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BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by Claretforshaw » Tue Feb 11, 2020 7:23 pm

Just finished reading the book which is a great insight into the good, bad and ugly of our great club and Lord Bob. I thoroughly enjoyed it so well done to Dave Thomas and Mike Smith.
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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by claretabroad » Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:57 pm

I'm half way through. It is very well researched and you definitely get a feel for Bob Lord's personality.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by mikeS » Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:07 am

Lord exhibition at TOWNELEY has been extended to April 2020.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:05 pm

mikeS wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:07 am
Lord exhibition at TOWNELEY has been extended to April 2020.
I've not seen the book unfortunately but I might take another look up at Towneley given it was so busy when I went up the first time.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by LordBob » Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:12 pm

He was footballs first megastar ha ha but seriously our beloved club would have very little history to be proud of without his guidance.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by Hopey1786 » Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:17 pm

His fault we cant watch 3pm kick offs on tele

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by mkmel » Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:34 pm

How true was the story about Bob Lord giving some sausages or meat to the referee before one of our games?And then taking them back again when the referee didn't give enough decisions our way

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by claretblue » Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:50 pm

mkmel wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:34 pm
How true was the story about Bob Lord giving some sausages or meat to the referee before one of our games?And then taking them back again when the referee didn't give enough decisions our way
It was the ref that returned them to Bob...there was no meat in ‘em! :?

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by Tribesmen » Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:34 pm

The Jury is out on the book really as i keep wondering what we have missed as we only know half of the story and the writer said all Lord's paperwork was burnt .
My Dad worked for him for years and said he was as straight as a bottle of chips .

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Post by Blackrod » Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:54 pm

Hopey1786 wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:17 pm
His fault we cant watch 3pm kick offs on tele
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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by dsr » Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:55 pm

mkmel wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:34 pm
How true was the story about Bob Lord giving some sausages or meat to the referee before one of our games?And then taking them back again when the referee didn't give enough decisions our way
Doesn't sound like Bob Lord at all. It would have completely violated his own code of honesty - he may have been up in court for sourcing his meat from illegal sources during the war, but he would never have been there for trying to bribe the judge.

He was vice president of the League. He was so unpopular that when Lord Ashcroft (was that his name), the President, died or resigned through ill health, the other teams allowed Bob Lord to run the show as acting President but wouldn't officially appoint him. Why? Because although they felt they had reasons to dislkie him personally, they had great respect for his abilities as an administrator - and that includes his fairness and honesty.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by tim_noone » Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:10 pm

Bob Lord Was my Father.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by Rodleydave » Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:17 pm

mkmel… that's a Paul Fletcher story that the basket of meat was removed before full time.
But there was always a bottle of whisky in a locked cupboard in the refs room. Lord had the key and if he liked the ref he unlocked the cupboard. If the ref had a stinker the cupboard stayed locked.
Tribesmen, there were many stories that we chose not to include because there was no backup evidence.
Now the book is out people ring us up and say...did you hear about…
Suspect the paperwork he kept at home was burned because of the pending FA Inquiry. His death spared him that.
Tribesmen... if we had known yer dad worked for him...

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:23 pm

dsr wrote:
Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:55 pm
Doesn't sound like Bob Lord at all. It would have completely violated his own code of honesty - he may have been up in court for sourcing his meat from illegal sources during the war, but he would never have been there for trying to bribe the judge.

He was vice president of the League. He was so unpopular that when Lord Ashcroft (was that his name), the President, died or resigned through ill health, the other teams allowed Bob Lord to run the show as acting President but wouldn't officially appoint him. Why? Because although they felt they had reasons to dislkie him personally, they had great respect for his abilities as an administrator - and that includes his fairness and honesty.
Have you been reading Fantasy Island?

It wasn’t Lord Ashcroft but Lord Westwood and he didn’t die or resign through Ill health. What he did was beat Bob Lord comfortably when they both stood to be league president.

Bob Lord was seething. He said he’d forgotten more about football than Westwood would ever know and then said he only beat him because Lord came at the wrong end of my name.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by dsr » Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:22 am

Westwood resigned in March 1981. Bob Lord was acting president till June 1981. Westwood didn't die till 10 years later, but I don't know what he resigned for; I thought it was ill health, but presumably not.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by mikeS » Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:56 am

so many stories of Lord. Dave and I had to cut out a lot of stuff as the publisher imposed a word limit. Hopefully we have provided a fair and balanced account of the man himself.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by ClaretTony » Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:11 pm

dsr wrote:
Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:22 am
Westwood resigned in March 1981. Bob Lord was acting president till June 1981. Westwood didn't die till 10 years later, but I don't know what he resigned for; I thought it was ill health, but presumably not.
I thought Lord had stood in after Len Shipman but I do know that he was beaten hands down by Westwood in the election.

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Post by rob63 » Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:29 pm

tim_noone wrote:
Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:10 pm
Bob Lord Was my Father.
Is this going to be a Spartacus moment :?:

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by ClaretTony » Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:53 pm

Father knew Bob Lord

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by Rodleydave » Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:50 pm

Ditto MikeS
What we ended up with was 145,000words... an average footie book is 115,000 ish
We could have easily done a two volume boxed set of 100,000 each but no publisher would have gone for that.
And just supposing if they had, you'd have been paying probably £40.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by lancastrian » Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:08 pm

Recently read the book which is very good. The first hundred pages or so is like a social history of Burnley in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centurys. It

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by tim_noone » Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:02 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:53 pm
Father knew Bob Lord
Mine sampled is pork Loin. :?

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by Stevie2112 » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:25 pm

I read this as soon as i got it.A brilliant book not only chronicling the football part,but also giving an insight into struggles after the war.As i said,a brilliant read.

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Re: BOB LORD of Burnley

Post by levraiclaret » Sat Feb 15, 2020 3:45 pm

I bought it for my Kindle yesterday and look forward to reading it when my vision settles down after my eye operation.

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