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by lancastrian
Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham United V The Clarets 2pm KO
Replies: 617
Views: 18878

Re: West Ham United V The Clarets 2pm KO

Thought that Burnley played well today. Should have won, two glorious chances in added time.
by lancastrian
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Streams for today
Replies: 13
Views: 1086

Re: Streams for today

Try mrgamingstreams. Then soccer and choose your match
by lancastrian
Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s thread
Replies: 302
Views: 9492

Re: Today’s thread

Just give credit where credit is due. Arsenal are a very good team and would have probably beaten most teams with that display.
Just think Burnley use to demolish teams like that in the late fifties and early sixties
by lancastrian
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s thread
Replies: 302
Views: 9492

Re: Today’s thread

Cannot fault the effort but Arsenal are an excellent team with worls class players.
by lancastrian
Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stream for today
Replies: 3
Views: 594

Re: Stream for today

www.mygamngstreams click on soccer and then navigate your way
by lancastrian
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Streams if needed
Replies: 18
Views: 1462

Re: Streams if needed

Mrgamingstreams
by lancastrian
Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Conscription
Replies: 132
Views: 6584

Re: Conscription

They were brave, they had a bigger pair on them collectively than most of the generations that followed no doubt, but unfortunately they were more easily led. Cannot agree we were more easily led. I was conscripted to do two years National Service in 1957 with the R A F. With six months in the U K ...
by lancastrian
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v Everton Match Thread
Replies: 405
Views: 126441

Re: Clarets v Everton Match Thread

Venkys4eva wrote:
Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:36 pm
Same s*** different day.

Trafford is a turd of a keeper
That is terrible remark to make about anyone let alone a young player
by lancastrian
Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Central League
Replies: 41
Views: 1893

Re: The Central League

Those were the days. In the late forties and early fifties if you were so inclined you could stand behind the goals at the BeeHole end for the first half and then move to the cricket field stand for the second half.
by lancastrian
Thu May 04, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?
Replies: 167
Views: 7114

Re: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?

Gerry Hattrick wrote:
Thu May 04, 2023 12:59 pm
B****y 'ell, I give in. You are an owd bugga. ;)
We will call it a draw
by lancastrian
Thu May 04, 2023 12:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?
Replies: 167
Views: 7114

Re: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?

Gerry Hattrick wrote:
Thu May 04, 2023 12:36 pm
Blimey, the race is down to the wire ! Don’t tell me you were born on the 7th as well. :-)
No. The first
by lancastrian
Thu May 04, 2023 9:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?
Replies: 167
Views: 7114

Re: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?

by mkmel » Wed May 03, 2023 10:17 am lancastrian wrote: ↑ Wed May 03, 2023 10:13 am "I don't post all that much but at 85 I leave it to you youngsters. Saw my first match in 1945" "I think we have a winner as the oldest poster on here" Could be a tight race. If nobody over 85 shows up, depends on w...
by lancastrian
Wed May 03, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?
Replies: 167
Views: 7114

Re: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?

I don't post all that much but at 85 I leave it to you youngsters.
Saw my first match in 1945
by lancastrian
Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Transfer embargo
Replies: 579
Views: 32990

Re: Transfer embargo

The question is why change the auditors so late in the financial year? Is it because the previous auditors refused to sign off on the accounts? Part of Auditor's job is to report to the shareholders whether the accounts give a true position on the financial state of the company. In any case, a chang...
by lancastrian
Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:41 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bob Lord Terracing?
Replies: 110
Views: 7361

Re: Bob Lord Terracing?

:D My mistake, I thought we were talking about the terracing at the front of the long side that was sectioned off for younger fans, so that they could see the game easier. At 24 years old, obviously you weren't. 😃 No problem. I was responding to someone who had seen the Cup tie against Everton from...
by lancastrian
Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bob Lord Terracing?
Replies: 110
Views: 7361

Re: Bob Lord Terracing?

2 Bee Holed wrote:
Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:59 pm
Father in law? That's had me puzzled all day. How old were you?

Can you explain please?
I was 24 years old. I will let you do the Maths.
by lancastrian
Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bob Lord Terracing?
Replies: 110
Views: 7361

Re: Bob Lord Terracing?

To the best of my knowledge the only time I saw a game from the enclosure was a cup tie vs Everton, February '62, won 3-1. Down 0-1 at half time, Miller equalised shortly after the restart with a bomb from outside the box. I think Connelly and Robson scored the others. No idea why I remember the de...
by lancastrian
Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets+ - can’t order again
Replies: 18
Views: 1253

Re: Clarets+ - can’t order again

My payment was.taken twice.
Plus it took a about 15 minutes before I saw any football.
Time for the Chairman to get involved
by lancastrian
Sat Jul 30, 2022 3:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Historical Revisionism.
Replies: 35
Views: 2047

Re: Historical Revisionism.

Surely, Burnley's .most successful manager was Harry Potts.
by lancastrian
Sun Apr 10, 2022 6:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Name the next manager
Replies: 4376
Views: 376701

Re: Name the next manager

Joey Barton.
by lancastrian
Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:41 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Everton 1962
Replies: 42
Views: 3254

Re: Burnley v Everton 1962

[code] [/code] If I remember correctly Burnley did play in Claret and Blue. It must be the film which only shows everything in black and white. Stood in the enclosure for that match, which was in the front of the now Bob Lord stand. Good to see Jimmy Mac beating his man and crossing form the goal l...
by lancastrian
Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Keighley cup etc
Replies: 26
Views: 4308

Re: Keighley cup etc

Remember both competitions in late 1940's and early 1950's. The Keighley Cup was played between Rosegrove, Abel Street (Barden), St Mary's and Towneley. Could be wrong but don't remember the Grammar School playing. The final was on Turf Moor usually in April or May. The Hospital Cup. was played on R...
by lancastrian
Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Do we need a striker in January?
Replies: 62
Views: 4386

Re: Do we need a striker in January?

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:56 pm
Probably a better idea to look at the number of chances we create first and foremost.

No striker in the world is gonna score if the ball isn't getting to him.
True if supporters can see that why can't the management.
by lancastrian
Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Do we need a striker in January?
Replies: 62
Views: 4386

Re: Do we need a striker in January?

We need three plus a couple of midfielders
by lancastrian
Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jack Grealish
Replies: 50
Views: 6099

Re: Jack Grealish

Just be fined £80,000 and given a nine months driving ban for two motoring offences by crashing into stationary cars. Grealish had already points on his licence for a speeding offence. Seems to be a bit of an idiot.
by lancastrian
Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: National Tier 4
Replies: 256
Views: 18060

Re: National Tier 4

You csnt simply pile all the blame at the door of the government. You cannot. Yes the government will have some questions to answer but. Public Health England have a lot to answer for as have the NHS management. My daughter is a child psychologist in a Yorkshire hospital and she's had nothing to do...
by lancastrian
Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Parting of the Ways
Replies: 71
Views: 8213

Re: The Parting of the Ways

A manger who guided us to 10th should go? Ok mate. You are living in the past. The present position is played three and lost three and have zero points. To put another way Burnley are next to bottom in the league and twelve points behind the leaders. Mr Dyche's record this season is one of the wors...
by lancastrian
Sun Oct 04, 2020 1:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What or who is to blame?
Replies: 69
Views: 5342

Re: What or who is to blame?

Usually when there is a disagreement at the top of a organisation it starts to affect other people and this has been the case for the last two or three matches. Players have not reached the standard shown a few weeks earlier. They have been half yard slower than the opposition lacking basic skills s...
by lancastrian
Sat Aug 15, 2020 1:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago
Replies: 43
Views: 2925

Re: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago

Hi lancastrian, just a couple of my thoughts on the "five long years" timeline. From US perspective Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour took place in Dec-1941. US was only in the 4th year of their "second world war." More importantly, from Asian perspective, Japan invaded Manchuria, part of China in 19...
by lancastrian
Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago
Replies: 43
Views: 2925

Re: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago

Posters on here dicussing this as though it happened recently. It was in 1945 after five long years of wartime conditions People just wanted the war to end and a return to normality and if, dropping two atomic bombs, ended the war then so be it. Most of you cannot inagine what it was like. We have j...
by lancastrian
Sun Aug 09, 2020 4:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago
Replies: 43
Views: 2925

Re: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago

I guess the majority on this board have never lived through five years of war with all its trials and tribulations such as shortage of food amongst other things.The Japanese were no angels themselves as it proved in the far east. They were given ample warning of what would happen but they chose to i...
by lancastrian
Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Players who haven't been offered things have decided not to finish their contracts.
Replies: 19
Views: 3239

Re: Players who haven't been offered things have decided not to finish their contracts.

I read it to mean that without a longer term commitment, players are not going to commit to the short-term and possible injuries this could risk. Fair enough. I'd still make myself available whilst under contract, even if only on the bench and to be used on a strictly as needed basis. Sorry if I ha...
by lancastrian
Tue Jun 23, 2020 8:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Players who haven't been offered things have decided not to finish their contracts.
Replies: 19
Views: 3239

Re: Players who haven't been offered things have decided not to finish their contracts.

Are they refusing to play or just not being selected? Even if it’s the former, it’s not different to any other job. How much work do you get out of the employee who’s contract you aren’t renewing in their last week? What meaningful options do you have if they decide they can’t be arsed? I have no p...
by lancastrian
Fri May 08, 2020 4:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VE Day 1945 - What were your family doing?
Replies: 54
Views: 2832

Re: VE Day 1945 - What were your family doing?

Slightly off track but I was seven years old when the war finished. Remember going down to Burnley centre to see the illuminated signs on shops such as Burtons etc. Never seen anything like it before
by lancastrian
Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I Could Have Been Somebody
Replies: 39
Views: 3163

Re: I Could Have Been Somebody

I am probably three or four years behind Wik and can remember Tommy Gardner. He was a crowd favourite.
If my my memory serves me right he played outside right a similar position to Mathews and Finney.
by lancastrian
Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alan Brown
Replies: 7
Views: 1566

Re: Alan Brown

Good summary of a remarkable man, player and manager. Brown was like an extension of Bob Lord on the pitch, nobody messed with him. Or they did at their peril. He was responsible for so many good things that happened at the Club just after the War including 'finding' Gawthorpe and converting it int...
by lancastrian
Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BOB LORD of Burnley
Replies: 23
Views: 3543

Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Recently read the book which is very good. The first hundred pages or so is like a social history of Burnley in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centurys. It
by lancastrian
Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 1947 FA Cup Final
Replies: 25
Views: 2246

Re: 1947 FA Cup Final

Listened to the 1947 cup final on the radio. If I remember correctly Burnley had quite a few chances to win,commentators were Allan Clarke and Raymond Glendenning. Charlton had been beaten four or five one the year before by Derby County.
by lancastrian
Sun Jan 19, 2020 1:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team vs Leicester
Replies: 27
Views: 3042

Re: Team vs Leicester

You could have named the team before it was announced, Changes are required but Mr Dyche seems afraid to make them, he is not ruthless enough. Which players would consider coming to Burnley when they are likely to spend their time on the bench or out of it altogether.
by lancastrian
Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How can we stop this downward spiral and survive this season?
Replies: 135
Views: 12530

Re: How can we stop this downward spiral and survive this season?

The problem with Burnley is that apart from McNeill the midfield players are not good enough. They are unable to create chances for the strikers whoever they maybe. Compare that with the chances the Chelsea striker had it must have been four or five. But my main worry is that many of the players are...
by lancastrian
Sat Dec 28, 2019 8:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: MIGHTY CLARETS versus Moneybags Utd
Replies: 302
Views: 16597

Re: MIGHTY CLARETS versus Moneybags Utd

Midfield very poor. Give Drinkwater a chance can't be any worse.
by lancastrian
Thu Dec 26, 2019 8:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Italian Toffees versus MIGHTY CLARETS
Replies: 385
Views: 19173

Re: Italian Toffees versus MIGHTY CLARETS

Once again there were no attemps on goal. How can any team expect to win a football match. Can anyone, especially Mr Dyche please explain the tactics.
by lancastrian
Sat Dec 21, 2019 9:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is Bournemouth on anywhere
Replies: 18
Views: 2914

Re: Is Bournemouth on anywhere

alwaysaclaret wrote:
Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:17 am
Is anyone aware that anywhere is showing the Bournemouth game today.?
You could always try Hesgoal.com Not the best but passable especially it you are prepared to ignore the recommendations of your internet provider.
by lancastrian
Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: MIGHTY CLARETS versus Newcastle
Replies: 269
Views: 16408

Re: MIGHTY CLARETS versus Newcastle

If Gibson and others can't get in the team after a deficit of eleven goals in the last three matches its time for them to move on. Too predictable Mr Dyche.
by lancastrian
Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tottingham lukewarmspurts Versus MIGHTY CLARETS
Replies: 369
Views: 24446

Re: Tottingham lukewarmspurts Versus MIGHTY CLARETS

A disgraceful performance today it could and should have been five nil by half time. It seems to me that the players should spend all week on learning how to control a ball and how to pass as it was evident they could no neither.If those on the bench cannot get into this team then they should move o...
by lancastrian
Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dyche to Spurs??
Replies: 48
Views: 3503

Re: Dyche to Spurs??

Banana wrote:A Spurs friend of mine who has a box at White Hart Lane says there is strong rumours down there that a Dyche deal is pretty much done and dusted.

Worrying !!
If there is any truth in this we could do a swap.
by lancastrian
Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Graham Scott v Southampton
Replies: 35
Views: 6151

Re: RATE THE REF - Graham Scott v Southampton

It always amuses me when scores for Referees are given. How many have refereed a match on Towneley let alone a Premier league match. May I suggest that you join Burnley Referees Association or your local RA, take and pass the exam and start to referee matches.Then you may have an idea on how to score.
by lancastrian
Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where were you actually born
Replies: 199
Views: 19486

Re: Where were you actually born

Bank Hall, Burnley. 1938
by lancastrian
Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 'Two thirds of Britons want faster action on climate'
Replies: 105
Views: 7291

Re: 'Two thirds of Britons want faster action on climate'

2000 people were asked out of a population of over sixty million and they say that 70% want action.How do they arrive at that conclusion. Statistics, Statistics and dammed lies.
Until China, India Russia and tbe USA do more to reduce their footprint then the whole exercise is useless.