Potential plans for a UTC Dinner - your thoughts and ideas please

[ClaretTony]

It's a long time since we held a dinner (2011 to be exact) but I'm looking at potentially organising a dinner this season on the Saturday evening on a home game weekend.

Thoughts are to split any money raised three ways:
Up the Clarets Youth Foundation
Bradley Lowery Foundation
MND Association.

I'd like to know just how much interest there is and would also like some ideas (apart from the food) what you would like to see included in the evening. It would be at Turf Moor and the cost would be approximately £30 per head.

[Quickenthetempo]

As somebody who has organised and seen sportsman's dinners fizzle out.

I would suggest scrapping the 3 course meal to keep costs down and have pie and peas.

Put the available funds into speakers or comedian. Somebody like Glenn Little would be superb having listened to a few of his stories on podcasts.

[tim_noone]

Yes good old pie and peas..more charity money then.and a debate on away ticket sales.

[paulatky]

What is there to debate Tim !
Now that the novelty of the PL and the performamce of the team has vaned thid seadon ,mo problem getting away tickets this season,

[Siddo]

I'm in with Mrs Siddo. I like the idea of the dinner as I have a pie on every game.
Entertainment wise, Basil 6435789 could do a sixties and 70s retro disco with 60s club soul and a bit of northern soul thrown in? (Err, I haven't actually mentioned it to Basil.....)

[Blackrod]

I'd be interested but would prefer a 3 course meal. I would be more interested if you could get a former player which I think you did previously and preferably one from the 60s or 70s teams. Think they have great stories and need appreciating whilst they are still around.

[Ilkley claret]

Carvery!

[Falcon]

Do we all have to wear badges with our usernames on?

[SGr]

Need some speakers. Obviously all topics will be Brexit-related, Burnley Football Club is a side issue.

[tybfc]

We could also do with a comic to lighten things up.

Know anyone?

Tony Livesey

[Oshkoshclaret]

Glen Little as entertainment is a great shout

[ClaretAndJew]

Me and ImplodingTurtle will have one ticket between us please.

[Spijed]

It's a long time since we held a dinner (2011 to be exact) but I'm looking at potentially organising a dinner this season on the Saturday evening on a home game weekend.

Thoughts are to split any money raised three ways:
Up the Clarets Youth Foundation
Bradley Lowery Foundation
MND Association.

I'd like to know just how much interest there is and would also like some ideas (apart from the food) what you would like to see included in the evening. It would be at Turf Moor and the cost would be approximately £30 per head.

The original CM dinners were popular and there was plenty of interest. The same type of format - with a guest speaker - would no doubt work well.

[Stalbansclaret]

I agree that Tony Livesey would make an excellent guest speaker. Would be a good event.

[ClaretMoffitt]

Oh man, I can't say no to this.

Turtle better turn up he still owes be a tenner over trump not getting impeached

[JohnMac]

Always interested Tony, come on you noisy buggers, where are you lurking?

Maybe the sitting down for a formal nosh doesn't suit everyone so a Pie and Pea supper would be just as appealing.

[Jakubclaret]

Do we all have to wear badges with our usernames on?

Shouldn’t need to but if you are worried about identifying imploding turtle he’ll be the 1 wearing a bib

[tim_noone]

How many loyalty points needed for a ticket?

[Herts Clarets]

It will need to be before March, otherwise Lancaster and co will have either starved to death due to the food shortage or died of some nasty disease when the NHS run out of medicine post Brexit........

[The Enclosure]

Could we get Madge please.

Ps.....I will drive her there.