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by Herts Clarets
Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drummers required...DRUMMERS
Replies: 378
Views: 36376

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....
by Herts Clarets
Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: London Tube
Replies: 49
Views: 3520

Re: London Tube

ClaretTony wrote:
Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:38 pm
You can also use a card & phone I think
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.
by Herts Clarets
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: 1491

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!
by Herts Clarets
Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: London Tube
Replies: 49
Views: 3520

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...
by Herts Clarets
Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drummers required...DRUMMERS
Replies: 378
Views: 36376

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......
by Herts Clarets
Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bicycles
Replies: 30
Views: 3307

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...
by Herts Clarets
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: 1491

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.
by Herts Clarets
Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
Replies: 659
Views: 61736

Re: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast

After this weeks podcast, i listened to Slinky for the first time in a long time. Great album.
by Herts Clarets
Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: One rule for the rich....
Replies: 44
Views: 4702

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...
by Herts Clarets
Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: One rule for the rich....
Replies: 44
Views: 4702

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...
by Herts Clarets
Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: One rule for the rich....
Replies: 44
Views: 4702

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...
by Herts Clarets
Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Reckoning
Replies: 117
Views: 9664

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...
by Herts Clarets
Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Venkys
Replies: 210
Views: 28562

Re: Venkys

ElectroClaret wrote:
Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:15 pm
Hopefully, the first overseas asset to be seized will be
Deadwood. :mrgreen:

#snowballsrevenge
I think they may be looking for more than a few hundred rupees :lol:
by Herts Clarets
Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Reckoning
Replies: 117
Views: 9664

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 ...
by Herts Clarets
Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kevin Young
Replies: 30
Views: 5447

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,...
by Herts Clarets
Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kevin Young
Replies: 30
Views: 5447

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.
by Herts Clarets
Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Have we bet the ranch ?
Replies: 103
Views: 6935

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...
by Herts Clarets
Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How to win a football accumulator bet
Replies: 8
Views: 1206

Re: How to win a football accumulator bet

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by Herts Clarets
Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Scored at both ends
Replies: 10
Views: 1352

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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by Herts Clarets
Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Peter Bankes v Luton Town
Replies: 11
Views: 1028

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.
by Herts Clarets
Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Luton v Burnley.Your verdict.
Replies: 85
Views: 7083

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...
by Herts Clarets
Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Luton v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 47
Views: 9412

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...
by Herts Clarets
Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Referee confirmed for Chelsea game
Replies: 8
Views: 1130

Re: Referee confirmed for Chelsea game

Goody1975 wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2023 12:20 pm
What could possibly go wrong? 🤷
Well he could always award a goal for a shot that goes wide. Again.....
by Herts Clarets
Tue Oct 03, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leeds First Direct Arena
Replies: 33
Views: 2707

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,...
by Herts Clarets
Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lightning Strikes
Replies: 9
Views: 1405

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...
by Herts Clarets
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Monday night football!
Replies: 32
Views: 3722

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.
by Herts Clarets
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Francis Lee has died
Replies: 48
Views: 5453

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...
by Herts Clarets
Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sunday night T.V. Boiling Point
Replies: 15
Views: 1949

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...
by Herts Clarets
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: Tough on Tyneside
Replies: 17
Views: 2393

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...
by Herts Clarets
Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pubs for Newcastle
Replies: 15
Views: 2116

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
by Herts Clarets
Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:34 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Darren England
Replies: 37
Views: 3398

Darren England

Seems the clown who got so much wrong in our game v Forest was at it again yesterday. But this time it involves 2 bigger clubs so you can bet something will be done. BBC News - Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool: PGMOL admits 'significant human error' over disallowed Luis Diaz goal https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/...
by Herts Clarets
Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Newcastle v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 42
Views: 18119

Re: Newcastle v Burnley - Player Ratings

Trafford 7 Roberts 6 Al-Dakhil 6 Beyer 6 Taylor 6 Berge 6 Cullen 6 Brownhill 5 Koleosho 7 Amdouni 5 Ramsey 4 Larsen 6 Rodriguez 5 Odobert 7 We are not good enough to play Kompany football against the better sides. Talking to a couple of Geordies after the game and they said it was as though we were ...
by Herts Clarets
Thu Sep 28, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Scunthorpe United
Replies: 37
Views: 4148

Re: Scunthorpe United

Went to the 1989 FA Cup game there in a Transit van with 10 others. We got there just after kick off and after the police took a look in the van, which was a cross between a mobile off licence and a bottle bank, were herded back into the van courtesy of a large police dog and escorted back out of to...
by Herts Clarets
Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pubs for Newcastle
Replies: 15
Views: 2116

Re: Pubs for Newcastle

Newcastle fan here; There's 100+ within walking distance of the stadium. Mile Castle is good for big groups You could get a crawl going if you try Town Wall, The Forth, Tilleys, Rosies, obviously the Strawberry, (but you'd have to get there early). Anyone needing restaurant recommendations let me k...
by Herts Clarets
Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cup draw
Replies: 158
Views: 17871

Re: Cup draw

You see, I can’t recall many, if any folk saying he’s a bad manager. A tactically limited manager who did a good job with us but had ran his course yes, bad, no. There are plenty that are mature enough to view his tenure in that manner. Tactically limited? Or smart enough to adapt his tactics to su...
by Herts Clarets
Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Yorkshire CCC - worst in the country?
Replies: 20
Views: 3078

Re: Yorkshire CCC - worst in the country?

Where's Bedfords for a comment on this?.......
by Herts Clarets
Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Last Man Standing
Replies: 40
Views: 3122

Re: Last Man Standing

I'm in
by Herts Clarets
Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jason Hardy
Replies: 22
Views: 3565

Re: Jason Hardy

Scored from close to the touchline in front of The Longside in the 5-0 FA Cup second replay victory over Scunthorpe in 1989. I remember going to the original tie in a Ford Transit van with about 10 lads, arriving after kick off (which i think was 11am) with a van full of empties and beer for the jou...
by Herts Clarets
Thu Sep 21, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Man Utd Away Fans
Replies: 51
Views: 6423

Re: Man Utd Away Fans

daveisaclaret wrote:
Thu Sep 21, 2023 3:32 pm
Last time we played Newcastle in the second tier was 1983
And it was a Saturday game. Won 1-0 with a Terry Donovan goal. Keegan Waddle and McDermott all played for Newcastle and i seemed to remember Micky Phelan having a great game against Keegan.
by Herts Clarets
Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nick Pope: milkman to the San Siro
Replies: 21
Views: 2690

Re: Nick Pope: milkman to the San Siro

Best keeper and best right back I have seen at Burnley. Though i will qualify that comment in that I wouldn't want Nick Pope in goal playing the Kompany way. But he was an ideal keeper for the way we set up and played under Sean Dyche
by Herts Clarets
Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kompany's pragmatism
Replies: 16
Views: 2593

Re: Kompany's pragmatism

First 20 minutes the out ball to Brownhill on the left stifled any forward momentum as he invariably played either inside or back to Taylor. Once he moved more central we looked a lot more balanced and started to dominate possession.
by Herts Clarets
Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nottingham Forest v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 58
Views: 6720

Re: Nottingham Forest v Burnley - Player Ratings

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
Al-Dakhil 7
Beyer 7
Taylor 8
Cullen 7
Brownhill 7
Gudmundsson 6
Koleosho 8*
Amdouni 8
Foster 8

Zaroury 5
Berge 7
by Herts Clarets
Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barry Bennell dies in jail
Replies: 9
Views: 1530

Re: Barry Bennell dies in jail

When you are looking for some good news to brighten the evening, this is it. Right here. And I hope his ending was agonising, prolonged, undignified and humiliating. The least that he deserved.
by Herts Clarets
Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Robert Jones v Nottingham Forest
Replies: 41
Views: 2873

Re: RATE THE REF - Robert Jones v Nottingham Forest

Generous JD. Can we have a Jones scale? Starting at the negative and to a maximum of zeroes all round if he has the game of his life. The most incompetent official we have had the misfortune to experience for many a year.
by Herts Clarets
Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Texaco Cup debut for young Pash in big win
Replies: 6
Views: 514

Re: ARTICLE: Texaco Cup debut for young Pash in big win

A man who went on to give 39yrs service to this club as a player, coach & scout. But who has now left the club due to redundancies. Well liked and respected by the youngsters back in the mid 90s, the likes of Chris Brass, Paul Smith and John Mullin all coming through to play for the first team. Alw...
by Herts Clarets
Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2023/24: Luton Town v Burnley – Ticket Information
Replies: 105
Views: 7990

Re: 2023/24: Luton Town v Burnley – Ticket Information

Got mine for my closest away game of the year. Unless we draw Stevenage in the cup....
by Herts Clarets
Fri Sep 15, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Paul Stewart 1995 loan
Replies: 44
Views: 3368

Re: Paul Stewart 1995 loan

You didn't see much that went before if you thought he was the worst. 1 He was suffering, as we know now, with real mental health problems 2 He was recovering physically from an injury 3 Liverpool laughed their balls off when Mullen approached them for an unfit player Was he good for us? No, anythi...
by Herts Clarets
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Strikes Newcastle away
Replies: 12
Views: 1742

Re: Strikes Newcastle away

Thankfully the TOC had already priced me out of using a train to travel to Newcastle, so I had already chosen to drive up there at about a third of the cost of 2 train tickets.
by Herts Clarets
Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Ten man Burnley snatch point at Reading
Replies: 8
Views: 767

Re: ARTICLE: Ten man Burnley snatch point at Reading

Herts Clarets wrote:
Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:40 pm
Is he? Must be many years younger then. I worked with him for a short time at the Turf when Basil was a director.
Just checked and Basil was admitted as a solicitor in 1967, Nick qualified in 1998. That's a hell of a gap for brothers.
by Herts Clarets
Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Ten man Burnley snatch point at Reading
Replies: 8
Views: 767

Re: ARTICLE: Ten man Burnley snatch point at Reading

Is he? Must be many years younger then. I worked with him for a short time at the Turf when Basil was a director.