The foolishness of youth - confess your sins

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:25 am

Forgive me Dyche, for i have sinned. Until the age of about 14 i was a Man United fan (In my defence my Dad is from Manchester)

Anyone else want to absolve themselves? haha

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:30 am

#HeWearsShortShorts

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:33 am

dandeclaret wrote:#HeWearsShortShorts

Hey, it was that era tbf haha

LordBob · Post by **LordBob** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:35 am

I absolve thee 'In the name of The Father and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit Amen

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:35 am

I had a Man United shirt because I loved Van Nistelrooy, but I had a Burnley shirt with Blake on.... my poor little brother had Dean West on the back of his.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:37 am

I also had the blue Newcastle away kit for purely aesthetic reasons. I thought it was a cracking shirt

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:52 am

I had a misspent youth... I did an A level in English Literature.

RMutt · Post by **RMutt** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:56 am

I did ITA, I had a misspelt youth.

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 12:11 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:Forgive me Dyche, for i have sinned. Until the age of about 14 i was a Man United fan (In my defence my Dad is from Manchester)

Anyone else want to absolve themselves? haha

What chest size are those shorts?

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:01 pm

I once played a football match for Blackburn Rovers London Supporters. I stayed 'clean' by wearing a Burnley shirt under the Blackburn one so I think I got away with it.

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:01 pm

I fell out of love with football in my late teens and raced motorbikes instead. I did always look for Burnley first when the results came out.
I lived away from the town for several years.
It took just one game when I came back and Inwas hooked once again. 15 years later still hooked

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:07 pm

KRBFC wrote:I had a Man United shirt

That explains everything.

Everything.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:10 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:That explains everything.

Everything.

I was probably 10 years old, I had a United shirt but a Burnley season ticket.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:13 pm

KRBFC wrote:I was probably 10 years old.

Still no excuse.

happyclaret17 · Post by **happyclaret17** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:15 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:Forgive me Dyche, for i have sinned. Until the age of about 14 i was a Man United fan (In my defence my Dad is from Manchester)

Anyone else want to absolve themselves? haha

......
I don't know where to start with that picture...lol.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:15 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:Forgive me Dyche, for i have sinned. Until the age of about 14 i was a Man United fan (In my defence my Dad is from Manchester)

Anyone else want to absolve themselves? haha

Hi Zizkov, haven't you posted on the Proudsville thread that you didn't go to Hartlepool in 1986 because you were only 5?

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ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:17 pm

Paul Waine wrote:Hi Zizkov, haven't you posted on the Proudsville thread that you didn't go to Hartlepool in 1986 because you were only 5?

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Yes? Your point being?

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:20 pm

Paul Waine wrote:Hi Zizkov, haven't you posted on the Proudsville thread that you didn't go to Hartlepool in 1986 because you were only 5?

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And why would a picture of a small boy wearing Man Utd's away shirt from 1985 make you question that?

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:21 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:And why would a picture of a small boy wearing Man Utd's away shirt from 1985 make you question that?

Exactly, it was one of the boxed kits from cockers sports that werent exactly the most up to date. I'd have been about 9 there

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:21 pm

Don't worry Paul, I understand the question.

Juan Tanamera · Post by **Juan Tanamera** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:25 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Don't worry Paul, I understand the question.

Me too, and maths was never my strong point.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:26 pm

Not half attracted some #ProperFans has this

I wonder if Leisure can advise if he takes bookings from 5yrs olds who want to go away on their own? Cant imagine anyone did then for that Hartlepool game

None of my family from Burnley were remotely arsed at the time so i wouldn't have had any company thats for sure

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:26 pm

I, like most of you, was also 10.

I was Burnley mad.

There was nothing before. There will never be anything else. Only Burnley.

As for the foolishness, you don’t have the time to read my “exploits”. Suffice to say, I have been a bit “gittish”.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:29 pm

Juan Tanamera wrote:Me too, and maths was never my strong point.

You got an abacus for Christmas too?

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:32 pm

In my youth I regularly wore Hibs, Everton, Rangers, Liverpool and Man Utd shirts, as well as my 1 Burnley shirt, because me and my friends used to swap them for a few weeks at a time and pretend we were players from those clubs.

If you were going in goal you wore the Neville Southall shirt, Liverpool you were Robbie Fowler or Ian Rush, Rangers you were McCoist, Man Utd Ince, Giggs or Kanchelskis, and we didn't really know any Hibs players but one of the lads had a shirt for some reason. If you had the Burnley shirt you were Inchy or David Eyres.

Juan Tanamera · Post by **Juan Tanamera** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:33 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:You got an abacus for Christmas too?

I did actually but still can't get the correct answers.
Must be the six fingers.

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:16 pm

When I was ten or so I wanted a Burnley kit and, despite living in Hertfordshire, my Mum managed to get one from the local sports shop. This would be 1963 or so, hooped socks etc.. The only thing it lacked was the club badge. We asked if we could get that but was told he needed to order twenty (or some big figure), so my Mum made one based on pictures and sowed it onto the shirt.

Mothers can be pretty good sometimes!

HatfieldClaret · Post by **HatfieldClaret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:08 pm

I can honestly say that I have never worn another clubs shirt in my life, and never will.

Does that mean I get to go straight to heaven when the time comes ?

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:35 pm

I was an Arsenal fan until we moved to Burnley in the early 70's and I saw the claret and blue light beckoning me to The Turf.
Got my first season ticket in the cricket field stand in 1973 and haven't cheated on the Clarets since

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:59 pm

Burnley my only club, for life, but when Jimmy Mac signed for Stoke my Dad got me their shirt and I also had a NornIron green jersey.

Joe Buck · Post by **Joe Buck** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:19 pm

About 1970 me and my brother got football strips one Man Utd one Burnley . We can’t remember who got what but we both swear that that the other got the Utd strip . Yeah I remember now it was me that got the Burnley strip.

Man of Kent · Post by **Man of Kent** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:55 pm

In 1992, I went to watch Barcelona v Sampdoria in the European Cup Final at Wembley which Barcelona won after a Ronald Koeman goal in extra time. To my eternal shame, I bought a half and half scarf - the first one I had ever seen. I've never repeated that heinous act however.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:43 pm

Man of Kent wrote:In 1992, I went to watch Barcelona v Sampdoria in the European Cup Final at Wembley which Barcelona won after a Ronald Koeman goal in extra time. To my eternal shame, I bought a half and half scarf - the first one I had ever seen. I've never repeated that heinous act however.

Why not? What a great souvenier to have. I get peoples problems with buying them for regular league fixtures. But to have one like that is great. If we get in europe i'd have no shame whatsoever in getting an half and half scarf.

COBBLE · Post by **COBBLE** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:49 pm

Your parents should have destroyed that.

Dressinggown · Post by **Dressinggown** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:04 am

Whilst I was in my final year at school in the 80's there was an England World Cup Qualifier in Turkey being played on a midweek afternoon (2:00pm) kick off. It was being shown on the BBC. Me and my mates could have just simply played truant that afternoon but we opted to go the extra yard.

We did have to skive one afternoon just to put the plans into action. The school would be closed on the afternoon of the game.

Posing as the Deputy Head we hit the phone and booked things to arrive at the school at the same time on the date in question:

43 taxis
13 mini buses
3 Coaches (Executive with all the bells and whistles)
Boiler repair men, electricians, glass repairers, security operations, environmental health, Dyno-Rod, Rentokil and a rather large mobile Fair Ground also arrived on time.

It was only when the lorry full of 8 tons of stone chippings arrived that the fighting between the attendees started on the car park. The Funeral Directors added yet another macabre dimension to the scene.

Loads of Police turned up and we had not even called them to, what was, a private disturbance. Same with the Ambulances.

School was closed. England won in a dreadfully poor encounter and my parents were called by the Headteacher to see if they thought I might be involved in 'some congestion' which occurred in the staff parking area.

I think my dad said "probably".

chipbutty · Post by **chipbutty** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:21 am

Dressinggown wrote:Whilst I was in my final year at school in the 80's there was an England World Cup Qualifier in Turkey being played on a midweek afternoon (2:00pm) kick off. It was being shown on the BBC. Me and my mates could have just simply played truant that afternoon but we opted to go the extra yard.

We did have to skive one afternoon just to put the plans into action. The school would be closed on the afternoon of the game.

Posing as the Deputy Head we hit the phone and booked things to arrive at the school at the same time on the date in question:

43 taxis
13 mini buses
3 Coaches (Executive with all the bells and whistles)
Boiler repair men, electricians, glass repairers, security operations, environmental health, Dyno-Rod, Rentokil and a rather large mobile Fair Ground also arrived on time.

It was only when the lorry full of 8 tons of stone chippings arrived that the fighting between the attendees started on the car park. The Funeral Directors added yet another macabre dimension to the scene.

Loads of Police turned up and we had not even called them to, what was, a private disturbance. Same with the Ambulances.

School was closed. England won in a dreadfully poor encounter and my parents were called by the Headteacher to see if they thought I might be involved in 'some congestion' which occurred in the staff parking area.

I think my dad said "probably".

Anybody got a pinch of salt that I can borrow?

Cajun · Post by **Cajun** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:37 am

Hipper wrote:I once played a football match for Blackburn Rovers London Supporters. I stayed 'clean' by wearing a Burnley shirt under the Blackburn one so I think I got away with it.

I hope you managed a couple of own-goals Hipper....
I once scored a rocket of an own goal playing for the Burnley London Supporters in the old ABFSCIL League at the Scrubs against Blackpool -- absolutely horrified - but later smacked one in at the right end and we won I think 6-1

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:50 pm

Were it up to me I'd banish you to a faraway place for an indeterminate length of time.

Somewhere in eastern Europe maybe

whiffa · Post by **whiffa** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:00 pm

I had Barcelona, Ajax, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, England, Greece, The Netherlands (loved that bright orange kit) and Burnley shirts growing up.

Only ever a claret at heart. Just liked the different shirts at different times/eras.

yorkyclaret · Post by **yorkyclaret** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:46 pm

I know this is terrible but once I got on the Motorway at Rochdale, both lanes of the sliproad had M62 L-POOL painted in them....but I didn't go to L-POOL, I got off at the M66.

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 6:22 pm

Dressinggown wrote:Posing as the Deputy Head we hit the phone ........

You were clearly more advanced then I was. It took me until I was twenty or so to appreciate how useful the phone could be. That was to get me time off work.

On one occasion I rang up my boss at work pretending I was a doctor from a hospital and saying that I was a patient with suspected appendicitis. I thought 'suspected' was good in this case. I can't remember if this was for a football match.

I got away with these things but now in my advanced years I wonder if they knew but just tolerated this sort of thing - probably even laughed about it.