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by kritichris
Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ‘Grexit’ and gun toting Greek football club owners
Replies: 4
Views: 797

Re: ‘Grexit’ and gun toting Greek football club owners

I lived on Crete for a few years and went to a local derby between Aghios Nikolaos and Elounda (non league level). It scared the hell out of my wife. Bottles being thrown in the crowd and onto the pitch and the match temporarily stopped after a flare set fire to the artificial turf. Armed police wer...
by kritichris
Thu May 31, 2018 10:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Social experiment..
Replies: 8
Views: 1412

Re: Social experiment..

Made me laugh, didn't see it coming.
by kritichris
Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Short poll on safe standing
Replies: 47
Views: 3189

Re: Short poll on safe standing

You will always get the best singing/chanting from a standing area, synchronised clapping too. Behind the goals following the Clarets away in the lower divisions was always enjoyable though obviously not the same as now.
by kritichris
Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Potential Message Board Changes
Replies: 172
Views: 16703

Re: Potential Message Board Changes

There's nothing wrong with non footie topics, in fact they help keep the forum alive out of season, it's just the vitriol that political and religious topics seem to engender that makes me feel they should be banned, they are counter productive and can turn fans away from the forum. Also sprach Zara...
by kritichris
Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Potential Message Board Changes
Replies: 172
Views: 16703

Re: Potential Message Board Changes

I'm in favour of the 'split', most other football boards do this, but not at all in support of keeping it football only. When you go to a game with mates do you ONLY talk football? I don't. Just a thought. Fair comment, but when your with your mates the argument rarely gets vitriolic, on here it do...
by kritichris
Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Potential Message Board Changes
Replies: 172
Views: 16703

Re: Potential Message Board Changes

I'd ban political and religious threads as they do nothing but sow discontent and the threads tend to get very abusive. Otherwise keep it as it is. Creating different subsections doesn't do a lot because if you use the quick menu to check recent posts they all appear together anyway. Thanks for the ...
by kritichris
Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Sutton England "legend"
Replies: 12
Views: 2451

Re: Chris Sutton England "legend"

Shouldn't that be "leg end"
by kritichris
Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Airbnb
Replies: 24
Views: 2506

Re: Airbnb

Just got back from a week in Madeira (saw some Cyprus Clarets there) at our first AirBnB. £25 a day and great accomodation in an appartment, 2 of us in a 2 bed set up 20 mins from the centre of Funchal,brilliant. As previously said, just check out the reviews. Highly recommended.
by kritichris
Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hang your heads in shame BBC.
Replies: 139
Views: 12770

Re: Hang your heads in shame BBC.

At that wage it's slave labour whatever your colour. Must admit though that the rules are very grey on appointing disabled and ethnic minorities. Positive discrimination is wrong if it is expected that society should embrace everyone as equals. ps. i find the 2 previous posts offensive and the OP ha...
by kritichris
Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Why was this never come back to?
Replies: 33
Views: 3856

Re: Why was this never come back to?

20 million in 2007 now would be 26 million so not out of the question. perhaps gawthorpe has drained resources a bit or perhaps the funds are being redirected into players. Would you settle for a cool drinks dispenser?
by kritichris
Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!
Replies: 2898
Views: 144804

Re: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!

kritichris wrote:37.5% of the electorate voted to leave.
edit.. damn, been sucked in again..doh!
by kritichris
Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!
Replies: 2898
Views: 144804

Re: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!

CrosspoolClarets wrote: Many, not all, of the 52% feel that, without them being racist or even xenophobic. That’s why they deserve a generous dollop of respect, and, as a minimum, some political attention.
37.5% of the electorate voted to leave.
by kritichris
Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Be very careful if you have a seat near the corner flag
Replies: 68
Views: 8377

Re: Be very careful if you have a seat near the corner flag

I blame those English archers who gave the French the V sign. Obviously if they had known what it was going to lead to they would never have done it and they would have put those red rubber suckers on their arrows.
by kritichris
Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Forest Green apologise after Crewe fans get drenched
Replies: 20
Views: 3620

Re: Forest Green apologise after Crewe fans get drenched

much the same happened at the old Hull ground, the BFC supporters at the supermarket end got p!ssd thru but some of us were put in a longside and started chanting something along the lines of "your getting drenched, we're not!" to our own supporters, happy (wet) days.
by kritichris
Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: "What do you want from Santa?"
Replies: 51
Views: 5918

Re: "What do you want from Santa?"

Reindeer meat..
by kritichris
Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!
Replies: 2898
Views: 144804

Re: More post brexit referendum good news!!!!

The brexit threads on non political forums should be banned, they sow so much dissension and generate bad feeling, nobody knows what's fake news or stats or what is real. Slag each other off on FB which seems the norm now and let's get on with football.
by kritichris
Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lineker... where do you stand ?
Replies: 59
Views: 6592

Re: Lineker... where do you stand ?

Lineker is a good intelligent pundit/presenter, has done well for club and country. He's has personal trials and tribs and without knowing the full details it would be unfair to criticise. BTW I like Shearer as a pundit too (dare I mention Sutton?).
by kritichris
Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How Many Books Have You Read?
Replies: 53
Views: 3950

Re: How Many Books Have You Read?

You can never read enough books. I used to keep them but they take over your house so now give them to charity shops which is where I usually buy my next one. current book, Leonard Cohen biography while re-reading Spike milligans trilogy of his war effort.
by kritichris
Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Accident Junction 7 Accrington
Replies: 23
Views: 3737

Re: Accident Junction 7 Accrington

Glad you came out alive. I was once travelling north on the M6 near Kendal in the overtaking lane and a car heading south hit the barriers and sent debris flying over. It happened so quickly and we never did find out what happened but if it had been a lorry it could have been curtains. Sh!t happens ...
by kritichris
Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr. Robot Season 3
Replies: 5
Views: 1120

Re: Mr. Robot Season 3

I'm watching the new Detectorists, can it be better? After series 2 of the detectorists Game of Thrones was an anticlimax, John Snow, who is he, the bast@rd?
by kritichris
Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:00 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Purge List
Replies: 82
Views: 7461

Re: Purge List

I don't want to hit anyone but I'd quite happily sh!t on Boris johnson's face.
by kritichris
Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: First Adult Book You Read
Replies: 42
Views: 3833

Re: First Adult Book You Read

I endorse Sven Hassel with Tiny et al but my first adult reads were Ian Flemming's James Bond books, a refeshing change after Enid' s the Famous Five..
by kritichris
Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leighton James rejects special guest invite
Replies: 103
Views: 12802

Re: Leighton James rejects special guest invite

Just seeto be an admin cockup in the lower echelons, no one in their right mind would have opposed this..
by kritichris
Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is it time to rename “I’m a celebrity...”
Replies: 30
Views: 3953

Re: Is it time to rename “I’m a celebrity...”

I can't believe people still watch this, reality TV is for people who don't have a life of their own. That goggle box thing, watching people watching TV sums it up. Get a life, get a motorbike.
by kritichris
Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Potts v Dyche
Replies: 23
Views: 3439

Re: Potts v Dyche

AndrewJB wrote:The original post is impossible to answer, and I would say who cares?
The post wasn't a question, it was a statement to stimulate debate which is what keeps forums alive. Do you care about that?

@frankinwales .. cheers frank, UTC!
by kritichris
Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Big Sam
Replies: 57
Views: 6916

Re: Big Sam

Sam Allardyce is OK, he was reasonably complimetary about us and Dyche (some may say because he wants the job). If Sean leaves he wouldn't be a bad replacement in my (less than humble, un capitalised opinion). I love using long hand in context..Que sera, sera..
by kritichris
Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Potts v Dyche
Replies: 23
Views: 3439

Potts v Dyche

SD may be the new Harry Potts, a long way to go yet if he doesn't get poached but our best manager for a long while. I live in hope. Debate..
by kritichris
Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jack Walkers dead chant
Replies: 263
Views: 24718

Re: Jack Walkers dead chant

Braindead, yup sums it up nicely. liverpool fans singing about the munich disaster and United fans singing about Heysel are fine by your standards then?. Yes, let's move on, taking the p!ss out of Venkys is fine but harping on about a deceased football supporter who put his wallet where his mouth is...
by kritichris
Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Huddersfield Way
Replies: 191
Views: 19199

Re: The Huddersfield Way

Back to huddersfield, they're like us so good luck to them as long as it's not at our expense.
by kritichris
Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Boyd joins the Hillsborough ex-Clarets
Replies: 65
Views: 7402

Re: ARTICLE: Boyd joins the Hillsborough ex-Clarets

Was like David Eyres, a good player and very useful team member, will be missed. Best wishes for the future george.
by kritichris
Wed May 24, 2017 11:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T Artificial Grass
Replies: 12
Views: 1500

Re: O/T Artificial Grass

Looks great but when you play footie on it does the ball bounce higher?
by kritichris
Fri May 19, 2017 11:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who have you seen in a chip shop?
Replies: 69
Views: 6900

Re: Who have you seen in a chip shop?

Saw Andy Payton eating fish and chips in the Ram Inn, Cliviger, if that counts.
by kritichris
Fri May 19, 2017 11:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: On a day when we're talking about legends
Replies: 14
Views: 1688

Re: On a day when we're talking about legends

My era, Andy Lochead was well named, could bullet head the ball like no other.
by kritichris
Fri May 19, 2017 11:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?
Replies: 3
Views: 1335

Re: Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?

The polls perhaps slightly been influenced by our fans saying yes he's worth it. Bring on the millions.
by kritichris
Fri May 19, 2017 11:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: This "Conservatives borrow less" idea.
Replies: 63
Views: 6330

Re: This "Conservatives borrow less" idea.

Calm down, it's not the Tory's borrowing that should concern us on here, it's what the venky's are borrowing, that's more fun.
by kritichris
Sat May 13, 2017 12:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Things you miss in football
Replies: 102
Views: 7440

Re: Things you miss in football

tim_noone wrote:The woman that sold pies on the beehole end I never got to sample her Cornish pasties !
Is that a weird sexual inference.
by kritichris
Sat May 13, 2017 12:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Best Dreams Begin With 'B'
Replies: 14
Views: 2476

Re: The Best Dreams Begin With 'B'

I had an account with the BBS because it was Burnley based then it was taken over by the Nat and provinicial at bradford, so much for loyalty.
by kritichris
Sat May 13, 2017 12:09 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Things you miss in football
Replies: 102
Views: 7440

Re: Things you miss in football

That's the first time I've neen censored, guess I should have said "p!ss"
by kritichris
Sat May 13, 2017 12:07 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Things you miss in football
Replies: 102
Views: 7440

Re: Things you miss in football

The **** running out the bogs behind the Bee Hole end, the half time scores in the wooden boards in front of the cricket field end, getting a pint to sup on the longside, being able to wander about, smoking, having your own little standing area with your mates, jumping up and down to keep warm, not ...
by kritichris
Sat May 06, 2017 2:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's football.
Replies: 57
Views: 4614

Re: Today's football.

I don't think Palace will win another game. Keeps us safe irrespective of other results.
by kritichris
Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The worst owners of Football Clubs
Replies: 20
Views: 2740

Re: The worst owners of Football Clubs

Chester Perry wrote:mentioned in the article
OP asks who do you think are the worst, my answer is the Oystons irrespective of what the article says.
by kritichris
Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The worst owners of Football Clubs
Replies: 20
Views: 2740

Re: The worst owners of Football Clubs

Oystons deserve a mention in dispatches.
by kritichris
Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sunday in Pictures
Replies: 14
Views: 2484

Re: Sunday in Pictures

Good to see some real ale drinkers drinking real ale, but you don't need to go to Krakow, try the Grove at Huddersfield.
by kritichris
Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bottom 7 remaining fixtures.
Replies: 43
Views: 7956

Re: Bottom 7 remaining fixtures.

Ignore the other teams and predict BFC results, I come up with a conservative 42 which shoull see us safe. We had 30 with Coyle/Laws which we already have now. Every point counts.
by kritichris
Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BREXIT 2?
Replies: 9
Views: 2065

Re: BREXIT 2?

Brexit 2 won't be good for the Uk and the economy ( of Blackburn), we need to stay united and work together, our unrivalled rivalry keeps the local economy dynamic, without our Lancastrian neighbours we will plummet into a black hole of meaningless existence. Vote Remain.
by kritichris
Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Crowd v Lincoln
Replies: 332
Views: 40680

Re: Crowd v Lincoln

Just logged on after awhile and couldn't believe the amount of posts on this thread. A premiership club taking on a non league club (ignoring the history where we have played on the same level) should be welcoming their opponents irrespective of the perhaps disrespective optimism on Lincoln's forum ...
by kritichris
Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A Warm Welcome to the Bee Hole End - a new online home for Burnley fans!
Replies: 386
Views: 146886

Re: A Warm Welcome to the Bee Hole End - a new online home for Burnley fans!

A forum that feels like a forum and not just an Ad platform. Good luck CT with this new site.