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Ted McMinn

Post by Bribfc » Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:28 pm

Just heard that Ted is in hospital with COVID....... Get well soon Tin man.
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by bfcjg » Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:37 pm

The sStockport flem catcher.
Get well soon, great player.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Conroysleftfoot » Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:42 pm

Get well soon Ted. Always remember his corner kicks, don't think he ever took one anywhere near the arc.
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by LordBob » Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:34 pm

The ultimate Wind up Merchant, c'mon Ted you've fought and won bigger battles than this.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by FactualFrank » Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:35 pm

I seem to remember when he got challenged - dived - was awarded a freekick and then winked at the crowd :)

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by bobinho » Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:39 pm

Superted.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Bosscat » Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:42 pm

Ted McMinn 👍 didn't he once flee the country to Australia with the bookies looking for him ....

Hope "The Tin Man" gets better soon ... definitely a Clarets Legend

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by dougcollins » Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:46 pm

One of my favourite Ted moments was when he dived headlong into a giant puddle to get the home game against Port Vale abandoned - I think we were being mullered at the time.
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Woodleyclaret » Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:57 pm

Get well soon Tinman
I will always remember the game v Stockport when Ted wound up Stockports players to distraction

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Giftonsnoidea » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:00 pm

A class act at Wembley and before

Get well soon
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Burnley Ace » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:20 pm

The King of Shithousery before shithousery was invented😀

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:25 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:42 pm
Ted McMinn 👍 didn't he once flee the country to Australia with the bookies looking for him ....

Hope "The Tin Man" gets better soon ... definitely a Clarets Legend
More than the bookies

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by ICL » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:26 pm

Noooooo not Tin Man :o
Best wishes Ted.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Cirrus_Minor » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:27 pm

Very weird but effective way of dribbling. His theatrics and wizardry at Wembley effectively won the game.

Get well soon tin man.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:27 pm

dougcollins wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:46 pm
One of my favourite Ted moments was when he dived headlong into a giant puddle to get the home game against Port Vale abandoned - I think we were being mullered at the time.
That was Boxing Day 1994. We were 1-0 up and then 2-1 down. Not sure how it ever started. The pitch was waterlogged but frozen just under the surface. Lethal and I think it was called off when a player suffered a bad injury. I think it might have Wayne Dowell.
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by jetblackcat » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:33 pm

Hope Ted gets well soon. Ted works as caretaker at a school in Derby and purchased janitorial goods from the company I worked at. We had some long and amusing conversations about his time at Burnley. His Jimmy Mullen stories were most interesting.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by EarbyClaret » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:39 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:27 pm
That was Boxing Day 1994. We were 1-0 up and then 2-1 down. Not sure how it ever started. The pitch was waterlogged but frozen just under the surface. Lethal and I think it was called off when a player suffered a bad injury. I think it might have Wayne Dowell.
You're right it was Wayne Dowell - moments after that incident Gerry Harrison went in for a sliding challenge and aquaplaned across the surface - referee abandoned the game straight afterwards - don't think I've ever seen one of our matches played in such torrential rain - won the replayed game 4-3, all to no avail unfortunately

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:44 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:27 pm
That was Boxing Day 1994. We were 1-0 up and then 2-1 down. Not sure how it ever started. The pitch was waterlogged but frozen just under the surface. Lethal and I think it was called off when a player suffered a bad injury. I think it might have Wayne Dowell.
I thought we were 3-0 down after half an hour with 3 wonder goals from outside the box?

We won the rearranged fixture.
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by dougcollins » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:45 pm

EarbyClaret wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:39 pm
You're right it was Wayne Dowell - moments after that incident Gerry Harrison went in for a sliding challenge and aquaplaned across the surface - referee abandoned the game straight afterwards - don't think I've ever seen one of our matches played in such torrential rain - won the replayed game 4-3, all to no avail unfortunately
McMinn had the ball wide on the left (in front of the longside). He deliberately cut infield towards the largest puddle on the pitch and theatrically 'tripped' as the ball came to an abrupt halt in the water, ending with him flat on his face in said puddle with arms and legs akimbo.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:48 pm

Just to add. McMinn was a fine player. An entertainer.

The type of footballer that I like to watch. Sadly not so many of his type left.
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:49 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:44 pm
I thought we were 3-0 down after half an hour with 3 wonder goals from outside the box?

We won the rearranged fixture.
2-1 down with three wonder goals
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by tiger76 » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:52 pm

Ted was definitely one of our entertainers in the 90's, and a dashed fine player to boot, his abiding memory will always be Wembley 94, he and David Eyres led the Stockport thugs a merry dance that day.

Hope he is back to full health soon.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Giftonsnoidea » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:55 pm

Stockports complete lack of discipline was a sliding doors moment for them that day , I wonder what the score would have been if they hadn’t been so hot headed, tinman played them like a fiddle , hehe

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by TheFamilyCat » Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:59 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:27 pm
That was Boxing Day 1994. We were 1-0 up and then 2-1 down. Not sure how it ever started. The pitch was waterlogged but frozen just under the surface. Lethal and I think it was called off when a player suffered a bad injury. I think it might have Wayne Dowell.
I'm not sure why, as I'm certain I had an ST that season, but I ended up on the Bee Hole End that game as The Longside was full. I don't think I've ever been so wet in my life. I was grateful when it was abandoned.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:03 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:59 pm
I'm not sure why, as I'm certain I had an ST that season, but I ended up on the Bee Hole End that game as The Longside was full. I don't think I've ever been so wet in my life. I was grateful when it was abandoned.
I’d retired to the Bob Lord by then but we’d got torrential rain on a frozen pitch. Referee was Billy Burns from Scarborough and our goal was scored by the very player referenced in the title of this thread.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by MattBFC » Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:06 pm

Very lucky to have him, Eyres and Inchy in the same team at league one level.

I remember him playing for derby against us in the cup at Turf Moor and standing out massively too.

Definitely my favourite player of that time

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Jimmymaccer » Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:09 pm

Stockport away..............

Come on TinMan..........!

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Re: Ted McMinn

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Bosscat » Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:18 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:25 pm
More than the bookies
🤭🤭🤭

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Siddo » Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:20 pm

Went to a northern soul night one Friday night at the Keirby Hotel. Was really surprised to see Ted and Marlon there knocking back bottle after bottle of Budweiser.
We got talking and they said they were staying at the hotel and on the beer as the cup game at the Turf was bound to be off due to heavy snow.
Saturday morning saw hundreds of fans clearing the pitch and terraciing, and the game was on.
We were in the cricket field stand and I shouted at Ted during the warm up and asked him how he felt. His answer was "rough as ten!
He actually played well. Top character.
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Walkerpool » Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:37 pm

One of my all-time favourite players thought and prayer 🙏

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by elwaclaret » Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:31 pm

MattBFC wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:06 pm
Very lucky to have him, Eyres and Inchy in the same team at league one level.

I remember him playing for derby against us in the cup at Turf Moor and standing out massively too.

Definitely my favourite player of that time
He was terrorising in that Derby cup game, we just could not cope with him at all.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:58 pm

MattBFC wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:06 pm
Very lucky to have him, Eyres and Inchy in the same team at league one level.

I remember him playing for derby against us in the cup at Turf Moor and standing out massively too.

Definitely my favourite player of that time
That performance for Derby in the cup in the first match at the Turf. If anyone has the club's VHS review of that season they interview Steve Davis after the game and ask him about McMinn's performance against Ian Measham. All Davis would say about him was that he was a cheat.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by RingoMcCartney » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:03 pm

Tin Chap. One of Burnley Football Club's quiet legends.


There's a few of 'em! 🤫🤭😉

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Burnleyareback2 » Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:30 pm

As a few have said, a legend that seems to get forgotten.

From my view in the CF I loved watching him. Sitting down on the St John’s ambulance seats under the old police room whilst getting ready to take a corner.

Favorite had to be him going down for a penalty. It was awarded and all hell broke lose, players kicking off everywhere, medical staff on the pitch and he looked at the CF stand, winked and mouthed that he was ok.

Get well soon legend!

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Bigvince » Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:00 am

Was great for us! Tricky feet, used to whip those crosses in with such venom.
Get well soon Tin Man

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:02 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:27 pm
That was Boxing Day 1994. We were 1-0 up and then 2-1 down. Not sure how it ever started. The pitch was waterlogged but frozen just under the surface. Lethal and I think it was called off when a player suffered a bad injury. I think it might have Wayne Dowell.
Remember that. Young left back. Didn’t he break his ankle.

Loved ted mcminn great player especially at that level and an even better character.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:03 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:49 pm
2-1 down with three wonder goals
Was one Ian bogie? His name sticks out. I thought it was hilarious as a kid. Possibly Joyce for us?

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:08 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:
Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:03 am
Was one Ian bogie? His name sticks out. I thought it was hilarious as a kid. Possibly Joyce for us?
No - was McMinn for us

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by willsclarets » Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:09 am

Definitely one of my favourite Burnley players. He could hardly run, but you could tell he had class that the players around him didn't. I miss players like him, real characters with a way of playing that's not wholly "athletic". To a lesser extent, file Little and Blake in that group. Just really clever with the ball and made space with a faint or misdirection.
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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by Clarets4me » Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:50 am

I remember us playing Swansea ( I think ) in the mid 1990's and much was made of a Welsh U21 Full Back they had, who'd recently broken in to their first team ..... Ted McMinn just toyed with him throughout the first half, made him look like a Sunday League player, he got booked, and was substituted at half-time to save him being sent off ...
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Re: Ted McMinn

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by JinkingJames » Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:56 am

Everytime he fell over my Mum would laugh. He was hugely talented but knew how to wind up a defender.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by GrahamBranchsPerm » Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:12 am

Former teammate Derek Ferguson recalled, "I'll never forget playing with Ted in a reserve game at Ibrox. He was running down the wing full speed and crossed the ball into the box. He just kept running so he had to jump over a wall into the Copland Road stand, carried on up the stairs then disappeared down the other side.”

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by mikeS » Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:47 pm

His speciality corners were brilliant. Always raised a smile. Get well soon Ted.

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Re: Ted McMinn

Post by SalisburyClaret » Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:16 pm

There’s always a place on the wing at Turf Moor for Ted - get well soon

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