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by Lord Beamish
Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ken Dodd R.I.P.
Replies: 45
Views: 3775

Re: Ken Dodd R.I.P.

Working ‘til the end. I’m pleased that he died before the Tax Year ended. That’ll have pleased him.
by Lord Beamish
Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:00 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope
Replies: 32
Views: 4307

Re: Pope

Any little doubts I held about Pope’s suitability evaporated about half an hour into the Palace game when he made a great save from a marauding Benteke. It had Goal written all over it, but Pope wasn’t reading the script.
by Lord Beamish
Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham fans anger and frustrations
Replies: 70
Views: 8253

Re: West Ham fans anger and frustrations

I can’t really summon up much sympathy for them. It seems their ire was actually ignited by the ignominy of falling behind to lowly Burnley.

Fack ‘em!
by Lord Beamish
Sun Mar 11, 2018 2:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ashley's fan tackle
Replies: 32
Views: 5231

Re: Ashley's fan tackle

Both he and Noble should have walked. Neither of those fans were behaving aggressively towards players. Players should stay out of that situation unless the fan directly confronts them in a way that makes them feel unsafe; them getting involved can't help. If you watch the video above you’ll see th...
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match of the Day
Replies: 35
Views: 5299

Re: Match of the Day

West Brom for us next? We'll bloody murder them!
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham Fan TV
Replies: 32
Views: 4849

Re: West Ham Fan TV

I could barely make out a word for the incessant Cockney whine.
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Times like these
Replies: 32
Views: 4249

Re: Times like these

Murger wrote:Emigrated to nowhere lad. I'm happy when we win, unhappy when we lose.
If only your postings on here were as effusive when we win as they are moribund when we lose. If only.
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match of the Day
Replies: 35
Views: 5299

Re: Match of the Day

That's certainly the running order I expected. Fair enough, too.
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Times like these
Replies: 32
Views: 4249

Re: Times like these

And yet folk on here are still grumbling about our amazing Manager’s Team Selection.
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Proud to be a Claret
Replies: 6
Views: 991

Re: Proud to be a Claret

This has been an amazing Season, so far. And it isn’t over yet. 24 more points to play for.
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barnes and Wood
Replies: 46
Views: 5704

Re: Barnes and Wood

What a partnership they’ll make for the next eight games of the season.

And when Defour and Brady are back next season, we could be filling our boots.
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joe Hart
Replies: 33
Views: 3948

Re: Joe Hart

He looked like he wanted to cry when the third went in.
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joey Barton off tonight
Replies: 69
Views: 8931

Re: Joey Barton off tonight

How cosmopolitan of you. You have a Black Work Coleague. What an age to live in!
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:34 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joey Barton off tonight
Replies: 69
Views: 8931

Re: Joey Barton off tonight

LoveCurryPies wrote:I suspect some young Burnley fans visit this forum. :cry:
Just using terms the knuckle draggers will be familiar with. Sorry if I offended any innocent sensibilities.
by Lord Beamish
Fri Mar 09, 2018 6:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Settle Line
Replies: 14
Views: 2438

Re: The Settle Line

Burnley to Bradford Interchange, walk to Bradford Forster Square, onward from there.
by Lord Beamish
Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is There a Place for Scotty Arfield Next Year?
Replies: 21
Views: 1915

Re: Is There a Place for Scotty Arfield Next Year?

ontario claret wrote:Maybe more importantly, will he want to stay?
Are you offering him a bed for future International Home Games?
by Lord Beamish
Fri Mar 09, 2018 4:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Managers Of The Month
Replies: 4
Views: 742

Re: Managers Of The Month

February's MOTMs PL...Chris Hughton Champ...Colin Div.1...Derek Adams (Plymouth) Div.2...John Coleman (Stanley) Sorry if it's already been posted, can't see it. Good to see ex-Claret Adams seems to be ascending his learning curve since promotion last summer. Plymouth and he seemed to be struggling ...
by Lord Beamish
Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Score versus West Ham United
Replies: 54
Views: 3629

Re: The Score versus West Ham United

If we get an early goal, this could be painful for Wet Spam. 0:3.
by Lord Beamish
Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: West Ham to pay a tribute to Bobby Moore
Replies: 12
Views: 1396

Re: ARTICLE: West Ham to pay a tribute to Bobby Moore

I’m sure it will be an emotional occasion. One I hope all present get involved with. We only ever had one World Cup Winning Captain, and it couldn’t have been a better bloke than Bobby Moore.
by Lord Beamish
Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Julian Barnett
Replies: 16
Views: 3537

Re: Julian Barnett

Later went on to meet Noel Fielding and form The Mighty Boosh.
by Lord Beamish
Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Four years ago today - at Ewood
Replies: 65
Views: 6271

Re: Four years ago today - at Ewood

We used to go in for dinnertime(and often afternoon) drinks when at Burnley Sixth Form Centre back in the early '90s. We'd turn up mob handed and get drinks, play Pool and put cash in the Jukebox. Even then, the Landlord Jack would chuck an utter thrombie if even one of us wasn't having a drink.
by Lord Beamish
Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Veggies.....can they tell???
Replies: 63
Views: 3814

Re: Veggies.....can they tell???

You keep minced pork and beef mince in a cupboard? I wouldn't use that stuff! You'll end up with food poisoning!
by Lord Beamish
Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Four years ago today - at Ewood
Replies: 65
Views: 6271

Re: Four years ago today - at Ewood

I watched it in the Queen Hotel in Tod. I was with the poster Martin Bell and another mate, Kit Lardner. It was Kit's 40th birthday. I can still remember rolling around on the floor hugging both of them at the final whistle. What a day that was to be a Burnley fan!
by Lord Beamish
Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wolves - Can They be Caught?
Replies: 36
Views: 2682

Re: Wolves - Can They be Caught?

Blackrod wrote:Would prefer Fulham or Bristol City to go up. Not keen on others. We always get beaten at Cardiff and I used to get sick of seeing Wolves beating us in the lower divisions.
Any Indian Sign Wolves used to have on us certainly disappeared when we sent them down at their place, five years ago.
by Lord Beamish
Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wolves - Can They be Caught?
Replies: 36
Views: 2682

Re: Wolves - Can They be Caught?

In my opinion(and experience)they are the least friendly of the West Midlands Clubs, Fan-Wise. It wouldn’t be a disappointment if they did **** it all up at the last hurdle.
by Lord Beamish
Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FAO Ashingtonclaret46
Replies: 10
Views: 799

Re: FAO Ashingtonclaret46

The Bee Hole End is a bit like the Yellow Pages; not just for the nasty things in life.
by Lord Beamish
Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 8631 at the MadStad last night
Replies: 29
Views: 3249

Re: 8631 at the MadStad last night

A jumped up Pantry Boy, who never knew his place...
by Lord Beamish
Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jordan Rhodes
Replies: 39
Views: 4740

Re: Jordan Rhodes

Only if he could guarantee his scoring record for us would be like that against us.
by Lord Beamish
Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The BFC Survey
Replies: 42
Views: 3316

Re: The BFC Survey

There've been remarkably less Trannies on the Turf in recent years. I blame the invention of the mobile internet and smart phones. That seems the more modern way of obtaining other results.
by Lord Beamish
Tue Mar 06, 2018 11:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Peter Barlow
Replies: 12
Views: 3048

Re: Peter Barlow

I watched the Liverpool vs Newcastle match with him in the Queen in Tod on Saturday. He wasn’t for revealing if he’d won or not. He said we’d all have to watch.
by Lord Beamish
Tue Mar 06, 2018 7:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Monday night football
Replies: 46
Views: 3527

Re: Monday night football

The consequences of that early season run without a win are really starting to bite Crystal Palace. Very much like us three seasons ago.
by Lord Beamish
Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team Sky & Wiggins "crossed ethical line"
Replies: 63
Views: 3798

Re: Team Sky & Wiggins "crossed ethical line"

I got back on my bike, after a few years of it rusting in the shed, late on last year. I got it fettled at Halfords, where they sorted out the gears, brakes, and put a new chain and crank on for me, and I have been doing a fair bit of late night Cycling between Tod and Burnley and Tod and Hebden Bri...
by Lord Beamish
Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team Sky & Wiggins "crossed ethical line"
Replies: 63
Views: 3798

Re: Team Sky & Wiggins "crossed ethical line"

Who was caught and rightly stripped. He was just doing something that EVERYONE was doing just better. Using an athlete from 20years ago isn’t exactly supportive of your arguement He got away with it for years. All whilst posing as a poster boy for Drug-Free competition. He was rightly stripped of h...
by Lord Beamish
Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:21 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Boro v Dirty Leeds
Replies: 41
Views: 3143

Re: Boro v Dirty Leeds

Mock me all you like, go listen to Bartons Podcast and you'll hear the man say it himself. Bamford needed a different kind of management. He's a good player but sometimes a boot up the ass works, sometimes it doesn't. It's called management. Dyche has a similar challenge now with Lennon. Are you re...
by Lord Beamish
Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Europe
Replies: 67
Views: 5401

Re: Europe

I’d like us to get the opportunity to show just how well we can cope with the extra burden of a European berth.
by Lord Beamish
Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team Sky & Wiggins "crossed ethical line"
Replies: 63
Views: 3798

Re: Team Sky & Wiggins "crossed ethical line"

*cough* Lance Armstrong *cough*
by Lord Beamish
Mon Mar 05, 2018 7:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team Sky & Wiggins "crossed ethical line"
Replies: 63
Views: 3798

Re: Team Sky & Wiggins "crossed ethical line"

Call me cynical but, as far as I’m concerned, Competition Cyclist is a synonym for Drug-Cheat.
by Lord Beamish
Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers Wigan match
Replies: 64
Views: 6361

Re: Rovers Wigan match

Rovers are going up - that bit is obvious. I just hope they don't start getting better. I can't do with some Burnley fans on here, nevermind the trolling of Rovers fans if they get better. Even if they do go up, and that is far from the certainty you’re claiming, they wil still be owned by the Venk...
by Lord Beamish
Sun Mar 04, 2018 5:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best English Manager
Replies: 41
Views: 3469

Re: Best English Manager

I think he’s suggesting that Hughton isn’t English. Mayhap because he played for the Republic of Ireland.
by Lord Beamish
Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:11 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: £180 million. BFC
Replies: 183
Views: 21096

Re: £180 million. BFC

Neither Fortress nor Maidenhead will hold out for long once they begin to Parley.
by Lord Beamish
Wed Feb 28, 2018 1:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Time to call time on professiosnal boxing?
Replies: 38
Views: 3197

Re: Time to call time on professiosnal boxing?

It's a tragic event Claret59. But I've done a lot of work in boxing; and the number of lives the sport has improved, sometimes saved is countless. Most of the lads I've met in boxing gyms have come from gangs, where they leave behind friends who are in prison or dead. The boxers now have discipline...
by Lord Beamish
Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers at it again..
Replies: 34
Views: 2915

Re: Rovers at it again..

They are still well in our shadow.
Still plenty of time for them to finish 3rd and then blow it in the Play-Offs.
by Lord Beamish
Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kidney Stones - any tips?
Replies: 11
Views: 1931

Re: Kidney Stones - any tips?

The Diarist Samuel Pepys had a stone removed surgically. He noted that it was the size of a tennis ball(Restoration Times’ tennis balls were much smaller - about the size of a moser squash ball). It took him a month to recover from the surgery.
by Lord Beamish
Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Being 7th all the time
Replies: 47
Views: 3363

Re: Being 7th all the time

Leicester won it with two strikers in red hot form, a World Class midfielder, a middling Top Six and nothing approaching the injury crisis that has blighted us since Christmas.

As for calling us Bottle Jobs? Give your head a wobble, Patrick.
by Lord Beamish
Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fatty Meat
Replies: 17
Views: 2197

Re: Fatty Meat

Fat and Red Meat go hand in hand. If you want Lean, eat Chicken or Turkey.
by Lord Beamish
Fri Feb 23, 2018 6:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Possible changes to Organ Donation, automatic enrollment.
Replies: 45
Views: 1865

Re: Possible changes to Organ Donation, automatic enrollment.

Explicit instructions have been given to all my Next of Kin that, in the event of my death, any useful bits will be harvested, and then my cadaver will go to Medical Science. Undergraduate Doctors need stiffs to fiddle about with. No Funeral for me, just a Wake with Beer, hopefully laughter, and def...
by Lord Beamish
Fri Feb 23, 2018 10:32 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sunderland are could be given away 'free' to new owners.
Replies: 27
Views: 3300

Re: Sunderland are could be given away 'free' to new owners.

I find the implosion of the North East 'Big Two' rather amusing. They are the epitome of Club's who's Fans are brainwashed into the idea that, because loads of them turn up for games every other week, that should equate to Success on the Pitch. For all their Tradition, History, and Support they are ...
by Lord Beamish
Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby
Replies: 8
Views: 1775

Re: Derby

It’s the Derby Way.
by Lord Beamish
Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Preacher man Billy Graham dies at 99
Replies: 12
Views: 1277

Re: Preacher man Billy Graham dies at 99

Off to a Higher Reward, no doubt.