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Escape to Victory.

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It is very difficult t see any way that a negotiated settlement can be reached. Ukraine has had its infrastructure decimated in many areas, Russia is still as intact as it ever was. The death toll although shockingly high is still apparently sustainable by Russia. Amazingly Putin still seems to have...

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Burnley 6 QPR 0 the 3rd round in the year we got to the FA Cup final 1962. I had 'followed' the clarets for a couple of years before then but never been to see them 'in the flesh.' My support during that time was restricted to reading about then in press reports. I read everything I could about them...

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I am one Claret fan who has happy memories of Luton and their ground. It was a match in which our Leighton James scored two brilliant goals and tore Luton apart with a wonderful display of 'wing art.'Cannot recall the exact date but I think it was during our Championship winning season in the old 2n...

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Some of us 'old hands' still have sad memories of 1961 season when we were leading the first Division ( 2 points for a win,) by some distance and on course for the 'double.' We then won only one more league game in the last ten fixtures and were overtaken by Ipswich to finish as runners up 3 points ...

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This is already relegated to being yesterdays news 'Lets forget this and Move on' will be the policy 'moving forward.' You only have to remember the like of Wimbledon ( a first division team at the time,) to move to Milton Keynes ( who had their own non-league team,) to see how easy it is to bend th...

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Being woken up by my elder sister to tel me that Burnley had won the title. A picture of Jesus whose eyes followed you wherever you were in the room and making you feel guilty even if you had done nothing wrong.

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Hope I am not repeating something posted earlier on 'records' but if Burnley win their next Championship match they will equal the most consecutive wins since the Championship was first re-branded with that name.

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Is it really necessary to repeat disgusting language? It is out of place on this site and 'cheapens' the posts.

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It's really bad goalkeeping. He's on his near post and still gets beat there by a pretty run of the mill shot. Cannot understand how Benson's equaliser is being 'rubbished ' by a couple of contributors on here. It was a fantastic run and finish in which his pace made an opening for him that still ne...

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Leaving the decision to one side at the moment I seem to recall that once a penalty has been awarded then that can be enough of punishment without a red card as well. The difference could be where the penalty is awarded for serious or dangerous foul play . In this case there was no intent at foul pl...

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All this extreme cold climate. Its all the fault of global warming.

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NRC Writes honestly, I thought it was poor. - Too many leading questions - Too many questions where there could only be one answer - a lack of ability in the interviewer to think on her feet and change the question up because it had already been answered Your comments are simply repeats of the first...

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I wonder if we were slow to react to what was an obvious scenario. Could we have prevented her leaving? . I seem to recall there was a few days between the accident and her getting on a plane to leave. Is this a case of turning a 'blind eye?

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Pure claret writes: i think you would find that in the military the f word was used quite a lot in ww2 more that ww1 by the 50s it was used as an insult word in england amonst certain people , by the 70s it was quite common if not used was understood by all poeple." I repeat that this programme is s...

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A fascinating drama based on real-life events but spoiled by an endless tirade of bad language. I doubt the 'F' word was ever in such common use in those times. My father was not in the SAS but was a front line soldier in North Africa and then up the spine of Italy. Such language as portrayed in thi...

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I see another poster is asking what is happening has happened with the joint appeal the end of last season about how Everton's spending allegedly broke the FFP rules in terms of monies spent on transfers. Burnley and Leeds raised the matter before the end of the season and stated they would see it t...

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Spurs away 1960/61 season. 4-0 down after about 35 mins and 4-1 at half time. Game finished 4-4 in a week where we had played in Europe a couple of days before. A few posters have highlighted this game as the biggest and best Claret comeback. When Spurs scored their fourth goal to take a 4 nil lead ...

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I read somewhere that the first casualty of war was 'truth.' That certainly seems to be the case here. Are all these reports of Russian troops being 'next to useless' because of rubbish leadership, poor equipment and nil motivation accurate? If so , why (and how, )are they still in there? How does P...

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I was one of them fortunate enough to have see Jimmy play at his peak. Great as he was we knew he would be sold one day. Burnley were a selling club and his turn to raise some cash for the club inevitably arrived. (A player a season sold on.) I remember going along to join in the disgust as him bein...

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I have seen all of the Keepers mentioned here , even Colin McDonald but with him it was only exhibition type matches ( Ex Claret teams etc>) as he had ceased to be the Clarets keeper because of a long standing injury which shortened his career quite suddenly. Of them all its hard to pick the best bu...

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Thank you for the information and update. The women's game has come on immeasurably and some of the 'big matches' are shown on TV. It is something that will continue to grow and deserves a wider coverage at local level. When you see the faces on those young fans (boys as well as girls) who went to t...

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Women's football does not ( at least when seen on TV,) have these problems , does it ? Respect for the referee is a thing that is taught, as is fair tackling. I assume that most of the matches quoted in this post are of boys/ young men. If there was a points system for fair play and results awarded ...

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I know this will have been asked before but as 'a claret in partial exile' I wondered if there was a connection with the Burnley Women's team and the professional Club. I saw that the women had another good win recently and guess they must be near the top of their League although I cannot find a Lea...

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Also a clear penalty not given for him against Huddersfield. All the pundits commenting on the game were unanimous in their verdict of a penalty.

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I do think that if Bristol City had scored during / immediately after the applause then the reaction to it on here would not have been so supportive of it.
For me it was a distraction and actually took away the dignity of the occasion as the minute's silence achieved.

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Good to see that Ashley Barnes was in his place, nowhere near the Squad.

I look forward to reading how fans rate the players on here and obviously opinions will vary. I never contribute myself but I thought the above comment was sickening.

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I have never met the Queen in any kind of personal capacity but my wife and I were guests at one of her garden parties. It was a wonderful occasion and she, and other members of her family, mingled with us. I think it was said of her something along the lines of 'She does not make policy, does not d...

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I may have missed it but just whose decision was it to postpone this game and why? The given response to 'why' is to show the postponement as a 'mark of respect.' I can go along with that. Like it or not we are Monarchy and the reigning monarch of this country (and several others) has just died afte...

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Were these the views she held when she was a Liberal Democrat and then ditched them when she became a Tory? Has she ever formally changed her opinion on this issue or is she still opposed to the idea of a Monarchy for the country she is PM for?

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Liverpool's new signing Darwin Nunez had a memorable start to his career being sent off early on his debut. Still not a record though as I recall (I hope accurately, ) Akinbiyi being sent off with pretty much his first 'action' on his debut when he grabbed an opponent's throat as though to strangle ...

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Jesus Christ, our fanbase baffles me.

I have the distinct feeling that Jesus has no opinion of the quality of our fan base. I do have the opinion that the name of our saviour should not be used as a kind of swear word. Try expressing yourself without resorting to causing offence.

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There must have been thousands of scenarios such as this in WW2 and all the other conflicts of the last century when there was a greater understanding of the horrors of armed conflict, and what was 'fair in war.'' Hence the Geneva Convention. It is a sad truth that if you give a person a gun and tra...

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I wish him well with his new club but I feel a sense of sadness that he is no longer a claret.

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Sign experienced players. Fertile ground for those on here who love to complain about our ageing squad.

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" Not a bird falls rom the sky but your Father in Heaven knows it." JC

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It may have been posted earlier so apologies for any repeat but there was a recent article in the DM that the sort of finance deal/purchase that Burnley engaged in is to be banned. Nothing though about buy-outs/purchases by regimes with outrageous human rights records. After all if this type of regi...

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It would have been more convincing if at the time he said this he was wearing aa Burnley shirt, Burnley scarf and a Burnley woolly hat! What has happened to the tradition of every new manager at a football club being photographed holding up a Club scarf or shirt to convince everyone of his loyal int...

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Leeds had a focus. Only a win would do. For us there were a number of possibilities. I had to make do with watching the game on MOD and managed to go the whole day without hearing any of the results or how teams weer doing but when I saw the team sheet at the start of MOD and how we were lined up I ...

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Its good to see that in a thread of this subject that offending Christians by blaspheming the name of Jesus is alive and well. Always good to have a 'back up' plan to cause offence when its no longer gay people in the firing line.

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He comes across as honest and decent (he's reportedly an excellent coach) but he doesn't have what it takes to successfully manage a professional football team. What a ridiculous comment. How can you possibly know such a thing ? Successful clubs now aim at getting good coaches in managerial roles an...

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It may have already been posted and I have missed it but if not I wonder what we make of Lampard's assertions over the penalty controversy in their game against Liverpool. I see that Lampard now has to answer an FA enquiry over his comments following the refusal by the referee to give his side a pen...

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IT looks as though I am one of the few clarets privileged to have seen Andy in his heyday and again when hosting on the Turf. On the pitch I thought he often looked a bit lethargic but then would explode with a terrific goal. Wonderful memories of a fantastic player and a great man. RIP Andy, and co...

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There was a question on a Pointless Final to name football clubs who have got to the FA Cup final only once in their history and to lose.From the comfort of my armchair I remembered Luton Town as one of them about 1960. I think it was Notts Forest who beat them. It was a pointless answer along with ...

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Wasn't there a memorable goal scored for Wales following a link up between John Toshack and Brian Flynn where they passed the ball to each other 'several times (three perhaps,) before BF put it in the opposition goal ? Or am I getting JT mixed up with someone else ?

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Just to add my little bit on Smart meters as I don't think it has been mentioned as yet ( apologies if it has been brought up,) but there seems to be a feeling that Smart Meters are free of charge. They are not. They come at a cost of about £80.00 . (plus fitting?) This is paid for through all our b...

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Being an avid Claret for well over 60 years but for various reasons unable to get to many games I value my trips to the Turf and treat it a bit like visiting a shrine and so do not want it all to end especially if it is game we have won. I stop until long after the match finishes as I am of an age w...

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I may have missed it but I have not seen any mention of the fact that Putin made his name in the KGB becoming head of an organisation that is the equivalent of the Gestapo so why the surprise at what he is doing now now he has ultimate power? In any other parlance he would be described as a gangster...

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I may have missed it but I have not seen any mention of the fact that Putin made his name in the KGB becoming head of an organisation that is the equivalent of the Gestapo so why the surprise at what he is doing now now he has ultimate power? In any other parlance he would be described as a gangster...

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The two words 'Jesus Wept' are a verse from the Bible . In fact the shortest verse in the whole of the Bible. They describe Jesus's reaction on receiving the news of death of a friend. Sadly the phrase has been used by some people and writers who are incapable of expressing themselves without offend...

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