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Claret cult heroes

Post by tiger76 » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:09 pm

Maybe not remembered as much as some of our stars but Ron 'The Rocket' Futcher, John Pender & Kevin 'Rooster' Russell are the 3 that stand out from my early memories of following the mighty Clarets from the late 80's/early 90's.

Anyone got cult figures from their generation or their youth that you can recall?

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Post by Blackburn_Claret » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:10 pm

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Post by MrTopTier » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:11 pm

Adrian Randall.
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Post by andyh » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:21 pm

Billy Ingham
Chris Pearce
John Deary
Dean Marney

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Post by Jamesy » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:34 pm

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Post by Chuckypad » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:34 pm

Blackburn_Claret wrote:
Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:10 pm
Dave Burnley
Definitely the best fan, by a country mile
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Post by ElectroClaret » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:36 pm

No list of Claret cult heroes would be complete without
Roger Eli.

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Post by Vintage Claret » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:37 pm

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Post by exilecanada » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:38 pm

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Post by Burnley1989 » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:40 pm

Dave Burnley, can’t see him ever missing a game, nobody else can say that

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Post by Bosscat » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:43 pm

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Post by Devils_Advocate » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:43 pm

Deaf Billy Nesbitt - before my time but a real character

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Post by tiger76 » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:45 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:43 pm
Deaf Billy Nesbitt - before my time but a real character
As it was you i thought is was a wind-up, but no he was part of our FA Cup and FL winning teams,either side of WWI.

Fascinating what this site throws up sometimes. :)
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Post by Bin Ont Turf » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:49 pm

Deja vu

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Post by AfloatinClaret » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:57 pm

Steve Kindon
Brian Jensen
Kevin Ball

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Post by UpTheClaretsFCBK » Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:42 am

'King' Arthur Gnohere
Dimi Papadopoulos
Jean Louis Valois

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Post by superdimitri » Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:40 am

It would be great to do a feature on the site along the lines of 'where are they now'. Trying to find info about ex pros, especially ones not local to Burnley is hard so it would be good to see what they are up to nowadays.

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Post by depechedingle » Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:06 am

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Post by Steve1956 » Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:23 am

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Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:39 am

superdimitri wrote:
Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:40 am
It would be great to do a feature on the site along the lines of 'where are they now'. Trying to find info about ex pros, especially ones not local to Burnley is hard so it would be good to see what they are up to nowadays.
You need this site. This is the Burnley page but there is a “Select Club” button on the home page.
https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/club/burnley

Home page.
https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/
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Post by HB Claret » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:07 am

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Post by groove » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:17 am

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Post by SammyBoy » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:34 am

Ade Akinbiyi for me when I was a teenager.

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Post by JohnMac » Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:20 pm

Andy Lochhead
Ralph Coates
Peter Noble

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Post by warksclaret » Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:20 pm

Martin Dobson
Brian O Neil
Peter Noble
Dave Thomas
Leighton James

To name just a few. Dread to think what these guys would be worth in today's market

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Post by aggi » Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:58 pm

superdimitri wrote:
Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:40 am
It would be great to do a feature on the site along the lines of 'where are they now'. Trying to find info about ex pros, especially ones not local to Burnley is hard so it would be good to see what they are up to nowadays.
The Athletic has a decent number of articles catching up with former players.

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Post by groove » Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:03 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:43 pm
Deaf Billy Nesbitt - before my time but a real character
I've just googled his name, fascinating stuff.

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Post by superdimitri » Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:52 pm

huw.Y.WattfromWare wrote:
Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:39 am
You need this site. This is the Burnley page but there is a “Select Club” button on the home page.
https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/club/burnley

Home page.
https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/
Thanks. It has up to date info on a lot of players but many are just missing info completely.

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Post by alboclaret » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:25 pm

Beast was close to one for some reason

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Post by Belial » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:40 pm

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Post by SalisburyClaret » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:46 pm

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Post by Devils_Advocate » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:47 pm

Owen Coyle as manager - worked a miracle and boy did we love to hate him. Never a dull moment on or off the pitch in his tenure

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Post by Alanstevensonsgloves » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:15 pm

I'd say dobson is a 'legend' as opposed to cult hero.

I don't think there should be any crossover

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Post by Im_not_Robbie_Blake » Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:46 pm

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Post by THEWELLERNUT70 » Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:16 pm

Ray Deakin
John Deary
Billy Hamilton
David Eyers
Andy Wharton
Peter Swann
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Post by Claretitus » Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:42 am

John Bond. Oh hang on a sec, I'm sorry, you said cult! :lol:

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Post by LordBob » Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:24 pm

John Penders a defender we're goin on a bender nah nah nah na, nah nah nah na good ole days.

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:03 am

Roger Eli is the epitome of cult hero.

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Post by Zom Zom » Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:13 am

Glen Little. Loved him.

Others I fondly remember;
John Deary
Andy Farrell
John Francis
Roger Eli
Inchy
David Eyres
And how about ol' Woooosh? Ray Deakin.

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Post by Culmclaret » Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:25 am

Im_not_Robbie_Blake wrote:
Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:46 pm
Andy 'Short Wheelbase" Wharton
Until the wheels came off one Sunday at Millwall

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