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- Wed May 13, 2020 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A quiz for a Thursday some easy - some difficult - some downright fiendish
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- Views: 1380
- Wed May 13, 2020 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
Yes I saw that one Found an article about his business it reads as though he went straight into that from City ..no other clubs?
- Wed May 13, 2020 6:19 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
James O'Connor
Brothers Kevin and Danny both had good careers in the League of Ireland. Kevin also played for Wolves and Stockport.
Brothers Kevin and Danny both had good careers in the League of Ireland. Kevin also played for Wolves and Stockport.
- Wed May 13, 2020 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
I don't think Roy Dixon ever made a senior appearance for a League club ...
- Wed May 13, 2020 5:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
Missed Leigh Palin Tonyralphdpomeroy wrote: βSun May 10, 2020 7:03 pmLeigh Palin ... his Dad played for Wolves in the FA Youtb Cup Final and later won promotion with Walsall
- Wed May 13, 2020 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Have we ever had any genuine WORLD CLASS players?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5104
Re: Have we ever had any genuine WORLD CLASS players?
You could probably pick a few from pre 1930
- Wed May 13, 2020 11:51 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Have we ever had any genuine WORLD CLASS players?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5104
Re: Have we ever had any genuine WORLD CLASS players?
Mr McIlroy according to many of his peers ... which is the best indicator really.
- Wed May 13, 2020 8:15 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Accy rd roadworks
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1525
Re: Accy rd roadworks
I see the Lindsay Park speed bump hasn't improved over the past few weeks ... first visit in about six weeks very briefly yesterdayVolvoclaret wrote: βTue May 12, 2020 10:08 pmProbably not, workforce maybe being used to close main road to Worsthorne for past couple of months.
- Tue May 12, 2020 5:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Would Donald Trump be a good owner for Burnley Football Club?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2274
Re: Would Donald Trump be a good owner for Burnley Football Club?
No ... based upon his hair alone ... no
- Tue May 12, 2020 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
ClaretTony wrote: βTue May 12, 2020 11:13 amThey were brothers and Barry once played a reserve game for us on trial but we didn't sign him.
http://wallsendboysclub.org.uk/history/ ... niversary/
spot the Clarets .. I found a few ...
- Mon May 11, 2020 10:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
Barrie Wardrobe played first team football at Hartlepool on loan from Sunderland ...Mick"s brother from memory ... might need to check that ? I saw him play for Gateshead a couple of times
- Sun May 10, 2020 7:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
David Edgar's Dad made 75 appearances for Hartlepool in the late 70s
- Sun May 10, 2020 7:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
Leigh Palin ... his Dad played for Wolves in the FA Youtb Cup Final and later won promotion with Walsall
- Sun May 10, 2020 6:34 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
Kurt and Lee Nogan ..
- Sun May 10, 2020 6:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
Kieran Trippier and brother Kelvin
- Sun May 10, 2020 6:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
Michael Keane and Will Keane
- Sun May 10, 2020 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
How about assistant managers? Mr Woan's Dad had a decent career
- Sun May 10, 2020 6:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
Jamie Hoyland's Dad played for Sheffield United for most of his career and also had a couple of seasons with Bradford City
- Sun May 10, 2020 6:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11091
Re: Burnley players who had footballer relatives
Willie Irvine and brother Bobby of Stoke City
- Sun May 10, 2020 6:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7552
Re: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
Yes I remember the Stockport game ..made my first visit to Palmerston Park the following day .... those were the days when lower petrol prices and admission charges made such weekends possible
Northampton game would have been March 17th ..very apt for Mr Caughey
Northampton game would have been March 17th ..very apt for Mr Caughey
- Sun May 10, 2020 5:19 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7552
Re: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
One injured and one past it but both considerably quicker than Darren Heesom ....Wokingclaret wrote: βSun May 10, 2020 3:41 pmGallagher and Hampton had played First Division football
- Sun May 10, 2020 5:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7552
Re: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
Caughey didnβt score for us but had one really good game playing on the right against Northampton He did indeed ... I think it was a night match and on reflection my memory was of him lashing a shot against the bar ..he was that bad the shock must have thrown my memory for a moment π we won 2-1 pro...
- Sun May 10, 2020 3:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: BHA
- Replies: 131
- Views: 12081
Re: BHA
The one thing that might change the vote is when the current bottom three - particularly the squealing Villa & Bournemouth - realise they will go down if it doesnβt restart. Yes very true if I was in charge of a bottom three club surely you'd want to take your chance on the pitch...Any other method...
- Sun May 10, 2020 2:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: BHA
- Replies: 131
- Views: 12081
Re: BHA
Indeed and at the moment I think that might just happen ... vote later in the week not tomorrow ?ClaretTony wrote: βSun May 10, 2020 2:50 pmThat bottom six only need one club to support them and the league wonβt get re-started.
- Sun May 10, 2020 2:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: BHA
- Replies: 131
- Views: 12081
Re: BHA
I second that motion,easy to implement too,6 down = top 6 in the Champ up.This might well lead to a rapid change in tune from the bleating bottom 6,like many others i'm growing tired of their constant excuses to not restart the season.And effectively attempting to hold the remaining 14 clubs to ran...
- Sun May 10, 2020 2:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7552
Re: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
Yes he ran a newsagents for years down in Norfolk nice bloke he lived near us during his Clarets days
- Sun May 10, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7552
Re: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
Mark Caughey though ...awful... the slowest striker I've ever seen then he suddenly scored a goal ..I almost passed out in surprise ...
He had a good record in the Irish League came on loan from Hibs I think where he hadn't done much ?....what a let down he was
He had a good record in the Irish League came on loan from Hibs I think where he hadn't done much ?....what a let down he was
- Sun May 10, 2020 2:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7552
Re: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
I can't remember but we missed Alsn Taylor ..Parker scored 6 all season in 28 ... injured or dropped ? I cant recallWokingclaret wrote: βSun May 10, 2020 2:19 pmRobert Regis, 1 goal.
We had Derrick Parker, cant remember did he get injured
- Sun May 10, 2020 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7552
Re: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
Yes true....we missed Kevin Hird and Alan Taylor's goals badly ...Taylor didn't want to leave .
- Sun May 10, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7552
Re: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
Devaney ? He wasn't as good as Phil Murphy in truth and Phil Murphy wasn't great ...
Clearly done very well for himself since ...
Clearly done very well for himself since ...
- Sun May 10, 2020 6:08 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: The Orient Game β Local Press
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1480
Re: ARTICLE: The Orient Game β Local Press
The ground was less full than for the two Blackpool games in 90-1 and 91-2 and definitely not as packed as the Wrexham game..17600 seemed like 35000 after we'd been playing to @2000 most weeks. I used to stand on the longside roughly in line with the Bee Hole 18 yard line and for most of that season...
- Sat May 09, 2020 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Current Season Void Or Continue
- Replies: 662
- Views: 38458
Re: Current Season Void Or Continue
Never trust an Austrian though ..especially one born in the 19th centuryDevils_Advocate wrote: βSat May 09, 2020 4:23 pmThats exactly the attitude Ludwig Boltzmann faced and look how history judged his ideas
- Sat May 09, 2020 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Current Season Void Or Continue
- Replies: 662
- Views: 38458
Re: Current Season Void Or Continue
Not sure where the short termism is either fella ...
- Sat May 09, 2020 4:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Current Season Void Or Continue
- Replies: 662
- Views: 38458
Re: Current Season Void Or Continue
Clearly by you maybe but not clearly by the wider world.
Three up three down and a Champion or void the lot and expunge the results.
Three up three down and a Champion or void the lot and expunge the results.
- Sat May 09, 2020 4:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Sean Dyche speaks on the Eamonn and the Gaffers podcast
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4362
- Sat May 09, 2020 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Current Season Void Or Continue
- Replies: 662
- Views: 38458
Re: Current Season Void Or Continue
10 Simple Steps to Solve This 1 End this season now 2 Give all clubs that have played one less game 3 pts 3 Count the current standings as final 4 Top of league positions count for Europe etc (Liverpool Champions) 5 Nobody goes down 6 Leeds and WBA promoted 7 22 teams next year with 5 relegation sp...
- Sat May 09, 2020 10:02 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
- Replies: 90
- Views: 7552
Re: 33 years ago today:the Orient game
August 1982- May 1990 was a dreadful period in our history save for the Cup runs in 82-3 and going to Wembley in 1988. The Orient game was surreal I honestly don't remember that much of it now probably because I spent most of the game looking at my watch . I remember thinking if the 15k or so who su...
- Fri May 08, 2020 7:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Teams to be allowed five substitutions
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2861
- Fri May 08, 2020 1:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: VE Day 1945 - What were your family doing?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2849
Re: VE Day 1945 - What were your family doing?
My Mum's Dad would be hanging his ARP helmet up for the last time, and no doubt enjoying a puff on his pipe. My Dad, his sister and my Gran, would be remembering my Granddad, L/cpl 2585547 Royal Signals, died in the Coventry bombings in July 1943. My Gran was 35 at the time, and passed away in 1993...
- Thu May 07, 2020 8:43 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Covid-19
- Replies: 13866
- Views: 912827
Re: Covid-19
Yesterday I had to take one of my lads to Burnley General then Blackburn ... The General was quiet Blackburn Royal or whatever its called now seemed busy but the roads were as busy as ever along the route ...
- Thu May 07, 2020 7:51 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: BBC article:best teams to play in Championship/Division 2
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1187
Re: BBC article:best teams to play in Championship/Division 2
The media and such like pretend we don't exist ..fortunately the fixture list and league table says otherwise...
Ignore it
Ignore it
- Thu May 07, 2020 12:07 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Best ever female vocalist
- Replies: 93
- Views: 7012
Re: Best ever female vocalist
Martha Reeves
Shirley Ellis
PP Arnold
Shirley Ellis
PP Arnold
- Thu May 07, 2020 12:03 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Best ever male vocalist.
- Replies: 84
- Views: 6332
Re: Best ever male vocalist.
Steve Marriott
Van Morrison
Van Morrison
- Wed May 06, 2020 5:36 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Jim Thomson on Jimmy Adamson
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3503
Re: ARTICLE: Jim Thomson on Jimmy Adamson
Excellent read ... over the years I've quite often got to know things about the club just by living in certain parts of town where you would meet players and their families ...these days I'm even closer to the dressing room but I don't ask much and expect to be told even less π Whatever we might thi...
- Wed May 06, 2020 8:38 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Aldi
- Replies: 159
- Views: 12838
Re: Aldi
Yes true that they have a different image abroad
- Wed May 06, 2020 6:55 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: For close followers of our younger players
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3864
Re: For close followers of our younger players
Interesting stuff. In my honest opinion: if they are not making it into the first team squad by 20 they never will. I don't know the players, but that's pretty much how it goes. The Alex Elder thing was interesting. Of course the reserves in his day were what we now call squad members who spend so ...
- Tue May 05, 2020 9:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Quiz: How well do you really know Europe?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1730
- Tue May 05, 2020 8:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Aldi
- Replies: 159
- Views: 12838
Re: Aldi
absolutely
- Tue May 05, 2020 8:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Aldi
- Replies: 159
- Views: 12838
Re: Aldi
I get a bit of stick for not shopping in Aldi or Lidi to be honest . Now the way i see it i like certain brands so happy to pay for it simple really . I recall one lad who used to bring in food to work , now he used to eat something like Frosties and told me there was no differance between the ones...
- Tue May 05, 2020 8:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Aldi
- Replies: 159
- Views: 12838
Re: Aldi
Yes Steve it was - good sized store not too big but a good range of everything until the changes . I didn't look at the Jacks offering as the whole marketing campaign and so on just screamed cheap crap dont come here .. so the valley didn't go there ?! Haslingden is always too busy I couldn't be bot...