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by ecc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: U 18s v Hull City
Replies: 4
Views: 607

Re: U 18s v Hull City

West, Vaughan, Trialist, Johnson and Carlin got the goals.
by ecc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Away double kicks off for under-21s at Coventry
Replies: 17
Views: 1270

Re: ARTICLE: Away double kicks off for under-21s at Coventry

Am I your target today, Tony?
by ecc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: U 18s v Hull City
Replies: 4
Views: 607

U 18s v Hull City

Callum West has put us one up after 14 mins.
by ecc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tom Tweedy
Replies: 8
Views: 1457

Re: Tom Tweedy

It's a shame that a player suddenly gets elevated when he's scored a couple of goals. It's not that many years ago people were screaming for Ntumba Massanka to be given a chance in the first team. Tweedy has been out injured for a long spell this season and is starting to play more regularly now in...
by ecc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:21 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3857

Re: League One

Yes.
by ecc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sue Bolton - RIP
Replies: 23
Views: 2449

Re: Sue Bolton - RIP

That's three Clarets gone in a week.

Our words are of meagre solace but at least they prove we care.

RIP Sue.
by ecc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tom Tweedy
Replies: 8
Views: 1457

Tom Tweedy

This lad scored again yesterday in the U21s against Coventry.

For those who have seen him, what are your opinions, please? He seems to be involved in a lot of our goals (setting up).

Thank you.
by ecc
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RIP Willy
Replies: 23
Views: 2675

Re: RIP Willy

The second Claret who's passed away this week to my knowledge.

No illness or disease is anything other than grim but cancer is atrocious.

My thoughts and prayers go to all his family and friends thus with you ClaretInLeeds.

RIP Willy
by ecc
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Death of a fellow Claret
Replies: 12
Views: 2608

Re: Death of a fellow Claret

Hi ClaretsPadiham, Thank you for your message. As we're not (thankfully) a "big" club, it's inevitable that some folk on here knew Paddy. I hope it's possible but obviously the club decides. Some people might think it strange that I'm moved by a "stranger"'s death. But I am. It's a positive side of ...
by ecc
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Death of a fellow Claret
Replies: 12
Views: 2608

Re: Death of a fellow Claret

I haven't put his surname on here because I'm not sure it's the right thing to do. Paddy lived in Colne. He was extremely interested in The Titanic and I'm sure many people on here know the bandmaster on that ill-fated ship came from Colne (Wallace Hartley). Paddy had done a great deal of research c...
by ecc
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Death of a fellow Claret
Replies: 12
Views: 2608

Death of a fellow Claret

I've just found out a fellow Claret passed away on Saturday. I never met him but got to know him well through FB. He ran a group dedicated to our local heritage. It's come as a real shock. Even though I'd never met him he'd come to mean a lot to me. He was always optimistic about his beloved Burnley...
by ecc
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Neil Warnock
Replies: 53
Views: 5454

Re: Neil Warnock

I quite like Warnock. He's perhaps a "dinosaur" but he's a good old-school manager who doesn't BS.
by ecc
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Hull U21 Latest
Replies: 20
Views: 1937

Re: Burnley v Hull U21 Latest

Thanks for the updates, Tony. Sounds like the sending off - we seem to do that a lot - was the pivotal moment.

Let's take the positives. Vernon Masara is still only 16. We had some other young lads playing (Rogers and West).
by ecc
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Hull U21 Latest
Replies: 20
Views: 1937

Re: Burnley v Hull U21 Latest

Gruesome start. Still, a lot of time to get back into it.
by ecc
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sir Jimmy Anderson
Replies: 45
Views: 2592

Re: Sir Jimmy Anderson

"This is about the greatest sportsman this town has ever produced."

That's what matters.
by ecc
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Linda Haines R.I.P.
Replies: 28
Views: 3773

Re: Linda Haines R.I.P.

"I know her grandson goes on the turf with her".

The poor lad will be heartbroken. TM won't be the same for him without his Grandma.
by ecc
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton points deduction reduced
Replies: 122
Views: 7266

Re: Everton points deduction reduced

With us gone I really hope Luton stay up.
by ecc
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Accrington latest
Replies: 36
Views: 3214

Re: Burnley v Accrington latest

Just a word for Vernon Masara, the goalscorer. Only 16 and has now been fast-tracked into the U21s.

Well done Vernon!
by ecc
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leicester
Replies: 14
Views: 2214

Re: Leicester

Leicester and financial irregularities shock!
by ecc
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tony Green RIP
Replies: 17
Views: 2011

Re: Tony Green RIP

Blackpool and Newcastle.
by ecc
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3209

Re: Folk singers.

Not really sure whether Sufjan Stevens fits into the Folk category but he has a superb, gentle voice and whilst it's not joyful listening, this song is so meaningful.

"Death with Dignity"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsGODTySH0E
by ecc
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: On this day
Replies: 117
Views: 9685

Re: On this day

Most unlike Derek Hales to be dishing out the rough stuff :D Hales and Flanagan once had a barney on the pitch, didn't they? Just checked. From The Guardian. Warning: Some viewers might find the language offensive. Derek Hales and Mike Flanagan "The story is that the source of the feud was Derek "K...
by ecc
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: On this day
Replies: 117
Views: 9685

Re: On this day

Claret cloning.
by ecc
Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: On this day
Replies: 117
Views: 9685

Re: On this day

Hi Dark Cloud, I don't know whether or not Simonsen played in that match but he was definitely at Charlton that season. I was at The Valley when he was introduced to the Charlton faithful prior to our game there. He'd just signed from Barcelona. It was a pretty major coup by Charlton. However, and t...
by ecc
Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Muric - Surely has to start on Sunday ?
Replies: 180
Views: 6836

Re: Muric - Surely has to start on Sunday ?

Spiral wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:11 pm
Honestly don't think 90% of this squad has the character to pull the manager aside.
That is another problem.
by ecc
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonights footy
Replies: 71
Views: 2577

Re: Tonights footy

Well done, Michael. Might have been a consolation goal but that doesn't take anything away from the lad. Whatever people think about today's Celtic they will be the best team he's played against and a goal at Parkhead will mean the world to him. He hadn't scored since his debut at Dundee so it also ...
by ecc
Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Blacklisted
Replies: 37
Views: 3122

Re: Blacklisted

One of my friends is very proud to have been blocked by Matt Le Tissier on Twatter.
by ecc
Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10722
Views: 813315

Re: Russia Invades

President Macron hasn't ruled out Western troops to Ukraine. Just what that means and which "Western troops" is unclear. 'Mr Macron announced that a coalition would provide Ukraine with "missiles and bombs of medium and long range to carry out deep strikes". He did not say when such weapons would be...
by ecc
Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Selections on Sunday
Replies: 108
Views: 5032

Re: Selections on Sunday

Test
by ecc
Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Nicholll RIP
Replies: 23
Views: 2231

Re: Chris Nicholll RIP

Bad weekend for seventies/eighties football.

Chris Nicholl took no prisoners but could take it back. A warrior.

RIP
by ecc
Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stoke
Replies: 37
Views: 4386

Re: Stoke

Shaggy wrote:
Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:01 pm
Looks like they have crashed spectacularly and are on life support.
Very funny.
by ecc
Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stan Bowles RIP
Replies: 36
Views: 2111

Re: Stan Bowles RIP

Very sad news. We knew he was ill but seemed to go quickly.

Loveable rogue who frequented many a hostelry and bookmaker's but I don't think anybody disliked him.

He loved playing football and made us happy.

Thank you Stan and may your soul rest in peace.
by ecc
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: QPR' s Chair jailed
Replies: 41
Views: 3846

Re: QPR' s Chair jailed

Bet the truck driver would find all these comments very amusing.
by ecc
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Aaron Ramsey injury
Replies: 120
Views: 6087

Re: Aaron Ramsey injury

Clive 1960 wrote:
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:32 am
Hope the lad makes a full recovery and comes back and plays a significant role in getting us up from the championship if as it looks we get relegated. UTC..
Too right. The player's health first. And then the club and what the lad can do for us later.
by ecc
Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rob Edwards what a classy manager!
Replies: 53
Views: 3656

Re: Rob Edwards what a classy manager!

Did the dirty on Forest Green Rovers.
by ecc
Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite films of all time
Replies: 123
Views: 4440

Re: Favourite films of all time

Some De Niro classics

Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
The Deerhunter
Heat
by ecc
Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Frequently used ‘modern day’ football terminology
Replies: 74
Views: 2293

Re: Frequently used ‘modern day’ football terminology

JohnDearyMe wrote:
Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:58 am
"We go again"

Yes, that's because all clubs are obliged to fulfil their fixture requirements.
A Gerrardism: "We go again" doesn't seem grammatically correct me but is now used by all and sundry.
by ecc
Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10722
Views: 813315

Re: Russia Invades

I've stopped following it regularly - which is morally wrong of me - but from the little I read it would seem Ukraine has very little chance of winning. The cost of the war for the EU and The States has become a huge burden. The huge impact of Zelensky travelling to capitals and speaking in Parliame...
by ecc
Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Frequently used ‘modern day’ football terminology
Replies: 74
Views: 2293

Re: Frequently used ‘modern day’ football terminology

The use of the present tense instead of the past conditional

The use of the present perfect simple instead of the past simple.
by ecc
Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite films of all time
Replies: 123
Views: 4440

Re: Favourite films of all time

Here's a few I've seen in recent months. In the Heat of the Night: you can feel the heat and racial hatred of the Deep South. All the cast were excellent but Rod Steiger topped for me and deserved his Oscar Mississippi Burning: Same place, same theme. KKK v Civil Rights' workers. Based on a true sto...
by ecc
Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE:Gawthorpe switch for Central League Cup game
Replies: 10
Views: 813

Re: ARTICLE:Gawthorpe switch for Central League Cup game

Tweedy has had a good season from what has been said in Tony's reports and going off stats. I presume he's an attacking midfield or is he a winger?
by ecc
Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Just Been announced Roy has stepped down
Replies: 25
Views: 1569

Re: Just Been announced Roy has stepped down

Not many English football managers speak four foreign languages or read John Updike.
by ecc
Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mike Procter (1946-2024)
Replies: 18
Views: 1413

Mike Procter (1946-2024)

One of the best all-rounders in my time of watching cricket. Very short Test career due to Apartheid but a superb performer for Gloucestershire for many years.

RIP
by ecc
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VK OUT !!
Replies: 347
Views: 15363

Re: VK OUT !!

He's plain wrong not to play Muric and Benson unless they're guilty of misconduct in which case they shouldn't even be in the squad.
by ecc
Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s thread
Replies: 302
Views: 9923

Re: Today’s thread

Every bloody weekend is grim. Last season was too good and this is bloody shite every match.
by ecc
Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The incredibly upbeat (wow what a result) Arsenal matchday thread.
Replies: 31
Views: 1982

Re: The incredibly upbeat (wow what a result) Arsenal matchday thread.

At least Charlie's fit again. Be back next match.

Long afternoon ahead.
by ecc
Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE:Under-21s back in action against Posh
Replies: 10
Views: 942

Re: ARTICLE:Under-21s back in action against Posh

No, none were in the squad.
by ecc
Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bayern season tickets
Replies: 11
Views: 1511

Re: Bayern season tickets

And for 17 matches, not 19.