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- Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Price if a pint where you live
- Replies: 144
- Views: 12665
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 3:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Price if a pint where you live
- Replies: 144
- Views: 12665
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Price if a pint where you live
- Replies: 144
- Views: 12665
Re: Price if a pint where you live
Decent Spoons in the town centre under £3 a pint for cask. Varies every time I go on there but make sure I avoid the omnipresent Doom Bar, Ruddles, and the worst ale I have had the misfortune to drink, Greene King IPA. Blackbirds has cask around £3 a pint and has had TT's Landlord, Adnams Ghost Ship...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: VAILLANT central heating boiler service/repair
- Replies: 4
- Views: 951
Re: VAILLANT central heating boiler service/repair
Ian Spedding ex British Gas. https://g.co/kgs/wNxTNL
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: West Ham next - defending JWP’s set pieces
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2098
Re: West Ham next - defending JWP’s set pieces
I posted a comment on X after the game Saturday. Someone asked why we had Amdouni marking Saliba. We didn't. We had Amdouni marking an area which allows the opposition to pair up their aerial threat against a weaker in the air opponent. jdrobbo posted a still picture questioning Trafford for the goa...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kevin Sinfield
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1202
Kevin Sinfield
Announced his latest challenge to raise funds for various MND charities, including the one started by his great friend Rob Burrow. He will run an "ultra marathon", which is a marathon and an additional mile. He will do this for 7 consecutive days in 7 different cities. What this guy has done and is ...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RATE THE REF - Michael Salisbury v Everton (League Cup)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 590
Re: RATE THE REF - Michael Salisbury v Everton (League Cup)
Non-competitive games usually are the easiest to referee
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: REPORT: Bournemouth brings another tough day on the road
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3215
Re: REPORT: Bournemouth brings another tough day on the road
Ct is spot on another dreadful performance. Unfortunately there's not a lot we can do now till January,in the summer I was absolutely dumbfounded how we kept signing wide attacking players compared to what we signed to bolster the defence.it was without doubt an horrendous summer recruitment policy...
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bournemouth v Burnley MATCH THREAD
- Replies: 831
- Views: 30313
Re: Bournemouth v Burnley MATCH THREAD
Berge for Cullen worries me...
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:04 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan
- Replies: 145
- Views: 9847
Re: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan
Monday 4th May 1987 after losing 1-0 at Crewe. I had never before nor will ever feel as low as that. Same for me. Nothing else comes remotely close to the drive home from Gresty Rd. Very few words were said in the car as the reality sank in that we were on the edge of the precipice and the ground b...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Unbeaten run ends at flooded Macclesfield
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1552
Re: ARTICLE: Unbeaten run ends at flooded Macclesfield
If it’s the same one I’m thinking of it was a dismal nil nil draw! In fact there were many dismal 90 mins stood on that open end at Stockport! 1985/6 season. Poured down on a Friday night so a few of us went in the stand. Got into a bit of bother with some Stockport lads at half time and were kicke...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Characters in the fanbase
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4919
Re: Characters in the fanbase
One person not mentioned on here was my old friend Brian Lucas. I'm not sure anyone who travelled to away games back in the 1960s, 70s and 80s didn't know him. I could write a book about his antics over the years but one story prior to me knowing him cost him his job. He wanted to go to the Fairs C...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bill Kenwright RIP
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2170
Re: Bill Kenwright RIP
Paying their respects to a life long fan, chairman and director who was unable to attend matches at the club he loved due to threats from those same fans? They do not deserve such a decent man. Two faced hypocrits.
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Characters in the fanbase
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4919
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bobby Charlton
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4839
Re: Bobby Charlton
The words legend and great are used all too easily. In this case they are an understatement. One of, if not the greatest player this country has produced. RIP Sir Bobby.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Liam Gallagher Definitely Maybe Tour
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5253
Re: Liam Gallagher Definitely Maybe Tour
Liam's band singing Noel's songs then.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Liam Gallagher Definitely Maybe Tour
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5253
Re: Liam Gallagher Definitely Maybe Tour
At least he's performing as LG and not Oasis. One of my biggest gripes is bands continuing to trade on the name when massive changes are made to the line up. For example Big Country without Stuart Adamson, New Order without Hook etc. The biggest culprits by far though are UB40 without Ali Campbell ...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Oddies
- Replies: 76
- Views: 9556
Re: Oddies
Bill Oddie was a lovely chap and a good boss to work for. I think his daughter, Laura(?) is now in charge. One of our regular posters who I first met when working at Oddies nearly 40 years ago will be able to provide more info. I know the bakery manager was a department manager when I started there ...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Oddies
- Replies: 76
- Views: 9556
Re: Oddies
Sad cake is thinner with the currants showing through. Chorley cake thicker with the currants in the middle as a filling.
Eccles cake made with flaky/puff pastry, the other 2 shortcrust.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:04 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Is this v Burnley
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4867
Is this v Burnley
Saw this on a FB group. Is this v Burnley? Possibly Ralph Coates closest to the camera?
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Drummers required...DRUMMERS
- Replies: 378
- Views: 36751
Re: Drummers required...DRUMMERS
I don't think even the late Neil Peart would be able to drum quick enough to keep pace with our speed singers....
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: London Tube
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3581
Re: London Tube
Only if they are linked to separate cards Tony. I have a debit card and it is also on my phone, but i couldnt use my phone for me and card for another traveller.
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: A late goal brings a point and a sit in
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1509
Re: ARTICLE: A late goal brings a point and a sit in
Seems i got my years muddled, i was definitely at the game where IWWW scored. Interesting reading the goings on around town on Tony's review - my ex wife's cousin was the one involved in the biting and headbutting incidents!
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: London Tube
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3581
Re: London Tube
Although a debit/credit card can only be used for one passenger’s travel, I think you can use multiple cards from one account. i.e. if you have a joint bank or credit card account or are an authorised user alongside the account holder, you can each use your own card to pay for travel from the one a...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Drummers required...DRUMMERS
- Replies: 378
- Views: 36751
Re: Drummers required...DRUMMERS
What would create an exciting and vibrant match day experience would be not getting stuffed by the visiting team week in week out......
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bicycles
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3328
Re: Bicycles
People in England & the US tend to drive too fast & too close to each other. The difference in France & Ireland is startling, people tend to keep a safe distance & are generally considerate of others on the road....bikes, cars, Horses or people. Here in Los Angeles cyclists & motorcyclists are desp...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: A late goal brings a point and a sit in
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1509
Re: ARTICLE: A late goal brings a point and a sit in
We murdered Notts County but couldn't get the second goal that would kill them off. Typically, they had one chance and equalised. Enter Ian Wright and have to say that is a hell of a through ball from Davis to find IWWW.
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
- Replies: 803
- Views: 68861
Re: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
After this weeks podcast, i listened to Slinky for the first time in a long time. Great album.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: One rule for the rich....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4748
Re: One rule for the rich....
Hasn’t Bernie been fined something like £600m? That, alongside legal fees, reputational damage etc is probably a fairly hefty punishment for him… He hasn't been fined, he has paid what was due had he not been dishonest in the first place. A bit like being caught stealing from your local supermarket...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:13 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: One rule for the rich....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4748
Re: One rule for the rich....
Was your acquaintance able to stump up the circa 900k? If not, i guess that would have been the difference between suspended and not. No he wasn't, he had gambled away all the money he claimed as i stated originally. So the message here is you can defraud HMRC out of any amount you like and as long...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: One rule for the rich....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4748
One rule for the rich....
Yesterday, billionaire Bernie Eccleston was found guilty of defrauding HMRC by failing to disclose a trust fund based in Singapore to the tune of £400m. He was found guilty and agreed to repay some £653m to HMRC. He was sentenced to 17 months in prison, suspended for two years. So bascially he has s...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:20 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Reckoning
- Replies: 117
- Views: 9807
Re: The Reckoning
Aye you wouldn’t want to risk a new hospital ward in favour for a few hundred people sexually abused. Last thing you would want to do is jeopardise that charity funding eh I seem to recall in the aftermath of his death and the subsequent revelations, someone was interviewed who knew what he had bee...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Venkys
- Replies: 210
- Views: 28759
Re: Venkys
I think they may be looking for more than a few hundred rupeesElectroClaret wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:15 pmHopefully, the first overseas asset to be seized will be
Deadwood.
#snowballsrevenge
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Reckoning
- Replies: 117
- Views: 9807
The Reckoning
Anyone caught this series? It is about Jimmy Savile and how he managed to hide in plain sight and commit hundreds of sickening sexual offences against young and vulnerable people. Not an easy watch but the acting of Steve Coogan as JS is superb. The first episode featured the actual people who were ...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kevin Young
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5505
Re: Kevin Young
I remember Kevin young and another geordie lad (Cav) from when they were in digs in Padiham. They used to play football with us on the fields which is now printers fold. Good lads Cav lives not too far from me, somewhere near Bedford and is quite active on Facebook. When i first connected with him,...
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kevin Young
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5505
Re: Kevin Young
Norman Jones on the pitch with a fork before the game. Had there not been such a big crowd there is no way that game would have gone ahead. That game all but secured us the 3rd Div Championship, Carlisle needed to win by a hatful the following evening to deny us.
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Have we bet the ranch ?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6988
Re: Have we bet the ranch ?
The concerning question for me is which players would we sell to bridge the financial gap? Trafford - far from convinced by him and certainly nowhere near my expectations considering how highly rated he was at City. Beyer - possibly, certainly the pick of our centre backs so far Al Dakhil - an error...
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: How to win a football accumulator bet
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1213
Re: How to win a football accumulator bet
Like this!
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Scored at both ends
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1368
Scored at both ends
There must be plenty of cases of a player scoring at both ends. But this game featuring Burnley must be a rarity, with 2 players scoring at both ends for Spurs. I had never seen this before.
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- Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:40 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RATE THE REF - Peter Bankes v Luton Town
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1036
Re: RATE THE REF - Peter Bankes v Luton Town
A. 10
B. 9
C. 5
D. 8
Poor throughout, particularly when twice in the space of a minute he got in the way of passes. Could and should have booked one of theirs early in the game for a foul on I think Amdouni after he turned him but let it go and then awarded yellow cards for lesser offences.
B. 9
C. 5
D. 8
Poor throughout, particularly when twice in the space of a minute he got in the way of passes. Could and should have booked one of theirs early in the game for a foul on I think Amdouni after he turned him but let it go and then awarded yellow cards for lesser offences.
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:31 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Luton v Burnley.Your verdict.
- Replies: 85
- Views: 7142
Re: Luton v Burnley.Your verdict.
If we could shoot straight we could have been out of sight by half time. Luton drew us into playing to their strength, not allowing us to play out from the back and forcing us to go long, straight down the throat of their Haarlem Globetrotter style players. Taylor was great defensively but stifled a...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Luton v Burnley - Player Ratings
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9470
Re: Luton v Burnley - Player Ratings
Trafford 5 set the scene in the first 5 seconds, smashing a clearance into the Luton forward. Didn't get much better and their goal came from his poor pass Roberts 5 poor poor distribution Taylor 7 good defensively, stifled us often going forward Beyer 8* back to his best Al Dakhil 7 played well but...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Referee confirmed for Chelsea game
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1136
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 12:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Leeds First Direct Arena
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2757
Re: Leeds First Direct Arena
The best thing about being into small venues like The Trade's Club, Manc Deaf Institute and Brudenell in Leeds, is that you can still see bands for under £30.00. Bob Mould, Jesca Hoop and Cockney Rejects coming up before Christmas. The most expensive ticket is £25.00. I wouldn't pay £175 for a gig,...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:46 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Lightning Strikes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1411
Re: Lightning Strikes
Lightning was widely forecast in the area (Sele school is about 3 miles from my workplace and a customer of ours) and around 4pm yesterday it absolutely hammered it down with thunder and lightning to accompany it. I cannot understand how a football tournament was allowed to go ahead given the foreca...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Monday night football!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3739
Re: Monday night football!
Frank Lampard deciding it's easier to tell others how to be successful as a coach than actually being a successful coach.
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Francis Lee has died
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5485
Re: Francis Lee has died
I loved the way he took on that dirty effer Hunter. R.I.P. Franny. Hunter is the only one to land a punch in that exchange. Franny swings and misses a number of times. Slightly before my time but a great player and entertainer. Used to see the FH Lee paper products lorries around the North West bac...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Sunday night T.V. Boiling Point
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1966
Re: Sunday night T.V. Boiling Point
As good as the film but not exactly relaxing Sunday evening viewing, bloody exhaustingto watch. Was looking forward to chilling with Gone Fishing,but that was ruined by unfunny vegan,anti-fishing Lee Mack,as Bob was ill. Of all the things that can be levelled at Lee Mack, unfunny is not one of them...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:47 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: REPORT: Tough on Tyneside
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2397
Re: REPORT: Tough on Tyneside
The central midfield pairing of Cullen and Brownhill just doesn't work for me. They don't have the athleticism, physical presence or pace to trouble the opposition or to disrupt the opposition when out of possession. We saw it on Saturday and was absolutely highlighted when we played Spurs and up ag...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Pubs for Newcastle
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2119
Re: Pubs for Newcastle
Found the Crown Posada along with several other Clarets. A great pub for ale drinkers. And a decent enough Thai place just down the hill from there for dinner. Very enjoyable weekend with the obvious exception of the result