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Heart attack apparently. Also had one in 2012.

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Great to hear from you Mick, you sound more positive than last night.

Do let us know when you're coming up for a home game, there'll be plenty of people wanting to.meet you.

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Mick, I hope you don't think I'm being flippant here, I'm not. I'm serious. Get a puppy. You'll fall in love with it immediately, and it will love you within a couple of days. You will also find that other dogowners will talk to you when you take it for a walk. It's over five years since mrslakedist...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:09 am
I don’t even need to look it up CTID

Neither do I
I've never forgiven that Everton *******.

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The 2009 play-off final.
If we'd lost that, we may never have reached the PL, and could conceivably have started a downward spiral.
As it is, next season will be our ninth Premier League seasin out of fifteen.

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Sound back on now.

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With only Bailey and Williams to come, I'm undecided about whether to go for it or play for the draw.
I wouldn't be much use as a captain!

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While Rob Jones is still there, we've a chance.

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Just noticed that Critchley who didn’t bowl in first innings got 2 wickets so far inc Vilas for 0. How many points do we get for a draw compared to a loss ? If we lose we'll get three points, if we draw we"ll get eight ( three bowling points and five for the draw ). I've ruled out the possibility o...

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I've gone from 10510 to 1410.

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Essex went from 275-5 to 282 all out.

Six wickets for Tom Bailey.

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Full morning's play today.
Essex 100-4 at lunch, but they were 55-4.

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I wss going to come down for the first day of this game at Blackpool.

Glad I didn't....they've only managed 4.1 overs.

They should have played it in my corner of the Lake District, it's only just started drizzling now.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:49 pm
I wondered whether you knew him when I saw where he was from

I don't know the family personally, but I'm told they are well liked and respected in the local farming community.
James Trafford went to Cockermouth School, as did Ben Stokes ( although not at the same time ).

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:09 pm
It’s definitely a done deal

I can confirm this.
JT comes from a farming family in Greysouthen, a few miles outside Cockermouth.
I too live in a farming village, and some of my neighbours know the Traffords well.

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Lancs are going to struggle to avoid a first defeat of the seaon tomorrow.
Currently about 30 runs ahead with six second innings wickets remaining.
This is what happens when the opposition put on 130 for the tenth wicket.

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My list is fairly short, too:-
Scotland
Wales
France
Spain (well, Majorca)
USA
Slovenia ( when it was part of Yugoslavia)
Italy
Netherlands
Trinidad & Tobago
Barbados
Grenada
Jamaica
Antigua
St Lucia

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I prefer the more old fashioned videos, like those for Manuel Benson and Nathan Tella.

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Up to the time he joined us, he was averaging a goal in every three games, perfectly respectable.
Since then, he has scored twice in 37 PL appearances ( although many of those will have been s substitute).
The fact is, he is very unlikely to score the goals we need next season.

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I see that Betfair are offering 80-1 for City to be relegated, as against 500-1 for United and Arsenal.
They must be factoring in the possibility of them being relegated automatically as punishment for financial irregularities. Even a 50 point deduction probably wouldn't relegate them.

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Happy Birthday Willie.
He's been referred to as a hero above. Well, he was my first Burnley hero.

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Tony, you're still having trouble with your seasons!!
In the article, you've headed the list of fixtures 2021-22.
Let's hope the end result is different this coming season.

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Interesting article about a player who was with us quite some time, but of whom we saw very little.
Just once small point, Tony. You may like to amend the season in your article....I could have sworn we played Newcastle on tbe last day of 2021-22

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Bohannon and Vilas have steadied the ship.
48-2 at the close, with 92 more needed in the morning.

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Balderson out caught off a wild drive

5-2.

We could lose this. Someone needs to come in and just play for stumps.

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Salt gone early.
3-1

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Many years ago there was a documentary on television about Millwall football hooligans.
One of them was being interviewed and expained what they were going to do to " them norven monkeys " at the weekend.
They were playing away to Bristol City.

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so i just checked with the club, the premium members comes above ST points, regardless of how many you have. £250 is worth it on this basis. Get em bought. If that is right, and I don't believe it is, it means that, in theory, someone who has never had a season ticket and has never been to an away ...

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I see there's a rain delay at Bristol. Lucky sods! We haven't had any rain up here for three weeks. I had a day of the Championship match at Southport last season. It's not my favourite outground, because there are very few places when you can get any elevation. Blackpool is my favourite outground. ...

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wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:08 pm
Where would the STH <4000 points sit?

Good question!
Perhaps there should be an extra category, above Premium members, of STHs with fewer than 4000 points.question
It's all getting a bit complicated!

The main thing is that is doesn't seem right to be able to "buy" twenty years loyalty for £250.

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And what about Brentford? If you don't use your season ticket for a few games, despite paying for it, they can ban you from going on in future. One of my golfing partners is a Man U STH. They have a similar policy, although he is allowed to release his ST to someone else a certain number of times p...

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pushpinpussy wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 12, 2023 2:49 pm
I've always found the concept of owning a pet really bizarre.

I just could not imagine living in a house without a dog. They deliver so much joy, entertainment and love.
I doubt whether I am alone in believing this.

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Eek that definitely infers that if you have premium membership you trump everyone else for away games :o :? I'm not sure it does, Jellybean. It's very loosely worded. What it does say is that if if you buy the cheaper membership you are below season tickets holders for away tickets, whereas if you ...

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Yes I remember , bodge.
Manor House in Birmingham is no more, sadly. It was flattened, and is now a very upmarket housing development.

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They were 76-7 shortly afterwards, but now they've put on 58 for the eighth wicket.
Typical Lancashire. I know we can't expect sides to roll over for us, but we do seem, sometimes, to be unable to finish sides off.

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Ah yes, I remember it well!
Was that the last one, Tony?

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And a Happy Birthday from here in the north-west corner of the Lakes.

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According to Football League World, Burnley Stoke and Blackburn are interested in QPR's Lyndon Dykes. I wouldn't mind him coming to East Lancashire.........as long as it's to Ewood. I watched him playing for Queen of the South a few times at the beginning of his career, and he didn't particularly st...

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Milltown1882 wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 04, 2023 5:19 pm
The bowling injuries piling up for England. At least we don’t have a heavily condensed series to make space for the Hundred.

Who would you choose to replace him? Ahmed/Parkinson/Jacks?

Not Parkinson. He can't even get into Lancashire's red ball side.

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 04, 2023 5:16 pm
Silky, are you mixing up Workington with Grimsby ?.....We were special that night.

Yes, it was Grimsby we beat 6-0. We won 1-0 at Workington in the following round.

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Sorry, didn't see the other thread

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Anyone watching the Ross County v Partick Thistle play-off second leg?
At last, a decent ref!
Partick Thistle penalty claim. The ref didn't give it, but the VAR official told him to go to the monitor.
The ref had several looks at it, and stuck with his original decision.
Good for him.

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It 's strange the things you can remember from over 50 years ago. I too remember that Southampton game, Tony, and although I haven't looked it up I think that was the match where we had a four figure crowd (9595?) for the first time for many years for a league game. But the main thing I remember is ...

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Answered by CT in the Cup Final thread.
It's happened once before, in 1960-61. Tottenham in the F. A. Cup, Villa in the League Cup.

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Lancashire are having a poor season.
Winless in the Championship, and three Blast defeats in a row.
I know we're missing Keaton Jennings, but something is not right at Old Trafford.

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Pickles wrote: ↑
Sun May 28, 2023 6:08 pm
Bournemouth have been babba.

They have, and we'll finish above them next season.

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Barnes!

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The subs have made a difference for Carlisle

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I hope I'm wrong, but Carlisle just don't look capable of scoring.

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Thanks for your good wishes everyone. Yes, I did post on Clarets Mad, and I will always remember the kindness of people on there ( and this includes you CT!) at the time. The cancer came back in 2017, but was caught even earlier, and I was again cured, this time by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, whi...

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