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by Frenchclaret
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: what is YOUR favourite era watching the Clarets ?
Replies: 57
Views: 1962

Re: what is YOUR favourite era watching the Clarets ?

It has to include our winning of Division 1 in 59-60. Then the following seasons when we played great football and yet achieved nothing, apart from losing a cup final to Spurs. After that I was away at university and then moving around teaching. I am now situated in the Fens so my trips to watch us ...
by Frenchclaret
Fri Aug 04, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jobs, careers, vocation, occupation
Replies: 129
Views: 7412

Re: Jobs, careers, vocation, occupation

Left school in in Blackburn in 1962 and went to the College on Ormerod Rd for one year to resit an A level and do Geology from scratch. Went to London University to study Geography and then to Borough Road College to do a Teacher's Certificate. Got a job in Preston at Hutton Grammar School, stayed t...
by Frenchclaret
Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Jimmy Robson played his cards right
Replies: 33
Views: 1613

Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Robson played his cards right

I met Jimmy Robson in the club shop where I was introduced to him by (an old school) friend. I was taken by surprise and all I could say was “you don’t look as tall as I remember”. I had forgotten that I had shot up to six feet or so and that I remembered him from when I was much smaller. Well, he p...
by Frenchclaret
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Jimmy Robson played his cards right
Replies: 33
Views: 1613

Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Robson played his cards right

“Above all he really was a lovely man”
This sums him up beautifully. Thank you for a great article about one of our stars of the fifties and sixties.
by Frenchclaret
Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: A miserable time – Burnley FC 1930 to 1940
Replies: 2
Views: 260

Re: ARTICLE: A miserable time – Burnley FC 1930 to 1940

DAVETHEVICAR wrote:
Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:37 am
Another fascinating and well written report .
Thanks Tony.
Harry Potts playing in the 30’ s which shows what an old beggar I am as I can clearly remember him as a super Manager in our glorious years in the late 50’s
UTC
I can even remember him playing in the early 1950’s !!!
by Frenchclaret
Fri May 12, 2023 9:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?
Replies: 278
Views: 16466

Re: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?

Born in Wisbech (Cambs), raised in Colne / Laneshawbridge. Moved to the States in 1982 (Wisconsin - JJ Watt is a solid dude). Been in California since '85. First game - them down the road away '63 1-2 (Connelly (2)). Hi, I was surprised to see you were born in Wisbech. I now live in Leverington, ju...
by Frenchclaret
Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Them down the road v Champions
Replies: 595
Views: 17926

Re: Them down the road v Champions

I have lost Clarets+ commentary. Anyone else lost it?
by Frenchclaret
Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Boro v Clarets Match Thread
Replies: 408
Views: 12292

Re: Boro v Clarets Match Thread

I am hoping that we win the league against QPR- I am going to that match!
by Frenchclaret
Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Real Madrid at the Bernabeu
Replies: 10
Views: 1276

Re: Real Madrid at the Bernabeu

Amazing coincidence! I was in Madrid last week-end for a wedding of my nephew. On Sunday a group of 10 of us went to the game against Real Valladolid, who had two good chances in the first 10 minutes. They hit the post and screwed one chance wide of the post. Then Madrid took over after a breakaway ...
by Frenchclaret
Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 1960s BFC squad photo
Replies: 518
Views: 23099

Re: 1960s BFC squad photo

Good shout for Tommy Cummings, TT, a career at Burnley that lasted almost 16 years. In that time he made 479 total appearances with just 3 goals, BUT one of those goals was widely regarded as the Greatest goal ever seen at Turf Moor. I have a glass plate of the goal -my father was the chief photogr...
by Frenchclaret
Sat Mar 04, 2023 4:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Blackpool v Clarets match thread
Replies: 456
Views: 15921

Re: Blackpool v Clarets match thread

Probably Ash
by Frenchclaret
Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Daft pictures or jokes
Replies: 614
Views: 125310

Re: Daft pictures or jokes

A Billy Connolly joke —
Two guys from Glasgow are going home from work one night. One says, “I’ll tell you what. When I get home
I’m going to rip off the wife’s knickers .”
The other guy says, “What for?”
He says, “The elastic is hurting my legs.”
by Frenchclaret
Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Huddersfield match thread
Replies: 251
Views: 9527

Re: Huddersfield match thread

QPR 1-1 Rovers
by Frenchclaret
Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Millwall v Burnley match thread
Replies: 440
Views: 18494

Re: Millwall v Burnley match thread

Hope you weren’t trying to get to the match!
by Frenchclaret
Sat Jan 21, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Premiership referees
Replies: 22
Views: 1339

Premiership referees

We have had a number of these referees this season and many have been poor. Is their reliance on VAR their problem?
The lack of VAR in the Championship perhaps confuses them. Any thoughts?
by Frenchclaret
Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Coventry Match Thread
Replies: 237
Views: 9605

Re: Burnley v Coventry Match Thread

Hendricks gets a second for Reading
by Frenchclaret
Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Coventry Match Thread
Replies: 237
Views: 9605

Re: Burnley v Coventry Match Thread

Luton 2-0 up against WBA
by Frenchclaret
Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match thread - Bournemouth v Burnley
Replies: 440
Views: 17801

Re: Match thread - Bournemouth v Burnley

The Daily Telegraph had an article about Boro and BFC. It seemed they were inferring that we were two of a kind in the Championship. Obviously not!
by Frenchclaret
Thu Jan 05, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your top 3 Clarets goalies.
Replies: 58
Views: 2953

Re: Your top 3 Clarets goalies.

1 McDonald
2 Blacklaw
3 Pope or Heaton
I saw all of these and they were all great keepers but McDonald was the best I have ever seen.
by Frenchclaret
Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Happy New Year to all Clarets
Replies: 42
Views: 1388

Re: Happy New Year to all Clarets

Happy New Year to all Clarets everywhere!
May we see peace and good-will to all.
by Frenchclaret
Wed Dec 28, 2022 8:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite season
Replies: 59
Views: 2494

Re: Favourite season

The small number of remaining Clarets who remember the 59-60 season and the following season too would definitely place one or the other ahead of any other season since then. In the first, we won the football league Division 1 (equivalent to the Premier league) but in the second we played such brill...
by Frenchclaret
Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alan Stevenson interview
Replies: 31
Views: 3156

Re: Alan Stevenson interview

Blacklaw first, eh. I wonder if you were a few years older whether Colin McDonald would be your number one. I never saw him. Blacklaw was brilliant, I'll give you that. Yes Colin McDonald was a great keeper but keeping in the different eras was/is very different. We have been blessed with our keepe...
by Frenchclaret
Fri Sep 23, 2022 5:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: if you could have one player back from the past
Replies: 87
Views: 4432

Re: if you could have one player back from the past

We definitely don’t need any more wingers, so players like Little or Mcilroy aren’t the answer. I don’t think you ever saw Jimmy Mac. He wasn’t a winger but an inside forward. That was an old fashioned label given to midfielders. Jimmy was the greatest player we ever had and with his intelligence w...
by Frenchclaret
Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Bristol City Match Thread
Replies: 270
Views: 13449

Re: Clarets vs Bristol City Match Thread

Brucefanclaret wrote:
Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:21 pm
Anyone else on Clarets+? Who is commentating? It’s not Phil Bird….
I don’t know who he is but he spends a lot of his time talking about other things rather than the game. Phil Bird left a message on YouTube that he was at a funeral.
by Frenchclaret
Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Bristol City Match Thread
Replies: 270
Views: 13449

Re: Clarets vs Bristol City Match Thread

Please help. I can't access the audio commentary on the Burnley FC site even though I have an active subscription. I have pressed the 'live' highlighted button on the top link but without success. Anyone manged to access this? I don't fancy a dodgy link to an unauthorised site. Try restarting your ...
by Frenchclaret
Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Turf
Replies: 21
Views: 2495

Re: The Turf

Although I don’t remember the 1920’s, I did live at 120 Brunshaw Rd (4 doors up from the Turf) when I was small - in the 1940’s. I remember the old stand well, with the standing enclosure in front of it. The Cricket Field stand was very small but compact! I even remember the Longside when it was com...
by Frenchclaret
Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vertu Motors?
Replies: 16
Views: 1845

Re: Vertu Motors?

I have been buying Honda Jazz cars from Vertu Motors in Boston (Lincs) for about 15 years now and never knew their chief was a Claret. They are a very good company who look after their customers well.
by Frenchclaret
Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Central midfielders chosen and now for the wide players
Replies: 19
Views: 1219

Re: ARTICLE: Central midfielders chosen and now for the wide players

McNeil and Elliot for me. Although Arfield was a close third. Elliot won because of his crossing.
by Frenchclaret
Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Random games from the past with no real significance
Replies: 113
Views: 5465

Re: Random games from the past with no real significance

Burnley 9 New Brighton 0 in the 1950’s
Ian Lawson scored 5 of them on his debut. I think he scored three more in the next round too and one more in the fifth round away at Huddersfield. After that he didn’t score very many and played only occasionally.
by Frenchclaret
Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nick Pope...Where Does He Rank In Burnley's Pantheon of Keepers
Replies: 36
Views: 2089

Re: Nick Pope...Where Does He Rank In Burnley's Pantheon of Keepers

I remember Jimmy Strong as being goalkeeper in the 1950's. He was coming to the end of his career though. Since then I would place Colin McDonald as my first choice but times have changed and so has football so maybe Pope is the best I have seen, followed by Heaton.
by Frenchclaret
Thu May 12, 2022 9:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Michael Duff | The Story So Far
Replies: 10
Views: 1428

Re: Michael Duff | The Story So Far

Thanks for that. He really is a great character but I am afraid our American leaders will not see him as our manager material. That is a pity because someone else will.
by Frenchclaret
Tue May 03, 2022 9:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 62 years ago today
Replies: 13
Views: 1683

Re: 62 years ago today

I was 16 years old and went with my dad and grandad in a Burnley Express van. Grandad and I sat in the back on the wheel arch as we were accompanied by another Express employee. We couldn’t get near the ground to park so had to walk about a mile. When we arrived the queues were enormous. Dad and his...
by Frenchclaret
Sun Apr 24, 2022 5:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Now we know Pace made the right decision
Replies: 44
Views: 3641

Re: Now we know Pace made the right decision

I totally understand the outpouring of emotion on the Dyche sacking. He did a brilliant job at the club and will go down as one of the five, if not three, best managers in our long and illustrious history. But something wasn’t right. Three things stand out 1. The inability to get the team up for th...
by Frenchclaret
Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wood dropped
Replies: 110
Views: 7225

Wood dropped

I see Wood has been dropped to the bench today at Newcastle
by Frenchclaret
Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Happy Birthday Silkyskills1
Replies: 9
Views: 491

Re: Happy Birthday Silkyskills1

Happy Birtday Silkyskills. Give my regards to your brother.
by Frenchclaret
Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Townley Hall.Tales from the grave.
Replies: 6
Views: 1439

Re: Townley Hall.Tales from the grave.

I lived near the Towneley estate until I left the town, aged 22, in 1965. As a youth I visited the hall and it’s grounds very frequently and thoroughly enjoyed the talk and the views of the interior and exterior.
by Frenchclaret
Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Klopp on 5 subs, using Burnley as an argument point.
Replies: 62
Views: 5066

Re: Klopp on 5 subs, using Burnley as an argument point.

I thoroughly agree with Dean Saunders on Talk Sport. He talks great common sense about Klopp and Tuchel. Thanks, Vegas Claret, I needed that after reading the twaddle in the papers recently.
by Frenchclaret
Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wolves v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 74
Views: 7739

Re: Wolves v Burnley - Player Ratings

Pope 7 Lowton 7 Collins 8 Mee 7 Taylor 9 Gudmonsson 7 Brownhill 7 Cork 7 McNeil 7 Wood 4 Cornet 5 Rorigues 5 We didn’t play badly and held Wolves at bay at the edge of our penalty area. However, we missed Westwood with his balls into the box. Wood and Cornet were very isolated against a very good ba...
by Frenchclaret
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Spurs fixtures
Replies: 12
Views: 1773

Re: Spurs fixtures

Could be Kane is a Man City player by then!
by Frenchclaret
Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Colour Blindness & Kit Clashes
Replies: 12
Views: 1319

Re: Colour Blindness & Kit Clashes

The Leeds kit is actually a kind of pale purple. Maybe the tv shows it as blue but it is quite distinctive in real life. Just look at the photos on the BBC website and there is no clash of colours.
by Frenchclaret
Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best four midfielders to have played for Burnley
Replies: 85
Views: 6143

Re: Best four midfielders to have played for Burnley

Having watched Burnley for over 70 years I am finding it difficult to name only 4 midfielders. But here goes Jimmy McIlroy Jimmy Adamson Peter Noble Martin Dobson Close runners up - Brian O’Neil and Graham Alexander. Steven Defour didn’t really play enough games to be included though he was a great ...
by Frenchclaret
Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Walking Burnley
Replies: 21
Views: 4185

Re: Walking Burnley

Don’t forget the old Victorian market hall. It was a gem. There was a great collection of stall holders inside and it stood at the centre of a thriving outdoor market on Saturdays. It was criminal to knock it down - in fact they had to blow it up as it was so substantial. The new building is rubbish...
by Frenchclaret
Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Well wishes to Helmshore claret
Replies: 56
Views: 5565

Re: Well wishes to Helmshore claret

Get well soon Helmshore claret. We all are thinking about you and wishing you better health soon
by Frenchclaret
Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Mullen’s Burnley hit six at Wrexham
Replies: 28
Views: 3511

Re: ARTICLE: Mullen’s Burnley hit six at Wrexham

What happened to Graham Lancashire’s career? I know he did my sister’s garden a few years ago and then got a job with BFC but I don’t know what that was. I met him once at my sister’s and he seemed a grand bloke who didn’t have anything wrong to say about Burnley. I always thought we missed a trick ...
by Frenchclaret
Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Arsenal - Player Ratings
Replies: 67
Views: 16081

Re: Burnley v Arsenal - Player Ratings

Taffy on the wing wrote:
Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:08 pm
Did anyone else notice...our wall looked more than 10 yards back?
Arsenal moved the ball back from the position of the foul!
by Frenchclaret
Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Maxwell Cornet
Replies: 114
Views: 16665

Re: Maxwel Cornet

kazza wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:13 pm
The sooner Vydra gets his place back the better. Why go from a proven front 2 from last season to go back to what doesn't work. Mind boggling.
Vydra was away most of the summer break with his international call up. Now he has returned and had time to get up to speed so should start on Saturday.
by Frenchclaret
Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Michael Oliver v Leeds United
Replies: 48
Views: 4020

Re: RATE THE REF - Michael Oliver v Leeds United

A 18
B 18
C 18
D 18
by Frenchclaret
Sun Aug 29, 2021 4:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley-Leeds-match thread
Replies: 186
Views: 15630

Re: Burnley-Leeds-match thread

At least we are not in the bottom three
by Frenchclaret
Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 91
Views: 10969

Re: Liverpool v Burnley

Pope 7
Lowton7
Tarkowski 8
Mee 8
Taylor 7
Gudmonsson 6 - he was good first half but nowhere in the second
Cork 6
Brownhill 7
McNeil 8 -lost his way in the second half but was very good in the first
Barnes 8
Wood 6
by Frenchclaret
Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Denis Law reveals dementia
Replies: 26
Views: 2355

Re: Denis Law reveals dementia

I saw Dennis Law at a dinner in Peterborough many years ago and afterwards got talking to him. I mentioned the night we won the First Division at Man City and he smiled. When I asked why he just said the City players didn’t like Wolves!!!!
A great player and a gentleman.