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I can now stop disliking Spurs.

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Nothing new happening. We just continue to do things "the Burnley way". Don't beat the teams we're supposed to, but get a few unexpected wins against "bigger teams".

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By coincidence, an article popped up on my phone a couple of weeks ago. It was about the tactic of sacking a manager/coach. A worldwide study across all major professional sports looked at around 400 instances in recent times. It concluded that in over 90% of cases, team performances significantly i...

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I don't cope too well with pain relievers, so over 5 years I've made adjustments to movement and developed strategies to manage the hip pain. Got one hip replaced last August and the other this February. Pain gone. Brilliant. Now I don't need to bother with those adjustments and strategies. Trouble ...

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Still 94 games to go Current stats are: H A 49% 29% 46% 28% 48% 34% 45% 31% 37% 39% give or take depending on CT's timing. Quite a significant difference this season. What are the reasons? No home crowd impact. Increased team bonding due to "getting out". Here are the draws stats 22% 26% 19% 24% 23%...

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I don't remember proposing!

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Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:36 pm
not much has come out of australia in the way of good films or tv, they always try to copy the americans and it never works.

The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film ever made.

So who's copying who?

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Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:10 pm
Another sad day. RIP Ian St. John. Back in the day there was a church close to Anfield where the notice board outside posed the question 'What would you do if Jesus came back ?' and someone had scrawled under earth it 'move St. John to inside right'.

Jesus saves. St John gets the rebound.

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I love the way you've hidden the mouse.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:22 pm

Then there was this from Anna Mae Bullock

https://youtu.be/e9Lehkou2Do

Hope the Swiss maid doesn't become a little town flirt, runaway and go searching. Goodness knows what'll be off if she bumps into Larry.

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1 for me. Never did like the place anyway.

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Guessing ages by looking at faces I reckon they turned up with 12 players.
Those were the days!

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FactualFrank wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:13 pm
Does anybody else keep thinking 'Remington' when they see the thread title.

I was thinking David.

Happily, Google confirms he's 79 not out.

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Abide with Mee

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bfcmik wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:36 pm
As long as there isn't one at Turf Moor I'll be happy.

It happened in 1975, when they were a non-league side.

Lightening never strikes twice.

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I wonder who will buy our current squad.

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RMutt wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:29 pm
I heard one bloke was wearing a big medallion , a big flashy watch and a sovereign ring and the other was wearing a fez. Make of that what you will.

Tommy Cooper ??

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We've got Pstotto.

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v United? I've not been able to find any reference to the club's tribute to Nobby, suggesting the photo is a game v United, so sticking my neck out. That bloke messing with Towers is John Talbut. Nobby was only 5'-6", that makes Towers 6'-12". And anyway, the studs are too low for Nobby. Can someone...

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John Talbut

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What p++++sses me off about women's football is that they are all better at it than I ever was.

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It hurts to type this.
My hero Adam Blacklaw had a nightmare, Stoke v Burnley, November 1963. Game ended 4-4, should have been 0-4 to us.
Despite that, I still copped a belting from a bunch of hooligans after the game.

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Les Latcham v George Best

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tim_noone wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:09 pm
They should have done the old Helicopter fly past congratulating the players.

Trailing a banner "Leeds Lives Matter"

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Who's Bacup?

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808,627 is a prime number.

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I only read through a few posts on the first page then decided to jump in blind. Firstly, the fellow that died. What is his past history? From what I've read, he was a rather violent person with convictions for armed robbery. A big strong lad too. Why were several "cops" cowering behind a car for se...

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Whenever someone migrates from the UK to Australia, the average IQ of both countries is lowered.

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conyoviejo wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:56 pm
The crowd noise on the Aussie rugby league is brilliant,they have got it off to a tee.

it's required to drown out the "language" from the players.
Unfortunately it also drowns out the sound of the game.
Whack! Thud! Zap!

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RIP It Up

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:34 pm
However, we must never forget our first England international keeper, one Jerry Dawson. Played an amazing record 569 times for us from 1906 through to 1929 and capped twice for England in 1921 and 1922.

Jack Hillman 1899

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Yes that is the one of the Athletic Ground I was looking for .. Here's a link showing a photo and a blog. http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft28442.htm The photo posted previously showed a wider aspect. We assumed it was at the Turf and were trying to identify the stand. Fortunately, one sma...

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The annoying thing for me about TVs is the PVR system.
Some produce a file which can be "processed" on a computer or viewed on another TV, but others encrypt and the recording can only be played back on the TV it was recorded on.

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Children brainwashed by political activists.

Previously done by:
Adolf Hitler and his Nazis;
Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge.

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To put things in context: The Aussies appealed, the umpire gave a decision, the Aussies reviewed, the umpire was told to stick with his decision. Why did he give the original decision? Pitched outside leg, too wide, too high? We don't know, the review doesn't tell us what was in the umpire's mind. N...

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FCBurnley wrote:Even better than the Botham test. You will remember that for the rest of your life and one day telling your grandkids about it. Fabulous

Not quite imho. In that Botham test, England following on, trailed by 90 runs with 3 wickets remaining. Aus still had an innings to come.

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Didn't work! self deleted.

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I thought it was Les, so I googled and put in my two bobs worth based on this!

https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/ ... g-4991029a" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Royboyclaret wrote:Blimey, Willie Irvine looks about 14 as well.

Who's the lad in the middle?

Les Latcham ????

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It "appears" that there's no left turning for Belvedere Road . Is that right because it came later? Here's a link to some maps of 1890. https://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp#townmaps The Burnley East map shows: Eastman Place, (maybe Eastham) opposite Plumbe St Albert St, oppos...

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1st 1966
2nd 1945
3rd 1918

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Do you drain the tank before storing as the petrol goes stale over time? I run mine till the tank is empty then fill with fresh petrol in the spring and it always starts first or second pull. Using high octane (98 ish) gets round the going stale problem. I use a self-propelled mower, so no effort t...

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Who leeked that story?

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It's all in the ASCII,

http://www.asciitable.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

but not the EBCDIC

http://www.astrodigital.org/digital/ebcdic.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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One or two who post on here could benefit the whole of mankind by cutting out their personal carbon dioxide emissions.

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Surely they must also reference religion and gender otherwise it's just unacceptably biased.

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Over here we just get one variety- SPAM in a can. As I'm sure our US-based Clarets will confirm, they can choose from loads of different varieties with things added. The SPAM fritter is a British thing. In the museum's international section, that's shown as the British speciality that nobody else d...

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Burnley born Vic Pollard. Best known for his cricket, also played football for New Zealand.

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What goes up, comes down. What goes down, stays down.

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ClaretTony wrote:I think had the old pans been of use I'd still have been looking for new ones to be honest. The ones I have are old but have served me well over the years.

We eat off plates at our house.

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