Pensioners to lead out the cup team
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Pensioners to lead out the cup team
I'm told that there will be no children alongside the players when the teams come out for the Lincoln game. Instead the club have invited a number of pensioners to walk out alongside them.
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
But we played Chelsea (pensioners) yesterday!
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That is a brilliant idea, have you applied CT?
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
How do I book my place I would love to walk out holding Joey's hand.
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
In aid of what ?
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
They all have to be under 5ft6in and no zimmers, they damage the pitch.
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
TV will ask for the players to begin walking out with them at 12.05 for a 12.30 kick off then
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
No is the polite answer to thatStan Tastic wrote:That is a brilliant idea, have you applied CT?
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
Hoping for a Wembley final now having heard that news.
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You have to be a pensioner not 22Steve1956 wrote:How do I book my place I would love to walk out holding Joey's hand.
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Wenger walks out with his players every week..........
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How rude,I've been around a while,watched us in Europe and I think I saw some foreign Johhny jump on Andy Lochead's head in one game. I Qualify do youCnBtruntru wrote:You have to be a pensioner not 22
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Power to experience
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So that's why they were showing people CPR yesterday.....
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Before any interested parties fancy it have a look at the weather forecast for Sat.. "Never volunteer" springs to mind
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They all voted leave, let's egg them
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This idea is up there with performing dogs at half time.......
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They probably will, into most things......Leisure wrote:Bump.
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Wondering who was Burnley's oldest ever player to appear?
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Couldn't agree morebox_of_frogs wrote:This idea is up there with performing dogs at half time.......
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
Just been on radio Lancs, Owen Coyle's made a bid for three of them.
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56 so to young, yet still pensioned off, so Yes and No , if you think i am being rude by suggesting you are 22, you can be rude to me as much as you likeSteve1956 wrote:How rude,I've been around a while,watched us in Europe and I think I saw some foreign Johhny jump on Andy Lochead's head in one game. I Qualify do you
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" Len Smelt "
How old was Len ?......I know Jerry Dawson was 41 years old when he retired after Burnley.
How old was Len ?......I know Jerry Dawson was 41 years old when he retired after Burnley.
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
Ray Simpson's two books had two different dob's for Smelt but both were wrong. It's 1890 in the Chronicles but he was born in December 1883 and played his last game in April 1925.Royboyclaret wrote:" Len Smelt "
How old was Len ?......I know Jerry Dawson was 41 years old when he retired after Burnley.
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They'll still be out and waiting for this Reid fella.claretdom wrote:TV will ask for the players to begin walking out with them at 12.05 for a 12.30 kick off then
Sorry Rhead. (He's so well known I couldn't spell his name).
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Pensioners or dogs???ElectroClaret wrote:Just been on radio Lancs, Owen Coyle's made a bid for three of them.
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A last chance to get themselves on tv maybe
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I believe they are changing the walk out music to Pulp - Help The Aged.
"Help the aged/ One time they were just like you/ Drinking, smoking cigs, and sniffing glue."
"Help the aged/ One time they were just like you/ Drinking, smoking cigs, and sniffing glue."
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Wonder how many on here have been invited hahaClaretTony wrote:I'm told that there will be no children alongside the players when the teams come out for the Lincoln game. Instead the club have invited a number of pensioners to walk out alongside them.
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Pensioners? Bit misleading that if what they said on R5 is right..they have to be over 69.
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superb, hope for all of us then !
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Even made the Beeb, link below
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38993342" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My Dad missed out he's only 90 and was a club numbers agent for Burnley for 40yrs when they used to do the draws at half time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38993342" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My Dad missed out he's only 90 and was a club numbers agent for Burnley for 40yrs when they used to do the draws at half time
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Is Glenn Little still playing?!
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Based on the Beeb photo, it shows how supporting Burnley can help you stay healthy and "young at heart." Well done to all of them.iluva64 wrote:Even made the Beeb, link below
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38993342" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My Dad missed out he's only 90 and was a club numbers agent for Burnley for 40yrs when they used to do the draws at half time
I'm wondering whether I know one or two from the Cat's Whiskers and The Hop - back in the day.
I suggest you get your Dad's name down for Wembley in May, iluva64.
Well done to the club.
Can we organise an over 60s team to play a warm up game another time?
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Age range 69-85. Well done Burnley FC. Made the news.
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Good idea. Hope they all enjoy it
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Hope they all come back alive.
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
Could we get a pensioners team together and play Blackburn, we could give rovers a two goal start to make it fair.
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One of them looks like Louise Cawshaw who I haven't seen for a few years now.
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Great idea, great PR.
Amazed at the predominantly negative response on here.
How about mascots drawn from the miserable, small minded sods on this thread? Plenty of choice.
Amazed at the predominantly negative response on here.
How about mascots drawn from the miserable, small minded sods on this thread? Plenty of choice.
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Why is it such a bad idea? My wife, who is an older adult Psychologist, seems to think it is a good idea to promote the clubs ethos of embracing all areas of the community.ClaretTony wrote:Couldn't agree more
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But are we sure that we want this to become a theme? How many variations of "community" are there? It's really people setting themselves apart from the mainstream. I prefer things that bring people together, not set them apart.
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Next week, left-handed, green-haired newsagent employees celebrating their "community".
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Pictures please. Why is this board full of sarcastic, condescending clowns?ontario claret wrote:Next week, left-handed, green-haired newsagent employees celebrating their "community".
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Totally agree.IanMcL wrote:Age range 69-85. Well done Burnley FC. Made the news.
Now then "IF" we manage to make it to the Semi's at Wembley......
A BIG IF at this stage.......
But "IF" we get that far.........................
How Cool would it be to have our Oldest Surviving EX Players walking out?
Football did not start in 1992.
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I agree with that part. But I get tired with "do-gooders", mostly because they end up with their hand in my pocket.
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Re: Pensioners to lead out the cup team
It isn't a bad idea. It's a bit of fun that's all. That's what having these older mascots at this match is, a bit of lighthearted fun and it will probably only happen once. The older mascots lucky enough to be picked will all be outgoing and up for having a laugh and I hope the club lay on a great day for them. I'm sure it will.
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By the way, the green-haired part shouldn't be hard to complete.