implement the provisions (three months, no job, return home).
by ngsobob
Tue Nov 21, 2017 3:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BAE - well over 1,000 UK jobs going
Replies: 173
Views: 11658

Re: BAE - well over 1,000 UK jobs going

Correction:

For starters, there'd be no trade deal until we coughed up.
by ngsobob
Tue Nov 21, 2017 3:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BAE - well over 1,000 UK jobs going
Replies: 173
Views: 11658

Re: BAE - well over 1,000 UK jobs going

The Lords Subcommittee took the view of one expert out of three, the other two arguing against. It could only happen under a 'walk away' and member states would have plenty of opportunity to seek remedial action. For starters, there'sd be no trade deal under we coughed up. It is fanciful but I can s...