Leaving as a claret

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Leaving as a claret

Post by Conroy92 » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:18 pm

Reading the Jimmy Mac thread and it made me think about players joining clubs and growing such an affinity for the club that they left as fans. Of Mac this is a certainty and probably a few others of that era, but how many modern day players exist like that?
I will put Trippier for us on the list.

As a side question, anyone know who Jimmy supported before he signed for us?

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Royboyclaret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:38 pm

Worth pointing out that at the exact time of leaving Mac was far from a fan of the Club, and Bob Lord in particular. Plenty of animosity between the two and some of Mac's departing words as he left us included " Good enough for my country but not for my Club."

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:41 pm

I know Vokes is a big Southampton fan but I think he left as a claret. In the interview he did over the summer he said he would be taking his newborn on to Turf Moor for their first game as soon as they were old enough.
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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by NottsClaret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:44 pm

Robbie Blake always seems to speak like he's a Claret, no idea if he's still a fan though.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by duncandisorderly » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:47 pm

Joey Barton, weirdly.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by claretblue » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:51 pm

Ralph Coates didn't want to leave

...think Harry Potts cried when he had to tell Ralph he was being sold by Burnley!

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Bordeauxclaret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:51 pm

David Eyres, predominantly a Everton fan but still refers to “we” and“us” when talking about Burnley

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by gc14 » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:14 pm

Probably quite a few, Peter Noble,Dobbo,Paul Fletcher,Billy Hamilton, Alan Stevenson ?

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Steve1956 » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:24 pm

Andy Wharton.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Vintage Claret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:26 pm

Tom Heaton
Brian Jensen
David Jones
Andy Payton
Stan Ternent
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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by claretblue » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:28 pm

gc14 wrote:Probably quite a few, Peter Noble,Dobbo,Paul Fletcher,Billy Hamilton, Alan Stevenson ?
Frank Casper ;)

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Ashingtonclaret46 » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:31 pm

John Angus rarely watches any football on TV, however, he is always interested in our result and always asks about the general atmosphere at the club and how we are performing.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by claptrappers_union » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:32 pm

I think most players humour fans with this nonsense. They’re only doing a job.
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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by djemba-djemba » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:38 pm

Paul Weller

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Longside4evr » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:01 pm

Ashley Hoskins seen him at games a few times

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Post by Croydon Claret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:08 pm

Brian Miller

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Steve1956 » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:08 pm

Payton

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Woodleyclaret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:08 pm

Bob Lord, as most despotic chairman did at the time, sold players againgst their wish.
Andy Lochhead thought he was being summoned to be praised for a good game the previous week only to be told to hurry up to the station as hed been sold to Villa.
No consultation back then.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Leisure » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:12 pm

Longside4evr wrote:Ashley Hoskins seen him at games a few times
Travels with Accy Clarets. Going with us on Sunday.
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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:14 pm

Ian Britton definitely.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by TheFamilyCat » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:15 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:I think most players humour fans with this nonsense. They’re only doing a job.
I agree with that to some extent, plenty of hollow words spoken when a player leaves a club. Although I tend to believe the likes of Vokes and Heaton who were part of something very special and arguably achieved the pinnacle of their career with us.

Very different of course to the days when players lived in the town while playing for Burnley, then continued to do so after leaving or returned on retirement

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:17 pm

Didnt Billy Ingham end up a bus driver in burnley?

And you have to say Brian Flynn is

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Steve-Harpers-perm » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:19 pm

Billy Rodaway still follows the clarets and makes it on the turf a few times a season.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by claretblue » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:26 pm

Woodleyclaret wrote:summoned to be praised for a good game the previous week only to be told to hurry up to the station as hed been sold to Villa
Andy was sold to Leicester City then onto Villa following his Cup Final appearance in 1969...but probably had little say in where and who he should play for

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:29 pm

There's a couple mentioned on the thread who were born Clarets - Brian Miller and Ashley Hoskin - and continued that support after leaving the club.

Brian continued to go on the Turf until he was taken ill and Ashley still goes on and has travelled to away games in recent years.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by The Enclosure » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:50 pm

Jim Thompson
Paul Fletcher
Colin Waldron
Willie Irvine

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by JohnMac » Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:08 pm

Andy Farrell although I think he may still be involved.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by elwaclaret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:11 pm

Steve1956 wrote:Andy Wharton.
Slightly different he was already a Claret before signing.

Edit sorry, see others have done the same with Miller, Scotty etc.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Steve1956 » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:15 pm

elwaclaret wrote:Slightly different he was already a Claret before signing.

Edit sorry, see others have done the same with Miller, Scotty etc.
Didn't he have BFC tattooed on his fingers,I sure it was him .

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Post by Better Call Saul » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:20 pm

claretblue wrote:Ralph Coates didn't want to leave

...think Harry Potts cried when he had to tell Ralph he was being sold by Burnley!
So did I.
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Post by Claretforever » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:24 pm

the man who we never truly replaced, John Deary. :P

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by EarbyClaret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:26 pm

Sat near Ralph Coates in the away end at Palace when we won 1-0 - Graham Branch.

Andy Mariott at Derby for the FA Cup replayed replay when we lost 2-0

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by elwaclaret » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:28 pm

Steve1956 wrote:Didn't he have BFC tattooed on his fingers,I sure it was him .
Yes, had the same PE teachers a few years later, they swore it was Burnley FC or jail for Andy, glad it went his way.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by IanMcL » Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:36 pm

Jay Rodriguez

Leighton whining James signed for us over and over...deep down, he must be a Claret!

Michael Duff

However, the true affinity is the players who returned to live nearby.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by tim_noone » Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:54 pm

IanMcL wrote:Jay Rodriguez

Leighton whining James signed for us over and over...deep down, he must be a Claret!

Michael Duff

However, the true affinity is the players who returned to live nearby.
Phil Malley good lad and lives in Burnley.
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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by mdd2 » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:15 pm

Is it not more a case of where the players settle rather than like true fans eg myself and Ashington Claret and many more doing a lot of miles to get to the Turf because we supported the club as kids and lived in or near the Town?. Had Jimmy Mac settled in Stoke would he have been a Claret going to the Turf from Stoke or Stan if he had settled back in Sunderland and not Burnley?

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:17 pm

IanMcL wrote:Leighton whining James signed for us over and over...deep down, he must be a Claret
Very much a Swansea fan

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:18 pm

mdd2 wrote:Is it not more a case of where the players settle rather than like true fans eg myself and Ashington Claret and many more doing a lot of miles to get to the Turf because we supported the club as kids and lived in or near the Town?. Had Jimmy Mac settled in Stoke would he have been a Claret going to the Turf from Stoke or Stan if he had settled back in Sunderland and not Burnley?
Stan’s a Sunderland fan but until a couple of years ago he was still working in football.

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Post by tim_noone » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:23 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Very much a Swansea fan
Poor taffy....where did it all go wrong Lad? Always my Favourite Player! Hot headed Bugger though. :?

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:28 pm

tim_noone wrote:Poor taffy....where did it all go wrong Lad? Always my Favourite Player! Hot headed Bugger though. :?
He can be a hot head, his team mates had little time for him but there’s also a really good side to Taffy. I’ve not seen him since he came up to see us play Swansea in 2011 and I know he’s had some serious health issues since although I think he’s ok now.

I can imagine you’d be tearing your hair out if you were working with him every day but I got on really well with him and, although a Swansea fan, he does care about our club.

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Post by RingoMcCartney » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:34 pm

Longside4evr wrote:Ashley Hoskins seen him at games a few times
Hoskins used to wear his old match worn tops on the Bee Hole!

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by RingoMcCartney » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:36 pm

Longside4evr wrote:Ashley Hoskins seen him at games a few times

Or was it Phil Collins?

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Post by tim_noone » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:38 pm

ClaretTony wrote:He can be a hot head, his team mates had little time for him but there’s also a really good side to Taffy. I’ve not seen him since he came up to see us play Swansea in 2011 and I know he’s had some serious health issues since although I think he’s ok now.

I can imagine you’d be tearing your hair out if you were working with him every day but I got on really well with him and, although a Swansea fan, he does care about our club.
I've worked with worse ATB to him. :D

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by RingoMcCartney » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:39 pm

Andy Payton 100%

Remember him scoring a late winner for Barnsley on the Turf. He looked gutted.

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed Aug 21, 2019 12:11 am

ClaretTony wrote:Stan’s a Sunderland fan but until a couple of years ago he was still working in football.
Always felt Ternents last game for us was scripted.
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Post by tim_noone » Wed Aug 21, 2019 12:24 am

Navy shirt.
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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by claretblue » Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:27 am

[quote-although a Swansea fan, he does care about our club.[/quote]

probably less-so since we wouldn't allow him to be accompanied by both his grandchildren (one with Burnley shirt/one with Swansea shirt) when he was asked to do the half-time draw in 2017

think he refused to appear because of the petty attitude of the club! :?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/foo ... y-13913707" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by ClaretTony » Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:35 am

claretblue wrote:[quote-although a Swansea fan, he does care about our club.
probably less-so since we wouldn't allow him to be accompanied by both his grandchildren (one with Burnley shirt/one with Swansea shirt) when he was asked to do the half-time draw in 2017

think he refused to appear because of the petty attitude of the club! :?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/foo ... y-13913707" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;[/quote]

That was the hot headed James referred to above. I know that was resolved more than amicably and it wasn't the petty attitude of the club but the petty attitude of one person.
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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by claretblue » Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:44 am

ClaretTony wrote:probably less-so since we wouldn't allow him to be accompanied by both his grandchildren (one with Burnley shirt/one with Swansea shirt) when he was asked to do the half-time draw in 2017

think he refused to appear because of the petty attitude of the club! :?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/foo ... y-13913707" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That was the hot headed James referred to above. I know that was resolved more than amicably and it wasn't the petty attitude of the club but the petty attitude of one person.[/quote]

:D

so pleased that was sorted 'cos it did seem a ridiculous thing to have a disagreement about!

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Re: Leaving as a claret

Post by Longside4evr » Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:48 am

RingoMcCartney wrote:Or was it Phil Collins?
Collins went to meet him when he played for Accy and had photos took a very good likeness i must admit :D
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