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ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:46 am

Special trains and another point away - all happening in 1972

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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by strayclaret » Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:14 am

Those were the days. I wonder who that fat bugger is busting out of his parka?. And look at my mate wearing a tie !!!! :D :D :D

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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:18 am

strayclaret wrote:
Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:14 am
Those were the days. I wonder who that fat bugger is busting out of his parka?. And look at my mate wearing a tie !!!! :D :D :D
I know the two on the far right of the picture but haven't seen them in donkeys years

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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by strayclaret » Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:23 am

I must have been over 17st then. Mind you I was on probably a gallon a night diet 😉

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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by joey13 » Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:09 pm

I’d forgotten Stan Bowles played for Carlisle

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Post by Quickenthetempo » Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:35 pm

How many families used to travel away in the 70s watching Burnley?
I thought it was just hooliganism everywhere?

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Post by Silkyskills1 » Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:40 pm

A couple of future managers in the Hull line-up with Terry Neill and Ken Knighton. Missed this fixture as I was on the M1 on my way back to London for my 3rd and final year. At least there was a game to come in East London on Monday night.

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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:09 pm

joey13 wrote:
Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:09 pm
I’d forgotten Stan Bowles played for Carlisle
He’d played against us for Carlisle just a few weeks earlier on the opening day of the season.

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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:11 pm

Silkyskills1 wrote:
Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:40 pm
A couple of future managers in the Hull line-up with Terry Neill and Ken Knighton. Missed this fixture as I was on the M1 on my way back to London for my 3rd and final year. At least there was a game to come in East London on Monday night.
Neill was player/manager at the time and went on to manage both Spurs & Arsenal.

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Post by strayclaret » Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:11 pm

if I remember right, we were escorted the couple of miles from Paragon station to Boothferry Park. Stopped by the coppers from breaking away from the escort to go to a boozer and returned on a train as there was a stop right outside the stadium.

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Post by claretfern » Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:48 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:11 pm
Neill was player/manager at the time and went on to manage both Spurs & Arsenal.
Also combined his Player/Manager role at Hull as well as with Northern Ireland. Busy fella. Couldn't be done nowadays.

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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:56 pm

claretfern wrote:
Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:48 pm
Also combined his Player/Manager role at Hull as well as with Northern Ireland. Busy fella. Couldn't be done nowadays.
He did. He also had Tommy Doc working with him at Hull for a while before Doc took the Scotland job.

Was only thinking of Tommy DOC the other day and thought he must be getting on now in years. He’s 92 now.

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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by Stan Tastic » Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:19 pm

strayclaret wrote:
Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:11 pm
if I remember right, we were escorted the couple of miles from Paragon station to Boothferry Park. Stopped by the coppers from breaking away from the escort to go to a boozer and returned on a train as there was a stop right outside the stadium.
This is how I remembered it. No sign of any trouble either, which was unusual at the time.

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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley held at Boothferry Park

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:24 pm

Boothferry station was literally next to the ground with turnstiles on the platform.

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