When was the first time...?

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When was the first time...?

Post by Jakubs Tash » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:02 pm

I recently got asked a couple of questions from someone who is currently having a break from this message board so thought I would post on their behalf...

I have a good idea on the first question but the second one I am unsure of. Maybe some on here could share their thoughts (without using Google ;) )?

1) When were the squad numbers/names on the back of shirts introduced? I have a feeling this was our promotion season 1999/2000 but happy to be corrected.

2) When did teams start walking out from the tunnel together? I would think this would be mid-late 90's but can't put my finger on it. There used to be some good panto when teams used to come out separately!

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by gandhisflipflop » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:16 pm

They'd be guesses but I'm pretty sure in answer to your first question it would have been 1 or 2 years before that. Possibly 96/97 season. As for your second question it's definitely later. I'd say around 04/05. I'm sure someone on here will know exactly.

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by wilks_bfc » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:17 pm

Premiership (as was) introduced them in the second season 1993/94

You’re correct that the Football league was 1999/2000

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by dougcollins » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:30 pm

Enforced break?

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:33 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:Premiership (as was) introduced them in the second season 1993/94

You’re correct that the Football league was 1999/2000
That’s spot on wilks_bfc on the squad numbers. They also wore them in the FA Cup final in 92/93.

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Foulthrow » Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:35 pm

ClaretTony wrote:That’s spot on wilks_bfc on the squad numbers. They also wore them in the FA Cup final in 92/93.
Wasn’t it for the League Cup final? I thought they introduced it because the same teams - Sheffield Wednesday and Arsenal - were in the two finals.

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Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:51 pm

Foulthrow wrote:Wasn’t it for the League Cup final? I thought they introduced it because the same teams - Sheffield Wednesday and Arsenal - were in the two finals.
Could have been. My memory is of Chris Waddle having his name on his shirt.

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Foulthrow » Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:52 pm

Was it not also when Tony Adams dropped Steve Morrow when celebrating, broke his arm and finished his Arsenal career?

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Clarets4me » Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:58 pm

Early 1979 with a girl from Westholme school ....

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:08 pm

Foulthrow wrote:Was it not also when Tony Adams dropped Steve Morrow when celebrating, broke his arm and finished his Arsenal career?
That was the year although I’m not sure which final
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Post by Foulthrow » Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:09 pm

Clarets4me wrote:Early 1979 with a girl from Westholme school ....
Operation Yewtree on their way.
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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Clarets4me » Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:04 pm

Foulthrow wrote:Operation Yewtree on their way.
No case to answer, m'lud, both parties marginally over 16 !! ;)
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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by groove » Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:07 pm

I preferred teams coming out the tunnels separately. All this walking out together and lining up for pre match handshakes just takes any edge off the atmosphere. I want to clap/roar my team onto the field, not clap both teams, the officials and 22 kids with 'fair play' t-shirts on. Everything I loved about the game is sanitised now. I didn't attend matches as a kid to watch a grown man breakdancing in a bumble bee outfit. I went to see 2 teams go to war for 90 minutes.

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Jakubs Tash » Wed Jun 19, 2019 2:54 pm

Thanks for the replies. Still a little cloudy re when the teams started coming out together but, as others suggest, I think this could be around 15 years ago.

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by claretblue » Wed Jun 19, 2019 3:03 pm

Jakubs Tash wrote:There used to be some good panto when teams used to come out separately!
oh no there wasn't! :x

:)
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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Selby Claret » Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:18 pm

Jakubs Tash wrote:Thanks for the replies. Still a little cloudy re when the teams started coming out together but, as others suggest, I think this could be around 15 years ago.
Photo of Ian Wright's debut on official website walking out alongside Wigan team - 99/00 season (19th Feb 2000):

https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/club/history/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Admittedly, they may be jogging informally on to the pitch coincidentally, rather than as official walking line-ups side by side.......?

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Petersa » Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:48 pm

groove wrote:I preferred teams coming out the tunnels separately. All this walking out together and lining up for pre match handshakes just takes any edge off the atmosphere. I want to clap/roar my team onto the field, not clap both teams, the officials and 22 kids with 'fair play' t-shirts on. Everything I loved about the game is sanitised now. I didn't attend matches as a kid to watch a grown man breakdancing in a bumble bee outfit. I went to see 2 teams go to war for 90 minutes.
Hallelujah Groove I totally agree. I have often wondered if players today need a child minders certificate to walk out these days!
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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Working_Class_Zero » Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:03 pm

2 in 1994 when they came out together

https://youtu.be/FjXSTBAfiM0
https://youtu.be/QcVg2ZEgLfI

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by claretblue » Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:37 pm

5th May 1962 is the first time I remember: ;)

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Siddo » Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:43 pm

Who on earth is interested in either of the questions?

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Post by claretblue » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:03 pm

Siddo wrote:Who on earth is interested in either of the questions?
Jacubs Tash? :?
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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Jakubs Tash » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:21 pm

Siddo wrote:Who on earth is interested in either of the questions?
Actually, you're dead right. I really should've started a thread on summer speculation, how crap our recruitment team is or the merits of Joe Hart. Please accept my apologies.
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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Jakubs Tash » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:22 pm

dougcollins wrote:Enforced break?
No :D

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:30 pm

Still prefer 1 to eleven, green keepers shirts
Outfield shirts you can put the bins out in on a crisp December night in Burnley that you will still be able to wear in forty years time....

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Re: When was the first time...?

Post by Stalbansclaret » Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:48 am

I remember Danny Baker on 606 suggesting having the away team at Millwall run out to the Warner Brothers/Bugs Bunny cartoon theme which is a thought that tickled me at the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viBJUZtxQFs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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