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- Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tonights football 11-4-24
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1468
Re: Tonights football 11-4-24
Some really big ones. Dusseldorf, Hannover & Nurnberg to add to that list. Even Bundesliga 3 has some big clubs. Dresden average just under 30k and 1860 Munich are in it. Took my father in law to watch Eintracht a couple of weeks ago. Incredible atmosphere. He's a United fan and said he'd not seen ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tonights football 11-4-24
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1468
Re: Tonights football 11-4-24
Make that the treble. They are in the German cup final against a 3rd division side 2nd division, but the point remains. There's some big names in that league, doesn't feel that long ago Schalke were in the semi final of the Champions League. Attendances are bonkers too. Hertha regularly get 60k plu...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Pre season tour
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5439
Re: Pre season tour
VP is a similar level to an associate director in a lot of places I think isn't it?quoonbeatz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:36 pmIt's defo a corporate thing, I got a job as a vice president, which isn't anywhere near the top job.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:22 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Harry Kane
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2546
Re: Harry Kane
Bayerns’ problems are not of Harrys’ doing. Too many are not playing for Tuchel and I’m amazed they are second=. He is world class but may never win a trophy. I can’t see Southgate bringing home the cup. Every chance they could finish 3rd, they are level with Stuttgart who they play in a few weeks....
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley v B@stards play off final
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2735
Re: Burnley v B@stards play off final
Wow! Our fan base DO cause trouble. You’ve been very lucky to have seen none. I’ve seen plenty and some of it was at the youth cup game only a few years ago. This game would have to be managed to the point that motorway services would need to be allocated to certain clubs and the rail network would...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:29 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley v B@stards play off final
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2735
Re: Burnley v B@stards play off final
That not too long ago was 1993, 31 years back!alwaysaclaret wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:09 amWasn't there a sheff wed v sheff utd semi final or final not too long ago.
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:01 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley v B@stards play off final
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2735
Re: Burnley v B@stards play off final
I'm pretty sure if the Met can handle City and United fans travelling down for the FA Cup, and Millwall, Chelsea, and West Ham, they can more than look after us and Blackburn.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Double barrelled surnames.
- Replies: 73
- Views: 3009
Re: Double barrelled surnames.
It's been Vorname and Nachname for me of late on the million and one forms the Germans love so muchTricky Trevor wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:38 pmApologies ChrisG but I was a child of the 50s and raised in a Christian family.
Forename or foreskin which ever suits, you knew what I meant.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Double barrelled surnames.
- Replies: 73
- Views: 3009
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:42 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Double barrelled surnames.
- Replies: 73
- Views: 3009
Re: Double barrelled surnames.
I think the most surprising thing about this post is the amount of folk that use the phrase Christian name.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:34 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Passport problems
- Replies: 86
- Views: 3700
Re: Passport problems
Brussels keeps behaving like a bitter divorced woman The UK is no longer part of the EU through our own choice. It is therefore subject to the same rules as every other country that isn't a member. They aren't being "bitter", we literally chose to not be a member any more. And frankly as someone wh...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Internationals 26-3-24
- Replies: 98
- Views: 3704
Re: Internationals 26-3-24
Verbruggen had a great game for Netherlands tonight. Not convinced that 2nd German goal was over the line, very close.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Turf tour
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1878
Re: Turf tour
I'd hazard a guess that there is more time gone now since then than between the CFS and the 'new' Longside opening.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:15 amLongside opened 28 years ago next month - I almost disbelieved the almost 30 years initially but we are not far away.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Turf tour
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1878
Re: Turf tour
Company that built the stands, Linpave went bust nearly 15 years ago. Not sure if there would have been any obligatory work for rectifying defective concrete if they had still been in business? Latent defect period is usually 6 years, or possibly 12 depending on the contract. The club may (but prob...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chesterfield back in the league
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2959
Re: Chesterfield back in the league
After the drawn-out battle between Wrexham and Notts County last season, Paul Cook's Spireites have made it look easy this season, winning promotion with five games to go. They should smash the 100 point barrier easily. I was surprised to see WIll Grigg plays for them now. It doesn't seem long sinc...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Weghorst
- Replies: 129
- Views: 7357
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: what is YOUR favourite era watching the Clarets ?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 2743
Re: what is YOUR favourite era watching the Clarets ?
Weird one this as you’d think it would be the Dyche, Kompany and Coyle eras. Whilst these had individually unbelievable seasons, my ‘favourite era’ is actually, bizarrely, the period between 1995-2000. My first game was in 1992, but I started going on weekly (and then getting a season ticket from 9...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 007
- Replies: 47
- Views: 2518
Re: 007
I was hoping for Idris Elba, but I think he's probably a bit old now.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: what is YOUR favourite era watching the Clarets ?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 2743
Re: what is YOUR favourite era watching the Clarets ?
Stan era, 99/00 season. Looked old enough to get a pint, but was young enough to get a 16-18 season ticket for 75 quid, and got on the Barrowford Clarets coach as a youth.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:25 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Thomas Frank
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2777
Re: Thomas Frank
They did actually look at it which is why we had the wait before restarting. What a farce it would have been if they'd decided it was a foul and given Brentford a penalty rather than a goal. Surely, once they'd scored the check should have stopped. Didn't that exact scenario happen against Bournemo...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Yellow Cards
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1339
Re: Yellow Cards
Thinking back to yesterday’s winner for Man Utd. Should a player who celebrates a goal by whipping his shirt off for a few seconds be given a yellow and as we saw yesterday then potentially sent off. He didn’t foul anyone or swear at the ref. It seems that yellow cards are thrown around so easy the...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: John Haworth-The Man Who Made Burnley
- Replies: 3
- Views: 922
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Greatest World XI to have played in the Premier League at Turf Moor
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2001
Re: Greatest World XI to have played in the Premier League at Turf Moor
Surely has be Cech in goal
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: League One
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3820
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Liverpool/City
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1082
Re: Liverpool/City
Also, us he doing a Jensen v Wigan here?!
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Liverpool/City
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1082
Re: Liverpool/City
If Ederson dives in with his hands, he's winning that ball comfortably, odd decision to try and kick it
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Sir Jimmy Anderson
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2567
Re: Sir Jimmy Anderson
I think Jimmy still wants his name on the international five fers board in the long room at EOT. Remarkably at his own county ground where he has an end named after him the international five fer has alluded him. Sri Lanka this summer just might be his last chance. 🌹 It would be some way to bow out!
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Sir Jimmy Anderson
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2567
Re: Sir Jimmy Anderson
I think he's made it clear he's a Claret, he's been asked in enough interviews about it!
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Nathan Lyon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2159
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Re: The words to the Black leg miner.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1801
Re: Re: The words to the Black leg miner.
There's a documentary on the iPlayer at the minute about the strike too.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Best All English XI of Premier League era
- Replies: 25
- Views: 996
Re: Best All English XI of Premier League era
Fair point, well made. Completely missed that bit
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Best All English XI of Premier League era
- Replies: 25
- Views: 996
Re: Best All English XI of Premier League era
If we're talking purely whilst they were with us, then you'd have to think about Wood seeing as he is our top Premier League goalscorer. Obviously not all time top flight scorer as that's not what the post is about.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Thomas Tuchel
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1226
Re: Thomas Tuchel
Klopp to Bayern?
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chris Wilder
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4289
Re: Chris Wilder
He's a very nice guy, I have a lot of time for him on a personal level.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley man gets 5 year banning order for offensive chanting
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2028
Re: Burnley man gets 5 year banning order for offensive chanting
Not his first rodeo either, he was banned a few years back according to the Burnley Express
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Half time entertainment v Arsenal
- Replies: 69
- Views: 3423
Re: Half time entertainment v Arsenal
Nothing will be as amateur hour as Wrexham away circa 2000 when they held a pretend wedding for their two robin mascots.
Bring back the Swanky pants dog troupe.
Bring back the Swanky pants dog troupe.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: When I flash my lights
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3485
Re: When I flash my lights
Back in the day when I was a fraud investigator, flashing the lights to let someone out, but then continuing on to instigate a collision was a relatively common tactic from the more inventive fraudster. Unlike deliberate braking, it is very difficult to disprove with a dash cam as they generally don...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Craving a dirty kebab
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2396
Re: Craving a dirty kebab
If you want a good Gyros ... a garrison town where Squaddies live (like Una Massen or Detmold 😉) are the places to be. When my Stepson and family were stationed over there, we went over a few times and had some crackers. I'm bang in the former US zone here, but my brother in law was based in Paderb...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The ITV digital collapse
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3438
Re: The ITV digital collapse
I seem to recall another game at Rotherham being called off a few years before that too
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Craving a dirty kebab
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2396
Re: Craving a dirty kebab
I had a belting Lahmacun mit Fleisch yesterday in Frankfurt. Nearly fell asleep at my desk afterwards mind.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New York
- Replies: 63
- Views: 3457
Re: New York
But you're spoiled for choice in all the touristy places. It is expensive with tax and (obligatory) tips (which staff don't deserve - they are just doing their job, as Roy Keane would say). You'll probably end up GoogleMapping and picking somewhere based on reviews. Paying for bills is weird, too, ...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tressor the man with the touch
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3105
Re: Tressor the man with the touch
Meanwhile Tella set a goal up in the win over Bayern
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Board
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3999
Re: Board
Damo, Princess Hales - are we all OK? Everybody geared up for a big Friday night in? Custard - you got your jam spoon ready? Eli is going to be giving a talk Lancashire cricket through the ages and we might get a visit from that crackpot Lord of whatever/wherever. Get your drinking hats on. It was ...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Manchester United v Burnley September 1966
- Replies: 6
- Views: 569
Re: Manchester United v Burnley September 1966
Me too, was my third visit there. Think it took 20 games there for me before I saw us win. I've not done too badly, 4 visits, 1 loss (Laws first match), then the 0-0 Heaton masterclass, the second 2-2 heartbreak, then finally the 2-0 win. I refused to get too carried away on that last one after the...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New ground
- Replies: 171
- Views: 9142
Re: New ground
That's just some of the packages, you'll need a lot more than that. I've not even included floodlights, media centre etc. Plus main contractor preliminaries at circa £35k a week, OH&P at 7%, professional fees at 15%, permitting fees etc. You'll not get much change out of £50m for a new decent spec '...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New ground
- Replies: 171
- Views: 9142
Re: New ground
Regarding my last post re Fulham’s away stand, I’ve been looking for figures on the cost of the redevelopment of Craven Cottage back in 2004 (yes, I’m that sad), and there’s various figures banded around between £8-£15M. The Bank of England inflation calculator puts £8M in 2004 to £12M in 2023. Obv...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New ground
- Replies: 171
- Views: 9142
Re: New ground
To build the Jimmy Mac & James Hargreaves Stands, we got a grant of £2.25m towards the total costs of £5.2m .... they're basic, I admit, but perfectly functional .. the play off win v Stockport and that one season in Division 2 qualified us for the grant. If we hadn't built them, then imagine the p...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: India Vs England 1st Test
- Replies: 148
- Views: 7656
Re: India Vs England 1st Test
What a debut for lad who prior to this test had only taken 40 first class wickets. Tremendous test match that, surely one of the best of Stokes reign.
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Eric Dier
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2931
Re: Eric Dier
I work in Germany. The accent I use when speaking English to my German colleagues has to be very different to the one I use when speaking to the Manchester office, as they simply don't understand my broad Lancashire accent. It's about finding the best way to communicate with someone who doesn't spea...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:53 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: India Vs England 1st Test
- Replies: 148
- Views: 7656
Re: India Vs England 1st Test
Starts tomorrow and live on BT sport or whatever it's called this week. England have announced their team already with a brave bowling line up. Mark Wood and Stokes the only seamers (despite their injury concerns over the years) Leach, Hartley and Rehan are the spinners with Root as back up. Stokes...