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Any change in style is down to the manager. He has possibly got lucky again, as he did moving Ben Mee to CB, and had Vydra forced upon him by circumstances but there is only one man at the club that tells them how to play. Other fans talking nice about us goes under the radar because of the noise a...

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:35 am
Interesting we visited
Wigan Casino midweek in the late 60s with Blackpool Mecca on Saturday after home games
Frank Wilson is on my M4 driving playlist

Northern soul all nighters started at Wigan casino started sept 23rd 1973. Was rare soul played at the casino in the late 60s?

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LS7 wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:24 pm
Great footage. So many headers. There is such a gulf now. I find anything below the prem unwatchable on tv.

That says more about you than football in England nowadays.
Premier league football is sanitised and is just not football as we know it.

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tim_noone wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:44 pm
We all did a few Months alright....that was par for the course.I never did Work at the reform club...though I'm always down that way happy days then and Now.

Apologies, I thought you were one of the lads that went down to the club. Jimmy did though, or have I misremembered that as well?

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Names don't ring a bell but there are still a few Burnley folk in the south particularly still see Shay Richardson regularly. I managed to get a lot of good stuff from Cheapo Records stall in Rupert At Market in London West End. Also got a lot of good stuff from Record Corner in Balham. Even now I ...

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Yep that was me. I started rock climbing when I was about 12/13 and ended up putting too much stress on my left leg which messed it up for a few years. Had my leg in plaster on and off for 2 years. Moved to London in 72 for work and met and am still friends with some of the most fervant soul fans i...

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Yep that was me. I started rock climbing when I was about 12/13 and ended up putting too much stress on my left leg which messed it up for a few years. Had my leg in plaster on and off for 2 years. Moved to London in 72 for work and met and am still friends with some of the most fervant soul fans i...

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Got 46 correct when quizzed by Mrs Siddo. Couldn't remember times a wasting was on soul clock and Couldn't remember Denise LaSalle label. Obviously your fave is Tobi Legend, mine would be Frankie Beverley. I have had nearly all on original labels but for Frank Wilson, the Salvadores,, Velvet Satins,...

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Enfield Motors on the Rossendale Road industrial estate near Veka. Excellent workmanship and Bill is as straight as a die.
Next door to the brewery.

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Yep, very possibly duty, VAT and an admin fee. Fortunately Brexit has got rid of a lot of red tape so all you need to do is find your product in this list https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/sections (there's only about 10,000 of them so it's pretty easy), calculate the duty and VAT thereon and...

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I had some purpose made goalkeeper gloves in 68. They were green and made from thin cotton. I think Peter Bonetti promoted them. Not too long after that the gloves with pimpled rubber on the fingers, palms and back of the hands came out. They were absolutely rubbish. Like most keepers I just used to...

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I have been very fortunate and not suffered a puncture for years and years and years. However, a day before mum and dad's funeral, I have discovered that I have a flat tyre. They have only done 7,000 miles but I recall from somewhere in the dim and distant past, that they don't do repairs anymore, ...

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After that performance Woy will most likely step down from his role at the end of the season The hierarchy at Palace would have had the chance to gauge, up close and personal, SD for the potential management vacancy There's no doubt he would fit their profile Isn't that a bit unfair making fun of s...

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I remember seeing Alex Elder scoring with pile driver from about 30yds past Banks in a home game v Leicester. Gordon was a class goalkeeper even after loosing his sight on one eye following an accident He didn't play top level football again after the crash. He said that he couldn't follow the flig...

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Video Killed the Radio Star – Buggles (1979) It's Raining Men – The Weather Girls (1982) Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum (1969) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers (1988) Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of) – Lou Bega (1999) Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O'Connor (1990) Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla...

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A bit off topic, but I have been listening to American 60s radio on Alexa echo. The beauty of it is that America had local radio stations, so a record might have been massive in Detroit and unplayed in Los Angeles: so you get to hear great records that were never released over here. Also, quite a fe...

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Just relying on memory and not Google, Mason Williams, Classical Gas.
Possibly one of the biggest ever hits not to have a successful follow up.

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The middleweight and welterweight divisions from mid 70 to mid 80s were just unbelievable.

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Fair post and like many have said seems the older ‘proper fans’ are decent. My experience still doesn’t change from my visit a few years ago. Was after the above mentioned ‘Barton’ game. Middle aged, angry, racist bald bloke frothing at the mouth screaming and threatening my then 8 or 9 year old ne...

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TheOriginalLongsider wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:45 pm
Still after years I still think “3 steps ref!” Can’t get used to the keeper going for a walk

Don't you mean 4 steps?

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Ban threads for asking how you put a small bet on... what has the world come to? It’s a message board where the average age is over 30 by the looks of things, if someone asking how to go about placing a small bet is causing issues in society then we really have got bigger issues that we realise. Wh...

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Our home form is actually fairly decent, especially when we've played lower half sides, also less travelling to encounter, so I'd say it's a slight advantage, and any small margin could be the difference. Just wondering why you say its a slight advantage when the facts show more away wins than home...

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Keep at it. Excellent book.

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The Elena Ferrante 4 book series set in Naples is excellent and very different. Also reading some of Walter Mosley's earlier novels. If you want to know what it is like being poor and black in the States, then these are the standout books. Crime writing at its best. Totally different to McCarthy or ...

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I have that as my number three with Banks unlikely to ever be bettered, Montgomery 73 cup final, but he should have held the first attempt, so the 2nd shouldn't have been necessary, and Heaton from Austin.
When I saw Tom's save I couldn't believe it as I was already turning away thinking it was in.

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Having spent far too many frozen hours between the sticks, I can assure you that I would have been very disappointed to have let in either of those goals. For the first, it almost rolled over the line. Pieters is irrelevant. The second, Martinez was badly set to preserve his goal. Just wondering wh...

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Crouch.

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Apparently onside because Mings played the ball, so he's offside but technically onside.
What if the assistant referee had raised the flag. Offside or onside?

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Got 4 500ml cans of amber ale from Asda lovely ale 5% as well, only £4 bargain 👍 Hmmm. Wainwrights for me. The TT beers are all good as well. I worked with a family member of Timothy Taylor's, he was a non exex director. He told me Boltmaker was the old best bitter brew rebranded. I was always aski...

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Following a spell with Bury, including a youth cup quarter final, I have played for, roughly in order; Satutdays from 15 onwards, Rosegrove youth club, Trinity, Burnley United, Colne Dynamoes, Michelin and then due to shift work I played several games for many teams, from North West Counties down to...

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:15 am
Disagree with pretty much all of that tbh

So top keepers are not good shot stoppers?
Top 6 teams put in a lot of crosses in a game?
Nick's kicking is improving?

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I'd rather have a keeper who commands his area, is a good shot stopper and bang average at kicking than the other way around. No need to **** about, just keep the ball out of the net Every keeper in the EPL is a good shot stopper. There aren't too many crosses in a game against the top 6, but all t...

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I wonder if Burnley fans were obsessed with Blacklaws or McDonald's kicking back in the day? Mind you it wouldn't be a problem when they could pick back passes up would it? They took goal kicks though and Waiters had a problem with striking a dead ball. Most of the time Nick's kicking isn't an issu...

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Targetman wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:25 pm
I think you can also add Colin McDonald to that list.

Good shout, but he had retired within his 55 year window.

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bob-the-scutter wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:32 pm
I had the program & ticket from the Charlton/Burnley cup final. Swapped them along with all my others for my mate's (Paul Savva) sisters Motown collection in about 68.
The cup final set alone fetches over £500 now.
Doh!

Never mind Bob, sell just one of your records and that should cover it.

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Now our best ever keeper imo in over 55yrs watching Burnley I can't agree with that. I don't believe he is better than Blacklaw, Stevenson, Thomson and even Tony Waiters. I also don't believe that he is better than Heaton. I do agree that he is having an excellent season but still think his kicking...

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I bought some DLX boots from winfields for about 50 quid. I've covered loads of miles in them lately through mud, snow and water and they have been absolutely fine. They have kept my feet dry and blister free. I've not tried them on the North face of Eiger yet (or wore them while invading Poland), ...

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With your price range you can get excellent boots at the top end. Go below a hundred quid and you get what you pay for. Some of the suggestions are really good, but cheap 3 season boots that aren't Goretex or that makers equivalent aren't worth buying if you want to really get out there in the autum...

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gtclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:21 pm
Name 2 defenders we have signed from Chelsea
CT not allowed as I want it to last more than 2 seconds

You need to make your questions a lot harder mate.

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The night before the game I caught the bus to Bacup to see my then girlfriend. Must have been the 7pm one. There was me and one other person on the bus, Leighton James. He was going to see his girlfriend. We got talking and I told him I was going to Villa park to see the game, but said it was going ...

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133. I could kick myself on 2 of them that I didn't get!

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It would be great to have a good cup run, but let's not forget that since the Premier league began only 3 clubs outside the so called top 6 have won it. The top clubs take it seriously once they realise the league is slipping away.

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Went to a northern soul night one Friday night at the Keirby Hotel. Was really surprised to see Ted and Marlon there knocking back bottle after bottle of Budweiser. We got talking and they said they were staying at the hotel and on the beer as the cup game at the Turf was bound to be off due to heav...

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Excellent full back but is not going to get past 2 mega bucks signings of Shaw and Wan Bissaka.
Would be a massive upgrade on Matt L, who has been brilliant for us.

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THEWELLERNUT70 wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:11 pm
Ings used to live in Ilonex Mill.

Phil Neville lives at Crawshaw Booth just through Love Clough on the right as you head towards Rawtenstall(big house on the right with tennis.
courts. The large wrote iron gates at the entrance bare his and his Mrs name)

He sold it some time ago...

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Michelin was never in Wolverhampton, that was or is Goodyear. Dundee, Stoke and Ballymena were the other plants. Best job I ever had, ex IP department here. There was 6 factories in the UK. You have missed Aberdeen and Belfast. The canteen refurbishment in Burnley in the 80s was done using all the ...

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I might be wrong but isn’t there a bit of mutual affection for each other’s teams due to Michelin’s historic presence in Burnley and Wolverhampton? Michelin have never had a manufacturing presence on Wolverhampton. The head office and main site was in Stoke, next to the old ground. At its peak 1800...

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He's looking well. Hardly changed.

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Some of the younger posters on here may not know just what it was like in the 70s. Every game saw confrontation and fights. Burnley fans were never intimidated and had a good reputation both home and away.

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tim_noone wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:38 pm
My Brother gave him a good flogging. Southern softy.

Good lad Jimmy!

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