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The match is being played out “live” on BFC Twitter account. It’s half time and we are 2 -1 up. Some great black and white photos being posted on there. Did your dad take them FC? Also interview with the great Alex Elder on the BFC web site he is currently in lockdown in Southern Spain. Yes ClaretL...

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I was 16 at the time and made it to Maine Rd with my dad and grandad in the Burnley Express van which was driven by my dad who was chief photographer for the Express. We had to park an awfully long way from the ground but dad had easy access to the ground while we had to queue. The queues were so lo...

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It is Alan Shackleton, a Padiham boy who once married my sister!

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Great article Dave. It brought back many memories. Because I lived on Brunshaw Rd. I got to see many matches from about 1950 and remember Albert Cheesebrough, Jackie Chew, Billy Morris and Harry Potts along with my favourite player of all time - Tommy Cummings. Your life in Todmorden sounds more exc...

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One unsung hero is Tommy Cummings. After our near demise, in 1987, he led the campaign for Burnley to rise again. Tommy Cummings was my idol in the 1950’s and he continued to be a stalwart into the early 60’s. He was not an “unsung” hero in his pomp - it is just that so few people remember him at h...

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That's right. He sends his best! He's mentioned your time together supporting the clarets quite often Hi again, Give my regards to your Dad. We were at college in London, at separate colleges, and managed to see the Clarets there in the First Division. We haven’t seen much of each other since those...

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Joe was a character but had quietened down in his old age. He was one of the oldest turnstile operators on the Turf and when he finally retired from that job, in his eighties, the club gave him a season ticket for the rest of his days. When he died in his nineties several members of BFC backroom sta...

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Hi JohnDearyMe,
Yes I went to St Mary’s College but I lived in Burnley until my early 20’s. However, I was very friendly with a lad from Haslingden, (the elder brother of Silkyskills), if M.E. is your dad then he will know who I am. We went on the Turf together in our teens.

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Hi BFC, Yes, Joe was my grandad and moved to the retirement bungalows behind the Turf. Naturally his local was the Park View. I did wonder about the description you gave of my sister who never wore glasses. Who did you get the correction from and the news about Joe? I had a word with my sister about...

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Frenchclaret, were you still living near to the papershop, when the Medleys ran it and Ingram Gregory the professional Panel Bowler lived in the last house on the block, which has always looked looked like an empty shop. The Medleys had a big Alsatian dog. Am I right thinking you and Maureen Sulliv...

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The end of the row of houses was a sweet shop. Next door but one was the newsagents. We lived next door at 120 Brunshaw Rd when I was a very small boy in the late 1940’s until the early 1950’s. I used to wait at the garden gate for Tommy Cummings going to training in the morning. He always said hell...

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Because my Dad was chief photographer with the Burnley Express he was unable to accompany me to games as he was behind the goals with his camera. Therefore my grandad took me on the Beehole End in the 1950’s. Eventually, Dad took me to several away games as his “assistant” sitting with him behind th...

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claretandy wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:27 am
Tarky is our best defender since....... Before my time anyway.

.....since Tommy Cummings. Early in his career Tommy was a classy centre half and very fast. He was decent as he got older too.

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Vydra was brought in for the midfield okay not in a flat 442 more like a 312 but he was 100% brought in to play midfield not a forward in a role in front of the midfield behind the forwards J-Rod Brownhill McNeil ............Vydra............... Barnes ............Wood A role Westwood could not pla...

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My team when all fit maybe for next season would be Pope *New* Tarks Mee Taylor J-Rod Brownhill Vydra McNeil Barnes Wood Vydra in mid-field? Westwood is twice the player in that position as he is far more industrious and more physical than Vydra. I suggest we wait and see if Vydra continues to prod...

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My son, not born in Burnley, lives in Horsham and supports the Clarets. However he is not a postman so there must be three Clarets supporters there as his daughter, aged 9, also is a Claret.

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There are plenty of 2cvs in rural France. I have never driven one but I had a 6 volt battery Beetle as my first car in the 1960’s and had several 12 volt ones to follow until I had children and needed more space. I loved driving a Beetle and remember them fondly but wouldn’t want to return to them n...

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A hundred years since we had any mills???????

I remember mills from the 1960s when I worked in one of them in my holidays as a student. There were plenty of mills still working at least 60 years ago.

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2-1 to win the First Division title?

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We are on our second Bosch dishwasher and they have both been excellent.

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I went with my Dad, my Grandad and a reporter in the Burnley Express van. We had to park a couple of miles away as the thousands of fans from Burnley descended on the ground. My Grandad and I had difficulty entering the ground as the turnstiles were closing but there was a children’s turnstile open ...

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My first impression was that it was Liverpool. Number 4 looks like Tommy Smith and that could be Keegan pointing in the foreground?

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Pope 8 Lowton 8 Tarkowski 7 Mee 8 Pieters 8 Hendrick 9 MOM Westwood 8 Cork 8 McNeil 8 Barnes 8 Wood 8 All worthy of an 8 at least - apart from a simple error from Tarks which could easily have been a goal in the early minutes. Glad to see Hendrick’s MoM display and hope to see more of him in this mo...

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Wonderful news. I had cancer16 years ago and am still going. Here’s to a new type of life for you Ewanrob. All the best for your future.

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Burnley Bank Hall Hospital in 1943. My son though was born in Cambridgeshire but is a true Claret.

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City 2-1 up

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I was there in the early 1960’s when we won 1-0 with a goal from Alex Elder. This was an FA cup game and we went to reach the final.

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Has anyone thought about what the lad himself would like to do?
Maybe he is happy to stay with Burnley for a couple of years?
I don’t know and neither does anyone else, so let’s leave him to decide his own future.

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But if Wood has an apostrophe it simply suggests that the goal belongs to Wood !

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Wikipedia says he is 5ft 10

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A couple of years ago I was stood next to Gordon Banks at the bar at Chatsworth House at Christmas. As he ordered his drinks the barmaid said “Didn’t you used to play in goal for England?” “Yes” said Gordon rather quietly. “I knew you did, can I have your autograph Mr. Shilton?” said the barmaid. We...

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Very good article - it summed up most people’s thoughts on Sam and we all wish him all the best at Stoke. He has been a real servant to our club and has never complained publicly when not selected. All in all he comes across as a true gentleman and we fans thank him for his contribution to our club’...

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Agree with all the tributes above. Love the quote he made about Joe Bugner - “he had the physique of a Greek statue but fewer moves”.

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George V presenting the FA Cup to the Clarets in 1914. The first time a reigning monarch had done this.

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Not just Joey Barton was supposedly past his best - Grezza was too and he didn’t do too badly for us either! Both of them played a defensive role which didn’t tax them physically unduly but were both fine players who held us together. My one concern about Medel is that Barton was a leader within the...

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Agree with Macca's marks and I too thought Taylor was MOM. Well done lads, such a pity you didn't get a point.

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Huddersfield one up against Brighton

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Not even sure that it is on the Turf. The end behind the goal looks open - therefore it can’t be the cricket field end and the far side doesn’t look like the old Brunshaw Rd stand either. So, was it away?

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All these people saying they are too young to remember the great Colin McDonald makes me feel old - I remember Jimmy Strong!

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I agree - the least we can do to honour our best living sportsman is put up a statue. Has Jimmy been given the freedom of the borough and a mayoral reception? He has achieved a status which few people would have considered possible when he began his career and the town should mark his achievement.

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I began watching Burnley in the early 1950’s and therefore saw most of the home games Jimmy Mac played at Turf Moor. I have never seen anyone else as good as he was, playing for the Clarets. Jimmy was an excellent player - he could run with the ball, stand still with it and mesmerise the opposition,...

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I, and many others who live far away would be happy with the thread on here to be passed on later. Thank you for your offer of going down to the club but it would be a terrible imposition for you to do that for everyone. If the club do it then (as Suratclaret suggests) then that would be fine - if n...

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Many of us who live away would like the opportunity of signing but that will not be possible. Would a suitable site be available on here for our condolences to his family - perhaps being passed on to his children afterwards?

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As a young lad, I remember that Adam lived on Thurston Street next door to my best friend from school. We often went round to his house with any old excuse to talk to him. He was very laid back about things and often didn’t know who he was playing against on the next Saturday. He had a young family ...

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Just been listening to Test Match Special’s coverage of the one day international v Australia. Commentator Charlie mentioned he is a Claret. He was born in Bury but supports us.

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We saw the show in London a couple of years ago - it was brilliant. Well worth the excruciating West End price. Hope it is better priced in Blackpool though.

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Happy birthday! You have been a claret as long as I have - it hasn’t been easy but we are in a golden period now so let us all enjoy it.
Hope you have a great day.

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I was 15 years old and went with my dad and grandad in the Burnley Express van. Dad was there as chief photographer but we couldn’t get through the traffic, so we abandoned the van and made our way to the ground. Dad went in via the players entrance while we joined the massive queues to get in. Ther...

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Thanks for your article Tony. Just a quick word of thanks to a player who never let us down and who scored some good goals and the great one at Ewood. We will all be sorry to let him go to Scotland but it is his choice and we wish him well. Thanks Scotty, you have been a great servant to our club.

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