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Brian had the sweet shop then later on he ran the newsagents in Worsthorne ..nice bloke he lived three doors down from us afterwards

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Yes he did at one time...

Edit. Brian that is

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Never seen one of them but I lived up Brunshaw Road near the paper shop up to the age of 16 now my mate over the back fence on Hurstwood Avenue had telly on t'pipe which was good because you could watch Yorkshire TV on that and get their Sunday football show as well as /instead of Granada's .... gre...

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Yes the end house was a sweet shop the newsagents was next door ... I worked in the newspaper circulation department at the Express in the early 90s

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Yes ...Fleetwood have a complicated history they've gone bust and reformed twice since the 70s but he would have played at non-league level 1-3 depending on the time

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Yeah. Can't say I had ever heard of him. Being 72 and a non league player at best may explain a lot. This Ken Moran is the uncle on the paternal side of a friend of mine. The Liverpool/Man City fan is his uncle on t'other side. Uncle and nephew are both friends. I don't know much about Fleetwood pr...

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Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:38 pm
No.
I did actually like it.

Me too ... it doesn't remind me of any other club's shirt ...as far as I know nobody else has ever worn Claret and Sky blue quarters.

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He is 72 now ...

Played for the two previous Fleetwood clubs neither of whom were any good ... never noticed him ...no offence Ken

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houseboy wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:23 am
They were okay but I'm pretty sure they weren't Liverpool at the time bud.

They were okay ? They were runners-up to Villa in the League and won the UEFA Cup so aye not too bad ...but then again I don't think Bob Paisley knew one of the casting team but Bobby Robson did

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By the way Boss - Escape to Victory??? Really??? That was a truly dreadful film. Sly Stallone trying to play football and Bobby Moore trying to act - and that was only part of it. Apparently most of the Ipswich team figured in it at some point. Why bloody Ipswich. And Pele shouldn't have touched wi...

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clansman wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:52 pm
Escape to victory! Terrible film and one of the players was ....Owen Coyle!

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He was in a different film the one they used Palmerston Park for at some point ..he was only 13 when Escape to victory was made .

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Its fair to say it was a long season ... Scunthorpe away when we suddenly turned out in an all White kit ..took the lead and lost ... I was behind the goal too ... away wins at Stockport and Rochdale earlier in 1987 surely we'd be okay ... mmm .... then Crewe totally depressing....what a drive home ...

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Family is one of the best things about being a Claret and a Burnley lad . My Dad is still going strong but one of our best days came against Wycombe back in December 1999 when four generations of us watched a Clarets win..myself ,my Dad ,my Grandad and my eldest son ..Grandad had been going on since...

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mdd2 wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:13 pm
Come on Ralph that statement is correct, fair dos-as Eric said, playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order.

Aye go on then

They had some interesting kits pre-1936 ...

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Was aware they are top of the league. Living these days near Kirkby Stephen I get BBC TV North and Cumbria. Not a single mention of them in 3 years on the regional TV. is Barrow in Cumbria? I thought so! All Toon, Maccams, Boro, Carlise, Pools and Harrogate. Do they get on northwest local news? oth...

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Yes, but the Gateshead FC that went out of the league in 1960 had previously been South Shields FC until they moved in 1930. (And the replacement club, South Shields FC formed in 1936, also moved to Gateshead to become Gateshead United in 1974 before going bust 3 years later. The current Gateshead ...

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mdd2 wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 26, 2020 12:38 pm
DSR Gateshead is nearer than Newcastle (just) and has nothing to do with South Shields apart from being on the south bank of the Tyne

Tut tut Mr D

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I was last up there for a derby game against Workington .. Holker Street mmm .. one or two will get a shock when they arrive there for a Football League fixture

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Great goalscorer no doubt. Smoked, drank, hated training just loved scoring. My Da got wound up by his auto?biography. He stated that the difference between Spurs and Burnley was the reserves and their quality. At the time we were winning back to back Central League titles with players who became h...

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Too many mid-80s games to pick from - I honestly couldn't just pick one

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Tribesmen wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 11, 2020 7:30 pm
Old school Ralph

Oh yes my friend in every possible way

You know me too well

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timshorts wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:11 pm
Alex elder?

nearly - he made 271

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I remembered the 2-1 because it was my birthday and the 3-0 because it was notorious for being an afternoon game and Mick Finn played in goal for us ...I think

back to lesson planning now

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I've been collecting for over 40 years ..the internet has changed everything .. for the better if you are buying but for the considerably worse if you are selling .. basically you can find and buy cheaply almost anything postwar these days ..the market for everyday stuff has all but collapsed .. but...

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Whenever I hear an "expert" eulogising about those wonderful Chelsea fans I remember being at Stamford bridge in 78? Division 2 in a crowd of just over 8000. Chelsea's lowest league gate. Burnley lost 2-0 in a match fitting the occasion to be honest. Anyone else there? Probably not! 82/83 8184 at S...

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Chelsea used to get some really poor crowds until the money and the trophy hunters turned up. It was a dreadful ground too. Been there a couple of times late 60s and early 70s, one was the FA cup tie that we drew and someone posted on the 'biggest attendance' thread about the replay at the Turf. I ...

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At home

13 March 1986

Burnley v Darlington

Attendance 1138

Watching non-league loads under 50

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HB Claret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 10, 2020 5:40 pm
Steve Kindon ?

185.

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George Beel plus three more pre-WW2 ...I'll let someone else have a go

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Harold Mather ..interesting one he played either side of WW2 ...

Fred Barron

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Going to be West Ham at home, I think, early Dec'66, won 4-2. All the players on there except Willie Irvine. Blacklaw, Angus, Elder, O'Neil, Miller, Todd, Morgan, Lochhead, Irvine, Harris & Latcham. Sub, Garry France. Yes Gary France , f you search Google images for Gary France Cape Town Ciy you sh...

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Excellent ..thanks for that

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Aye very true and I enjoyed that one ... mind you I enjoyed the win at Middlesbrough too.

The Cup has had its day for reasons various , I was on yesterday ... we lost , we move on, I'd have rather seen us win but such is football in the 21st century.

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It would be better if the club and so called super fans just admitted the club don’t care. Because if they do that’s even more worrying. In eight years we have won THREE Fa cup ties. And two of them were in the same season before being disposed of by Lincoln. Thankfully I saved my hard earned today...

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I believe she was still a regular last time it was discussed someone will know no doubt ... I didn't shed any tears but I remember literally feeling sick after the away games at Scunthorpe and Crewe ..I only missed a handful of away games that season and saw all the home games during those seven yea...

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That away kit was introduced after promotion. Strangely, we wore that shirt with white shorts and clarets socks at Sheffield United on the opening day of the season but then introduced the sky blue shorts and socks. The shirt was the same colours as we wore in the 1947 FA Cup Final shirt. We certai...

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Burnley's first ever game was well before the official date and we'd probably all be wondering why we'd changed rules from the previous week , whether it would be Football or Rugby next Saturday and arguing over whether the team that played association rules at Turf Moor had anything to do with Cald...

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:46 pm
There has been a photo up on here previously of one of the stadiums with an airplane on the pitch/track

Yes that is the one of the Athletic Ground I was looking for ..

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Turf Moor Racecourse .. and Healey Heights

http://www.greyhoundderby.com/Burnley%20Racecourse.html

now somewhere and I'm afraid I can't remember where there is photo of Athletic Street in an old images of Burnley book ... struggling on that one for an internet link ...

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:29 pm
Would love to see any pics of either of those two stadiums. Any idea when they existed. My grand parents lived on Athletic St

The Speedway

http://blackcountrybiker.blogspot.com/2 ... short.html

http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Burnley.htm

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Yes FCBurnley two stadiums down there one on Athletic Street and the Speedway/Greyhound Stadium on Towneley where the path cuts across from Smalley Street

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Yes I think so somewhere in that area where thelaughingclaret indicated earlier in the thread ..of course just to complicate the issue ASSOCIATION rules had been played at Turf Moor in the late 1870s but that is another debate for another day !

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https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.7954&lon=-2.2533&layers=168&b=1 This resource allows you to view the OS 25 inch 1892-1914 map .. some time ago when trawling through the newspapers of the time I found reference to supporters gaining access to Calder Vale by using the footbridge on Hol...

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