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by timshorts
Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Quiz: How well do you know the people of Africa?
Replies: 13
Views: 1748

Re: Quiz: How well do you know the people of Africa?

6. No idea what that was about, really.
by timshorts
Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Czech v Wales
Replies: 29
Views: 5692

Re: Czech v Wales

Getting my breath back from that. Would have won with hennessey, but both sides deserved something from that game.
Connor Roberts had an excellent cameo. Hopefully he'll get some more minutes in tallin.
by timshorts
Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Newcastle takeover
Replies: 372
Views: 39843

Re: Newcastle takeover

Dwight gayle would only be useful if we get relegated. Never cuts it in the Premier league. I know it's Steve bruce, but joelinton gets picked ahead of him on merit.
by timshorts
Thu Oct 07, 2021 4:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Would Burnley be missed in the Premier League?
Replies: 42
Views: 5396

Re: Would Burnley be missed in the Premier League?

I miss the Victoria Ground if that counts, maybe the tradition of a game at Burnley means something to a few. My favourite away ground. Number 2 was filbert Street as that low roof made the noise levels sound great. I suppose it is now carrow road. And Wick because they did lovely burgers. I'd miss...
by timshorts
Thu Oct 07, 2021 4:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Newcastle takeover
Replies: 372
Views: 39843

Re: Newcastle takeover

Currently the geordies are annoying with their we are massive mentality, if the deal goes through they will be totally insufferable. So far, most of the comments that I've seen are quite amusing. The one about a dream team front three where they include the hapless joelinton, and the one about the ...
by timshorts
Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 47 crosses…
Replies: 54
Views: 7022

Re: 47 crosses…

I thought this was the sequel to 27 dresses.

Next up the Blackburn part of the trilogy, 67 donkeys.
by timshorts
Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: All Time Men's England Dream Team
Replies: 28
Views: 3415

Re: All Time Men's England Dream Team

It's totally unbalanced. Who would play Lineker and greaves together and expect Bryan Robson to do about three jobs. Promote Duncan Edwards for one of the two goal poachers and it might work OK.
by timshorts
Sat Oct 02, 2021 8:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Utter crap
Replies: 63
Views: 8074

Re: Utter crap

Didn't see 1 'stonewaller' The sky sports reporter did. Said vyds had a better punch landed on his head by Tim krul than some boxer or other managed when being paid to hit another one some time maybe last week. Sorry, but I got what he meant, but he might as well have compared it to strictly come d...
by timshorts
Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Question of sport
Replies: 58
Views: 5801

Re: Question of Sport

They've splashed quite a bit of budget on it. The result is that they will be making cuts elsewhere including :- Cutting the last 5 minutes off of match of the day so that they don't have to pay to cover footage of burnley games. Slashing the make up budget by casting Ann Widdecombe as Mrs brown. Me...
by timshorts
Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Quiz: How well do you know your exotic James Bond locations?
Replies: 18
Views: 1925

Re: Quiz: How well do you know your exotic James Bond locations?

The Enclosure wrote:
Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:03 pm
7..not bad
Don't you mean that you got 007?
by timshorts
Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: MOTD
Replies: 69
Views: 9711

Re: MOTD

Just watched MOTD and saw that myself. What’s confusing is that the freeze frame doesn’t appear to be the official VAR freeze frame with the blue and green lines like we saw for Salah’s goal. Why didn’t we get to see that on any of today’s coverage? ..... Because salah plays for livarpool. Differen...
by timshorts
Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Competitive PL games being played abroad - being considered
Replies: 19
Views: 2405

Re: Competitive PL games being played abroad - being considered

It looks to be an idea that has been made by people who think football is exempt from having to consider climate change.

See also arsene wengers biannual World cup, rich people going to space in private rockets, champions league finals in Baku, uncontrolled population growth etc etc.
by timshorts
Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: This Simple Trick Will COMPLETELY Empty Your Bowels
Replies: 36
Views: 5625

Re: This Simple Trick Will COMPLETELY Empty Your Bowels

CnBtruntru wrote:
Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:13 am
This thread is a right load of sh........te, clicking on the link would likely empty your bank account or your devices hard drive :o
Well, yes. The thread is about completely emptying your hard drive....
by timshorts
Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Palace-Brighton
Replies: 68
Views: 6783

Re: Palace-Brighton

Yearofthefox wrote:
Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:03 am
I don't understand potter ball I still stand that he'll get found out... Brighton spend some serious money very lucky to have a wealthy owner but I can't get my head around how they afford to spend like they do.
50 million for Ben White helped.
by timshorts
Sat Sep 25, 2021 7:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope
Replies: 80
Views: 9475

Re: Pope

At least he's playing. Both Wales no. 1 and 2 keepers were sitting watching from the bench at Leicester today.
by timshorts
Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Ryder Cup
Replies: 101
Views: 10797

Re: The Ryder Cup

I normally enjoy watching it, or at least having it on in the background, but that crowd (or at least the trumpesque part of it) is having the same effect as the grunting etc in women's tennis.
As someone posted above, it's showing no class and seemingly proud of it.
by timshorts
Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Quiz: How well do you know the shape of countries?
Replies: 14
Views: 1808

Re: Quiz: How well do you know the shape of countries?

13. A few by elimination of all the other options. The clues were of no real help.
by timshorts
Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best name for a pub quiz team
Replies: 35
Views: 4506

Re: Best name for a pub quiz team

Team I played in had a player called Bob who tended to **** off some of the other teams.
When he didn't turn up one week we called our team (which had a different name every week) "Bob's not here". We got a cheer every time the team name was read out from our opponents.....
by timshorts
Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Can you name these cricketers all who have received a knighthood for services to cricket?
Replies: 5
Views: 716

Re: Can you name these cricketers all who have received a knighthood for services to cricket?

They have one spelt wrong so that you don't get it with the correct spelling, and one I didn't recognise at all without his hat.
I knighted a few West indians that seem rather more deserving than the usual tory hangers on.
by timshorts
Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League Cup 4th round draw thread
Replies: 45
Views: 6084

Re: League Cup 4th round draw thread

Once upon a time that would have been an exciting draw.
by timshorts
Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football predictions that didn't come true
Replies: 21
Views: 2449

Re: Football predictions that didn't come true

Think it might have been Bill Shankley, who in 1975 was predicting the region's FA Cup ties on Kick Off. If I remember right, Bill predicted Burnley 6 Wimbledon 0....... Similarly I was in Cardiff City shop before the game with Maidstone in their third and last season in the league. The stones had ...
by timshorts
Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League Cup 4th round draw thread
Replies: 45
Views: 6084

Re: League Cup 4th round draw thread

Just had a look and we've been drawn against them 3 times in the cup recently: 2018, 2019 and 2020. What are the odds of that happening, prior to the first of the 3 games? FA Cup 3rd round (64 teams - 63 possible opponents) Fa Cup 4th round (32 teams - 31 possible opponents) League Cup 4th round (1...
by timshorts
Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League Cup 4th round draw thread
Replies: 45
Views: 6084

Re: League Cup 4th round draw thread

Wimbledon away, please.
by timshorts
Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Random, weird question..
Replies: 37
Views: 4895

Re: Random, weird question..

The potters bar type can be lowered to the ground slowly using a drill in conjunction with a specialist device with a big worm thread in it. We had one to get a floodlight up and down each year as it would otherwise have been in the middle of the cricket pitch each summer. It's quite a long operatio...
by timshorts
Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Why do footballers take their shirts off when they score?
Replies: 27
Views: 2647

Re: Why do footballers take their shirts off when they score?

Is it a code to tell us that they have personalised number plates?
by timshorts
Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Can you name the bands when given a member and the year they were formed?
Replies: 9
Views: 1653

Re: Can you name the bands when given a member and the year they were formed?

Gave up as the adverts practically blocked the whole list on my phone.
by timshorts
Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Personalised Number Plates
Replies: 83
Views: 9345

Re: Personalised Number Plates

Was that an offer or a valuation? I’d be surprised if someone would pay that, although maybe suited to a litigation solicitor. You say that, but coincidentally, the firm that I worked for had an estate to deal with which had a plate "LAW 1" to sell and couldn't get a decent offer for it. The plate ...
by timshorts
Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Played or manged your fiercest local rivals.
Replies: 29
Views: 3057

Re: Played or manged your fiercest local rivals.

Bryan Robson, Alan foggon, Barry venison in the North East without thinking too hard. John Gregory, Alan mullery and that old grandad that bought q penalty against us by putting his leg between tarks and diving Murray all Palace / Brighton. Lots followed clough from Derby to forest. Chelsea must hav...
by timshorts
Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Newcastle-Leeds 8PM
Replies: 52
Views: 5824

Re: Newcastle-Leeds 8PM

True! there's several who've bagged 30-40 in the Eredivisie, and then flopped when they've came to the PL. That's true. Unfortunately, the bit where you said that Joe scored lots of goals in the dutch league isn't. He's never played in the eredivisie. Hoffenheim is in Germany - but he didn't bang t...
by timshorts
Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England move up to third in men's world rankings
Replies: 16
Views: 1780

Re: England move up to third in men's world rankings

You are 6th in the elo rankings which are generally more realistic.
They were last ranked number 1 in 1988.
by timshorts
Fri Sep 17, 2021 6:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: James Bond
Replies: 40
Views: 4516

Re: James Bond

The living daylights
Music to view to a kill Duran Duran or that "all the time in the world" song. There have been some awful ones.
Daniel craig
Mie hama as kissy suzuki and olga kurylenko
by timshorts
Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Ten men Burnley beaten at Hereford
Replies: 15
Views: 1916

Re: ARTICLE: Ten men Burnley beaten at Hereford

I think that I did a 0-0 there a couple of years before but can't remember an awful lot about it. I remember where we were in the ground and a cake shop in town, but absolutely nothing about the game. Probably because nothing memorable happened.
by timshorts
Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Ten men Burnley beaten at Hereford
Replies: 15
Views: 1916

Re: ARTICLE: Ten men Burnley beaten at Hereford

I was at Blakenhall v boston united in the fa cup that day, thankfully. Peter heritage I met a few times when he later played for stamco. He's been coaching around my area for a while now having played for little common and Sidley. How did we concede a goal to a Sidley player? 10 divisions below us ...
by timshorts
Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Reading GK breaks hand punching whiteboard after game
Replies: 9
Views: 1581

Re: Reading GK breaks hand punching whiteboard after game

My early memories of reading were that it was OK -, but I only went there to go to elm Park.

Since, my visits have made me wish I was in Swindon instead. Reading just seems like a wannabee London suburb.
by timshorts
Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rick Astley Sings The Smiths
Replies: 17
Views: 2577

Re: Rick Astley Sings The Smiths

To be fair, the crowd are singing along loving it. It helps that Astley is a big smiths fan so won't bugger it up just to make it different.

I could go watch that. Much better than some ego trip type singing "how soon is now" like it's one of those crass lloyds bank ads.
by timshorts
Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Reading GK breaks hand punching whiteboard after game
Replies: 9
Views: 1581

Re: Reading GK breaks hand punching whiteboard after game

I think you mean that elm Park is in that part of town that isn't a tip.

Really poor drivers there, too.
by timshorts
Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Take any lyric, song or album title...
Replies: 39
Views: 3539

Re: Take any lyric, song or album title...

All from the group Joy Balls And their album Balls Pleasures Balls Play I remember Balls Day of the Balls She’s lost balls New Dawn Balls I preferred "atrocity exhibition balls" and the slightly sticky Live version of "balls lost control" particularly when she gives away the secrets of her balls to...
by timshorts
Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: If your all time favourite Jukebox had 100 selections...
Replies: 3
Views: 749

Re: If your all time favourite Jukebox had 100 selections...

well here's fifty or so... no love lost - joy division One of the best joy division tracks that gets little recognition. Heard it first on the Warsaw tape when a friend of a friend used to play it on a ghetto blaster sitting around one summer in Hastings Town centre, 1980, maybe. He was very precio...
by timshorts
Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Take any lyric, song or album title...
Replies: 39
Views: 3539

Re: Take any lyric, song or album title...

If you tolerate this then your balls will be next. The intense humming of balls If white America told the truth for one day then its balls would fall apart The balls of Richard nixon (all the above by the manic street balls) The boy with a thorn in his balls And especially for arsenal Everything's g...
by timshorts
Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Quiz: How well do you the world’s most amazing aqueducts?
Replies: 9
Views: 1080

Re: Quiz: How well do you the world’s most amazing aqueducts?

1 from the first 7 questions, then 6 from the last 7.
by timshorts
Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Monza Grand Prix
Replies: 44
Views: 3937

Re: Monza Grand Prix

I thought that maybe the lower temperature might have on the slipstream that generally causes a ridiculous scene in the quali process at monza.
Hopefully not, as quali at monza is normally more interesting than the actual race.
by timshorts
Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Anyone been in prison
Replies: 147
Views: 12632

Re: Anyone been in prison

Durham, Walton, Lancaster and Haverigg. All on legal visits. Likewise:- Long lartin high security prison, which was quite nice. A newish place with long term offenders. Cardiff, Lewes, one of the Isle of Wight jobs were all older and pretty unpleasant, but the inmates there are generally going to g...
by timshorts
Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your favourite line from a song is
Replies: 250
Views: 15707

Re: Your favourite line from a song is

"have you heard of Matthew Maynard? He's my favourite cricketer.
I would rather watch him play than pick up my guitar"
by timshorts
Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Genesis
Replies: 40
Views: 5979

Re: Genesis

Mondsley wrote:
Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:01 pm
I've got tickets to see Steve in Guildford on 5 October. Going with my son. Probably looking forward to that the most.
I saw him in Guildford in about 1987/8. Excellent.
by timshorts
Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Great songs with barmy lyrics
Replies: 12
Views: 1645

Re: Great songs with barmy lyrics

I'd rather good music with nonsense lyrics than clever lyrics with **** music. Half the time you can't tell what the lyrics are anyway. Some of the above is pretty indecipherable unless you've seen the lyric sheet. Taking that a stage further:- I'm sure that most people that go to opera don't know w...
by timshorts
Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Poland v England
Replies: 136
Views: 9918

Re: Poland v England

Estonia's teenage goalkeeper, meanwhile was superb.
Unfortunately, he's on arsenal's books.

A very exciting last 25 minutes, coinciding, of course, with Tyler Roberts getting substituted. **** result, but Estonia were a dive free High effort team that worked hard to pick up a point.
by timshorts
Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England squad for the 5th test
Replies: 25
Views: 2066

Re: England squad for the 5th test

Burnley1989 wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:13 pm
Not sure anybody can moan about test cricket after this series, it’s been superb, as good as an ashes series for me
Better. The away ashes series are tedious. The home ones go on for ever, which might be just as well given that playing the opener at Lords is like giving a 1 test headstart.
by timshorts
Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Question of sport
Replies: 58
Views: 5801

Re: Question of sport

Swizzlestick wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:32 am
. I thought McGuinness was far better than barker
Not a very high bar, that one.
by timshorts
Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Charlie Taylor apology doesnt go down too well...
Replies: 23
Views: 5795

Re: Charlie Taylor apology doesnt go down too well...

I thought it was 'from the North'. Have I been singing it incorrectly all these years? It doesn't really work for a game v Newcastle though, does it? I'd keep a Newcastle defenders shirt. If it was Ronaldo s I'd sell it. Would keep a rodon or Davies spurs shirt but sell kane. So what shirts would w...
by timshorts
Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley U16s Qualify for National Finals
Replies: 15
Views: 2461

Re: Burnley U16s Qualify for National Finals

A few more results don the last wks U13 Burnley 7-1 Newcastle 1 U14 Burnley 1 1 Preston U14 Burnley 8 1 accy U14 Burnley 4-2 Newcastle U15 Burnley 3-2 lingfield U15 Burnley 17 1 ai scout team Be nice to have a insight of how the academy sides generally do going back 3 yrs most of these teams would ...