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by claret59
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: James Trafford's Contract
Replies: 168
Views: 9842

James Trafford's Contract

I occasionally read on here that Trafford has a clause in his contract that he must be selected to play except for injury Is this correct? He is a signed player not a loan. Is he , or his previous club able to enforce such a contract condition? (apologies if this is a repeat query. My computer skill...
by claret59
Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Assisted dying
Replies: 77
Views: 2713

Re: Assisted dying

So what we are advocating here in the majority of opinion is not a National Health Service but a National Death Service. Would all those in favour of Assisted Dying think the same if it was renamed Assisted Killing or State Sanctioned Killing ? Like many. others I have seen one of my parents in grea...
by claret59
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Worried more about next season
Replies: 42
Views: 2531

Worried more about next season

I am beginning to worry more about next season than this one. There seems to be a total expectation that we will be promoted back into the PL when it is just as likely that league one beckons. There are hardly any redeeming features that suggest that the weaknesses in the team and management that ar...
by claret59
Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Are poor coaching techniques at fault
Replies: 22
Views: 1410

Are poor coaching techniques at fault

An interesting set of stats for the PL this season show Arsenal top of the league with 14 goals scored from set pieces whilst the clarets are second bottom with just 2 goals. Conversely the most set piece goals conceded show Burnley second most with 18 conceded against Man City with just two. I know...
by claret59
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Battle of the Somme
Replies: 34
Views: 2491

Re: Battle of the Somme

Years ago there was a TV documentary of how women in both the UK and Germany tried , and nearly succeeded , in brokering a peace deal because they were horrified at the loss of life and all that went with it. I cannot remember why it failed I think that Britain was just starting to get the upper han...
by claret59
Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: When Burnley and Spurs were the best
Replies: 31
Views: 2345

Re: When Burnley and Spurs were the best

When Burnley beat Spurs at WHL the season after losing the Cup Final to them I recall that Spurs reverted to rough house tactics. Cannot recall any sending's off or names taken but there was quite a lot of adverse publicity for Tottenham.
by claret59
Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wayne Rooney
Replies: 51
Views: 7796

Re: Wayne Rooney

'It's completely crazy I can't think of any other environment that rewards so much for failure.'

The Post Office have perfected it
by claret59
Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 305
Views: 28426

Re: Fire Servic in line of fire !

Tonight's TV is now highlighting serious moral failings in nearly all the Fire and Rescue forces in the country. The list of their activities and what was openly perpetrated was ignored by those in authority and leadership roles for years. What sort of country are we?
by claret59
Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 305
Views: 28426

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

I have followed this as best I could since it first became 'public.' A kid of ten could soon work out that the chances of countless number of post office proprietors who have given years of faithful service to the PO are not suddenly all going to turn to criminal activity at about the same time.It h...
by claret59
Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Are Burnley and Chelsea pioneering the same path?
Replies: 4
Views: 1198

Are Burnley and Chelsea pioneering the same path?

Interesting feature on Chelsea this afternoon's TV in which they seem to be trying out a similar recruitment model to Burnley and with very limited success to date. They have spent a fortune on new players none of which are yet good enough for first team football. They are , supposedly, buying for t...
by claret59
Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ralph Coates
Replies: 36
Views: 5036

Re: Ralph Coates

Am I right in believing that he never wanted to leave Burnley but that he was just the latest in the 'sell to survive' a player a season?
by claret59
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Save money by supporting Burnley
Replies: 7
Views: 1457

Save money by supporting Burnley

Hope its not been mentioned elsewhere on here but I read that Burnley FC are the least expensive of all the PL Clubs to support. A number of criteria have been used to calculate the approx.. cost of physically supporting each Pl Club. Calculations such as the price of a season ticket, the cost of an...
by claret59
Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: James
Replies: 38
Views: 5071

Re: James

Didn't we sign a goalie from, I think, Leyton Orient in the summer ?
by claret59
Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: When did this become legal?
Replies: 22
Views: 3926

Re: When did this become legal?

You occasionally hear the pundits and commentators saying something along the lines: 'If the refs took action for shirt pulling then that would mean just about everyone would get booked at some point." So that is where it has become legal, viz lack of enforcement. This could be remedied in quick tim...
by claret59
Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match of the day
Replies: 42
Views: 6668

Re: Match of the day

Did I hear correctly when Shearer referred to the clarets as 'Our' and 'Us' ? Also was the lady Saturday presenter on the results programme a Burnley supporter? She sounded a bit like she was but perhaps the result has dulled my senses(or heightened them!)
by claret59
Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 60 Years today....
Replies: 26
Views: 2173

Re: 60 Years today....

Forgot to mention I was 16 years old at the time and remember going to the Catholic Youth Club in Barnoldswick and how shocked we all were. It seemed especially poignant for us because of JFK's religion.
by claret59
Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 60 Years today....
Replies: 26
Views: 2173

Re: 60 Years today....

This explains why there has been so much coverage of the JFK assassination on TV recently. One of the theories not mentioned was the one of him being accidentally shot by one of his own security guards who was travelling in the car ( or the one behind it,) and when the first shot was fired got his o...
by claret59
Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Taffy
Replies: 80
Views: 12536

Re: Taffy

Just to add my condolences too on the passing of your Dad. My own Dad died many years ago but I still find myself talking to him and forgetting for a brief second that he is not around to talk to and thinking : "I'll just show this to Dad and find out his opinion." As or Taffy I remember all his tim...
by claret59
Sun Nov 19, 2023 5:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Gazza a Claret
Replies: 51
Views: 5034

Gazza a Claret

It may have been exported on here already and if so apologise for the repetition but there was a long documentary on Paul Gascoine's playing career on TV last week. I sat through it all in the hope that as Burnley was his last league club that there would at least be mention of that momentous event....
by claret59
Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sue or not to sue
Replies: 138
Views: 9381

Re: Sue or not to sue

I am not too sure about Leicester's position in this. Didn't they renege on their creditors when they were digging themselves out of a financial hole of their own making? Not much fuss made of their financial failings yet it left debtors in difficulties and Leicester got a new stadium out out it. Pe...
by claret59
Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Resigned to Relegation
Replies: 148
Views: 12785

Re: Resigned to Relegation

Every other team in the PL who we have yet to play will be looking forward to playing us and saying to themselves 'this game is an easy three points for us.' We have just about got to the point where we give up before we start because the end result is already known.
by claret59
Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: WW3 League suspended
Replies: 5
Views: 1394

WW3 League suspended

I am of an age to remember how close we came to WW3 during the Cuban Missile crisis. Evidently we were only a few hours away from nuclear war. Here we are again on the precipice of WW3 but with different alliances about to drift into an all out gradual war rather than some catastrophic 'trigger' eve...
by claret59
Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Willie Morgan MBE
Replies: 37
Views: 4001

Re: Willie Morgan MBE

One of my favourite ever clarets. Saw him and Lochead tear Man Utd apart at the Turf. I think it was an Easter weekend and Utd introduced a certain George Best for Man U in the very next match of that Easter and got revenge. Great as Willie was he had an irritating habit of beating his man and then ...
by claret59
Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley FC on Morning Live
Replies: 2
Views: 1361

Burnley FC on Morning Live

Apologies if mentioned elsewhere (although I have not seen it,) but the clarets featured on Yesterdays morning TV on BBC 1. (Wed 27th,) Evidently the club host regular social meetings for dementia sufferers at the ground and this has come to the attention of Morning Live. Obviously the main coverage...
by claret59
Sat Sep 23, 2023 11:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: This not marking at corners
Replies: 32
Views: 2273

Re: This not marking at corners

WE seem to be employing the old short corner routine that we supposedly perfected about 50 years ago. It was a waste of a corner then (except once and hence repeated endlessly.) There were ample opportunities for taking corners in the 'traditional way' and yet we never looked comfortable until we we...
by claret59
Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cullen
Replies: 64
Views: 5895

Re: Cullen

Jesus wept.

No need for blasphemy. I thought this disrespect for Christian Burnley supporters had gone the same way as racial and homophobic comments on here.
Obviously not.
by claret59
Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tragedy Chanting
Replies: 50
Views: 5506

Re: Tragedy Chanting

Women's football showing the way that football can enjoyed without the necessity to have any suggestion of 'tragedy chanting.' How can football ever be a family occasion when this type of conduct is being pursued? One of the images that sticks in my mind with women#s football is how very young child...
by claret59
Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.
Replies: 15428
Views: 1610792

Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Tella got a good write up in he opening Southampton fixture of the Championship. Evidently he showed a lot of skill and a good finish to one of his teams 'goals' that was attributed to a team mate instead of Tella as the shot ( on target) had brushed against his team mate on its way into the net. In...
by claret59
Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s blast from our Clarets Past (3) - Adrian ‘Inchy’ Heath
Replies: 25
Views: 1442

Re: Today’s blast from our Clarets Past (3) - Adrian ‘Inchy’ Heath

We had, for a brief period, a 'Heath Robinson' strike force. Not many clubs ( probably none,) could boast of the same.
by claret59
Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.
Replies: 15428
Views: 1610792

Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Perhaps Leicester could now afford to pay off some of their creditors who were left high and dry when they began trading again.
by claret59
Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Jimmy Robson played his cards right
Replies: 33
Views: 1614

Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Robson played his cards right

In addition to his goal at the FA Cup final did he not have another ruled out for offside ? If true was it debatable?
by claret59
Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next seasons shirt sponsor.
Replies: 338
Views: 16338

Re: Next seasons shirt sponsor.

There are obviously economic reasons why betting companies ( and other organisations, ) are queuing up to pay clubs handsomely for sponsoring their products on their shirts. Most of us would like to think that we are not influenced in any way by sponsorship but the companies themselves are anxious t...
by claret59
Tue Jun 27, 2023 12:32 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.
Replies: 15428
Views: 1610792

Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Cooclaret
Christ on a bike be quiet!

As you seem unable to express yourself without blasphemy perhaps you should act on your own advice and keep quiet.
by claret59
Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.
Replies: 15428
Views: 1610792

Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

"I know it's a forum and therefore a free for all but I wish people who don't have a clue what they are talking about would think before posting. Christ you read some rubbish on here."

You would do well to take your own advice and think before posting. No need for blasphemous comments.
by claret59
Sun Jun 18, 2023 7:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Our greatest ever goalscorer
Replies: 36
Views: 2017

Re: ARTICLE: Our greatest ever goalscorer

I was one of those who eagerly waited for the weekly 'Pink' so I could read of his exploits for the A and B teams. My memory may be a bit clouded with age but every time I checked the A and B results he seemed to have scored a bagful. All of us claret boyhood fans of those times were desperate for h...
by claret59
Thu May 18, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: £360 billion
Replies: 19
Views: 3195

Re: £360 billion

We very recently had a Super League that only lasted a couple of weeks as football fans , even those of the 'top six', had no stomach for it and let it be known they would not support it so the whole thing crashed apart from a couple of non UK clubs that we barely hear of now and so have no relevanc...
by claret59
Fri May 12, 2023 10:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who presented the Championship trophy and medals
Replies: 3
Views: 1102

Who presented the Championship trophy and medals

Apologies for an appalling lack of knowledge on my part but having watched all the promotion film coverage I did not see any actual presentation of the Cup nor did I recognise who presented the medals. I was unable to be present at the actual event but have been a claret for 65 years and have relish...
by claret59
Thu May 11, 2023 8:51 pm
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 Colne (Langroyd Hall,) brought up in Barnoldswick and now live in Hornsea East Yorks, (several addresses in-between including Bermuda,) but always a claret since 1959 ( as my user name tells.) Never wavered from being a Claret , my only club. (I do sometimes wish more credit was given to ;di...
by claret59
Wed May 03, 2023 10:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?
Replies: 167
Views: 7112

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

I had to mentally work out how old I was ! Seventy six years was the answer and a claret for about 63 years of that total ( no team before that.) I come on this board for a 'read'most days and to keep up to date as best I can with everything Burnley. I am pleased to see that we are now getting publi...
by claret59
Sun Apr 23, 2023 7:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alan Pace won't be in attendance at Ewood Park on Tuesday
Replies: 39
Views: 5292

Re: Alan Pace won't be in attendance at Ewood Park on Tuesday

shame the thread had degenerated into a slanging match.

And a repetitive blasphemous one at that.
by claret59
Thu Apr 13, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Sun again - Kompany & Spurs
Replies: 331
Views: 24186

Re: The Sun again - Kompany & Spurs

I find reading threads like this one depressing. We have jut won promotion to the PL with the main reason for it being our manager. Let us just look forward to next season without this endless speculation on VK's future.
by claret59
Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Could Wout be the next Ashley?
Replies: 107
Views: 5798

Re: Could Wout be the next Ashley?

Strange that Man Utd signed WW on loan when , according to most of the posts on here, he is/was such a waste of space as a footballer and a human being.
by claret59
Sun Apr 02, 2023 11:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rodgers
Replies: 71
Views: 4853

Re: Rodgers

Why have Leicester no money? They got a brand new ground for free and allegedly left many creditors owed payments for services received but not paid for.
by claret59
Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Government ‘encouraged’ League to accept Newcastle takeover
Replies: 20
Views: 2698

Re: Government ‘encouraged’ League to accept Newcastle takeover

Remember the 'ethical foreign policy' promise that helped Labour back into power after years in Opposition? That was one of the first promises of theirs to be broken when it became expedient to do so from a financial perspective. Political morality was abandoned but it saved jobs in the armaments in...
by claret59
Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Neil Warnock's Huddersfield Town
Replies: 14
Views: 2060

Re: Neil Warnock's Huddersfield Town

Christ on a bike! I am a Burnley fan and have been for nigh on 65 years. I find the above blasphemy offensive and hurtful. I don't come on here to be offended but to learn from other fans who, for the most part, are far more knowledgeable than me about the beautiful game. Thankfully the racist and h...
by claret59
Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10694
Views: 790779

Re: Russia Invades

It is a truth that the first casualty of war is the truth ! You read and get conflicting accounts of the war depending on who is publishing it and who is reading it. The Russians would appear to be enduring unsustainable losses and yet they are still the aggressors, supposedly still going forward. R...
by claret59
Sat Mar 04, 2023 12:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bring on City
Replies: 97
Views: 6475

Re: Bring on City

Lets not forget that we beat them , at their place, in a Cup game when we won the Charity Shield. I can quite see history repeating itself.Colin Waldron scored the only goal .
by claret59
Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Two things that would be nice...
Replies: 7
Views: 1485

Re: Two things that would be nice...

Vincent Kompany to be voted Manager of the Season for the Championship. I have never reconciled how SD was not given that title when the clarets won the championship under his management. Instead it was awarded to a manager who did not even win the playoffs!
by claret59
Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: KEVIN MACDONALD
Replies: 15
Views: 2709

Re: KEVIN MACDONALD

I think he scored two goals against Arsenal that evening. Capital punishment.
by claret59
Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Films which disappointed you
Replies: 138
Views: 5190

Re: Films which disappointed you

Escape to Victory.