Match Day Pies

JMitchell · Post by **JMitchell** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:23 pm

Hello,
My name is Jess and I am part of the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pies. The Sisterhood is a blogging website that creates content on pies in all different stadiums in lots of different sports. Within the sisterhood there are four of us all studying Football Business and Marketing at UCFB.

Our degree doesn't just involve assignments and exams, it is also about gaining experience in the Football Industry and meeting people who are profoundly involved in the careers we intend to pursue.

So far we have blogged about Burnley FC and an Exclusive with James Tarkowski which you can find here : http://www.sisterhoodofpies.co.uk/?p=23" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Also, we had a chance to talk to ex Burnley Player Clarke Carlisle which you can find here: http://www.sisterhoodofpies.co.uk/?p=8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We would love any feedback in making the site or content better or even any other types of blogs you would want us to pursue.

Many Thanks

sisterhoodofthetravellingpies@gmail.com

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Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:36 pm

Personally I don't eat pies, but my son has one at home games and blags £3 off me to for it!! Which in fairness I would have thought was tantamount to being an arrestable offence (mugging?). Maybe they're******* good pies, I don't know or maybe Gordon Ramsey has a "finger" in them somewhere.Whatever.

lucs86 · Post by **lucs86** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:21 pm

Always pains me parting with £3 for a Hollands on the Turf, Haffners so far superior.
Best sporting event pie I've ever had is the chicken balti at National Speedway Stadium, Manchester.
Very honourable pursuit, keep up the good work.

Flatline · Post by **Flatline** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:38 pm

Pack of 4 Hollands pies at Farmfoods is £2,robbing c unts!

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:44 pm

Sometimes when it's really cold I buy two and keep in my coat pockets to use as hand warmers, that's the only way they are value for money.

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:44 pm

Eatin the hot contents of a pie with ur finger half ****** isnt the best

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:46 pm

Heat a Hollands Pie in the oven at home . When done leave in foil tray and wrap in tinfoil. Put in pocket and head off to the turf. It will keep warm for around an hour and a half. Should easily see locals through to half time. Enjoy.

bfccrazy · Post by **bfccrazy** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:48 pm

cutsy123 wrote:Eatin the hot contents of a pie with ur finger half ****** isnt the best

Cocaine is a better way to get the blood rushing during the game and feeling warmer - better value than the £3 pies too.

.....

In seriousness - I try and nip to the butty shop accross from Park View and grab a pre match pie if I reall want one.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:00 pm

Volcanic snot wrapped in a damp dish cloth - Hollands meat and tatie pie.

Garnerssoap · Post by **Garnerssoap** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:06 pm

Another vote for hafners and cocaine

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:02 pm

I assumed university types were all into advancing medical science or gaining astronomical knowledge.

Nice to know our local lasses are putting their time to good use exploring the virtues of the Pie.

That said, it is a not a criticism, we need bright and ambitious people at the cutting edge, the upper crust so to speak. keep up the good work girls.

If you find a Road Runner pie on your travels, please let me know.

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:21 pm

I lotht part oth my tongue to a Turth Moor tatie pie.

fatboy47 · Post by **fatboy47** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:26 pm

I got my last ever pie from the longside lower concourse around 12 years back. Literally had some stuff that looked like dirty white snot oozing from the hole in the top....almost gave a new meaning to the time honoured northern phrase "" t' pies 'ave come "".

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:42 pm

I'd like real onion and proper cheese in the pies. Alternatively, the idea of real curry in a pie is most appealing....sadly the curry pies that used to be sold were anything but and hence my mocking username.

Alanstevensonsgloves · Post by **Alanstevensonsgloves** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:59 pm

I used to work in the Hollands Pie factory in Bash. No longer eat them. Saw too many men not wash their hands after being to the toilet then head back to the production line. Was 25 year ago mind. Probably same thing happens the world over in food production places. we won't die of it.

These days I get caught out in gastro pubs buying a 'pie', only to find out it only has a lid, and no sides and base. So it's a stew with a pastry top. Shouldn't be allowed.

Jeremy_Bentham · Post by **Jeremy_Bentham** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:55 am

. sometimes enjoys calling in at the Haffners factory for some fresh out the oven pies.

LawsCanalJump · Post by **LawsCanalJump** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:05 am

I also head to haffners for a pre match pie
£1.50 for a steak and kidney which is packed full of quality tasting meat!

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:14 am

I started a thread on pies recently and it managed some 135 posts which isn't bad going. Hopefully it can be a source of inspiration

http://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboar ... hilit=pies" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

mikeS · Post by **mikeS** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:56 pm

Whatever happened to the iPie service that was running at the Turf? Pie delivery straight to your seat. Anybody here use the service?

Transpennine · Post by **Transpennine** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 4:58 pm

. wrote:. sometimes enjoys calling in at the Haffners factory for some fresh out the oven pies.

Is it open to the public? Might nip over tomorrow. I've never had one..

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 4:59 pm

Ordering 35 cheese pies for the James Hargreaves stand is not enough - they're hardly ever available at half time.
I may write to the Daily Mail about it
Not everyone wants to eat gristle and offal pies

k90bfc · Post by **k90bfc** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:12 pm

Haffners steak and claret wine,pie,unbeatable,before the match,after,anytime,superb!

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:59 pm

Where is Haffners by the way please ?

Jeffbfc · Post by **Jeffbfc** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:12 pm

IndigoLake wrote:I started a thread on pies recently and it managed some 135 posts which isn't bad going. Hopefully it can be a source of inspiration

http://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboar ... hilit=pies" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Either I'm lost for words why you would start a pie thread (like this one also).

Or extremely lost for words that it can be a sauce of inspiration, which for me would have to be Brown.

Jeffbfc · Post by **Jeffbfc** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:13 pm

Sorry that was source.

LawsCanalJump · Post by **LawsCanalJump** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:54 am

Funkydrummer wrote:Where is Haffners by the way please ?

On the same stretch as Bank on Dave, continentals etc
Opposite Frydays

bfccrazy · Post by **bfccrazy** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:46 am

Funkydrummer wrote:Where is Haffners by the way please ?

It's on that little patch of heaven where God rested on the 7th day and did a bit of cooking. Thus the Haffners cheese and onion was created.

iluva64 · Post by **iluva64** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:55 am

TRY ONE OF THESE........APPARENTLY THEY COME APPOINTED BY THE VENKEY'S

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:59 am

Funkydrummer wrote:Where is Haffners by the way please ?

It's the butchers shop next to Bank of Dave opposite the old Keirby hotel.

The factory is just off Accy road. I don't suppose it's open to the public formally but I did see people going to the back door when I worked up there getting some.

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:04 pm

Haffners main bakery is up Marlborough Street ,best place to get them as you can get hot gravy in them.

iluva64 · Post by **iluva64** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:06 pm

Here you go.......wasn't there also one in the market?

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:10 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:It's the butchers shop next to Bank of Dave opposite the old Keirby hotel.

The factory is just off Accy road. I don't suppose it's open to the public formally but I did see people going to the back door when I worked up there getting some.

Isn't the factory just down from ATS in Healywood?

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:10 pm

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Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:13 pm

Did the old factory get knocked down when all the streets did then? It's sometime since I have been up there.

KateR · Post by **KateR** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:46 pm

have to say I have always enjoyed the pie & peas in the Bridge before matches, good value and always go for steak & kidney, other family members have had others and enjoyed, cheese & onion always a strange one for me as I remember my mother making large ones for tea regularly but never had peas with it. To this day I can not go for the C&O pie at lunch but thoroughly enjoy on rare occasions in the evening. Plus a pie is not really a pie unless it comes with mushy peas

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:53 pm

BurnleyFC wrote:Isn't the factory just down from ATS in Healywood?

Yes it is ,been there for ages ...they have a sell out counter so pies are fresh as fresh can be.

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:15 pm

Best thing to ever happen to the half time pie was the taste test conducted by the fans to decide who supplies the pies for the season.

Transpennine · Post by **Transpennine** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:40 pm

No Ney Never wrote:Best thing to ever happen to the half time pie was the taste test conducted by the fans to decide who supplies the pies for the season.

Yep I remember it well. An hour or so spent in the centre spot sampling various supplies of pies. Didn't Clayton park win but then get bought out by hollands soon after?

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:31 pm

Must have been about 11 or 12 years ago, how time flies. I think it was Clayton but would love it to become an annual event. Pies are important to soaking up the alcohol.

Transpennine · Post by **Transpennine** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 9:58 am

Just of out semi-interest, how many do we sell on a match day? Wonder how it compares 'per-head' with other clubs...?

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:08 am

What's the reason for us not using Haffners pies.

Haffners can't meet the demand?
Too expensive?
Not enough mark up/profit for club?
Haffners have strict no reheat policy?
Can't get them plastic packed/bagged?

Seems a win win to me.
Better tasting/quality pie to eat, and as local as you can. be.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:28 am

At the time they were offered the contract they turned it down based on one postponed match fixture could bankrupt them.

I think at the time our pitch didn't like rain and had a few called off.

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:02 pm

Didn't the old Haffners factory used to be in Burnley Wood? I remember going for a pie at lunch time from Towneley High school.

Transpennine · Post by **Transpennine** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:33 pm

On the recommendation of this board I've just been into the bakery and had a steak n kidney straight out of the oven.... ended up buying another five...

Venkys4eva · Post by **Venkys4eva** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:34 pm

Go to Rileys Butchers in Crawshawbooth on the way to the match and get a steak pie, you will never go anywhere else!